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forgot I had Tumblr soz xx

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Tips for writers - How to not procrastinate for Beginners!

I’m not pro writer but I love storytelling and writing stories of my own. So here are some tips beginners (including myself) I think should know. Of course everyone is different and some tips may work while others don’t and that’s okay! These are just my personal thoughts.

1. Nervous Writers

I honestly get this a lot when writing something new for the first time. I get nervous and worried if the story will be any good. Which may result in putting aside your story or abandoning it altogether. In reality you have no idea if a story will be good if you never write and flesh out your story. Ask for tips and learning from other writers off and online can help if your stuck or unsure about the your idea. Don’t be afraid to take that leap!

2. Technologies Distractions

I think this is a common thing that everyone (including me) has, this can apply to working on any project (for school, full/part-time job, personal hobby, etc.) My advice is to sit in a room away from game consoles, TV and mobile devices or turn off and put mobile devices silent mode so the sounds of app notifications don’t cause you to lose focus on your work. If your worried about important calls you can always have your phone in the same room as you just not in front of you.

3. Setting deadlines

Setting a deadline for yourself all depends on your situation (work/school/etc.) but generally speaking deadline could be how pages you write that week or until you finish your chapter. Whatever you want. This is a great way to keep yourself busy and avoid slacking off. Just be sure to keep it realistic, you probably won’t be able to write a entire 40,000 word novel in a span of a week. (Trust me I know..)

4. TAKE BREAKS!

Always take breaks! Never overworking yourself to the max! It’s great to see you working hard to get your story complete however, if it’s starting to affect your health then it’s time to set breaks. If you have lots of time during the week then you can use the weekend to relax and do something else. Maybe take a lunch break so you can eat and relax for a little before diving back in your work. This could also help decrease burnout.

5. BACKGROUND MUSIC (optional)

This doesn’t really help me but you can always play calm relaxing music with no lyrics. Help keep you focused and calm. This depends if background music or sounds help you.

6. Have fun!

Don’t forget to have fun writing your story! The best part of doing something you love is to have fun and enjoy what your doing.

Hope these tips help you guys and let me know what personal helps you when focusing on a craft. 😊👍

Neil Josten

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He's very obviously a carbon copy of his voice actor, a British Pakistani man 😭😭😭

oreides:

“Shihoko Fujiwara runs Lighthouse, a nonprofit for exploited children. She told CNN she once worked on a case where a predator used a cartoon to convince a child that sex abuse was normal. “So the pedophiles might bring the animation and say ‘this is how you practice with adults,’” she said.

Child abuse in Japan

While no link has been made between anime, manga and child abuse, Japan is facing a “serious” child abuse problem, according to a White Paper issued by the National Police Agency in March.

The paper said the number of child abuse victims jumped 20% between 2011 and 2012, and the number of victims, arrests and cases are at their highest levels since they started compiling statistics in 1999.

At the same time, the number of cleared child pornography crime cases rose to 1,596, the highest ever recorded, the paper said. Most – 85% – were Internet-related. The figures inspired the U.S. State Department to label Japan as an “international hub” for producing and trafficking child pornography.

The U.S. report noted that no national law addresses the “unfettered availability of sexual explicit cartoons, comics and video games, some of which depicted scenes of violent sexual abuse and the rape of children.

It added: ‘While the NPA continued to maintain that no link was established between these animated images and child victimization, other experts suggested children are harmed by a culture that appears to accept child sexual abuse.”

#gee who woulda thought that depicting children in sexual situations would lead to it occurring more in real life

This needs to be fucking slam-dunked in the faces of every single abhorrent and disgusting pedophile and/or pedo-apologist that wants to cry and whine about how fictitious child pornography doesn’t contribute to nor perpetuate CSA just as real footage or photographs of children does; those disgusting clods who insist that fictitious depictions of children in sexual situations doesn’t somehow normalize the idea that sexualizing children is okay, and that it doesn’t ~actually~ harm anyone… as if this form of child pornography exists in a vacuum.

Lolicon and Shotacon are child pornography.  They hurt children in Japan, and most likely children in other various places world-wide where this type of child pornography spreads.  Why?  Because child pornography is child pornography, plain and simple, and every last bit of it is toxic and harmful… and this particular variety only makes it easier for pedophiles to victimize children due to its “appealing” style, so don’t you dare ever say that it’s somehow more acceptable for child pornography to exist and that it’s somehow not harmful - all because it’s DRAWN.

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Chuuya anti that tries to make it seem like Dazai and Chuuya don't care about each other, how does it feel to not have any critical thinking skills? 🤔

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