Hemingway said about writing, "All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." When a poet’s heart bleeds, it is a good sign. It means he is feeling, that his heart still beats. But when his pen has dried, he has nothing more to say, as there is nothing more to feel. His heart now rests in a place called indifference.
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If hurting me does not hurt you, you don’t love me. You’re using me.
k.b // by jerry flowers jr
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People aren't homes, they never will be. People are rivers, always changing, forever flowing. They will disappear with everything you put inside them.
~ Nikita Gill
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I am going to take a deep breath and just remind you:
Writing is messy, even for the best authors. It's supposed to feel a little uncomfortable, exhilarating, freeing, natural, and terrifying.
It's supposed to inspire you and feel like a too-heavy backpack.
Sometimes, you're going to love being a writer and sometimes, you'll feel so disconnected, you'll wonder if you were ever a writer to begin with.
Give yourself room to make mistakes and hate your work and return to it with renewed confidence that yes, you will get 1% better next time.
It's what we're all going through. Let's speed up the growing process a little by accepting the entirety of it.
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When writing fanfiction... there are two beasts that wage war within the writer. *sage nod*
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Sometimes, it isn’t the one who takes your breath away, it’s the one that reminds you to breathe.
k.b. // by jennifer johnson
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