#writer's routine

[thecanvasofmadness]

From the book “The Tao Of Writing: Imagine. Create. Flow” by Ralph L. Wahlstrom.

[5soswfttwtaf]

ik i cannot be trusted with free time but I'd still like a bit (a lot) more of it to write constantly

[cairafea]

my favourite genre of seventeen is when they're straight up lying

ref:

[ahhrenata]

Steve tries to stay quiet while he gets ready for work, but Eddie hears him. He keeps his eyes closed and just listens- to Steve grumbling to himself when his hair doesn’t sit quite right, who starts to hum and whisper some catchy song. Eddie turns his sleepy gaze onto Steve as he shuffles around their room- watching quietly as he slips on his clothes, his shoes, a simple chain with Eddie’s ring around his neck. A warm, affectionate smile breaks across his face. Before he leaves, Steve glances at what he expects to be a sleeping Eddie, but instead, he’s met with a rasped, ‘Hey.’ Eddie sits himself up, stretches his arm across Steve’s side of the bed, and reaches, fingers wiggling. Steve crosses the room to cradle his face.

Their foreheads press, noses bump, and Steve brushes his fingers across scars and dimples.

He breathes a quiet,

‘Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you.’

Eddie huffs a tired laugh,

‘You know I never mind.’

Because, yeah.

Every morning Steve tries to stay quiet while he gets ready for work, but Eddie always hears him.

( another one from the poll | WIP )

[andypantsx3]

i am so tired. can we normalize knowing what plagiarism is and not rewrite another fic author's plots wholesale/entirely scene for scene :'(

[noisesfrombeyondtheuniverse]

I saw this and immediately went:

*points at kiryu* doesn't want a tan

*points at suo* some freak nonsense

And WHAT do I scroll down to see!

I know these losers

[imagionationstation]

I think I can officially say that I have reach the point where I hate everything I have ever written and should delete every paragraph that I’ve ever strung together and never want to post anything ever again

[intertwinedquote]

Fifty kilos of art—she is all that.” 🎨✨

i n t e r tw i n e d Quotes.

[necrotic-nephilim]

as an apology for being gone for a month, have a uquiz i spent a week making! pls feel free to reblog with which character you got, i worked way too hard on this silly little thing. there are eight different characters you can get that are varying levels of unknown, with comic recommendations for each character <3

[the-yukigami-yokai-chronicles]

Welcome to Yukigami Academy !

cassette rewinding...

Ah, yes, hello there and once again: welcome to Yukigami academy for gifted children. Founded by Matsuhiko Yukigami in the recent years, the academy has been praised continuously for it's ability to push students to be more, do more and see more. We here at- at - a̴̬̤͉͖̗͂̈̈́̏̑͑̽t̶̯̙̓̇̐̎͛͋ - ḛ̶̲̦͗̅ͅr̴͈̥̫͕̿͘͝͝r̵̢̈́͑̕o̵̻͇͒̌r̷̼̦͚̱̓̔ ̶̪͓͙͘p̵̣͖̗̳͂l̶͎̀̔é̵͉̺̪̒a̵͓̼͂ś̵̢̼͐̌̑e̴̡̛͓̎͌ ̶̥̅r̷̨͆͆́ĕ̴͈͆s̵̨̔̓e̴͙̗̩͔̐t̴̰̯͉̥̄͛́̆ ̷̘̽ṭ̷̠͑͆̐̈́ạ̵͊͛͌p̶͉͖͓͙̽͝e̷͕̩̎̿ͅ ̴̯͉͖̥͆́è̵͇͖r̶͖͑r̵̛̼͙ó̴̰̏̾̚ř̶̡̗̜̕ ̸̜̩̒͐̚p̶̰̥͑̊l̸̙̝̳͍̑͆̀̉e̴̩͇̜̾̊͜a̵̡͗͝s̵̗̙̖̕e̸̪̱̋͂͌ ̴͎͌͘͜r̵̘͆̐̿̐e̶͕͈͝s̸͉͆͛̇e̶̛̘̝͒̐t̷͇̖̏͝ ̴̳̗̦͓̈́͊̑͛ť̴̨̳̞͐ā̷͉̀̈́̓-̸̳̼̿͝

──★ In the mystical town of Yukigami, Aiko Yūrei accidentally unleashes a bunch of mischievous yōkai by restoring fragments of the ancient mirror: Yata no Kagami. Because, you know, that's exactly what you want to do on a Tuesday afternoon—summon supernatural chaos.

Enter Mizuki, a sarcastic Shinigami that tricks Aiko into becoming her unlikely assistant through a high-stakes poker game. Who needs friends when you can have a bonded servant, right?

As Aiko navigates this supernatural mess, she teams up with Kai Tsukuyomi, a well-liked, mysterious boy with a sharp tongue and a confusing fashion sense. Together, they face off against a cast of creepy yōkai. But beneath the surface, darker forces are stirring—forces that threaten to shatter the balance between worlds.

When Aiko ventures into the mirror, she discovers a shocking truth about her own identity and the sinister shadows lurking within. Can she and her unlikely allies keep the peace between humans and yōkai, or will the mirror's secrets tear everything apart? ★──

-- And that's all about the Academy! To know more, contact us through our website. Remember, see more, do more and be more! Thank you! TAPE 1 - AIKO YUREI TAPE 2 - KAI TSUKUYOMI TAPE 3 - MIZUKI YAMAMOTO

Meh, that tape is so boringggggg , here's the real welcome: BOO! did I scare you? Did I? Hahaha- -- M STOP interfering with the school broadcast message, Mizuki, or I swear to my all my years of life, I am going to curse you to speak in limericks for the day. - K

TAGS: #who ya gonna call? not this girl. please. - Aiko (MC) #300 years of the same routine - Kai and Mizuki (SECONDARY MCs) #yukigami academy shenanigans - side characters + spirits #yukigami yokai attacks - lore #yukigami chronicles updated - excerpts from the story itself

[stellorao3]

my writing ability drastically increased when i started zooming out my google documents to 90%

[thecanvasofmadness]

[5soswfttwtaf]

every time people praise my fic for mental health portrayal, a tiny part of me heals

[hermit-frog]

so people understand that Armand uses his innocent looks perfect casting and soft smiles/eyes as a weapon to disarm/distract/gain trust, but they fail to recognize this same manipulation when he does it to Daniel?

people will write paragraphs about how Armand manipulates Louis, but then he flashes one smile at Daniel and everyone's suddenly a believer, lol

I'd love to see DV on my screen, but we (armandiel girlies) need to recognize when a soft gaze = love, and when it's calculated. it's still delicious, though. rewatched it one billion times. what was achieved with this little interaction? where did the plot go after? what was happening before?

I have already mentioned it here, it's almost like good cop bad cop play. Armand sitting next to Daniel, smiling, apologizing on Louis' behalf again, giving Dan soft eyes, as if it wasn't him who had started that whole thing. Armand was the one to abuse his power in the 1st place, letting himself inside Daniel's mind, 'It's Alice, Louis, not Claudia.'. Louis simply followed (provoked by Daniel). i'm surprised Daniel didn't rub it in Armand's face, probably distracted by Talamasca.

the shift in Armand's demeanor from ep1 to ep3, interesting😏. Armand lives in survival mode, so his never-ending adaptiveness is not a surprise.

Armand is the master of manipulations, gets everyone (us included) fooled every week lol

[authorsharonforester]

Sticking To A Writing Routine

​Welcome. Today, I will show you how hard it is to stay on track with writing and the ways to overcome it. Here at home, I will currently express that I haven't written in a long time. 

The trouble with that is that I really want to, and despite that, I am not writing. I have a hard time sticking to writing a little bit every day because I am worried about how I will finish my work and the work it takes to do my writing and then edit it.

People have different reasons why they procrastinate writing. For all of us, it doesn't mean we enjoy writing. We are just afraid of failure in some way. For example, for me it is the process of editing and how much work it is going to take. My brain tells me that I will never finish the editing process because it takes so much time. I want to do things that will take very little time.

The story I am working on is about an alien that joins his people's plans on wanting to invade planet Earth, but the alien doesn't want to partake in this mission, and meanwhile on Earth, a girl and her friend are desperate to meet a live alien. This is a novel that took me three years to write when I was a little girl. I have written the entire thing on paper and now I need to type it on the computer.

It is important to keep yourself accountable for getting the work done. I am on camera because I want to show you that it is possible to come and stay on track in the writing process if you really let yourself do this. There are different ways to hold you accountable. You just gotta pick the types that work for you because everyone is different.

-Make a schedule and stick to it -Make a goal and stick to it -Make a checklist and work on it for a duration of time -Make a sign in, sign out sheet -Set a goal for the day -Get someone else to keep you accountable -Dedicate a day for your tasks

What works for every single person is different, so it is important you find what works for you, whether it is something from this list or something you come up with on your own. What works for me is this (when I am disciplined): Setting a goal and using a day to accomplish it. ​ Let me tell you how I found this. I was roaming through YouTube one day when I found an interview with Stephen King on there. I clicked on it because the title said he was talking about how he was making books so fast. He went into the conversation to mention that he sets the goal of writing SIX PAGES a day and then having the entire day to accomplish this. He also mentions that when he is being overcome with obstacles in writing, then he will use that time to take breaks, and what he does in those breaks is either eat a meal, shop at the door for things he needs or do a chore. He uses his breaks to do something he needs to get some practice in his personal life instead of being distracted by the phone and TV, which is really important to getting anything done. It is like being at school at home. Sometimes it makes it easier to think of it as an assignment he needs to get done. All these little things work as a motivator for him while he is working. Then he will start over the next day until he reaches his day(s) off.

This was inspiring to me because everyone else always came up with ideas that didn't work for me, such as the list above. For me, working under a time limit didn't work because I didn't know what to expect to come in randomly in my life. Others are able to work under pressure… It all depends on who you are and that you pick what works for you. As long as you pick something that is realistic to you, then you are on your way.

The last thing that you need to remember is that you need to start with small goals and just write! before you set yourself up with bigger goals and worry about editing, or else you will never get anything done because you are overwhelming yourself. We will overthink everything and then end up messing up our own stories.

[soulinkpoetry]

Some days it feels like we’re not participants in our own life. We go through it on cruise control, waiting for something significant to jerk us out of it.

-Soulinkpoetry