ways to start writing more efficiently
stop writing with the word count on!
use a font like comic sans -- trick your brain into thinking that it's not important, that the writing can be stupid, if it's in a stupid font (if you can't tell i despise comic sans)
time yourself to get to a goal
or give yourself a certain amount of time
quantity >> quality in the first draft(s)!
jot down what you want to happen in that chapter
try organizing your writing (nanowrimo, for example)
do *not* reread! it doesn't need to make sense, it just needs to be there
try not to stick yourself to something you saw on tumblr. what works for someone else doesn't necessarily work for you!
take breaks. time those breaks.
practice writing short stories / oneshots of your characters.
try getting all your writing done within a certain goal (as much as I can for 30 minutes) rather than writing 5 minutes on or off
write down every little wormy idea that comes into your brain! sure, it's probably for a different plot, but maybe you can work it in somehow?
on that note, mash elements of your plots together rather than starting a whole new story
see maybe what little writing competitions you can submit your work to
proclaim your goal to the wide web for some peer pressure
rewards yourself. cheer on every thousand-word milestone. brag to your friends that you've written something, anything.
don't think of the big goalâdon't think of publishing, or posting, etc. think of the end of your chapter, the development of your character, where it goes.
switch your writing environment! where are you most productive?
make a playlist only for when you write. never for anything else.
getting off tumblr, probably.
have people remind you of your goals.
remember that it all comes with discipline, but also your mental health is the most important!! don't sacrifice half your sleep to meet your nanowrimo goals. try to recognize when it's taking you too long and close the document. do something else. come back later.
take care of yourself. <3 use this post as a breather (or reminder to start!)
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Neglected children will sometimes go âokay time to dangerously deteriorate to see if anyone cares about meâ and then if nobody does, they donât know how to stop deteriorating on their own, theyâll need help to pick themselves back up.
 And if that help doesnât arrive, theyâll conclude âI was right to destroy myself in a world where nobody cares for me anyway, why should I live at allâ and it sets them on a miserable life path where all they see is chances for self destruction and proof of nobody caring, and from the very start itâs not their fault at all.
Because someone should notice when a kid starts losing themselves and step up and help. Children are not meant to know how to take care of themselves in an environment where theyâre neglected, ignored and uncared for. Putting them in such an environment then blaming them for deteriorating is absolutely ridiculous. It takes paying attention and realizing when something is wrong and pulling a kid out of the black hole theyâre falling into, before they can no longer crawl their way out on their own.Â
Itâs not acceptable to let children deal with abandonment and neglect all on their own, and expect them to not grow up miserable, resentful, struggling, and doing harm to themselves. Itâs the same harm we never stopped them from doing when they were kids, when they needed to know that someone would care if theyâre hurt. If we want functional and healthy adults in the society, we have to notice what is going on with the kids and make sure theyâre helped in time.Â
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Self harm doesnât always happen when a blade touches skin.
Itâs skipping meals because you donât feel like you deserve to eat today. Itâs having sex because you want to be used or abused or defiled. Itâs drinking recklessly because you might have the âcourageâ do something stupid. Itâs smoking - not because you need the nicotine - because you know itâs bad for you. Itâs banging your head against a wall when youâre angry. Itâs crossing the road without looking because you lowkey hope a car might hit you. Itâs thinking about all the ways you could break a bone and make it look like an accident. Itâs not taking painkillers because you want to suffer. Itâs taking painkillers in excess because you know itâs dangerous. Itâs walking home the more dangerous way because youâre kind of half hoping youâll get attacked or raped or stabbed. Itâs going for long walks at night and getting chilled to the bone and hoping that you get lost so that you canât find your way back. Itâs seeking out triggering material. Itâs all the stupid little ways you punish yourself for existing.
Sometimes self harm happens when you put effort into depriving yourself of things you like or need, and sometimes it happens when you donât put any effort into doing the things you like or need.
Itâs a pattern of self-destructive behaviour, and it doesnât only happen in one way.
This sort of behavior is classified as âpara-suicidalâ Itâs putting yourself in a situation of danger or destruction with the intention of risking your safety rather than a direct attempt on your life. Kind of, leaving it all to chance? Also doing things to harm yourself or your self worth because you feel you deserve to feel the outcome of those actions.
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âI still remember you as a little girl who overwaters plants because she doesnât know when to stop giving.â
â Trista Mateer
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in another universe, my window is open and im laying on my floor. i am 12 years old. nothing bad has happened to me.
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He asked me when I fell in love with him and I knew it sounded dramatic to say the moment I saw him, so I told him this story of my grandma who had Alzheimer's- she forgot her name and the words for fruit and food, she forgot her address and how to use the washroom, all her life lost to the disease. The only thing she remembered was her son's name and when that began to fade, the one thing she always remembered was that she loved him, even in illness, even in insanity. She saw this 6 foot 2 man with a scrubby beard and she didn't know him but she said she trusted him, she asked him to hold her hand when she died. When does memory end and love begin? All I know is- she loved him before she remembered him.
-Ritika Jyala, excerpt from The world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire
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"
Jab khwabon ke samandar me tumhara naam dekha
Toh muskurane ke alawa koi aasra nazar hi naa Aya.
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heard porn bots might be following you guys again. sorry about that. but in some good news i have been gaining many new followers who are real stunningly beautiful women. welcome ladies :)
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The moment when youâre laughing just because you canât handle the hurt is the moment when something dies inside you.
~Unknown
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âAnd in the middle of my chaos, there was you.â
~Unknown
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Thinking about the casual intimacy of showing someone you love an unfinished work of art, the underlying message saying, i trust you with my unpolished heart
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If you planted hope today in a heart that felt alone, if you caused a laugh that chased some tears away, if someoneâs burden was made lighter because of your kindness, then your day was well spent.
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Mirror
i want to understand
what you see
that brings you back to me
cuz I'm tired of seeing the mirror,
and always recoiling at the thought of what i see.
I want to understand,
What brings you back to me.
because a journey into my mind,
is not a pretty sight to see
~bmb
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Anchor
A gnawing feeling taking bloom,
inside this pit of doom.
the waves crashing in after noon,
will sweep me away soon.
crumbling against the sands of time,
I sit here anchored, by your hand in mine.
~bmb
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The narrative of the upwards trajectory of my life was interrupted. I thought that because I was behaving well and healthily things would be okay. What I didnât account for was that other people can let you down.
Amy Liptrot
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My life used to be full of everything. Now if you arenât with me I havenât a thing in the world.
Ernest Hemingway
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"Devotion is so rare, and we are so grateful to those who show it unasked to those we love. "
Dr John Seward
Dracula
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