love's unkind

on a panel at a book convention with other famous authors (we are all friends with a great dynamic and they think i’m cool)

what the about the author section looks like (author picture is black and white but casual, i’m not looking at the camera and look semi-mysterious but in a cool and approachable way)

the dedications of the books (definitely implies to the reader that there is an inside joke with the person it’s dedicated to here)

book covers (if i imagine too many kinds it’s just because they get cool re-released covers and special editions)

trailer of the movie adaptation (and that moment in the movie credits when it says based on the book by my name)

not “i’m a famous author” daydreams:

Giving talks at schools and encouraging kids to write, and maybe inspiring a few to go on to become successful authors or artists themselves

Setting up a scholarship or summer course for creative writing classes

Teaching a creative writing class and having people excited to learn from me and discuss examples of my teachings from my books

* My favourite authors saying cool things about my book that I can print on the inside cover

* Tweeting out fun extended universe facts, releasing links to my characters’ canon Spotify playlists, and Other Adventures in Having an Online Following

* People drawing beautiful fanart of my characters, cosplaying my characters at conventions, and/or coming up with fun headcanons about my characters

Dear writers,

Don’t make yourself feel guilty about wanting to rest.

Resting is NOT synonymous with laziness. Resting is part of writing. It’s a time when your brain heals and prepares for the next round of tackling with words.

Sincerely, Tired Writer

                                           SIMPLE SECRETS MASTERLIST

ALRIGHT, so when it comes to ‘secrets’ roleplays, the thing that always turns me away is that having a group full of characters who have all accidentally hit someone with their car, been arrested, or had a secret baby can be a lot. So below the cut you will find a list of secrets that are interesting and you can have fun with, but are more ‘everyday’ plots opposed to super dramatic ‘life changing ones’.

well look no further! ive started a small black writers’ discord with the hope that we can share writing, get ideas, and get constructive criticism from people who understand our experiences. it’s composed of mostly lgbt people, while i won’t exclude cishet people from joining, i ask y’all to be mindful. if you’re interested in joining shoot me a message and i can send you a link! 💕

This one is a tricky issue to solve, because in all honesty, no matter how many articles you read or motivational quotes you scroll through, you will never actually be productive unless you make yourself, and that’s the sad truth of writing. I do have some resources that may help you with this, though. 

I’m not sure where your sporadic writer’s block is coming from, but if you’re having a case of falling out of love with writing temporarily, here are some things for you:

Tips and Advice For Aspiring Writers, Authors, and Poets

How To Fall In Love With Writing

Why “Burnout” Is Okay - The Creativity Cycle

If you simply need some tips on staying motivated consistently, or at least staying productive and holding yourself accountable, here are some things that will help:

Beginning A Story And Sticking With It

How To Motivate Yourself To Write

Writing Through Mental Health Struggles

How To Actually Get Writing Done

Writing On A Schedule

Healthy Forms Of Motivation

How To Have A Productive Mindset

If you need some warm up inspiration, I usually find following a prompt when I’m stuck very helpful. Writing a hundred words on some prompt usually gets me into the zone with low pressure compared to actually getting my writing done.

Here are all of my one-off, daily prompts

~ Daily Writing Prompts

Here is my masterpost of prompt lists that may suit your fancy or help you get into the writing mood you need for a scene.

~ Prompt Lists Masterlist

Some playlists based on scene types for every scene mood:

Things To Listen To When You’re Working 

Writing Playlist // Spotify

Wordsnstuff’s Writing Playlist

Romantic Scenes

Resolution Scenes

Calm Scenes

Climax Scenes

Fun Montage Scenes

Angst Scenes

Fight Scenes

Epic Scenes

Chase Scenes

Sad Scenes

Here are some asks I’ve previously answered that are similar to yours:

Apps That Help You Focus

Falling Out Of Love With A Story You Want To Finish

How I Recommend Building Your Own Writing Playlists

Hope this helps. Happy writing!

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The other half of the class were told, “you can make only one pot”. But that pot had to be perfect. The quality had to be high; the highest quality pot would get the best mark.

But when it came to the grading, they noticed something weird.

All the best quality pots were in the ‘quantity’ group.

The guys who were literally churning out pots, trying to make as many as possible, not concentrating on the quality. But every pot they made, made them better at making pots. By the end of the month (I think it was a month) - they had some pretty awesome pots coming out, because they enjoying finding all the ways and all the things they could do to make all their pots. Where as the ‘quality’ guys had spent their time reading up on pots, and technique, and researching and planning; which was all great but they’d had no further practice at actually making pots.

The best way to get really good at something, the only way to be really good at something, is to make lots of shitty attempts at that thing several of which will fail. If all you create are perfect things then you won’t improve, because how can you improve on perfect?

flowers grow here → a wip intro

genre: young adult fiction

status: first draft/outlining

cameron // they/them // enjoyer of all things gentle and sweet // i’ve been writing for years but i’m finally working on a major project

main uses of this blog:

moodboards/snippets of my wip as i advance

reblogging things that give me inspiration

reblogging other wips to support others (with a good tagging system)

storing away writing tips

my current wip is temporarily titled “flowers grow here”, a ya novel following the hardships of luis montas, a new eighteen year old facing discrimination in his small town in alabama, and his eventual running away to find something better. it includes coming of age, found family, lgbt+ rep, friends to lovers, and a large amount of farmland.

anyone is welcome!

these are writing/productivity chats! you can work on fic for any fandom, homework, whatever you want.

we write in half hour sessions, you can join in for as few or as many as you’d like. we all start writing at the same time, write for 30 minutes, then compare word counts to see who got the most done. winner gets nothing but bragging rights and everyone else gets to feel just as accomplished!

there is a 15 minute break between every round for conversation, writing tips and posing questions, or sharing some of what you wrote

the chat room requires no sign up and you can use whatever name you prefer, anonymity is fine!