Latest Posts by sirkir - Page 2
"are you okay?" no I got way too attached to a fictional character and now they're dead
After spending a month editing: I'm DONE. FREE. The shackles hath been broken. My story is the best it's gonna get, I have no more energy to continue.
Me in the shower 5 min later: But what IF I changed that one sentence in chapter 9...
That phase in revising your novel when the pieces are finally connecting and you finally understand why it's not good yet so you can actually fix it... love it. This is why I write.
i really need people to stop telling me i cant write 9000 books in my lifetime like i really dont need your negativity
what do you mean i have to put in effort and practice in order to get better at writing? what do you MEAN i can't just throw together a masterpiece at the drop of a hat????
Sometimes writing is setting your fingers on fire trying to keep up with what your brain is creating.
...Then sometimes it's banging your head against the keyboard and hoping the result is better than what's on the page.
being a writer is wild
like there are some days where all the words click into place and the sentences flow like silk and then there are other days where your plot is undergoing radioactive decay and you're about to punch through your laptop screen in frustration
save me tormented fictional man… please tormented fictional man save me
~(°^°)~
Two rules for creating anything.
1) Make it weird.
2) Make it with love.
“you look tired are you okay?”
no i’m not i spent all night writing about depressed gay people thanks for asking tho
i’m one existential crisis away from writing the best character arc of my life
romance is lame and overrated i love mentor/mentee relationships in fiction and especially when theyre sort of fucked up
Me when I finish writing something:
Kun editoin: Editoiminen on vaikeempaa kun kirjottaminen, kärsin mutta ehkä joskus pääsen taas kirjottamaan
Kun kirjotan: Kirjottaminen on vaikeempaa kun editoiminen. Mikä idiootti minä olin kun en sitä tajunnut
You know when
kicking a hornets nest.
Me when someone comes into my room while I’m writing.
do you ever just find the most inscrutable shit in your notes app from three months ago and think what the fuck was i planning to do with this? because me too
This is your signal to let yourself write the deranged, uncomfortable, disgusting fiction that you've been thinking about.
write unpublishable things. it's good for you.
I know this is the website where we talk about artists and writers doing anything other than making art or writing, but man, we REALLY undersell how good it feels to actually work on your stuff.
Like you hit your word count for the first time in a week and its like
