I Feel Like Some Of You Guys Think "bad Art" Is Like Someone Gluing Rhinestones To A Water Melon, Or

bastille is correct. how AM i gonna be an optimist about this?

love books. because it’s like what if something happened

hey sexy. I can tell by the frequency of your blog updates that you are once again avoiding it all

preach #writing

3 steps to character creation:

Give them a proficiency

Add a contrasting flaw

Beat the f*ck out of them

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Bothering the beast

saying “i want him” about the character but not in a romantic or sexual way . i just Require him i need to Obtain him

verbally stripping me naked in front of everybody

I laughed bout this post but I also think you’re a bit too pessimistic. At least in my experience it’s also boys who take care of themselves that don’t get compliments, and by compliments they don’t only mean for their appearance. Calling someone smart is a compliment, telling them their voice sounds nice is a compliment, saying they are funny is a compliment,,, I think what they actually seek is affection and reassurance for the things they may be insecure about, like any other person.

I just know that the dudes who make those "girls get 500 compliments a day vs. guy gets one compliment once and cherishes it for the rest of his life" memes put zero effort into their appearance. Like what exactly do you expect people to say? Wow nice plain ill-fitting hoodie, goes great with your basic-ass blue jeans and nondescript haircut. Got some real cool Grey Man vibes going on, you could seamlessly blend into any crowd ever without being seen at all.

Like nobody has any obligation to look any certain way, but you can't expect to be praised for doing something you're not even trying to do. I dress like I got tarred and feathered in a Tim Burton film costume department discard scrap pile, and someone saying they like my style is a biweekly occurrence.

I know that some people are annoyed that authors make their main character have an interest in books but to me it’s such a love confession. I feel like it’s just part of our writing/reading culture to mention in our books that we love the feeling of books, their smell, that this is our world. This is where we go and where some of us are most alive. We write our books and we love it so much that we can‘t help but to mention how it feels to love them, how it feels to love creating and consuming the creations of others. I know it might be perceived as „authors feel obligated to write a main character who likes reading/writing“ but maybe,, maybe sometimes it’s just us being in love with what we do.

Sure, it can get boring when the only hobby possible for a character is reading and we should make sure to include one or two more interests but all in all, i think it’s something beautiful. I write in the library and it feels like I am connecting to my birth place, as a writer. I haven’t been at the library in years, i stepped into the fantasy section yesterday and for a second i was home. I usually feel a lot of anxiety in public but when i was there i barely cared about other people and how they perceive me, i was overwhelmed with joy when i was so suddenly surrounded by books, by the quiet voices of all those authors that came before, all their dreams and inner worlds collected and sorted in this place that was created for just that.

So i get it. I get why they dedicate a few paragraphs to describing the comfort of books. Why they make their characters like reading or writing. I feel like it’s not just a self-insert thing to do,,,,,