i’ve recently become fond of writing under trees at my university. nature is a muse, 100% of the time.
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Life goal: Write a novel. Sneak a subtle Vine reference into said novel. Publish novel. It will probably go over my target demographic’s head, but hope that somebody of my generation will read it, and they will laugh.
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09▪︎23▪︎2020
I’m finally keeping a journal. I’ve had it for years, never knew what to write in it. I figured now is as good a time as ever to start making progress towards a new and better me.
1i know that you log in every day to see if the message you’ve waited years for finally came,
if it hasn’t come by now, why do you think it’s going to come at all?
i don’t want to hurt you, but you need to let go,
because when that message finally gets there,
your stomach is going to drop and you’re going to feel weightless, but not in the good way. everything you’ve ever known is going to feel so far out of reach even though it’s right in front of you. the old you and the new you will blend together and you’re going to lose yourself in the madness, all to be brought the same disappointment he used to bring you before. the closure you never got back then is something he’ll still refuse to give you now. in the midst of a heart that’s beating too fast and tears that won’t stop falling, you’re going to want to relive the same past that broke you, just to remember what it was like to be his. please don’t open that message. this isn’t the lost love you think it is.
let go.
- what i wish current me could have told younger me
0So. Wattpad freaking sucks, right?
Like, freaking awful algorithm.
I posted the same stories there and in Ao3. I am getting a lot of love in Ao3 ❤
And like… 3 VIEWS on wattpad
Lol
0I’ve been in such a writing slump it’s ridiculous!
Please send ideas to help get me out of this so I can start writing again!!!!!!
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I wasn’t tagged but this looked neat! I’m doing this for my WIP “Eradicate” :D
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0“but everybody did it back then” OK then everybody back then was a bigoted monster
Just because you do something as a group doesn’t make it right.
I used to fall into this trap, I even went to college for history and this is how it’s taught. You have to keep the historical figure in their history, you ‘can’t judge them by modern standards.’
Except yes, you fucking can. And yes, you fucking should.
Our society is about change and growth. We’ve updated laws in the past century, why can’t we update values?
There have always been people fighting for what’s right. We have always known that people were being taken advantage of. We have always had a sense of right and wrong.
Contextualizing things does not justify them.
CONTEXTUALIZING THINGS DOES NOT JUSTIFY THEM.
Fucking grow up and stop pretending the past was better–learn from it and fix our past mistakes and try to make your life mean something while you’re on this rock.
0Seems like my life
has become a roller coaster
of emotions, an experiment in
how to manage anxieties
that I’ve never had before.
Who I was before,
the life I had,
is gone forever.
Time to embrace
this change,
despite its chaotic origin
and the hardships
it will continue to bring.
Time to enter a new
phase and way of life.
Time to accept.
Time to heal.2
The Illusion of Structure
…Consider how each generation is known for one thing or another and then following generations will judge them accordingly. At the time, it all appears normal, as things are “supposed to be”, but later observers will offer criticism, kindly or not. Every. Single. Time. And every single time, though we recognize that things were “odd back then”, we fail to realize that our own fate will be the same. Each supposed structure is accepted and then, often vehemently, disregarded. “Hindsight is 20/20” for the relevant party is one thing, but what about the critics who were not around at the time? Those who did not have to slog or suffer through the daily life they so venomously condemn? Perhaps they can be objective from a distance – well, can they really?
It is simple to say, from a vantage point of relative comfort, “I would never have made the same decision,” failing to recognize that infinite specific and interwoven circumstances led up to the point at which the decision was made. One person in their own set of circumstances may not have made that decision, of course, but if placed directly into the circumstances of the one who would — really and truly, without literally, being put into that person’s shoes — perhaps they would decide the same. (This is not to say that everyone gets a pass for their particular set of circumstances. Indulgence is not compassion, and objectivity is key.)
Often, too, the loud condemners neglect to hold present company to the same standards they tout for those who preceded them. Whether from ignorance or personal gain, at least the former can be rectified. The latter, however, is a choice. They know they can never….Continue reading at MusingsApart.wordpress.com
(Link in About)0Thinking of somewhere new to run to,
Somewhere wild, warm, and free,
With organic sounds of the earth
drifting in and out with the breeze.
Footsteps imprinted on moonlit sand
Among lost hopes and frozen fears,
Play together in solidarity
Showing all who’ve been somewhere.
Thinking of somewhere new to run to.
Somewhere with shocking thoughts and racing minds.
Somewhere the sun doesn’t have to set
To notice the passage of time.
There’s nowhere new to run to.
And nowhere new to be.
But I still seek these places out somewhere
Somewhere inside of me.
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i made moodboards for my current three WIPs… and accompanying tiktoks if you wanted more info lol (i’m @/guillotinesquad)
or just ask me abt them on here lol i’m always down to infodump
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