ember

odysseus:

and use that advantage. don't know what to write? just leave a note and skip it. getting bored? write the scene sarcastically. want to try an idea but know it will cause plot holes? write it anyway! you can do anything. let your first draft be the most self-indulgent thing you have ever created. just let it exist.

- less trauma

therefore, i will be ignoring the impending final projects and exams and fully embracing the season with peppermint hot chocolate, fluffy blankets, patterned sweaters, heaps of books, and hopefully plenty of writing sessions

like, hold on, let me just pull out my notes. road safety? irrelevant. water damage? never heard of her.

what it actually is: stopping every few sentences to fact-check, make sure a word means what you thought it meant, find synonyms, revert to the outline…

—e.b. // the hands on my clock are spinning

~ e.b.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

also a friendly reminder that this book became a bestseller. if this can do it, so can you.

me, reading it in the morning: i used a colon three sentences in a row

sometimes when you try to write down your idea it doesn’t seem to come out right. that doesn’t make it any less beautiful. even if it’s not how you pictured it, somebody will read it and never expect it differently. you may only see the beauty of what could’ve been, but readers will see the beauty of what is.