#onwriting

[syllviere]

Those out of body moments where you come back to yourself after writing for a while. Like you've genuinely been living as someone else in their world for the past hour and then you blink and the page is full and your tea's gone cold.

Man, I live for those moments.

[wordspinning]

GUYS the writing doesn’t even have to be good. I’m so dead serious. Tell the story. Stop giving a shit about how the prose flows or how many times you reuse the same phrases or whether your vocabulary is descriptive enough. Tell the story. Let the plot and characters carry and the elegance will come.

[onwriting-hrarby]

on writing, 15-11

i am feeling a little bit down with writing lately. the progress of my novel is going well, and i'm happy that i'm writing everyday, but i'm somehow feeling out of loop. like, i want to expose myself and interact with other writers and fandoms, and at the same time i just want to curl into a blanket and read books and not do anything at all. writing and publishing fics doesn't do it for me anymore (i had fun writing the ploy, but not uploading it... and it has been a little bit of radio silence, which doesn't help with the nervousness it triggers) but at the same time i feel like if i don't have a fandom, i don't have a safe space to go to when i'm feeling down.

so for now i'm re reading kono oto tomare in french.

[kidlitwriterconfessions]

I haven't felt the urge to write in a month.

I'm sorry to hear that. The fog is hard to see through sometimes. Try small steps like:

Making a map

Just outlining a scene

Talking about your work with another writer

Reading (I find audiobooks very helpful when the fog comes on)

It's important to take breaks. I'm sure the thought has crossed your mind that you might never return to the work and that can be frightening, but if you try to force yourself to go back to it that will almost surely happen.

Don't worry about taking breaks from your work. It'll be okay.

[noxinkwell]

Fanfiction/Novels and Popularity

So, I've been thinking about writing as a whole for the last two to three months in a lot more depth because I like to perseverate a lot, and I began to realize this morning that it's interesting that certain stories by an individual writer in fanfiction can be more popular than their other pieces or even in published writing... some novels are just more popular. I thought about how that relates to skill or quality of writing and realized: they're not correlated (unfortunately or maybe fortunately).

Before anyone decides to hit me over the side of the head or scream at me--I believe that most artistic works are subjectively good or bad, but I also recognize there is quite a bit of objectivity to art as well. We all know (inherently) what good writing or bad writing. We also all know what's a good song or a bad song and we also all probably know what's a good piece of art and what's a bad piece of art.

Some of the most popular books that we all hear about: Twlight, Fifty Shades of Grey, ACOTAR, Fourth Wing, some Ali Hazelwood books, some Emily Henry books, LoTR, Harry Potter, man the list goes on and on. And the same can be said for fanfiction. And I'll be honest, a lot of that has to do with luck and just the nature of becoming viral and some of it is marketing or word of mouth. While some of these stories are my favorite and some have my favorite prose or storytelling--there are flaws in all of them (subjectively and objectively, speaking). They all tell interesting stories or expand upon certain tropes. Some of them better than others.

All this is to say, one can be one of the best writers in the world, but it doesn't mean you'll be seen or noticed. There's no accounting for taste of the population reading your stories... and there's no accounting for luck. Sometimes it's about writing the right tropes at the right time and the simple act of word of mouth.

I say all of this because I've been constantly pondering what it means to be a "good" writer and so many people have a lot of fluff when they talk about it. If it was that simple, we'd all be famous writers, right?

[parvaavem]

{{Is anyone familiar with Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo? It's fascinating to me, Watanabe (forgive me if I got his name wrong) was inspired by jazz for one and hip-hop for the other ^^; A samurai show of all things.

But...it did show me, fantasy can be anything a writer wishes I suppose?}}

[dildostiaurkitabein]

“While to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

[tammydeschampsauthor]

Mistakes Were Made

Mistakes were made. I’ve seen so many of these baking sheet tartlets that I was fully confident I could make one with no recipe. This is how I go into any new endeavor. Headfirst, full of confidence from past experiences of doing other things well, and directly plant my face into a wall.  Do I think I’m a failure as a novice baker because these tartlets didn’t come out as expected?  Not at all.…

[jorgesette]

(via Stephen King Teaches Us How To Write Well)

[karenlojelo]

Passaggi di vento Così la piazza vuota la piazza piena nessun rumore troppo frastuono passanti ridenti tristi sorrisi apparenti sinceri sfuggenti a volte persi corri corri qui davanti Dov’ero ieri… dove resterò domani? sto passando adesso ma arrivo in qualche posto poi o rimango solo dentro? Fa giorno fa notte profumo d’estate alle porte sembra bel tempo questa è un’onda questo è un passaggio dove sono domani? Dove tornerò ieri… ti guardo stai attento a non allontanarti ti osservo ma mi perdo chi c’era ieri… chi tornerà domani? Io sono sempre qui in un altro posto con lo stesso cuore non bussare è ancora aperto Sono una che ha di quei passi che non sanno andare via per sempre ricordo la strada anche in un’altra vita Cicale all’orecchio oggi niente vento passa tutto mentre resta dentro. #karenlojelo #poesia #poesiadistrada #onwriting (presso Every Where) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4VMgMMBzZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[claramarsmars]

Los 4millones de coups.

a 4 días de viajar a parís, primero a sao pablo, después a Paris

festival d’animation

observo la foto del perfil, esta el gato, reflexiono que he perdido a mucha gente que quiero mucho

perdido o desencontrado

a veces no se si usar palabras tibias o que ayuden a no derrotarme a las 8.48 en un dia de lluvia

la lluvia hizo que nick cave me respondiera, 

la lluvia hizo que conociera a un francés que sabia qué escena remarcar de Tarantino, pero de la vida? no sabia nada.

francia es una mentira

messi es una mentira

decir que todo es una mentira es sencillo

yo no digo eso

digo que Francia y messi no existen

son inventos que jamas conocerás, porque son imágenes en tu cerebro, nada mas.

[wordspinning]

welcome, friend 🌲

so glad you’re here 💕

fandoms: the last of us 🍄, rdr2 🦌

wip: the stars incline us (ellie & joel & tommy & maria found-family/coming-of-age gen longfic)

🌿 i go by Mera, late-twenties, unironically Christian, painfully nerdy. this is primarily a personal blog. 🌿

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[helena-thessa]

“so i need to economize fanfiction time. also, it's a hobby. it doesn't have to be perfect, i don't need to spend years of polishing like i did before. it doesn't need to be excruciating.” — @onwriting-hrarby

Want to take a moment to thank Hera, whose post last week really inspired me to relax, accept imperfections, and just enjoy the process of writing and posting online.

Instead of spending the entire day ruthlessly editing, as I usually do, I finished my most recent chapter and posted it in time to enjoy my day off and hang out with friends. I’m traveling for work the rest of the week and have a minor surgery the week after, so I really wanted to update before things got busy. Even though it was a rather pivotal moment during an important chapter, and I’m sure I’ll find embarrassing mistakes later, I’m glad I made time for writing/fandom and fun/irl activities.

Thank you Hera, and thank you to the way too kind readers who have been nothing but encouraging and supportive of my weird, dark and twisted story so far. 🖤

[kidlitwriterconfessions]

I'm afraid that even if I do get published that no one will like my work... and that my career will be over.

I think we all share this fear and I feel a deep level of camaraderie with you. But I think you know, if you let this fear stop you, your work will never be out there. You might be missing out on a huge opportunity because of it.

I know it's scary and that words don't often help with that, but you've got to, at least, try to get your work out there.

[willie-the-tree]

Another fantastic convo with Tony Gilroy about the writing of Andor.

One of my takeaways: Every scene must be vivid.

Every.

Scene.

MUST.

Be.

VIVID!

“There are no unessential scenes. There is no moment that is not important to try to make the absolute most of…”

[likesunsetorange]

Whoever requested those fix recs thanks but i need more please :) you have good tastes

OMG I COMPLETELY FORGOT I HAVE A FIC RECS THREAD ON TWITTER!!! so there’s those!!!! and now i’ll just link any other random fics i can think of lol so some of these might not be finished!!

this mortal realm, my love, is not for us by anonymous OK THIS IS IN MY THREAD AND IN MY BOOKMARKS BUT I NEED EVERYONE TO READ THIS FIC BC IT IS GOATED TO ME!!!!! it literally makes me fucking cry it’s just so fucking beautifully written and it’s so so so so so good so go read it!!!!!!

thespian’s coquetry by @darlingkirstein an actor au with a twist!!! its actor! eren x costume designer! mikasa!! it’s such a fun au and eren’s a fucking loser lol i love it sm and i adore mar sm!!!!

unsolicited by jeagerist just read this one no further explanation necessary

scratching post by aenartargaryean the cutest little fic ever it’s so sweet and cute

nepotism baby by @darlingkirstein once again read!!! you’re in for a good time LOL

i promise you a million tomorrows by @strscrossed modern cabin au!!

the ploy by @onwriting-hrarby a fun romcom!!!! we love romcoms over here!!!

two slow dancers (last ones out) by soulsfates a sweet canonverse one shot that made me cry lol

lmao yall got me going thru my ao3 history pls im dedicated to giving yall good recs 😭😭