had a sudden burst of writing inspiration mid-cry this evening and wrote 1.5k words of my wip for the first time in at least a month (!)

wishing this on all of my writing mutuals and followers who are currently experiencing writers block, your time will come

avelera:

writing is like falling in love - all the advice on what to do makes sense when you’re in it, and seems as impossible as touching the moon when you’re not. just sit down and write every day? ridiculous. impossible. but fall in love with a story again and you look back and wonder why you thought putting one word in front of the other was so hard.

Writing is such a love hate relationship for me. Sometimes I will sit down and truly feel the love for storytelling. Other times it takes everything in me to press down on the keyboard keys, trudging on with a story that I don’t know if people will like or hate. Being a creator of any kind is so difficult and writing is a long process of failure with little reward along the way. But those times when I feel as if the words are coming from my soul, that my language is dictated by my heart, makes the arduous process worth every second. For years I rejected manuscript after manuscript because I wanted my work to be flawless. Art isn’t something that can be perfect though, because it is subjective. Fall in love with your own art and watch as the critics, the nonbelievers, and the rest of the world all melt away

fictionwritingtips:

·Write to your comfort level. Meaning: give yourself a break when you need it and push yourself when you’re feeling motivated.

·Seek out sources of motivation. There are very few times when motivation hits me out of nowhere. Read a good book. Watch a good movie. Write down your goals.

·Find your space. Coffee shop. Library. Your room with the music blasting and the TV playing your favorite show. Find whatever gets you in the right headspace.

·Your first draft is just the first draft. Too many writers stress out about the first draft and they forget it’s just the first step in completing your novel. You can add to it, build from it, or toss it away completely.

·You will be rejected. Even if you write the next big hit, you’ll be rejected. Read the reviews for some of your favorite books—I guarantee someone HATED it. Not everyone will like your work, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad.

·Write advice isn’t for everyone. There’s no one-size-fits-all plan for writers. Pick and choose advice that works for you, ignore what doesn’t. Not everything will relate directly to you and your style of writing.

·It’s okay to stay in. Want a night to yourself so you can write? Don’t be afraid to cancel your plans and focus on your writing hobby. You don’t have to feel guilty about wanting to work on your writing.

·Let ideas settle. It’s tempting to jump right in to a new writing idea, but let things settle for a bit. Brainstorm. See what comes next. An idea needs to have legs and it needs to take your story somewhere. Let it grow.

·Outlines aren’t set in stone. Be flexible with your outlines. Plan if you need to, but allow yourself to explore new ideas. Let your story go in an unexpected direction.

-Kris Noel

writingwithfolklore:

Maintaining a Writing Schedule

The singular most helpful thing to my writing isn’t inspiration, or words, or planning—it’s just making and sticking to a schedule. It doesn’t matter how much inspiration I have, or how many hours and words I put into the perfect plan if I never actually commit to sitting down to write.

I’m the kind of person who has a routine and a schedule and a plan for everything, so that’s probably why this works super well for me but might not work for every writer. Regardless, I’d urge you to try it out and just see if scheduling is something that could help you as well.

The first thing you need to know is yourself—as a writer, and as a person with a life outside of writing. I write best early in the morning with a tea while I’m still in my pajamas—some people write best late at night, or during their break at work, or while they’re procrastinating from doing homework after classes. Whatever time you write best, aim for that.

Now, how often can you take that time? I wake up about an hour before every morning class and write during that time before I need to start getting ready. Since I’m not great at writing late at night, I know it’s pointless to pretend I’ll do some writing aftermy classes, so I fit it in before classes. I can do that about three times per week, an extra two if I wake up early on weekends, but never on Fridays because my classes run super late on Thursdays and I don’t usually get to bed on time to wake up early the next morning.

So that’s my schedule. Yours will probably look wildly different depending on the responsibilities you have for work, school, family, and friends. The important part isn’t cramming in as much writing time as you can, but more sticking to something consistent.

If you’re trying to make yourself write every day regardless of your schedule, you’re more likely to end up writing none of those days, rather than if you say, “every Wednesday between 10:00am and 11:00am is writing time.”

Manageable, works with your outside schedule, and creates consistency. Try it, I can almost swear you’ll end up with more words than if you hadn’t.

Good luck!

h-brook-writes:

If you don’t write your story, then it’s not getting written. 

That means it’s not getting published. Not online, not self-published, not by an indie press, not by the Big 5. 

That means it’ll never be available for purchase, and your potential biggest fan will walk right past the empty gap on the shelf and pick something else up, and love that instead. 

They’ll go get someone else’s autograph on its title page and order the special edition and scream about it on the internet, all while your book is trapped

in your head

incomplete, on a hard drive or in your notebook

wishing it could be where the rest of the books are. 

I don’t know what else to tell you, because there’s only one way outta this, and it’s hard. Maybe it’s already knocked you on your ass once, or twice, or fifteen times. 

You have to write. Give a reader their favourite book. 

theminecraftbee:

general writing advice, actually: you don’t need an excuse beyond “BUT WOULDN’T THIS BE COOL” to write something into your fic. write things in solely because they make you cackle with the delight of a 12-year-old-boy playing with his dinosaur toys. it’s fun and there’s nothing stopping you or any of us at all any longer.

“Just keep swimming.”

I’d like to change this to — Just keep creating. Because no matter how fast or how slow, how much or how little…

Just keep creating.

the-mermaid-typist:

Your opinion on your story matters, too. If you’re rereading your story and come across a line you like and think, “That’s beautiful; I like that” you don’t have to second guess yourself! If you think your plot twists are amazing, don’t question it! If you love your characters so much they make you cry, so be it! You don’t have to wait for anyone to like your story before you start liking it yourself.

It’s so incredibly important that you like your story first