Its So Shiddy When U Have To Convince Yourself To Do Your Hobbies. Like, Its Fun, You Like It, Why Cant

What do you do when you lose motovation for writing halfway through a sentence?

When it happens to me I just tend to

Writing is a just thinking "did I use 'said' too much?" and "am I not using 'said' enough?"

LOVE character regression. love when characters get hurt and revert to their old ways as a way to deflect, cope, and recuperate. love when they get scared to make a difficult decision. love when it takes time and effort. it's going to be worth so much more when they get better.

hey, can we talk for a second? it’s about your girlfriend. yeah, she’s great. no, yeah, I agree. It’s just that… she seems really devoted to you? Like really devoted. Almost as if you were the sole, fragile line mooring her to the shores of humanity. No, that’s not romant—ugh. Listen. Me and the girls, we’re worried you might be the last good thing to happen to her and that were some tragedy to inevitably befall you, she would tear the gods from their thrones and dye the infinite western seas wine-dark with their ichor. Do you think you could introduce her to a new hobby or something? we don’t want to have to argue over what color “wine-dark” is supposed to be

“I’m glad you’re okay” but said by someone who has just had the shit beaten out of them, to someone who is not hurt at all, is a brilliant trope and I lose my mind every time.

when the character finally has the breakdown you’ve been building to all book

my favourite thing about writing is slipping in totally innocent lines that will absolutely DESTROY the reader on a second readthrough

hey babe whats that sound. yeah, that- that music. oh, its your villain theme? you didnt have a villain theme last time we met. it sounds really cool. aw, youre welcome. can you teach me how to get a villain theme? … unspeakable horrors? yeah, sounds like a date.

I feel this in my soul

PROTIP: Whenever you're feeling discouraged as a creator, think of the absolute worst popular media you've ever seen. Then remember that no matter how bad it was, it got popular