Dudesss, Do You Guys See What I See Or Is It Just Me???????

You can analyze your favourite writers' techniques. You all know that right?

When you read a book or fic or whatever and are blown away by how amazing the writing is you can just go, "huh, how is the writer doing this? what things are they doing to get this affect?"

And if you can't figure it out you are allowed to google it. Check out YouTube videos, blog posts, and the wealth of posts on Tumblr even. If the writer is famous enough there might even be full-length academic papers on Google Scholar or JSTOR, or even 100+ page published books dissecting their style (Tolkien, for example, if you like his style). If you still can't find the information, ask someone. Ask more experienced writers or writers who write in a similar style. Ask writing advice blogs/channels. Ask the writer/author themselves.

And if you still can't figure it out, you can keep trying things and reading similar stuff, observing until it clicks.

I just say this because, well, reading someone else's writing and feeling like yours is horrible in comparison is pretty much a universal writer experience. I see a lot a posts on Tumblr offering encouragement like, "it is okay if you writing isn't like theirs, you just have different strengths," and "actually your writing is better than you think it is, you've just been staring at it too long." And these are valid.

But also, just because you can't write like that now doesn't mean you can't learn. You don't have to resign yourself to a particular style just because it comes easier to you. It is completely okay to be happy with the style you have, but it is also okay to not be happy with it and wish you could write like your favourite writers instead.

Just... when you get that, "oh my gosh, I will never be as good as them," feeling, maybe try figuring out what it is they are doing that you like so much. Maybe being patient with yourself doesn't mean accepting that this is your best work. Maybe it means accepting that this isn't and that it will take time, knowledge, and practice to get there. But you will, you just have to keep trying.

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Hi! My mum and I had a conversation in the car where I mentioned how funny I found this bit, because I had read it as Anathema thinking that she had, in fact, just been run over by a very campy gay couple, and a campy gay couple wouldn't harm her. But my mum read this as Anathema, who she thought could feel that Crowley was a demon, realizing that she was also in the presence of an angel, and an angel wouldn't harm her. And I guess I just wanted to know which was the intended message?

The version that Terry and I had in mind when we wrote it was the former.

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so umm i dont know how to put this in a better way, but i woke up this morning and decided to ship drarry. The problem is i have absolutely no idea or im absolutely new to this drarry fandom, so any recs as to how or which fic i should start with and stuff???

plzzzz it would really be a HUGE help!!! i spent an hour on google abt this and im still clueless :3

hey hey! welcome aboard!

i’m not super great at recs (a combination of exceptionally bad memory + just generally not being super eloquent about why i like fics) BUT i can definitely point you in the right direction for this!

@sitp-recs is invaluable for recs in the drarry fandom! she has a VERY HANDY drarry for beginners little series separated into different genres and tropes, which is a great starting point!

if you’re looking for more people to follow (i find the best way to get fic recs is following more of the community so more of it ends up on my dash), here’s a very thorough list of reccers in the fandom with their many lists!

i also see you’re a fellow marauders era fan so i’ve got a feeling you may be an angst reader like me 👀 if you want recs for specific tropes or themes, i am more than happy to chat if you want to slide into my DMs!

have lots and lots of fun 🤩 welcome to the wonderful little world of drarry!

Do you walk in the valley of kings? Do you walk in the shadow of men?

omgggg these doodles are tooooo cuteeeeeee <33

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Love you too!!! Such sweet messages and cute emojis! Thank you anon xxx

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Cinderella marries the Prince, part 1/2