twig’s braindump

post so nice had to reblog it twice and force it down everyone's throats

if you work in a creative field...or if you do creative hobbies like writing or drawing...you need to make friends with people who don't do those things. you need to befriend normie Steve who has never written a story in his life. and this is because when you are in a creative job or hobby and spend all your time doing that thing, surrounded by very capable people, who you inevitably compare your own progress and skills to, you forget what the baseline human skill at that thing is. and it's usually zero. normie Steve has not written a story since the 3rd grade when his teacher made him do it. he's very good at other things that are not storytelling - but if you tell normie Steve that you wrote a full 300-page book from start to finish, he will think you're some kind of savant. he does not know ANYONE else who has done this. you need this perspective. because when you're constantly on Let's Write Stories dot Com then everyone on Let's Write Stories dot Com will inevitably be like "oh of course everyone on earth has written a book or several at this point!" and you canNOT let yourself think that. that is not even close to the average human experience. you are in a bubble. do not put yourself down. do not give up.

i ran into this issue when first started my job actually! all my closest friends are game dev/artist comedian types and we've ended up slipping into nonsensical forms of talking to each other most of the time. my surprise when i end up working a public facing job with people who've never gotten into the nitty gritty of art, made a fool of themselves on stage, touched any form of game development. i genuinely had no clue how to interact with these people. fast forward a few months and now they are my greatest source of gossip and intrigue in my life that i dont even have to be a part of, i just get to absorb it. and then they find all the game dev stuff im doing to be so cool! find yourself a normie steve, it really grounds you.

WATCHING DAREDEVIL IS LIKE CONSTANTLY WATCHING THE SECOND ACT OF A BROADWAY PLAY.

this is the only car im legally allowed to drive

this is my first ides of march where ive been on tumblr but yknow what? im so with it. happy ides of march gang 🔪

they turned caesar into an idea of march