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pick-me-ups for writers

for the self-conscious beginner: No one makes great things until the world intimately knows their mediocrity. Don’t think of your writing as terrible; think of it as preparing to contribute something great.

for the self-conscious late bloomer: Look at old writing as how far you’ve come. You can’t get to where you are today without covering all that past ground. For that, be proud.

for the perfectionist: Think about how much you complain about things you love—the mistakes and retcons in all your favorite series—and how you still love them anyway. Give yourself that same space.

for the realist: There will be people who hate your story even if it’s considered a classic. But there will be people who love your story, even if it is strange and unpopular.

for the fanfic writer: Your work isn’t lesser for not following canon. When you write, you’ve created a new work on its own. It can be, but does not have to be, limited by the source material. Canon is not the end-all, be-all. 

for the writer’s blocked: It doesn’t need to be perfect. Sometimes you have to move on and commit a few writing sins if it means you can create better things out of it.

for the lost: You started writing for a reason; remember that reason. It’s ok to move on. You are more than your writing. It will be here if you want to come back.

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morning sunshine trying to calm me before exams

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//Between you and the coffee, I think you were the one responsible for my racing heartbeat.//

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“You’re young. You don’t know why you do things. But there’s always a reason.”

Palo Alto (2013) dir. Gia Coppola

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https://instagram.com/p/BROghqMADw7/

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Now Listening  | Suck it and See - Arctic Monkeys

Been stuck in my head while taking my preboard exam and i aint mad. On the contrary, I'm inspired *Saboy pixie dust* 

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BeU February 2017 by Gil abstract art mixed media on paper ~11″x14″

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Now Listening  | Grizzly Bear - Angus & Julia Stone

Kaunti nalang 😍

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Now Listening  | Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd

My worst fear laid down in a song

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Now Listening  | Beginners - Slow Club

You know these moments, they take years to pass You gotta be coping, gotta be hoping the hands fly by fast You call this true Why did you become you? Become you?

Keep breathing, keep breathing Find a scheme you believe in

//And when all this is over only this song will remain//

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Now Listening  | Asleep - The Smiths

Feeling like i'm slowly turning into a ghost//

This is one of those nights when even music can't save me//

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Beatrice Gutu

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The text reads,

“YOU WERE FRANTIC AND FOOLISH, YOU KEPT NO TRACK OF TIME, YOU RAN YOUR DELICATE BODY INTO ITS NATURAL END, YOU BURNED ALL YOUR CANDLES TO STUMPS, YOU ARE TIRED AND HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LAY DOWN, YOU HAVE EARNED THIS REPERCUSSION, THIS REWARD, THIS RECKONING, YOU FINALLY  NEED TO KNOW

HOW TO DECAY GRACEFULLY

LIE STILL (x13) ”

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I don’t think people understand how stressful it is to explain what’s going on in your head when you don’t even understand it yourself.

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