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Say it with me again everybody, tumblr will not use tumblr to contact you if there's a problem with your account. They will email you. Posts like THIS:

ARE A SCAM

Staff's blogs are @staff, @support, @engineering, and @changes. NOT a random string of numbers with a profile picture and banner mocking up the main staff blog.

If you get tagged in a comment or post like this, DO NOT click the link provided, DO NOT follow the instructions, and DO NOT give them any of your personal information or banking details, which apparently they are asking for, going by a few of the comments on the version of the post I got tagged in.

Report the blog for spam and then block it. There have been A LOT of tumblr based scams going around lately, like the zombie bot takeovers, so please remember to always safeguard your info online, find support numbers and links independently, and don't click any suspicious links!

There are going to be days (or weeks, or months) where you sit down to write and feel... disconnected. From your voice, from your characters, from your ideas. Like the person who used to write your stories just packed up and left.

They didn't. They're just tired. Here's how to keep writing anyway:

Lower the bar (Until it's on the floor) You are not here to write something brilliant. You are here to write something. A paragraph. A sentence. A single line of dialogue. Movement matters way more than quality.

Write around the story Don't force it. If you can't write the scene, try: ⋆ A character ramble / journal entry ⋆ A conversation that won't be included in the final draft ⋆ A list of things the character would never admit out loud ⋆ A messy summary of what should happen Engage with the story from a different angle.

Borrow a voice until yours comes back No, not with AI. Read something that feels close to what you want to write, or watch a scene that captures the tone, then write immediately after. Not to copy, to reignite your instincts.

Write the emotion, not the plot. What is your character feeling in this moment? What are they afraid of? What do they want but won't say? What's being kept from them? The emotion leads, the plot catches up later.

Stop trying to "feel like a writer" first. You don't write when you feel like a writer. You feel like a writer because you write.

If you get mentioned under ANY blog that says they're Tumblr staff. DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!!!!