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Some of my writer’s block cures:

Handwrite. (If you already are, write in a different coloured pen.)

Write outside or at a different location.

Read.

Look up some writing prompts.

Take a break. Do something different. Comeback to it later.

Write something else. (A different WIP, a poem, a quick short story, etc.)

Find inspiring writing music playlists on YouTube. (Themed music, POV playlists, ambient music, etc.)

Do some character or story prompts/questions to get a better idea of who or what you’re writing.

Word sprints. Set a timer and write as much as you can. Not a lot of time to overthink things.

Set your own goals and deadlines.

Write another scene from your WIP. (You don’t have to write in order.) Write a scene you want to write, or the ending. (You can change it or scrap it if it doesn’t fit into your story later.)

Write a scene for your WIP that you will never post/add to your story. A prologue, a different P.O.V., how your characters would react in a situation that’s not in your story, a flashback, etc.

Write down a bunch of ideas. Things that could happen, thing that will never happen, good things, bad things.

Change the weather (in the story of course.)

Feel free to add your own.

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— call me by your name (andré aciman) / franz kafka

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I Thought That I Could Not Be Hurt

by Sylvia Plath

I thought that I could not be hurt; I thought that I must surely be impervious to suffering -- immune to mental pain or agony.

My world was warm with April sun my thoughts were spangled green and gold; my soul filled up with joy, yet felt the sharp, sweet pain that only joy can hold.

My spirit soared above the gulls that, swooping breathlessly so high o'erhead, now seem to brush their whirring wings against the blue roof of the sky.

(How frail the human heart must be -- a throbbing pulse, a trembling thing -- a fragile, shining instrument of crystal, which can either weep, or sing.)

Then, suddenly my world turned gray, and darkness wiped aside my joy. A dull and aching void was left where careless hands had reached out to destroy

my silver web of happiness. The hands then stopped in wonderment, for, loving me, they wept to see the tattered ruins of my firma- ment.

(How frail the human heart must be -- a mirrored pool of thought. So deep and tremulous an instrument of glass that it can either sing, or weep.)

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You know what’s really disturbing to me? The culture that seems to have sprung up around fanfiction. Writers spend weeks and months working on a story – I think my record is six months on A Place For Us To Dream. And so many times readers expect to just be given a chapter even if they don’t give anything to the writer in return.

I’m going to date myself a bit here, but I’ve been reading/writing fanfiction for ten years. And when I first started it was a wonderful community. There was an unspoken rule – if you read/enjoyed it, you review it. You take thirty seconds to tell an author who probably spent anywhere from three days to a week writing that chapter you just enjoyed to tell them you enjoyed it. Even if it was as simple as “Great chapter, can’t wait to see what happens next!”

Writers spend so much time on stories, and then they post it because they have this thing that they’ve invested so many hours into and they want to share it with the world. They know how they feel about the story, and they want to know how other people feel, what other people think.

And when you read it and don’t review, you know what message you’re sending that author? That they’re not worth your time, or you didn’t enjoy their story. So why should they keep posting it? Yeah they might continue working on it in their own time, for their own enjoyment, but you might never see another chapter again because you couldn’t be bothered to take thirty seconds out of your day to tell them how you feel.

I’ve written stories in eight different fandoms, ranging from very small to very big (I’ll openly admit I wrote Twilight fanfiction once. Once. It was an Alice/Jasper story and haters can hate all they want but I’m still proud of it). I took a break for a few years because I fell out of fandoms during college, and when I came back apparently it’d become the norm to just greedily consume writing without telling writers how you feel. And that is one of the saddest things in the world to me because fanfiction is where I really started getting serious about writing. It’s how I’ve honed by skills and become the writer I am today. And that was largely in part because of all the support I got when I was an itty-bitty thirteen-year-old writing crappy W.I.T.C.H. fanfiction.

Everyone keeps saying “reviews don’t matter, you should just write for yourself.” Well, you’re wrong. Reviews make or break fanfiction. Reviews tell writers whether it’s worth their time to continue posting that story online or whether they should keep it on their hard drives and never share it with the world.

Kill the attitude that reviews don’t matter. Start telling writers you like their stories. And if you don’t, if you all just continue to be invisible readers? Don’t be surprised when that writer disappears.

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The safest place.

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Anne de Marcken, from It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over [ID'd]

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Familiars 🩷❤️

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Quiet ☁️

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Lonely heart.

Hullo in 2025. Happy New Year, guys. It's a bit late, I know, but hey, it still counts! ɷ◡ɷ

I'm finally feeling better and slowly coming back to normal. It's good, because I missed a lot a healthy routine. Mine is far from perfect yet, but I'm going there with fresh new goals. This, heh, kinda sad Snape is a weird way to open my New Year's fanart journey, but I think I had to throw something out of my system. Last weeks probably. And something I realised that I miss, but I'm feeling pulled back emotionally too much to... kind of open and try again? (Woah, admitting it out loud even made my eyes wet. That's called progress, I suppose.)

I'm happy though about coming back to writing. I also missed Snarry a lot. Going from creating it almost every day to longer break felt so weird, so... disconnected? Still is, in a way. This old man needs someone to reignite the fire. Harry would be perfect for that, wouldn't he?

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Post-DH, listening to a Holyhead Harpies game on the Burrow’s wireless. Harry would totally wear Ginny’s gear like a classic high school sweetheart.

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concept: Snape but he's a soft and chonky moomin

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Happy Birthday 🎂

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HP Rec Fest 2024 - Day 26: A fic under 5k

A year ago we lost a much beloved member of our fandom community. My co-mod for this tumblr and the HOS Discord group, and founder of @hprecfest, the unforgettable Scarlet, aka givereadersahug (tumblr) / emeraldlove (AO3).

Today's theme for HP Rec Fest 2024 is for fics under 5k, and I thought it was a perfect way to celebrate her memory.

Scarlet loved writing short-form works, and there wasn't anything she couldn't write a drabble/microfic about. She left us with hundreds to enjoy, across many ships and many fandoms. It was a very difficult choice picking just a few of them from huge selection. Accidentally, they've all ended up being her G-rated fics, but she also wrote an impressive and delicious number of works from all ratings.

In memory of Scarlet, this is 5 fics under 5k (for Scarlet did always like it when the numbers had some theme), from the irreplicable emeraldlove:

💚Microwaving Potions💚 Summary: Harry suggests brewing potions via microwave. 300 words | Harry Potter/Severus Snape | Rating: General Audiences Link

💚Wrapped Around His Fingers💚 Summary: "We're a package deal, Severus," said Harry, when he showed up to their first date with Teddy in tow. 300 words | Harry Potter/Severus Snape | Rating: General Audiences Link

💚The Christmas Presents💚 Summary: The various Christmas presents Severus gave Teddy over the years. 450 words | Harry Potter/Severus Snape | Rating: General Audiences Link

💚The Prince and the Bezoar💚 Summary: "I need to do what?" asked Severus, lips curling in disgust. "Pass the Sleeping Beauty test," said Harry, who was enjoying the spectacle a bit too much if you ask for Severus's opinion. 500 words | Harry Potter/Severus Snape | Rating: General Audiences Link

💚Invisible String💚 Summary: The first time Harry saw Snape's black eyes — him truly acknowledging Snape's existence beyond him being his mean professor — it was the night after Harry killed Professor Quirrell. He was dreaming, and in his dreams, he was screaming.

Harry dreams of Severus over the years. 3,728 words | Harry Potter/Severus Snape | Rating: General Audiences Link

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A (sort of) late Christmas gift for @eidelvyd 🎁

Hope you like it! ❤️

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"The sky is filled with hope tonight, each star a promise of a brighter life."

- Christy Ann Martine

Painting by William Hawkins

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Merry X’mas and Happy New Year!❤️🌟🎄

Have plenty of chocolate frogs♪( ´▽｀)

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