feeling dramatic i love the moon and the magic

Real thing that changed how i write: I started asking "what does this character think is wrong with them" and separately "what is actually wrong with them." Those two things are almost never the same. She thinks she's too much. She's actually terrified of being too little. He thinks he's bad at commitment. He's actually just never met someone he trusted enough. The gap between their diagnosis of themselves and the real thing, that's your character arc right there. you don't have to explain it. just write both.

the thing I love most about how tumblr users use tags is that it’s like what if a social media website had a footnotes system

everyone's career advice is like "you should do what you love" and "there's no better feeling in the world than fulfilling employment" until you start digging graves for yourself instead of your boss and then suddenly you're doing it wrong and need to stop whistling merrily and wipe that smile off your face

Here in the great cosmic mistake we call western civilization, vast swaths of ppl are utterly convinced that terrible misfortune either only happened in the past or only happens in other places. This is an article of faith which supercedes the evidence of their own eyes and ears. I dunno what to do with these people. Trying to talk to them about current events that are currently eventing right in front of them is like trying to talk to a cartoon elf from a tv show for babies. They're like "[thing that was literally on the fucking news a day ago] could never, ever happen here in Happyland where bad things never happen, and talking about it makes me sad. Why do you want to make people sad? :( Nobody's sad in Happyland. :)"

everyone who is an excellent writer thinks they suck and will never get published. everyone whose writing sucks ass is actually getting published and displayed in barnes and noble

That looks like an "I'm going to run through all my tricks until you reward me for something" to me.

tell fat people they’re hot! tell fat people they look good! tell fat people they’re sexy! stop desexualizing fat people by solely calling them cute/cuddly/soft/a teddy bear etc.

and for the lady, perhaps a make out session with a gender fucked dyke?