No matter what a post on tumblr tries to tell you, your moral and ethical stances will never be determined by what you reblog and what you scroll past. Don’t let manipulation tactics force you into doing anything you don’t want to do.
I once received a DM comprised of just that sentence. Nothing else. No constructive criticism or any reason as to why this person clearly agreed with my own view of myself.
For someone who has never told anyone in their real life that they write anything, reading something like this from an anonymous user only solidified in my mind the fact that this person was right.
I’m not a good writer.
After an embarrassing amount of minutes passed, in which I thought about deleting every story I ever posted, I decided to delete the message instead. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean I could delete the feelings it caused or change the fact that I’m not a good writer.
Two weeks went by and I didn’t write anything, let alone post. Then I received a comment on a story I had posted three years prior, one I’d written after a death in our family. The comment read, “Thank you for sharing this heartfelt story. I really needed this. I just lost my mom and this really got me today.”
I stopped thinking about being a good writer after that. I thought instead, “what if I had deleted my stories and that one person three years later hadn’t read it that day?”
Here’s what I realized: no one is a good writer.
Good means to be approved of, but stories aren’t created from approval. They’re built from life experiences, feelings, and emotions Therefore, the impact of anyone’s story isn’t good or bad. It’s a million other things.
Heartfelt.
Sad.
Funny.
Inspiring.
Romantic.
So to all the story writers out there, hold your head up, write what is in your heart, and never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.
So, no.
We’re not good writers, but why would we want to be?
I can't yell you how wonderfully perfect this is! To be far, parents in general do and don't have any idea what they are doing, so give 'em a little break - they are usually trying to do their best, but probably in the wrong way.
Kestrel-dad not sure how to dad but he’s trying his best.
haha ok funny story time! I did not look into this as much as I should have, and freaked out (I get too excited), and then the response was the beeeesst because it was of pirates and french and I was sooo confused because this is what I immediately pictured:
Newfoundland Twi...as in the dog
I had to do a quick scribble because I’ve been laughing about it all morning XD
(Newfoundlands are the biggest, NICEST dogs E V E R and picturing all the Links with this BIG FLUFFY HAPPY BEAST who couldn’t be aggressive if he TRIED because FLUFF aawieuthaskljag;lkja)
Sorry, @linkssyo for totally messing that up!!! XD
I decided to try doing a mock retro anime screenshot. I used Osamu Dezaki’s artstyle because it’s my favorite and I thought Link would look good in it!
I’ll probably make a couple more.
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