Posts Tagged ‘amreading’
You Don’t Have to Finish the Book If You Don’t Want To
Okay, so this one hurts to write. But I figured it took me a long time to figure out (and caused a lot of misery because I was proving something to absolutely no one.) Originally posted by quemystiquefacade You don’t have to finish the book if it doesn’t bring you joy. Louder for the people…
Read MoreOn Dealing with Creative Doubt
If you make anything, art or stories or music or any type of creative medium, odds are you’ve heard the defeating thoughts that are built on doubt, the self-comparison game, or a period of just feeling low about yourself (no matter the cause). These thoughts? Yeah, they’re cruel and unfortunately common if you’re feel low.…
Read MoreTips Writers Can Take from Anime
I recently got back into anime after taking maybe a five-year hiatus from watching it. I watched shows ranging from light-and-fluffy OHSHC to Tokyo Ghoul to Black Butler to Hellsing Ultimate. (Previously to these shows, I’d only ever seen Miyazaki and maybe a few episodes of Naruto when they appeared as Saturday morning specials) After…
Read More10 Weird Things that Writers Google Search
Baby name sites, names meaning “(vague concept related to character development plot)” How long can somebody live without food/water? (for quests) Symptoms of the plague (for those period dramas) Rate of inflation (how much money in ye-olde-days was too much?) Stab wounds and can someone survive them if… Is “INSERT YOUR WIP TITLE” already the…
Read MoreThree Stages Every Author Goes Through
It sounds like a disease, doesn’t it? “Stages”. Yet, lurking in places that authors gather like abandoned bookstores and Tumblr, I’ve noticed three common struggles that absolutely devastate authors. And here they are. STAGE ONE: Self-doubt. Am I good enough? My writing is so childish. But that author was famous when they were only…
Read MoreWhat Your Music Choices Say About You as a Writer
This is closer to a writer version of an online personality quiz, but I decided to write a light-hearted post of what your music playlist means if you’re a writer. Don’t take it to heart. Or do. Whatever floats your musical boat. Let’s get… listening? Silence. Hello darkness my old friend… I’m either mysterious, or writing this…
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