Pro tip for adulting: being late isn’t a death sentence for 95% of things. All you gotta do is call the moment you realize you’re gonna be late, apologize, and then give another small apology when you get there. The thing people really don’t like about lateness is that it seems like the other person doesn’t value their time, and since calling shows that you value their time, that leaves only the mild inconvenience of waiting a bit for them to deal with
this is 100% true. Calling ahead to let them know you’ll be late is 100000x better than just showing up late without any notice. Everyone has been late before so most of the time they’ll understand being late. Just don’t make a habit of it
“all you gotta do is call” like 99% of us don’t see having to call someone as a death sentence.
you have an in-person appointment with the person being called in this situation. One that you’re already on your way to. Like I was afraid of the phone too but it was always about the interaction of talking to someone, and that’s gonna happen when you get there regardless
If youre capable of leaving the house and meeting someone, you can call them to respect their schedule when you’re late.
I’m usually pretty understanding but I gotta give you a big ol’ Get The Fuck Over It on this one, bud
a person with a default tumblr icon will stroll onto my blog, somehow find a post i reblogged 3 years ago, with NO TAGS, like it, and then ride off into the sunset never to be seen again
Okay. I just had one of the saddest encounters in my life today and this is with a wonderful lady who doesn’t see herself good enough to be called an Author or a Writer (note the capital) because she doesn’t deserve the “title” or “glory” that came with it JUST BECAUSE SHE’S JUST WRITING FANFICTION.
Lord, give me strength.
Now look here, all you fanfiction creators– believe it or not, you’re actually great enough for the majority of mankind and you’re even greater than most people existing in this worldwide web. Look, this isn’t even about what kind of stories you write or how you write it. The fact that you’re brave enough to 1) share your thoughts with the world; 2) be patient enough to actually [carefully] write down your ideas and turn them into something tangible and god forbid mind blowingly creative; and 3) keep up with whatever it is that’s going through your life AND updating your WIPs– that’s disgustingly generous of you for all of us [especially those who can’t even write to begin with].
Admittedly, there are those who are considered ‘legends’ amongst these creators but pay no mind to that– they all started somewhere and they DEFINITELY did NOT publish their first work and gained the ‘status’ of what they have now.
So keep writing. No matter how silly your idea might seem to be at the time, do it. Start scribbling, or typing, or even just recording your random thoughts and go back to it later to create a plot chart for your undertaking. OWN your will to create stories because quite honestly, you fanfic creators are damn better than most books being published these days, save for those who have cemented their status in the publishing world. You create worlds and universes and mythologies no one else can come up with because your thoughts are yours alone: you cultivate that and shape it into something you contribute to the world. Doesn’t have to be damn poetic all the time, it can be a mush of thoughts– a drabble– or a one-shot of random AUs, fix-its, canon-compliant and canon-divergent, PWPs (yes, this too), BB, RBB, and everything else in between. This type of creation has been acknowledged even by the very subjects you’re writing about. They know about it. That’s why they even do a fucking meta as an episode.
Keep writing because you have no idea how much your works affect people in ways you can’t imagine. Whatever lesson, idea, thought process is reflected in your stories could at one point save a life. Some works definitely saved mine when I was at my darkest. But that’s a story for another time.
The fact that you even lifted your finger to create a story is a blessing on its own. YOU ARE A LEGIT AUTHOR AND WRITER AND NO ONE CAN TELL YOU OTHERWISE. And lastly,
Thank you for writing.
[I will also tag all the pairings (off the top of my head) that I have read in the entirety of my existence and saved my life from misery so excuse this entry]
Reblogging this because I think it needs to reach more people.
I thought of this fun tag game that I reckon you guys will enjoy, you ever just imagine standing next to your f/o and gush about it… we’ll I’m going to fuel that, go to this site and see how short/tall you are compared them (ෆ`꒳´ෆ)
Please say I’m not the only one who got a bit emotional hearing that snippet of Hammond’s Petticoat Lane bit while the dinosaurs were roaming amongst the humans
when you watched a anime back when you were young (and it was still aired on tv) and now you try to see where the fandom is but the fandom is just you and some dead fanfic authors you found in ao3 that haven’t uploaded for years.
