🌻• how to stress relieve •🌻

now that it’s back to school season, here are some ways to stress relieve during the school term

fun things to do

keeping mental health in check

take the stress out of studying

hope this helps in the coming term! im rooting for all of you <3

WOW CALL ME OUTTT

― And Her Eyes Are The Living Dark ; a short story

Makatza Naudé is infamous for being undaunted by the Fair Folk ― at the tender age of 17, she is the bravest person in the village.

However, after a jarring encounter with a strange faerie woman, Makatza's prized lyre, the last remnant of her father, is snatched away from her. The only way to retrieve it is making a deal with a faerie knight, which means letting go of her morals and committing treason.

But are the consequences really worth an old musical instrument made of memories?

Only time will tell.

READ PART 1 ON WATTPAD

Tagging some mutuals (this is not the official taglist – you can choose to opt out if this isn't your cup of tea) ―

@maskedlady @syposium @kaatiba @vviciously @txintedsxint @kira-desomma @scnghosts @esoteric-eclectic-eccentric @omgbrekkerkaz @marewriteblr

That moment when you read a book and you finally understand what the title means and it hits you

The amount of stories in the tags people are writing on this post warms my heart

Forever indebted to @mostlysignssomeportents for this one. 

Holy cow this is a game changer

Love this! I tend to leave myself little notes throughout my MS when I need to check details, like “The Brooklyn Bridge, all [NUMBER???] feet of it…” but using specific letters that aren’t likely to show up in other words so they can be SEARCHED FOR is genius. Yes! Thank you!

it’d sure be a shame if i had a BOYFRIEND who’s CUDDLY and would send me MEMES periodically throughout the day

okay, so here’s a thing i do that i never see talked about in writing circles: prewriting.

prewriting, for me, serves two functions: one, to stave off writer’s block and get me hyped up to write, and two, to make sure the tone of my writing stays consistent. i know we’ve all encountered that problem where we’re writing glorious purple prose, take a five minute break, and come back unable to write sentences more complex than those in a picture book. prewriting is, in essence, any refresher of your wip that you look at before you start writing. my prewriting agenda takes about 15 minutes, and it goes like this:

For ~10 min i read a published book that has the prose i want to emulate (in this case, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo) For ~5 min I look at the WIP: moodboards or graphics i’ve made, my outlines, and most importantly, the chapter (or several chapters) that precede what i’m about to write. this is the most important step for me, as it reminds me of what’s going on and the flow of the story. cons of prewriting: it’s very, very easy to get distracted by all the cool inspiration you have and not actually write. to prevent this, i set a timer. a loud one. even though this might seem like obvious advice, consciously establishing a writing routine, including a proper setup, boosted my word count like mad, and i hope it benefits some of you as well. peace.

I need to do this ASAP

Also, if you’re like me and find it unhelpful to read fiction by other people just before you write fiction (I stress so hard about absorbing other writers’ voices that it actually hinders my ability to write), try watching a bit of a TV show or film, or listening to music, that captures the general vibe/aesthetic/mood of your WIP.

— Kenneth Rexroth, from Sacramental Acts: The Love Poems; “On What Planet,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post

…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment

likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post

Fine I’ll do it

Random writeblr post: “You need to know how your story ends so you know what kind of obstacles your characters need to face to reach said end.”

Me, who doesn’t even know how the story begins, keeps creating OCs that mess up with my plot and hasn’t even thought about a proper ending for my story yet:

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