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This is Our Problem:
Out of 1473 people, just 3.5% of people reblogged.
Only ONE person reblogged with their own tags. One person out of 1473. That's 0.07%
It's disheartening. It makes people feel like giving up. It's why we're leaving Tumblr.
We've seen all the deactivations, all the indefinite hiatuses, all the suddenly abandoned blogs and the creators no longer posting. And this is why.
Likes are lovely, but on their own it's just a simple button tap, there's nothing showing anybody cares about it, and it makes creators feel used and underappreciated.
If you want fic writers, artists, mutuals, and creators in general to stay- we have to all reblog!
REBLOG with a simple keyboard smash!!!
REBLOG with some spammed emojis!!!
REBLOG with a simple 'aaaaaa' or a small compliment!!!
Create a second account or side account to reblog if you don't want to on your main. Repost anything you like, just put SOMETHING, ANYTHING, in the tags!!! Otherwise, nobody is going to continue creating. No one.
please be kind to your fellow writers. we don’t know what they are going through beyond what they decide to share and portray online. if their space no longer caters to you just simply leave. there is no need to fight. it doesn’t resolve anything but breeds more contention.
we are humans behind these screens, remember that, so i encourage you to think before you interact. certain things are best left unsaid.
Proof reading smut is either the worst or best experience a writer can have.
I can’t tell if it’s a red flag or a green flag that my preferred mediums of writing are poetry and playwriting just because I hate thinking about grammar.
Sometimes you just have to hard start all over, first drafts don’t have to be the final product or anything even like it.
Sometimes you just have to throw out ideas in front of you so you can start to get an idea of what you want.
Its okay to start to completely restart with a better idea of what you want and a better understanding of how to get there.
Flailing first is not failure.
I don’t think anything will ever feel finished. No matter how much I write, personally like what I write, get a positive reaction from what I write, I’m never fully confident in it. I’ve always had such severe imposter syndrome just with everything I do and sometimes it just smacks me in the face.
I mean the core of me as a writer and creative is my severely insecure and mentally ill 15 year old self, I think it makes sense that no matter how much I work and grow as a writer I still feel so unsure about it. I still like to show people my work, even while I’m still working on it, because I am a perfectionist and people pleaser at heart who needs to know what someone likes to make it better.
I think I started to finally feel more consistently confident, probably because of my increased participation in community, but something always happens that body slams me back into my insecurity and imposter syndrome. Leaving me with the echoing “why the fuck would I ever think I deserve recognition” bouncing around in my mind. It fucking hurts.
future quiet feminine life
Writing Tips
Punctuating Dialogue
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➸ “This is a sentence.”
➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.
➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”
➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”
➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”
➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”
➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.
“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.
“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”
➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”
➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”
However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!
➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.
If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)
➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“
“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.
➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.
➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”
➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.
“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”
➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.
“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”
Doing a writing challenge where I try to get at least one fic/short story/whatever to my best friend.
Honestly just an excuse to finish something out of my one bajillion wips.
To have finally rid two of my stories of the category I previously had them under is a great feeling.
In no way do I hate the previous categories, that just wasn’t the same setting for the stories anymore.
I had been meaning to change them for a while but life is hectic and I kept forgetting. But now they are categorized as they should be.
So desperately, I want to matter.
- @annetries-towrite
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I think that once you've hurt someone enough times, you don't deserve to come back into their lives, apologizing for your actions over and over again. At some point, it stops being them and it starts being about you. At some point, you owe it to them to stay gone.
- @annetries-towrite
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Aku tidak tahu arah pulang, ketika tujuan yang kupikir memberiku peluang malah meninggalkanku sendirian di tengah jalan.
Aku tidak tahu arah pulang, ketika malam-malamku kesepian namun kau malah mengabaikan.
Aku tidak tahu arah pulang, ketika mulai kususun keberanian, tapi dengan sengaja kekhawatiran menghancurkannya secara perlahan.
Menunggu jemputan di balik bayang angan.
Berharap ada tangan yang menggapai lalu membawaku pulang.
Tanpa perlu bertanya, alasanku bisa tersesat atau pertanyaan-pertanyaan lain yang akan menghidupkan kembali rentetan kebingungan.
"Aku hanya ingin kau mencariku, bolehkah?"
Setelah Mengeluh Meminta Maaf
Maaf ya, aku jadi begini bukan karena aku suka. Selama ini sebisa mungkin menghindari kata-kata negatif. Namun, perasaan yang ada bukanlah sesuatu yang bisa kututup-tutupi lagi. Kamu mungkin tak mau mengerti perihalku yang bisa begini. Aku pun juga tak meminta apapun untuk dipahami. Cukup bagiku meminta maaf, setelah merasa kamu mungkin akan semakin terbebani ketika membaca kata-kataku yang tidak ada positifnya sama sekali.
Maaf ya, sekali lagi, kukatakan. Kamu berhak melanjutkan pada tulisan yang lainnya. Tidak perlu penasaran terhadap perasaanku, yang bahkan tak pernah berarti di matamu. Perasaanku adalah tulisanku. Jadi, jika tak menerima apapun yang aku tulis, begitupula dengan perasaan. Tak ada lagi yang perlu dijaga, aku maupun tulisanku.
Lama tak bersua, catatanku berdebu karena tak pernah lagi tersentuh. Padahal ada banyak gundah dan gaduh beradu jadi satu. Terkadang rasanya menggebu-gebu ingin menuliskannya, tetapi malah tercekat tak bisa mengeluarkan sefasih biasanya.
Gundahku soal sesuatu yang masih terus kuusahakan untuk menyelesaikannya, sedang berada di fase greget berpacu sama waktu. Sudah terlalu capek mengutuk diri, menasehati dia agar jangan mengeluh. Terus jalani saja sampai kelihatan ujungnya dan Tada! mudah-mudahan segera tiba di tujuan.
Lalu, soal bencana alam yang semakin ke sini semakin ke sana, semakin akhir tahun, semakin ada-ada aja ujiannya. Mengetuk kembali persiapan hati, pertanggungjawaban untuk diri ini. Menesahati kembali kalau ajal tak mengenal kata waktu dan tempat, bisa kapanpun dan dimana saja, yang terpenting ingin dalam keadaan yang bagaimana?
Selanjutnya, perihal kenyataan yang kuperoleh kemarin, seorang teman kehilangan ayahnya. Rasanya, aku tak mau membayangkan kondisi itu. Setiap kali kepikiran bahwa orangtua juga telah renta, apalagi beliau seumuran dengan ayahnya temanku itu, membuat diri ini hanya bisa meminta ke Allah, agar keluarga kami—ayah, ibu dan adik-adik dipanjangkan usianya dalam kesehatan, kebaikan dan ketaatan kepada Allah. Bisa saling membahagiakan hingga punya anak dan cucu nanti. Berharap Allah ridho dengan doa yang kutuliskan itu. Meskipun, kita juga tidak pernah tau umur seseorang, entah yang duluan berpulang lebih muda atau yang lebih tua. Semoga Allah panjangkan umur dengan menjadi pribadi yang lebih baik dan lebih siap untuk kembali pada kehidupan akhirat yang kekal. Agar nantinya, bisa bersama di surganya Allah.
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Sebenarnya, rentetan kalimat sebelumnya adalah sebuah tulisan yang tertunda. Awalnya ingin segera menuliskan. Namun, kenyataannya butuh waktu yang tepat juga. Bisa tertulis pun karena cukup dipengaruhi dari membaca tulisannya mas kurniawan gunadi yang membahas topik tulisan yang serupa dengan tulisanku. Sembari bergumam "Wah hebat banget bisa dijabarkan kayak gitu tulisanya" bisa mewakili isi kepalaku rasanya. Sehingga, membuatku merasa ingin menuliskannya kembali menyesuaikan versiku. Walaupun terasa masih seperti orang curhat ya.
Tak apa, aku pembaca setia dari tulisanku. Dengan menulis ini aku harap bisa menjadi pengingat yang baik pula untukku kedepannya.
Just arrived from IG dues to its AI bullshit.
I'm Regina. I'm a high fantasy writer & traditional artist, with a PHD in procrastination and mental illness.
🎨I draw a lot of different subjects, but my favourites are flowers and leaves. I use a lot of mediums— charcoal, alcohol markers, graphite, pencil colours, etc.
Just getting into watercolor. That's a shitstorm for another day.
📚 My book is about a werewolf, who is the last royal alive in an anti-authoritarian society and has to struggle with his identity being exposed as the pressure of m-rder and politics grows. It comes out in August on Wattpad.
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Never let bad grammar stop you from being a writer. There's always gonna be that one patient reader who'll sacrifice their firstborn for your book.
reblogging so I find it whenever i need<3
USEFUL WEBSITES FOR WRITERS
Writing With Color: Helps with writing about culture, ethnicity, and religion. Overall, it gives advice on how to write about diversity.
Name Generator: As the name says, it helps you build names for your characters. Very useful if you cannot think of names for your characters!
KathySteinemann: The 'archive.pdf' section helps you with synonyms in case you struggle to find the right word for your sentences (also to avoid using redundant words).
Spwickstrom: Similar to the previous one, this one provides grammar tips. Extremely helpful when finding phrases, verbs, conjunctions, adjectives, and so on.
Servicescape: The perfect website if you're experiencing writer's block. It provides writing prompts. It helps you spark creativity when it comes to writing.
reblog to help other writers !!
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There was a long break between the time I wrote the first entry and this one. So I decided that after this opinion piece about writing in a foreign language I will probably in the near future publish a longer and more personal entry that I wrote in order to “catch up” on my mental health :)
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❀ Pansy n°2 = I love English.
It is true, I do love the English language.
In fact, today I am in my first year of college and I follow a course in English Literature and Civilisations. So basically I am studying this language in depth. It feels great as, when I started this journal, it was the only thing I was wishing for but it is a lot harder than I thought…
Anyway, it is definitely not what I want to write about.
What I want to speak of, to let my mind wander to, is how I find it easier to express myself, my thoughts, my mindset, my feelings in English rather than in my mother tongue. I find it so strange yet fascinating and a bit logical. Actually, I have been told (or I have read somewhere but can’t remember where) it is a fact that bilingual people describe their emotions and communicate in their learned language with more ease. I find it quite logical as we have learned precise words and ways to express peculiar and specific events, feelings,... We have a whole new and fresh vocabulary imprinted in our minds so it feels like we have more words to clearly express something. Moreover, it creates more distance between us and the problems or feelings we’re facing.
I personally relate to this a lot.
I think it might be enhanced by the fact that I read more in English as well. So in a way, my literary vocabulary is more extended in English. I consume a lot of English entertainment. Songs, books, movies, series, fanfictions…
My mind even works in English. I think, speak and dream in English. Weirdly, it just comes naturally.
When I write or read in my mother tongue things just feel cringe and wrong, like there’s always a better way to say those things. Sometimes I think of sayings and expressions in English which are perfect for what I am trying to say but, it has to be in my mother tongue and it either doesn’t have an equivalent or even if it has, I feel like it loses a bit of its meaning. It is truly complicated, especially when I talk with people and only English vocabulary comes to my mind. Moreover, as an aspiring writer and translator, I cannot and do not want to lose connection with my mother tongue. I have to practice it and feel more comfortable with it. And when I successfully write in my native language, I cannot express how proud I feel. It just is awesome to see that I am capable of writing beautiful and meaningful things in this language that I feel so uneasy with.
Yet, I feel that sometimes it is an enormous struggle to communicate with others when I can’t speak with them with some english words and expressions. Like I said, more than often I have english words which come to my mind and it is hard to find how to say it in my native language. The worst is, when I struggle and people tell me to just say as I think, they end up mocking me and saying things like “Oh excuse me ! Madame only speaks English !” It makes me feel awful as people clearly think I am trying to expose my good english. Like I am pompous, conceited, arrogant… And it is very much what I don’t want people to think of me. Even though I am, in fact, proud of the quality of my English - written and spoken - I don’t want people to see me as someone who thinks too highly of herself.
ANYWAY. I enjoy writing in english. I enjoy speaking in english. And I will not stop practicing this language.
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