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[nana-writes-stuff]

I realized that I'm probably healed.

It came to me after going to bed and planning the upcoming week.

I noticed that I'm excited about it. Cleaning my room, decluttering my digital devices, searching for recipes to try despite my parents thinking I'll mess up...

So now I want to find the exact reason why I wanted to heal because *silly reason, really* I wanted to set a new phone wallpaper that can remind me of the dark times and why I managed to get better.

But I'm slowly realizing how silly that truly is, because I just wanted to get better. For myself. I thought about how I made jokes about my mental health and how I loved listening to music, going outside, dancing, singing, creating things... I thought about how I loved to be alive and how that's something I should never forget. This reason is enough. Me wanting to stay alive because I know I like living is enough. It just never occured to me that it's that simple.

#mental health #self healing #reflection

[nana-writes-stuff]

Came out of my shadow realm to say this:

Take care of yourself, even when you're not okay.

Because if you don't, you will use the result of it as a weapon against yourself.

#mental health #it will be okay

[nana-writes-stuff]

I really REALLY need this so I reblog it now and will come back when I have the braincells. But thank you very much OP, you're a life saver!!

How I Modify My Google Doc for Outlining and Drafting

I previously talked about setting up my document to look like a formatted paperback book to help writing not feel so daunting.

Today, I bring you a different way I change my document that is more appealing to me than the standard Doc.

For Drafts

first, go to Page Set Up

this is what the default is

For my setup: Margins will change to .5" for top, bottom, left, and right.

this is the page color I chose but it's totally optional.

Then, I change my default font. Here is how to find the ones I like. Go to the font option, then click More fonts.

These are the fonts I love. You can search them or browse for ones you like.

next, i change my first-line paragraph indent to .25"

For Outlining

(and also character profiles, world-building, etc.)

You are going to follow the same steps as above first. The only difference is you don't need to mess with any of the indent settings.

I use boxes as dividers and organizers. To do this, go to Insert > Table > 1x1.

Then, change the border thickness to 2.25pt. I usually have a color palette for these, so I'm choosing a darker brown than the background for the borders. But white paper and black table lines work just as well and are more print-friendly ;)

Next, I change the Headings, Subheadings, and Subtitles. To begin, I am changing my Title heading. I choose my font, how big I want it to be, and then I like using a highlight color as well. Here, I'm using a standard light/pastel color and 18pt font.

Highlight to select this new title. Go to the dropdown menu that says "normal text", hover over "Title", then choose "Update 'Title' to Match". Now you can click that every time with no hassle. And it will begin an outline for you to the left.

Let's make that box within a box! Make sure you are typing inside the first box. Then insert another table. I am going to use a 2x3.

Because this table is more than one cell, you can go to the three dots up top and click "Table Options" to change every table border selected at once. Again, 2.25pt with the same color as before. The cell background color says white but you don't have to change it to match the page color.

You can save both your Heading preferences and page setup as your default style. Every new document you make will use these settings automatically.

I really hope this was helpful and/or interesting!

As always, take what you want and leave the rest. Happy writing!

[call it good] writing

#i wish i had an I.T. lesson about this but education failed me

[nana-writes-stuff]

Ok, so I guess it's time I write a Hello Tumblr post because even doomscrolling is a pleasant experience on this app - and also Twitter is on fire.

So.

Hi Tumblr!

I'm Nana, a writer-wannabe who's also interested in various languages and translating. I use writing fanfics as a way to escape from reality. I'm mostly active in the Genshin Impact fandom but I was also in the Miraculous, Gravity Falls and Voltron fandom. I mainly wrote in my native language (Hungarian) and I also just got out of a writer's block so now I'm trying to translate most of my existing fanfics into English because Hungary is on fire as well so I don't see why I should keep on writing in that language 😅

Aaanyway you can read my fanfics here, on AO3 (@/Nana_Quinn), I have an Instagram where I will post about these fanfics and share photos I took in videogames (@/nanawritesstuff) and if Twitter survives the current situation, you can find me there as well at @/nanawritesstuff !

I'm shy but nice, have a strange sense of humour, I can be an a-hole if I've had enough of someone or something (e.g. AI, both what it's used for right now and those who defend it from "gatekeeper artists, writers, etc.) but most of the time I keep the rude comments to myself because I don't want to hurt others. I'm knowledgeable at some stuff and dumb at others. I tend to overthink so I might not write comments under posts but I will share and like them! I think that's it 😁

Nice to meet you!

#hi hello #introducing myself