#sometimes i prefer the great sea of tumblr rather than a piece of paper to journal and do some shadow work tbh

[8ubblemint]

on this year i tried my best to change my ways and to keep working on myself but as the time goes i cannot stop to notice the fact that i may be repeating another cycle in which i must learn to embrace my solitude at the expense of not showing my authentic self to the world and at the same time i also experience a deep feeling of not belonging anywhere

and if i hear one more time "oh i thought you were intimidating/mean" or "i was scared to approach you/you look unaproachable" i'm going to scream from the top of my lungs :i'm trying so hard!!! no matter how warm i make myself to be it doesn't come off as much as i would like to so i get labeled as cold and bitchy and is literally not the case most of the time oh my god

[fishfurred]

Some basic writing tips from a loser who's only skill is making people cry from reading~ Okay not my only talent lol, I'm good at making characters cry too :), nah I just happen to specialize more with grief writing than any other genre. 1. Your characters are not trapped. - I mean this as in, they're not trapped in their world. A lot of writers read other work and go 'oh but I'll never be as good as they are', Not with that attitude. You (hopefully) just bought a book that you adore. Take that world and bring your own characters into it. I have a novel about a group of mythical creatures, sometimes I get exhausted writing my own lore and I'll drop them into HP, why? Because I know the lore and culture of the books so damn well it allows me to focus on characterizations rather than back ground knowledge. 2. Other characters aren't trapped either. TBH I'm not a big fan of doing this, but it has occasionally helped me out of a slump to steal, say, Lyra from Golden compass, and throw her into my Bone-stitched story. Because I know her character and instead can use her to find holes in my plots, or even to just shove an idea to the front of my head. 3. WRITE YOUR OWN FANFICTION!!!!! Every writer dreams about the idea of fanfic authors or writers reacting to their stories and creating new adventures in different mediums. I adore when my few readers go off in my books world in their own writing. If you're feeling bored or unmotivated for your original story, start a Drabble. Do a one shot, write a romance fic while you finish your sci-fi novel. It might help you see gaps in relationships (friendships or romance) for example, I once had a growing idea with this one character who wasn't quite molding to what my story needed. So I pulled up a new document and started writing a short little one shot, new world, same love interest, no powers. Just a fluffy little almost crack thing just to see how she was in other situations. I got to flesh her out more easily and understand her better, and was able to adhere her to my story again after. Writing your fanfiction might just save your characters from being flat, or worse, your muse from drowning. It can even show you that you much prefer writing a different genre too. 4. Let your characters run. Idk about other writers but I often feel like my characters write themselves. Like, how some videos only play if your mouse is on them, otherwise they stand still. My pen (or keyboard) is the mouse, the characters are the video, unable to make their own decisions without my push to let them go. Rina, a tough no nonesense badass was supposed to be a villain in early drafts, instead she wrote herself into a more gentler side with a lost son. Likewise Meredith was supposed to be a soft girl from the sea and ended up becoming a merciless killer. If you feel like your character wants (or needs) to go in a direction other than the plot line, you can ignore it, or pull out a piece of paper and follow their directions. Not only do you learn your character, but you open the doors to more plot lines. 5. Know that someone will /ALWAYS/ want to read it. We've all seen some terrible fanfiction and fan art, not shitting on them, it takes time and practice to become great and we all start somewhere. And their reviews will be 98% positive. To this day my crappy old PJ fanfics get notices despite the fact that they're embarrassing and flat and stereotypical and just all around bleh. But it gets noticed, so will yours, drop chapters on tumblr, on watt pad, on fanfiction.net, on ao3. It might take a little time but you're going to get there, and you're going to be so proud. And all us other writers are going to be proud of you too.