Ashertmarn

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER'S LIFE

I use this every time I sit down to write. It's the best tool in the world and I would be lost without it!

Writing stormlight archive fic invariably means one of two things: going back and inserting emotion spren where appropriate because you forgot about them and had to fix it; or adding the Mysteriously Missing Spren tag on AO3 because you forgot about them and couldn't be arsed to fix it

there’s a special place in the afterlife for people who go through one of your finished fics and comment chapter-by-chapter thoughts. feels like we’re sitting hanging out in a coffee shop together chatting about it or something. amazing.

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.