i did an important art project today
Design is available here! Just print out on 8.5×11″ paper, cut along the gray lines, paint the back of the paper with craft glue (i used Mod Podge) and wrap it around a plain glass pillar candle. Voila: your very own secular and/or idolatrous Space Mom candle! Please remember that Carrie Fisher’s dad was Jewish every time you look at it, cause, you know. He was.
Identify the reason why you don’t want to write. Maybe plotting makes you lose interest, so try pantsing instead. Maybe you’ve spent so much time on the plots that you feel like you’re obligated to write them, over actually wanting to write. Start a new project.
Map out your free time, and come up with an achievable goal, be it writing for a certain amount of time per day, or a certain number of words today. My daily goal is 2,000w on the stuff I need to get done. I start writing at 9am on the dot, and try finish before noon.
Remove distractions by blocking your internet, writing on a shitty device, or leaving the house. I use the Freedom app and pre-schedule blocks of time where my internet will be cut off from all 3 of my devices.
Take it slow. You can always up your goal later. There’s no need to overwhelm yourself now.
Don’t give up. If you sit down and plan to write for 30mins, write for 30mins. Don’t give up because the words aren’t coming naturally. Just write, anything. Or sit there and think about writing. Dedicate that time to writing.
oh man here we go
2: Do you miss anyone?
Yeah I do, I actually miss such a lot of people. Old friends that I don’t keep in touch with anymore for some reason, people who died, people who live far away… I even miss assholes who really hurt me, cause there were also good moments. I’m sentimental like that.
7: How late did you stay up last night?
Umm idk, not that late actually? Went to bed somewhere between midnight and half past twelve, probably?
33: What do people call you?
My birth name, diminutives of my birth name, Lauren, Lau, the Hufflepuff (Puchon in Polish)…
I also call myself The Human Disaster™
36: What are you listening to right now?
Moana – How Far I’ll Go
42: Where did you get the shirt/sweatshirt you’re wearing?
from my mum actually lol
48: Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
Depends on the width of the bed. Also depends on whether I could cuddle. But probably alone. Sleeping with someone else makes me feel vulnerable and anxious and stuff like that.
Carrie Fisher’s my patron saint now. Patron Saint of addicts, mood disorders, and loud women. I just decided. I’m gonna build another shrine.
I second this motion. Canonize Space Mom.
Our Lady of Growing Old Disgracefully
1: What would you name your future daughter?
2: Do you miss anyone?
3: What if I told you that you were pretty?
4: Ever been told “it’s not you, it’s me”?
5: What are you looking forward to in the next week?
6: Did you go out or stay in last night?
7: How late did you stay up last night?
8: Honestly, has anyone seen you in your underwear in the past 3 months?
9: What were you doing at 12:30 this afternoon?
10: Have you ever told somebody you loved them and not actually meant it?
11: Could you go for the rest of your life without drinking alcohol?
12: Have you pretended to like someone?
13: Could you go the rest of your life without smoking a cigarette?
14: Is there one person in your life that can always make you smile?
15: Is it hard for you to get over someone?
16: Think back five months ago, were you single?
17: Have you ever cried from being so mad?
18: Hold hands with anyone this week?
19: Did your last kiss take place in/on a bed?
20: Who did you last see in person?
21: What is the last thing you said out lot?
22: Have you kissed three or more people in one night?
23: Have you ever been to Paris?
24: Are you good at hiding your feelings?
25: Do you use chap stick?
26: Who did you last share a bed with?
27: Are you listening to music right now?
28: What is something you currently want right now?
29: Were your last three kisses from the same person?
30: How is your heart lately?
31: Do you wear the hood on your hoodie?
32: When was the last time a member of the opposite sex hugged you?
33: What do people call you?
34: Have you ever wanted to tell someone something but didn’t?
35: Are there any stressful situations in your life?
36: What are you listening to right now?
37: What is wrong with you right now?
38: Love really is a beautiful thing huh?
39: Do you make wishes at 11:11?
40: What is on your wrists right now?
41: Are you single/taken/heartbroken/confused/waiting for the unexpected?
42: Where did you get the shirt/sweatshirt you’re wearing?
43: Have you ever regretted kissing someone?
44: Have you hugged someone within the last week?
45: Have you kissed anyone in the last five days?
46: What were you doing at midnight last night?
47: Do you miss the way things were six months ago?
48: Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
49: Have you ever been to New York?
50: Think of the last person who said I love you, do you think they meant it?
How to deal with writer’s block: ‘I just lower my standards and carry on.’
A note to screenwriters of today: the only way to create stories that make us grow, think, feel and dream is to avoid the patriarchal iconography prototypes used to seduce producers. It’s not an easy ride; you have to be prepared to face all kinds of comments. I will never forget what a very well-known, Oscar-winning producer told me when I presented him the script for My Life Without Me: “Why do you want to tell the story of a poor, badly dressed woman who has just months to live?”. My answer was simple: “Well, someone has to”
The best fantasy writers don’t write fantasy in the fluffy, hocus-pocus sense, they change the rules by which the world works and then write very carefully and logically by those rules.
Writers write. Simple.
I got this from a Facebook friend but I forgot to make a note of who so thank you whomever you are!
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