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up late thinking about how much i hate colonialism and what it has done to the world, i wish each country had the opportunity to develop their own culture without being interrupted

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The stigma of self-inserts is so harmful to the creative process. Relax. Admit it. Everything you make is derivative of yourself, always, no exceptions. You can turn the mirror into tinier and tinier shards or you can make it as big as you want to reflect as much as you want. At the end of the day it's always going to show you inside of it. Pretending otherwise is stupid.

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everybodys got that one friend named polonius who hides behind their tapestries

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art by @BottlngSunshine

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fun fact! did you know that you can gain extra ‘forbidden time’ by staying up late in the night? but Watch Out

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LOSER SAYS WHAT SENT ME HOLY SHIT FHSKHDKSHD

#get him gorgug #dimension 20 fantasy high #dimension 20 fhjy #dimension 20 spoilers #fhjy spoilers #d20 fantasy high #d20 fhjy #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high junior year spoilers

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there should be a knives out movie for every season. like. knives out is for autumn. glass onion is for summer. there ought to be a spring and winter movies. benoit blanc solves a murder in a christmas jumper. there's an extended metaphor around coming into bloom and rebirth. they're trapped in a cabin in a snowstorm and there's a murderer among them. someone's hayfever medicine is the key to everything. what's not clicking

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Do you have any advice for when you realize that your story is complete and utter crap and the characters are stupid and the plot is full of holes that you can't fix without changing the whole thing and you don't know how to describe anything without sounding either overly simplistic or knock-off Shakespearean and everything is a mess and no one's ever gonna like it?

Woa there my friend, take it easy on yourself.

First off, chill. Take deep breaths, inhale, hold, exhale. Repeat three more times. There. Now get ready for the answer you probably don’t want to read.

The only person who, right now, gives a fuck about the story is you. No one else does, no one is waiting for that book to be in bookshelves, or to be shipped to their homes, there’s no one waiting for their book to be signed by you. There’s no one standing between the story and the rest of the world, except you. You are the only one who’s depriving yourself from writing. The only one who thinks and believes your story is complete and utter crap. You are the only one judging it, no one else is.

Have an honest conversation with yourself, do you really want to feel this bad about your story every single time you sit to write it? Do you really want to burn your neurons trying it to fix it?

People will come up with different advices: take a walk, go to the beach, go to the forest, connect with yourself, watch a movie, listen to your favorite music, play a video game, write your thoughts, write short stories, do character charts, set yourself on fire (please don’t do this), plan the story, read different writing blogs, eat ice cream, go to the moon, count the grains of sand, pet your dog, carry a notebook wherever you go, talk only using lines from the godfather, and so on. But the only thing you need to do is being honest, with yourself and with your story.

Writing is a slow process, you go from A to B by using the longest and tiring, but useful road. Seriously, you don’t get better by writing only 500 words, you get better by writing 500 words every day (or less, is different for everyone).You get better because even when you know you suck, you keep trying, if you don’t like something don’t scratch the surface, aim to its core and change it from there.

Find your own style without criticizing it first. Write, let it rest, edit. Don’t mix the steps. If you need a whole notebook to organize the story then use a whole fucking notebook. Don’t force yourself to do things you don’t want to do, specially when it comes to writing.

Yes, you’ll suck, we all do. You’ll face criticism, we all do. You won’t like what you write, welcome aboard. You are not the only one with these thoughts, some people overcome them, some others give up, but whatever you choose, let it be an honest decision to yourself, no one has the right to judge you for staying or leaving.

So, my advice: Don’t over stress for something you have complete and utter control over. This is your story, choose if you want to write it or not, if you choose to write it, know it’ll be a constant struggle, if you choose not to write it, it’s okay, there’s always something else waiting to be done and it can be the right thing for you. And if you choose to write don’t lose yourself into it.

Lia

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the two genders are yes or no

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NO ONE knows how to use thou/thee/thy/thine and i need to see that change if ur going to keep making “talking like a medieval peasant” jokes. /lh

They play the same roles as I/me/my/mine. In modern english, we use “you” for both the subject and the direct object/object of preposition/etc, so it’s difficult to compare “thou” to “you”.

So the trick is this: if you are trying to turn something Olde, first turn every “you” into first-person and then replace it like so:

“I” →  “thou”

“Me” →  “thee”

“My” →  “thy”

“Mine” →  “thine”

Let’s suppose we had the sentences “You have a cow. He gave it to you. It is your cow. The cow is yours”.

We could first imagine it in the first person-

“I have a cow. He gave it to me. It is my cow. The cow is mine”.

And then replace it-

“Thou hast a cow. He gave it to thee. It is thy cow. The cow is thine.”

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obsessed with this sign i saw taped up outside the bat room at the zoo yesterday. the enthusiasm, the hand-written note, the bat drawing.

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NO ONE knows how to use thou/thee/thy/thine and i need to see that change if ur going to keep making “talking like a medieval peasant” jokes. /lh

They play the same roles as I/me/my/mine. In modern english, we use “you” for both the subject and the direct object/object of preposition/etc, so it’s difficult to compare “thou” to “you”.

So the trick is this: if you are trying to turn something Olde, first turn every “you” into first-person and then replace it like so:

“I” →  “thou”

“Me” →  “thee”

“My” →  “thy”

“Mine” →  “thine”

Let’s suppose we had the sentences “You have a cow. He gave it to you. It is your cow. The cow is yours”.

We could first imagine it in the first person-

“I have a cow. He gave it to me. It is my cow. The cow is mine”.

And then replace it-

“Thou hast a cow. He gave it to thee. It is thy cow. The cow is thine.”

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reminder that donating just a few $ to gofundme campaigns actually helps, you don't have to donate huge amounts if you don't have the funds, every little bit is useful. give $10, $5, even $1. it all adds up. don't scroll past because you think you can't help. help in your own capacity. donate a dollar. share and speak up.

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aftercare but for conversations. I need people to say, “the way you phrased that was sooo normal and I don’t hate you,” after every social interaction is that so much to ask?

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This deserves its own post.

Nicola is so brave and courageous.

Hot 🥵 is an understatement!! Both inside and out!

#fuck yeah #bridgerton

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GOOD BOY THAT’S RIGHT COME CLOSE I’LL SHOW YOU HEAVEN IF YOU’LL BE AN ANGEL ALL NIGHT

#ts

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My last post on this didn’t get a ton of traction so I’m trying again. The latest budget proposal for NYC includes a $58.3 million cut to public libraries.

Previous cuts forced NYC public libraries to close on Sundays, and this further round of cuts would likely force libraries to end weekend service entirely. Additionally, it would mean further cuts to programming and the indefinite delay of reopening libraries that have been closed for renovation, which would leave entire neighborhoods without a library.

There is a preliminary budget hearing on May 21, and until then libraries are asking people to sign a letter here to urge the mayor’s office and city council to reverse the cuts.

I know things are terrible in a lot of ways right now and people probably feel overwhelmed and burnt out, but signing this letter (or reblogging this post) is a small, quick, concrete way to make a difference.