#cringe writing

[himederewhore]

INARIZAKI BLUES >< [AU]

"uhm..some..some kid gave me his blazer.."

synopsis: a quiet and unadapted second year finds refuge and a home within his school's volleyball team.

word count: 7331 so far ! goin strong

genre: angst, fluff, au, idk man

content warnings: self harm (mentioned, presumably written), drinking problems, smoking problems, traumatic events, daddy issues, mommy issues, brother issues (lol), transphobia, homophobia, racism (hinted at), mentions of drug use, mentions of use of marijuana, death, probably slurs, idk how japan works, mentions of abusive home lives, use of japanese honorifics, stupid logic, mentions of sex, and sadness

be on the lookout X3

[poormisguideddemiboy]

Putting pen to paper

Roger's pen paused above the torn out page of his notebook. This was it. This was the moment. And yet, Roger still paused.

He had been a fool to ask Maurice, because he had suggested to write down his feelings. But how could he, when he didn't even know what these feelings were?

Five minutes later and the page was still blank.

At first, Roger had despised the new choir boy. The whole order had had to be rearranged to suit him, and the boy was so batty. He never spoke, but he voice was one of angels. And then there were the faints and fits that interrupted every session.

Twenty minutes...

Roger didn't speak to the boy for almost three weeks. It would have been a month if the new boy hadn't struck up a conversation. Well, he had stopped Roger from bullying Piggy. Roger didn't know why, it wasn't like he was being a bully. There was always a little satisfaction from the look on Piggy's face.

Half an hour...

Roger agreed to leave Piggy alone. Not for Piggy's sake of course, but for the new boy's. Roger had never seen someone so angry when the new boy and walked right up so they were nose to nose (or rather nose to chin since Roger was significantly taller) and spoke sternly and slowly. Roger hated to admit he was scared.

An hour...

But after the fear came... respect. Interest. Roger spent more and more time with him. The bond grew so close it was tetering from friendship to... something else...

Another hour later and Roger had only written one word.

"Simon..."

[justalilgoofball]

Ayyyye 2,300 words on the next chapter of my fic done!

[raz-b-rose]

When you reread younger you's writing

So I have been working on this book since 9th grade and I'm actively trying to organize all my ideas and iron it all out recently. So that means having to go into past me's docs to remember anything I might have forgotten and...man the cringe is real!

[noperopesaredope]

I wish we had more female characters like Eleanor Shellstrop. One of the most unlikable people you've ever met. Read a Buzzfeed article on most rude things you can do on a daily basis and decided to use that as a list of goals. Makes everyone's day worse just by being there. Dropped a margarita mix on the ground and tried to pick it up, only to get hit by a row of shopping carts which pushed her into the road where she was hit by a boner pill delivery truck, killing her instantly. Cannot keep a romantic partner despite being bisexual. Had a terrible childhood but will die before she gets therapy. Best employee at a scam company. Just the worst but also can't help but root for her to improve.

Absolute loser. Girl-failure. Bad at almost everything. Literally perfect female character.

[ao3-shenanigans]

Embrace the cringe.

Write weird fanfic.

Read weird fanfic.

[canonkiller]

but you can't keep holding on like this.

[inkskinned]

okay is she being actually immature or is it just a woman over 30 expressing a human experience you find to be immature.

like yeah. at certain ages... let shit go. im not defending the real immature shit. im not defending the karen you're picturing. i worked in retail i hate those people too. (once somebody got mad at me because she didn't like how our winter window decor was a snowman smoking a pipe. i wish i was joking).

but men at 57 will write books about how 17 year old girls are soooo sexy. they will invent worlds where women have to be naked for "armor reasons." they will write songs that treat women as objects. people rush to defend them. meanwhile a woman at 35 will be like "heartbreak is hard, actually" or "i feel betrayed by a friend" or "i am struggling with something emotionally." immediately people will say stuff like this woman is 35 by the way. by the way this woman is SO OLD to be experiencing this. BY THE WAY.

im 31, almost 32. the other day a poet was blasted online because at her "big age", she had written a poem about feeling unloved. top comment was "this woman is 29 by the way." this woman is too old to still be useful, by the way. she has to behave better . maybe if she was a good wife and mother she could stop existing loudly, and the story could continue on without her. this woman has served her purpose, by the way. she's so cringe, by the way. at 29 - so old! - she still hasn't figured out that her existence should be one of shame.

[heywriters]

Once again, you can be an English major. a seasoned journalist. an established author. a famed literary critic...and you will still scratch your head over the junk that makes it big. Public opinion has no worth. Just write what you want.

"But I don't want to share something that isn't perfect" why not? everyone else does.

[dashboarddiaries]

GUESS WHAT?

it's the 10 YEAR anniversary of the most amazing event EVER! *explodes like a confetti cannon*

that's right, tumbeasts, Dashcon happened TEN YEARS ago!!!!!

if you're new here and don't know what that is, LET ME LEARN YOU A THING:

Dashcon was an event just for US. for the freaks, the weirdos, the fangirls. it had cosplayers and fanfic writers and a BALLPIT. And--

[a comical *thunk* as lauren hits her imposter over the head with a shovel]

jesus, guys, sorry about that. something went wrong with my hybrid cloning/time machine.

ANYWAY. Dashcon happened 10 years ago this weekend and @overchers and I have episodes for this very occasion!

we talked to two brave Tumblr employees who were there:

and who also had amazing pictures to share, that we posted on the internet for the very first time!

and THEN we talked to Lochlan, the Tumblr user who started it all:

(transcripts for those episodes here and here)

so we've got dashcon coverage from both sides! get the inside scoop and relive the glory days.

[fruit-teeth]

Me: maybe I’m not cut out to be a writer…idk what if I’m not good enough

BookTok romance writers: ‘what if you were just a normal school teacher…but the MINOTAUR wanted to get you PREGNANT’

[psychedelic-charm]

Write Here, Write Now // Episode 1

Happy New Year, friends! Today, I am going to share another poem by McKenna Kaelin, a.k.a @thecozykitsune. In the late 2010's, McKenna made a short series of videos called "Write Here, Write Now" where she read her writing and her poetry to her subscribers. Unfortunately, the videos are no longer available on YouTube due to some controversy surrounding her at the time, however, I was able to find the reuploads and write down these poems before they too were deleted. So without further ado, let me grab my "Look to the Stars" journal and get straight into it!

...

You are more than what you're born with.

You are more than the colour of your eyes.

You are more than the complexion of your skin,

More than the way your body looks in that bikini.

You are the way your eyes light up when you speak about the things you believe in.

You are the way your heart aches when you see others suffering.

You are your funky dance moves and the awful jokes you tell at 2 a.m.

You are not your flawless smile

You are not your tiny waist or your silky hair.

You are the way you speak up for others.

You are the way you refuse to give up at anything.

You're the way you squeal when you get excited or the way you snort when you laugh too hard.

You are the way you can name every constellation of stars in the night sky.

The way you get overly competitive when playing video games

The way you feel an immense amount of love for every human, every animal, every plant

You are more than your flaws

You are more than your good looks

You are all the little in-betweens

You are love, and you are light

You are the whole world.

And yet...

You're even more than that.

-McKenna Kaelin // The Things You Are

[multiverseanimecrossover]

This is Why I have 2nd thoughts on writing male characters!

SOURCE: Buzzfeed

Listen guys, I'm not big on Buzzfeed but damn--this is why I don't write male characters because I'M SCARED OF WRITING SH** LIKE THIS!!!!

[viktheviking1]

I am cringe, and it's a prison

I am cringe, but I am free

[kraaa-as-the-crows-do]

The Muse

The Muse

Oh to be the muse

Beloved by the world

Bathing in others love

Oh to be a muse

I can only find muses

Beloved by me

And cherished for their beauty

Oh to be the muse

Let me be painted

And sit in the spotlight 

For the most beautiful thing you could ever see is a 

Person

So let me be your muse

-ZD