so i love libraries and most of the time they make me feel serene and happy

but once in a while they make me sad, too

because i just keep walking around knowing i will never have time to read as many of the books as i would like to

and then i start thinking about all those authors who had a story to tell and how there are so many i’ve never heard of

and then i wonder what chance i’ll ever have of really getting my stories out into the world

so yeah sometimes libraries make me sad.

lovedly:

the-name-is-owen-harper:

i-am-not-a-guardian:

I expect no notes.

Far too many notes guys, far to many.

 

Sincerely sorry for all the partners that I have.

I have my moments.

I seriously HATE trying to sum my story up in 50 or 100 words.

Like, if I could tell the story so briefly, I wouldn’t have written the novel in the first place.

jomosbanana:

Or just any writer awaiting feedback, really….

shannahmcgill:

Having a writing lifestyle means

• Waking up with a plot idea based on one of your dreams.
• Rambling about people who don’t exist to anybody who will listen.
• Sneaking some words into your stories when you’re supposed to be doing other work.
• Staring dumbly at the blank word processor.
• Finding time to write where others only find time to sleep.
• Cringing at the OBVIOUS ERRORS in bestselling novels.
• Thinking up epic plots during your commutes to work or school.
• Cringing at the OBVIOUS ERRORS in the stuff you just wrote five minutes ago.
• Repeating a brilliant idea to yourself until you get the chance to write it down.
• Getting massive FEELS from your own work.
• Having a strange mix of love and hate for your characters.

amandaonwriting:

10 Signs That You’re a Writer

by Writability

1. You constantly edit. Whether it’s while you’re driving down the street and pass a misspelled sign, or grammatical errors in Facebook posts, you fix errors constantly in your mind—and sometimes not so silently. 
2. You’re highly observant. And not only do you notice things all the time, but you file them away in your I could write about this later folder. 
3. You often ask, “How could I describe this?” You don’t ignore your life experiences—everything from walking outside during a torrential downpour, to burning yourself while cooking, to taking the first bite of a piping-hot homemade chocolate chip cookie can be used in your writing, and you often pause to think about how you would describe it in words. 
4. You have a hyperactive imagination. There’s never a dull moment in that head of yours—your imagination is always working on overtime to keep you entertained and give you fresh ideas. 
5. You feel inspired to write after reading a good book. Enough said. 
6. You often daydream about your WIPs. Your characters never completely leave you— they walk alongside you throughout the day and give you new ideas when you least expect it. 
7. You feel guilty if you haven’t written anything in a while. What a “while” is depends, but after a writing hiatus, a part of you begins to demand that you get back to the keyboard and reprimands you if you don’t. 
8. Grammar jokes are funny. Well, they are. 
9. You can’t get enough books. After all, every new book is a couple hours worth of inspiration. 
10. You keep doing this writing thing. It doesn’t matter if you’re not published, if no one else cares if you continue to write, if you don’t make a penny off of the words that you put on the page—none of that matters, because you’ll continue to write anyway. 

10 Signs by Writability

Reblogged from Writers Write 

Haha, welllllll….technically I haven’t finished yet.  I’m just over 48,000.  And even when I hit fifty I know i won’t have all the scenes written.

This is the first time I’ve tried NaNo.  I just wanted to challenge myself, and I just happened to have a fresh idea I hadn’t started on.  

Hmmm…my secrets….

There actually were a couple things I’ve read from other people that helped me get through:

One was a quote I read from John Green at the beginning of the month.  It goes something like, “I just give myself permission to suck…I find this hugely liberating.”

That in turn reminded me of the book “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott, which is an EXCELLENT book on writing, and one of my favorite things in it is her use of the term “shitty first drafts.”  

Both of these reminded me that it doesn’t have to come out perfect right away.  I honestly think that was one of the biggest things that kept me going.  I know parts of it SUCK.  It genuinely is a shitty first draft.  But that’s okay.  Because once you get it all out, no matter how crappy it is at first, you can go back and make it the story you know it’s supposed to be.  

I work with kids, and I’m CONSTANTLY having to tell them that they don’t need to expect themselves to always get it right the first time.  They work on a project and they get frustrated because it doesn’t look like mine, or they make a mistake and crumple the whole thing.  They give up before they’ve gotten anywhere.  We all do this.  But I think to really create something, you have to keep going even when you know it’s not as good as it could be.  And then later you go back and make it better.

Anyway, that’s what’s been helping me lately.  Hope it helps you, too!! :D

YOU CAN DO IT.

words to live by.

(Source: babytakemetomalabami)

takeshitakenji:

“Someone should write a book where the main character slowly falls in love with the reader.”

I LOVE THIS IDEA.

If I wasn’t embroiled in NaNo rn, I would so give this a shot…

jmrichards:

i really should.

Still a few thou behind on my word count. :S *sigh*

(Source: mint-tea-and-honey)