Stars in your eyes

This is not a writing blog, per se, but it is run by a writer and I’ve been talking to some of my friends who often come to me for writing advice. I’ve been writing for nearly two decades now; novels, short stories, poetry, fanfic, academic papers, screenplays, stage plays, you name it (not that you’d know it given how infrequently I actually post what I’m working on anywhere). I haven’t regularly talked about it on Tumblr because there are so many blogs out there that talk about writing as a craft that I didn’t really think it was worth adding my 2 cents. But it occurred to me that if my friends find my advice helpful then maybe some of my followers might, as well.

So here is my invitation to come talk to me about writing, fanfic, original stories, whatever, anon or not. Ask me questions, rant, rave, squeal about you and your friends’ creations that you’re proud of. I promise never to judge, only to encourage. I don’t have much of a platform, but I’d still love to hear what you’re all working on and I’m hoping to start sharing more of what I’m working on, too.

And to my fellow writers: reblog this if your askbox is open for this, too. With the way content creators, especially those just starting out, are increasingly lacking support in internet spaces, it seems more important than ever to lift each other up and encourage each other.

madpunks:

poor memory is a huge deal and i wish people wouldn’t diminish it by saying “oh yeah i can’t remember what i had for breakfast lol.”

i can’t remember the first 10 years of my life. i can’t remember entire days, weeks, months at a time. i can’t remember entire people, i can’t remember names or faces. i can’t remember when things are scheduled for, my calendar app on my phone is booked to the max with reminders and task checklists. i can’t remember when i moved into what home when, i can’t remember important milestone dates like when i got or lost certain jobs, or when i started a new hobby.

that’s what i mean when i say i have poor memory. poor memory is so scary for the person who has it. it’s not a quirky thing, everyone forgets small details. memory problems are scary because you can go through entire events or days with no memory, or plan for things in the future that you can’t recall ever even looking into or scheduling. it’s not a funny haha kind of thing, it’s serious, and it affects a lot of people in very unavoidable ways.

not being able to plan for appointments or work schedules, not being able to remember people’s names or faces, not being able to recall whether or not you were present for something or whether or not you met someone, not being able to keep track of what’s happening on what dates and losing track of items because you can’t remember where you put them are all very real problems, and anyone dealing with them deserves to be taken seriously, and not diminished when they choose to speak up about it.

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klapollo:

klapollo:

I will open the fucking TikTok app just to watch this video multiple times

TIKTOKER: I swear to God, no one tickles my testicles more than the people of my own fucking country. Okay, so like WHAT HAPPENED was this year, this summer, I was in Korea. And I linked up with a homie that I haven’t met in a long time, just catching up. “Oh my God, how are you? You GRADUATED? That’s insane, where do you work!?” Whatever. Okay.

So there was a conversation about like, food and preferences. So I just asked him! I just asked him: (in Korean, pronoucing “asparagus” as a Korean loan word) “Hey, when you eat steak, do you put asparagus?”

(in English) And this BITCH. He looks at me DEAD STRAIGHT IN THE FUCKING EYES. Has the AUDACITY to just…. degrade, I guess! Ask me: (in Korean) “HAH! Hey, aren’t you from America? Why are you calling it (emphasizing the Korean pronunciation of asparagus) ASPARAGUS?”

(in English, in an exaggerated stereotypical American accent) OH, I’M SORRY. I’M SORRY! Am I supposed to say ASS-PARA-GUSS? ASS-PARA-GUSS? DO I GO (says his question again in Korean, but breaks up the flow of the speech by pronouncing all the loan words with American pronunciation).

IT FUCKS THE FLOW!!! WHY ARE YOU BITCHING!? I’M TRYING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY! YOU MONOLINGUAL FUCK!!!!

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altospaceangel:

beetledrink:

not to be insensitive but some of the salem witch trials were so funny bitches like “i saw her at the devils sacrament!!!” girl… what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament 👀

If ANYTHING is a heritage post it’s this.

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ysolt:

ysolt:

kitten i have to be honest your misunderstanding of what ‘death of the author’ actually means is getting embarassing and mommy would prefer if you posted less or maybe attended some classes on literary analysis

kitten i think you might be stupid

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veggiesforpresident:

veggiesforpresident:

i understand the appeal of publishing “fic with the serial numbers filed off” as original work but i also feel like. what makes something a good fic is at odds with what makes something a good original story.

a good fic is in conversation with a source text, it may give a character an interesting role, it may reinterpret or subvert the rules established in the canon universe, whatever. but like. its transformative by nature. whereas original stories - good ones, anyway - have their own internal, non-referrential sense of logic and rules. it can be in conversation with the genre writ large but it has to have internal substance that can stand alone. which fic inherently cant do.

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sociallyanxiousdragon:

geekdawson:

one of the more valuable things I’ve learned in life as a survivor of a mentally unstable parent is that it is likely that no one has thought through it as much as you have. 

no, your friend probably has not noticed they cut you off four times in this conversation. 

no, your brother didn’t realize his music was that loud while you were studying. 

no, your bff or S.O. doesn’t remember that you’re on a tight deadline right now.

no, no one else is paying attention to the four power dynamics at play in your friend group right now.  

a habit of abused kids, especially kids with unstable parents, is the tendency to notice every little detail. We magnify small nuances into major things, largely because small nuances quickly became breaking points for parents. Managing moods, reading the room, perceiving danger in the order of words, the shift of body weight….it’s all a natural outgrowth of trying to manage unstable parents from a young age. 

Here’s the thing: most people don’t do that. I’m not saying everyone else is oblivious, I’m saying the over analysis of minor nuances is a habit of abuse. 

I have a rule: I do not respond to subtext. This includes guilt tripping, silent treatments, passive aggressive behavior, etc. I see it. I notice it. I even sometimes have to analyze it and take a deep breath and CHOOSE not to respond. Because whether it’s really there or just me over-reading things that actually don’t mean anything, the habit of lending credence to the part of me that sees danger in the wrong shift of body weight…that’s toxic for me. And dangerous to my relationships. 

The best thing I ever did for myself and my relationships was insist upon frank communication and a categorical denial of subtext. For some people this is a moral stance. For survivors of mentally unstable parents this is a requirement of recovery. 

This post has helped me so much I’m glad I’ve come across it again

It has honestly saved some of my relationships and it could have saved others if I had taken it to heart earlier

It’s how I approach all new relationships, and I’ll state this outright to be clear

I can’t stop myself from overanalyzing initially, but I have regularly stopped myself from obsessing over or acting on my overanalyzing

Thank you so much for making this post

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kkujo:

kkujo:

i just saw someone describe a disabled person as “someone with beautiful abilities” i cannot do this anymore

god can we stop softening the term “disabled”. disabled isn’t a dirty word. it’s not “special abilities” or “differently abled” or whatever the fuck you want to call it. people have disabilities that cause life to be hard and there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that?? it feels so invalidating when people are like “ohh you’re not disabled!!! you have special abilities!!” like. omg a) it feels so infantilizing. b) by saying that you’re basically saying our struggles aren’t real…? some conditions are disabling. it’s not hard to understand?? like there is NOTHING wrong with being disabled & using the word disabled. it’s not offensive it’s not a dirty word can we take the shame out of it pls oh my god. this goes for physical & non physical disabilities btw

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grumpygreenwitch:

forkingandcottage:

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Frog Paints a Water Lily Pond 🪷🎨🐸

𝑓ₒᵣ ⲕᵢ𝑛𝑔 ₐ𝑛𝑑 𝑐ₒ𝑡𝑡ₐ𝑔ₑ

Ok, I adore the Frogs to begin with, but the sheer finesse and dedication of this one boggles my mind.

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helenawa-art:

If my friend’s ocs have 100 fans I’m one of them if my friend’s ocs have 10 fans I’m one of them if my friend’s oc have 1 fan that’s me if my friend’s ocs have no fans that means I’m no longer in this world

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