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There, there, I feel your pain 🥺

Is it too much to ask for a window seat where I can curl up, dramatically rest my head against the window, and watch lampposts make hopscotch squares of light on the sidewalk while I have an existential crisis?

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Yes.

Is it too much to ask for a window seat where I can curl up, dramatically rest my head against the window, and watch lampposts make hopscotch squares of light on the sidewalk while I have an existential crisis?

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What is a writer but a mess of scribbled words, incoherent screaming, and incomplete—

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Someone: hey, if you’re a writer, why don’t I ever see you writing?

Me, a writer who’s been daydreaming about three characters, two unwritten chapters, some scraps of dialogue, and a partial plot that still needs to be heated up in the microwave before it’s usable:

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“An opening line should begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.” Stephen King

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And yet the difficulty continues ;-;

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”

— Louis L'Amour (via writerniche)

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Why is writing so unbelievably Difficult?

Man, if I could envision writer’s block as a thing of physical existence, it would for sure be a hulking demon spawn, sitting on my shoulders. I swear, if I don’t improve in writing the first few chapters of Requiem, I’m going to riot!

Any amazing writers out there willing to spill some knowledge on how to beat writer’s block? *puppy eyes*

(Hm... the image down below sums up my feelings indeed)

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who needs glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling when you can have the whole outer space in your room bc why not, you’re imaginary anyway 

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Can I have the entire bottle please?

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to my writer friends…

self deprecation and attacking your work doesn’t give you anything: except a false sense that if you reject yourself first, other people can’t hurt you.

your writing matters. your stories are meant to be told.

they came to you for a reason. whether it feels indulgent af or divinely downloaded, these stories chose you. who are you to question their judgment and attack yourself for the comfort of your ego?

you have the magic. the proof exists because the ideas came to you.

keep writing. keep improving. but also give yourself permission to be amazed, grateful, and filled with wonder about where you’re at NOW.

your voice matters because you matter. keep going.

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Person: Do you write?

Me:

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E.M. Forster; The Life to Come and Other Stories

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And yet... I still haven’t achieved finishing anything yet T-T

I’m still out here searching for my honor 😩

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Hope Everyone is doing alright this September!

As usual, here’s the monthly prompt set. I hope you all enjoy it and get some good inspiration from it, and feel free to tag me in anything it inspires!

Text Version:

September 2020 Prompt Set

1.     Fragile

2.     Caged

3.     A big fish in a small pond

4.     Rebels

5.     ‘I don’t care where you’re going, I barely care where I go’

6.     “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus

7.     Scatter

8.     Districts

9.     Like lambs to the slaughter

10.  History

11.  Canvas

12.  ‘You have no idea what we’ve been through or what pain you’ve caused here’

13.  Spiteful

14.  Fork in the road

15.  Inn

16.  “What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero

17.  Request

18.  Ruins

19.  Fighting an uphill battle

20.  Bait

21.  Saddle

22.  Wherever the wind takes you

23.  ‘Let’s get out of here, quickly, before they come back’

24.  Dispensable

25.  “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy

26.  Condemned

27.  Speak softly and carry a big stick

28.  Bounty

29.  Escape

30.  ‘Don’t try to be the Hero, you’re just going to get hurt’

31. Gullible