Latest Posts by sirkir - Page 4
why do i write? to inflict pain. on who? myself.
Draft 1: Trash.
Draft 2: Slightly better trash.
Draft 3: Compacted and recycled trash.
Final draft: *iconic trash.
writing advice is fake. just make the little guys do stuff
*writes a sentence or two after writing nothing for days*
"why do you have so many unfinished drafts?" because chaos reigns.
Reading a book: “Ah, yes, brilliant. That totally makes sense. How clever!”
Attempting to write a book: “I am a complete and utter fraud. Who gave me permission to wield words? Someone revoke my keyboard.”
Daydreaming about my book:
Writing my book:
one time a professor asked me if i’d ever wanted to write anything “more important” than romance. and i said no. i was put on this earth to write about sad people kissing. and if another writer ever came up to me and said they wanted to write 400 pages containing nothing but a character baking a single loaf of bread each day, then i would tell them to do that. people don't write something because it's important. they write about something and that is what makes it important
reblog if you’re a writer who feels guilt whenever they’re not writing and being productive, so I know I’m not the only one lol
WRITE IT!!! WRITE THAT SELF INDULGENT SHIT!!!
Lesser-known steps of the writing process:
Finding all the paragraphs where you used some hyper-specific word more than once
Rearranging paragraphs that you swear you wrote in the right order but turned out to be totally backwards
Going for a walk, coming up with the perfect line, and forgetting it as soon as you get home and open your laptop
Creating a separate document where you can dump all of those nice sentences that no longer fit in anywhere
Waking up in a cold sweat because so-and-so was supposed to be barefoot but never actually took his shoes off
My average writing experience:
"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"
*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*
The stuggles of being a writer.
A shame that I have to actually finish my book before I get to read it. I enjoy writing it just as much but I am looking forward to finishing my first book and getting to read through it, even if I do know what's going to happen.
revising your writing is just like "is this weird. is this a weird sentence. is this the weirdest most poorly-worded sentence ever written by anyone" and the sentence in question is "he walked across the room"
i love this character so much......i hope they get seriously injured and almost die
sometimes i go back and reread what i wrote a while ago & i'm like
screaming, crying, throwing up, as I force myself to write a story i'm very passionate about and love writing and have no obligation to write except that i want to
Being obsessed with your own ocs is so so good for you i seriously can't recommend it enough
man this guy is my favourite character (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him (thr
Jos oikeesti jotenkin saan jotain joskus muokattua sellaseks että uskallan lähettää sen johonkin niin ihmeitä on tapahtunu
If I somehow ever manage to edit something to the point I can send it out miracles have happened
Screaming and crying and shaking the bars of my cage because the first draft isn't perfect and also I have to actually write it
Reading a book: “Ah, yes, brilliant. That totally makes sense. How clever!”
Attempting to write a book: “I am a complete and utter fraud. Who gave me permission to wield words? Someone revoke my keyboard.”
Kirjottamisen kahdeksan vaihetta:
- tää on mahtavaa
- tää on vähän vähemmän mahtavaa
- tää on paskaa
- olen paskaa
- ei jumalauta voi vittu mitä helvettiä teen
- hetkonen tää ei välttämättä ookaan niin kauheeta itse asiassa
- miten vitussa tää toimii
- tää on mahtavaa
The eight stages of writing :
- this is awesome
- this is slightly less awesome
- this is shit
- I’m shit
-oh god oh fuck what the hell am I doing
-wait this might not be that bad actually
- How the fuck is this working
-This is awesome
