#teenagewriter

[inourya]

we don't talk enough about the fact that the creators of skins were literally teenagers

[ellesliterarycorner]

Battling Self Doubt

Honestly, y’all, I’ve been battling waves of self doubt lately. Like I mentioned on my story, I’ve been struggling with my WIP lately, and sometimes it’s really hard seeing everyone talk about their WIPs and characters because all I can think about is mine not being as good as everyone else’s. I always tell myself not to compare myself to other people, but I still do anyways. (I’m quite bad at taking directions) I’m pretty sure everyone compares themselves to other people even when they know that never helps anything.. Self doubt is something that everyone wether they’re a writer or not faces. So, here are a few things that help me out!

Reminding Myself I’m Human!

I think sometimes we all have such high expectations for ourselves. Expectations that might be a little inhuman. Pushing myself to be perfect and to make my writing perfect is never gonna work because I’m human. We’re all human. Making mistakes is kind of what we do. Taking a step back from everything and reminding myself that I’m human reminds me that I’m allowed to make mistakes. And, it’s perfectly okay to make mistakes! Our society has idolized perfection, but perfection shouldn’t be this super idolized thing that everyone strives to achieve. Allowing yourself to have room to make mistakes is actually the best way to grow. As though as it is to hear, I’m often grateful for some of the mistakes we make because I wouldn’t learn or grow. One way I do this is instead of saying, “I completely failed at this” I’ve started saying, “I may not have achieved my goal, but I learned how to do this!” It’s helped me have a growth mindset and be a lot kinder to myself no matter the outcome of our actions. 

Giving Myself Validation!

Sometime you just need to validate yourself! Personally, if I’m doubting my abilities or myself, I’ll just start listing everything I think is awesome about myself or nice things people have said about me or my work. It might seem vain, but honestly, I think everyone is so focused on being humble that we don’t give ourselves enough credit. Sometime you have to just look yourself in the mirror and be like, “I’m hot. I’m hilarious. I’m super smart. People love my writing. I’m strong, etc.” It might seem super narcissistic or arrogant, but I promise you it helps. A lot of the time, we’re our own harshest critic, so looking yourself in the eye and giving yourself some much needed validation is all you need! Also writing those little things down on a post-it-note or something and putting it on your mirror, or in your car, or in your lunchbox, or anywhere is also a great idea! Especially when you forget you put one there and you open it up on the days when you needed it most!

Surrounding Myself With Supportive People

I am the biggest proponent of cutting toxic people out of your life. If someone is holding you back or manipulating you or doubting you, then you don’t need to be around them. Being surrounded by people who constantly doubt your abilities can fuel your self-doubt. Having supportive people in your life, really can change things for the better. Self-validation is great, but sometimes it’s even better to hear it from someone else! I’m honestly not afraid to ask some of my really good friends, “hey, I’m feeling kind of down, can you give me a compliment or tell me something you like about me.” Hearing them talk about why you’re their friend and why they like you can really make everything all better. Supportive people also what to do to make you feel validated and help you quell any self-doubt. My best friend made me a little jar filled with slips of paper that had little compliments and words of encouragements on them. And they’re color coded! Orange is writing, and purple is school, and I don’t remember the rest. The point it that little jar is probably my favorite thing that I won. I would even recommend making one for yourself. I’m so grateful that I can surround myself with people who can remind me of all the goods things about me when I’m just not feeling it.

Writing It All Down

Journaling has always been a very therapeutic and tranquilizing experience for me, but for me, sometimes the quickest way to cure a bout of imposter syndrome is by writing it down. I’m a very visual person, and writing down my thoughts and getting them out of my brain helps me realize that sometimes I’m being way too hard on myself. Everything can feel like a giant pressure cooker in your head, but when I write it down, sometimes I realize that I’m being a little ridiculous. I am in no way invalidating imposter syndrome because it can be very serious, but when I’m feeling it bad, I just have to write it down and laugh at myself. Like I said earlier, I have such high standards for myself that when I write them down and actually read them I realize that I’m being far too hard on myself!

I really hope these tips helped someone out! If you ever need to talk, I’m always here! 

[theskeleton-system]

I hate to complain on main, but fuck it, my blog my rules.

No one is gonna see this shit or care about this, but its my lifelong dream to become an author. And I have wrote so many books, made a whole universe, including a new species. My issue is, no one actually gives a fuck about my books but my mother and my girlfriend, and it's weighing down on me man. I want to make an impact on the world, but right now I feel so worthless.

So I'm making a separate blog, where I'll post about my characters and books. Please, please, please; if you want to humour me or whatever, check it out... It'd mean a whole lot.

I'll tag the account in a separate post after this one when I make it. I am literally begging for this guys.

[gentlypanickingstudios]

Recently I've been realizing that I don't really have all that much to me. I'm a musician, I'm part of the LGBTQ community, but what else is there? Over the past couple of years I've lost a lot of who I am, I put too much time and energy into other people instead of investing it in myself. Now that I'm changing that, I'm closing the door on the person that I used to be and that is absolutely terrifying. It also hurts like crazy, why hasn't anyone told me that starting over is this hard? I'm currently grieving for the person that I used to be, but I'm excited to leave them behind and start figuring out more of who I am now. I'm a blank canvas right now and going forward I can add whatever I want. There is one thing that I know that I want, something to add to that canvas. I want to start building this page as a safe space for people, a place where they won't be judged or ridiculed, a place where they can be themselves. I have a lot to say, a lot that I think the world needs to hear, and I'm going to start saying it. My voice is worth listening to, and so is yours.

[iguessaj]

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[thesunshinenotebook]

Merry Christmas! I wrote a Christmas story and miraculously finished it before the 26th!

[wisenwordy]

Refugees: from my teenage daughter’s desk

In a world where millions seek haven from war and repression, Trump’s order suspended refugee admissions for 120 days, even for those already thoroughly vetted and approved. A ban reasoned by the increasing of terrorism has probably increased it even further. Personally, I think this ban is illegal, it is against fundamental human rights,  to ban people due to their religion and nationality should not be allowed in any circumstance. Not only is it immoral to discriminate in such a way, it is also deeply ineffective.

People from seven,  predominantly Muslim, countries have been temporarily banned from entering the US.  Whether they hold dual nationality does not affect the shocking treatment these people are receiving,  not only refugees are disturbed but everyone around the world is surprised.  We shouldn’t be,  I expected nothing less from Donald Trump,  a divisive move that would alienate a whole religious group.  As people are trying  to stop Trump from entering  Britain for a state visit,  parliament is having to debate this protest.

After watching the  debate I was stunned,  firstly by the informality and brashness in the parliament of one of the the most politest countries.  Secondly,  I could not understand the need for such a debate,  it was clear not many people wanted to allow Trump to visit but due to “the special relationship we have with the US” the end was inconclusive. The only reason Trump picked these seven countries was due to the minimal effect their absence would cause.  They will not stop other people from dangerous countries from entering like Egypt or Turkey.  Why?  Simply because these countries have “special relations”  with the US.  Special relations obviously entitle firearms,  money and oil,  amongst other political reasons that would sink Trump into a deep sea of controversy.

Developing and often fragile regions host more than 85% of the world’s 22 million refugees. Without the aid of one the most developed countries in the world, many people are suffering, much more than those who were suffering due to refugees being in the US. Refugees are the building blocks for many of the world’s civilisations and there may come a point in the future where Americans seek refuge but with attitudes like these they are unlikely to receive it.

Trump’s executive order bars people from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia from entering the U.S. for 90 days, along with banning refugees. Even people such as Mo Farah, are affected by the ban then. Mo Farah is a British athlete who is originally from Somalia, it is unclear whether he is permitted in the US however I am sure that he will be, to avoid conflict from the UK. But what about the regular Somalian? They do not have such support and nor do they have the influence or wealth.

Trump has represented the notion of the world these days clearly, we have all become obsessed with financial happiness and anything that obstructs this has been removed. The obstructions could be a large group of innocent people or a struggling co-worker. The clumsiness of this move and the retaliation against it suggests the future of the 45th president. Only time will tell how much more turmoil will be caused…

[lokiessnyx]

So hi there everyone. So I think should have done this along time ago but it didn't really occur to me.

So first of all, I want to start using either of these covers going forward. I asked several people which one they preferred and they also seemed split in the middle.

Most people liked the more golden one but agreed the dull coloured one fit the hopeless almost of the forest. So I think I am going to keep using the two for now. January is coming to an end and I think I have had to start changing some points of view that I already had. Now I did not think I was a good writer. I looked back on my work several times and mentally slapped myself. Now @darythms really were a Godsend when writing. His criticisms, thoughts and the small parts he wrote were really helpful. In fact, the final part of that book would have been vastly different without him. I really have not thanked him enough.

Going forward when he said he thought I was a good writer, I was awh he's just being nice since he's a really nice guy. Then when I gave it to my other close friend to read, she recorded a 15 min voice note gushing about it and how she read it in one sitting and how much she loved Erinle. I was like she's my close friend, she's just being nice.

Then @thebookmushroom, a completely random person I did not know, went on my instagram to tell me how much she loved the story and I was like how much can you trust a stranger? She was not the only one who told me. My brother, some former classmates,My church teachers said it great and all that but I still believe that. So flash forward to I think late December or early January when I went to the new website design and see that my story was on the popular tab and had a 4.8 out of 5 rating. So I was like; huh, maybe they made a mistake and then went on to talk to my friend on instagram and then I saw that @ankara_circle sent a message saying that they wanted it as their story of the week and wanted and interview. Now I was suprised and went to tell @darhythms but he wasn't online.

So I initially wanted to refuse the interview because I am a very shy person with strangers but a little crazy with people I know. Anyhow my mum told me it would be nice to have my voice out there. So I did and I cannot tell you if I did a great job because I have not watched it back because I am partially scared that I will cringe.

So I think with all of this I have to consider this consistent positive reaction and think maybe I am a good writer really and I am just being an obsessive perfectionist again. Of course I am still going to rewrite it, I know they are certain flaws with it that have to be corrected. Like the randomness of the villains, the slightly rushed pacing all but I think I am going to do it this time with a positive mind that maybe I really am good at this. So I am already writing a continuation of it but uhh I am still kinda of working out the details. I already have the character arcs ready but plot wise it is still in the works. So for now I just have written a collection of scenes but necessarily in order. I am thinking of making them available for whoever is interested in reading but I am not sure on that. I can promise that there will be a lot of hijinks with magical creatures, Arike and Ara will become main characters with their own POV chapters even the snarky goat uncle gets a chapter or more too. So at the end of this needlessly long essay I think I just want to thank everyone that has helped me come up to this realization. Thanks.

The story link: https://ankaracircle.com/stories/the-legend-of-the-orisha/chapters/

[sugar-rascals-blog]

Day 1 to Day 8

Here are the prompts for all the readers for NaNoWriMo:

1. “The silence bloomed and spread secretly like a black flower.” Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red. What are the silences that occupy your life? 2. “In a country where possessions counted for everything, we had no belongings except our stories.” Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees. Which of your stories do you keep on the tip of your tongue? 3. “My two worlds just collided. Surprisingly, everything's all right.” Angie Thomas, The Hate You Give. Write about a major conflict in your life. 4. “I should live in salt / for leaving you behind.” The National, “I Should Live in Salt”. Who is leaving? Who is abandoned? 5. “Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.” John Green, An Abundance of Katherines. Write about a book that you’ve come back to again and again. 6. “A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.” Markus Zusak, The Book Thief. What is the oddest way you’ve ever begun a friendship? 7. “Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye. How have secrets bonded you to other people? 8. “I write about you all the time, I said aloud. Every time I say ‘I,’ it refers to you.” Louise Gluck, Visiters From Abroad. Who is this omniscient you that you are writing about? Enjoy writing 

[iguessaj]

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[raydogz101]

First draft of Generation Beta complete. Many more to come. I’ve been working hard but it feels so unreal to write these two words. The End. . . #writersofinstagram #writing #scifi #firstdraft #wip #novel #book #books #teenagewriter #generationbeta #work #commitment #superpowers

[sunshineandlavender]

the change

blooming from my darkest parts

begun the change in my heart

shifting with sunshine

my flowers are growing,

wisdom and knowledge flowing

showing me my power & potential

teaching me only certain seeds are essential 

to blossom such captivating reds and blues

i know now, 

my souls has the most beautiful hues 

-p.k nielsen

[casualcaliforniadreamer-blog]

Intro

Hey, I’m Cendra! It’s pronounced Kendra so lets just get that clear *laughs to herself in an empty room* But I’m here to start a journey. It’s fine if you don’t want a front row seat but you’ll be sorry if you don’t! My dream is to travel all the way to California from North Carolina to become a screenwriter. But now, only being a sophomore in high school, this will be my escape. So, anything I feel like writing, will be written here. You can hate on it all you want but this is my dream. 

[ohhsillybrii]

Old scribble.

So I found an old notebook of mine. This notebook contained ancient writings of mine from two thousand-six and earlier. Like OMG, I was shocked to see how little me was so emotional. I imagine that is a typical response though, right? I mean we grow and mature over the years, most anyway. I thought it would be cool to share some of these things with you. Over time we should get through them all…

[theteenagewriter-blog]

We’re opening shop on Tumblr, but you can check out the original, official site here:  https://kawiriacreed.wixsite.com/theteenagewriter

[my-okay-okay-posts-blog]

Forbidden.

there's one level of hidden. and then there's a level of forbidden. that you're terrified to even write about. things that you've denied but there was always room for doubt. something that will never be clarified. you want to back out but feelings cannot be put aside.