#that’s the best and that’s what’s gonna work for you

mutated-bunnies-deactivated2020:

I see… so many writing advice posts on Tumblr that can single handedly kill a young/beginning writer’s style that it makes me want to scream sometimes.

Let yourself be messy in writing. If artists are allowed to get paint over everything, including themselves, you’re allowed to have choppy sentences where the rhythm is weird and where you, god forbid, used an adverb.

Be the literary equivalent of an elementary school art class and be wild, innovative, and try new things out. In the end you’ll have created something you had fun doing rather than trying to fit yourself into a set of rules set forth by “Who Knows What Their Credentials Are Besides That They’re A Creative Writing Major”.