#but that is not me

[nvrthlessthsun]

The thing is, I want to do my best! I want to have a job that I succeed at, that I help people with, that fulfills me. I want to work minimum wage jobs like fast food or call center work!

But the stress of not being able to pay my bills unless I'm working an ungodly number of hours is debilitating. Our current economic system has made it impossible for me to not burn the fuck out at the things I want to do.

So I'm forced to take a job that is not fulfilling and/or directly harmful. I'm forced to take out ridiculous loans and go back to school. I'm forced to work three times the number of hours I would prefer, just to make ends meet. I can't do my best, because I'm exhausted all the time.

It's so frustrating, because if you made "undesirable" work financially sound, you'd have people who would want to do it! But the current system isn't built to fill needs, it's built to make money for those at the top.

[arkashas]

currently cringing in deep seated shame over the very nsfw joke which had mid popularity which i made months ago..

[harryforvogue]

Hi Sarah I wanted some writing advice ! How do you go about outlining the events of a fic? I have no idea what I really want to happen in the beginning, middle, and end of this fic and wanted to know what your writing process usually consists of! xo

hiiii so basically

i start with a scene i REAAAAAALLY wanna write, which is usually the climax or the resolution, oddly enough. and i frame scenes around it

i do kind of like a comic strip version of a story first. this then this then this and finally this!

and the in between stuff is filled in with dialogue, setting changes, new characters intro, etc. that’s where the GOOD stuff is.

the beginning for me is always hard. i write at least 5/6 first chapters before deciding on the final one. endings are easier to write. and the middle is relatively easy too IF you have it outlined.

i think you need to have at least a vague comic strip version of your “story” including the plot. and then add in the little stuff that makes your story come to life AFTER. because in the end when you’re telling your story’s synopsis to someone, you’re going to refer back to the comic strip graphic yknow??

for example, i’m in the outlining stage. every few days, i add in the tiny details in between the Big things. i know that this is the beginning, and this is the issue, and this is how it’s resolved.

hope this helps!

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

staff: our april fools joke this year is a silly feature that doesn't really do anything but give you a button to boop other users! they have to opt-in first though :)

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[blueboxbeagle]

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[ugartecoco]

the transition im crying

[callmebliss]

Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way opened to it?

[faeriekit]

"This fic was ai generated—" Cool, so lemme block you real quick

[valtsv]

it really is insane how waking up early will grant you access to some of the most beautiful sights and sensations in the world that will make you want to live forever, but only if you overcome the gauntlet of a thousand razors that is getting out of bed early. truly one of life's little saw traps.

[knifefightscene]

[ilona-mushroom]

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

[so-many-ocs]

[on the verge of having a complete breakdown] i need to make some kind of list or perhaps sort things into categories

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[sirompp]

hi. i made some images.

feel free to take them and use for whatever you may need them for. no credit required

[bookslutskye]

so i recently got top surgery and this was on my discharge papers after a mild complication