How To Stay Motivated As A Writer

how to stay motivated as a writer

Reread your old writing, especially those scenes you’re most proud of

Write something silly. It doesn’t need to be logical, consistent or included in your story. Write something dumb

Compare your old writing to your new writing. Seeing how much you’ve improved can be very motivating

Explore different storylines, those type of storylines that would never make it into your story, but you’d still like to play around with. Create AUs!

Choose one of your least favorite scenes and rewrite it

Act out your scenes

Read old comments from people praising your work

Create a playlist that reminds you of your wip

Team up with a friend, write AUs for each other's characters

Create playlists for your characters

Draw your ocs/make memes of your ocs

Draw/make memes of your friend's ocs

Don’t push yourself to get back into writing the thing that made you stop writing in the first place, try writing something else!

Write what you wanna write, no matter how cliché it might be. If you want to write it, write it

Take a break, focus on another hobby of yours. Consume other pieces of media, take a walk to clear your head

You don’t have to write in chronological order if it isn’t working for you! Sometimes a scene you aren’t interested in writing can become interesting after you’ve explored other scenes in the story

Read bad reviews of books or TV-shows. You’ll unlock appreciation and motivation for your own writing

Create a new storyline, or a new character! Anything that helps bring something fresh into your story. Could even be a completely new wip!

Not writing every day doesn’t make you a bad writer. Take a break if you feel like you need one

Remind yourself to have fun. Start writing and don’t focus all your attention on following “the rules.” You can get into the nitty-gritty when you’ve familiarized yourself with writing as an art. Or don’t. It’s fiction, you make your own rules

Go to sleep, or take a nap. Sleep deprivation and writing does not go hand in hand

Listen to music that reminds you of your characters/wip

Remember why you started. Know that you deserve to tell the story you want to tell regardless of the skill you possess

Cody was fired for sharing a meme, on his day off. Then the bosses son messaged him after it went viral

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amazonianbeauty

4 years ago

Suz-123 ——————>>>> bucky-the-thigh-slayer!!!

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amazonianbeauty

2 years ago

Dark Autumnal Prompts

Please credit this blog if you use any prompts.

You get lost in a corn maze and meet an overly helpful stranger.

You find something most unexpected behind the curtain at the local fair.

After a first date of apple picking, you find the orchard is rather sinister after dark.

A fun afternoon making jack-o-lanterns ends with a carving knife to your throat.

A romantic hayride turns into a kidnapping.

After a long day of making jam, you gift your overly curious neighbour a jar, an unintended act of encouragement.

You don’t notice the stranger watching you from beneath the pile of freshly raked leaves.

A costume party sees you leaving with the wrong date.

You receive a scented candle as a gift, not realising it’s laced with more than wax.

You don’t notice the stranger following you around the farmer’s market.

A bonfire ends in a drunken disaster.

You indulge in some unknowingly spiked hot chocolate.

A full moon brings out unexpected behaviour.

You get trapped on a ferris wheel with a handsy date.

An autumnal hike turns into a rampant chase.

The haunted house isn’t as ‘fake’ as you thought.

Your costume draws some unwanted attention.

A scary halloween prank is revealed to be more.

You don’t believe in magic until you’re put under a spell.

A late night visit to the cemetery leaves you spooked.

While cleaning out an old cabin, you discover an unexpected inhabitant.

Your ex crashes thanksgiving to try to win you back.

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amazonianbeauty

5 years ago

romantic tropes i adore

sun and moon

princess and knight

death and the maiden

two royals in a political marriage both invested in the good of their kingdom that develop feelings for each other

one showing kindness and the other choosing to become kinder as well, as redemption

two damaged, vulnerable people swearing to protect each other no matter what

reincarnation, always

as much angst as possible with a happy ending, non-negotiable.

ancient morally neutral one swayed into love by young mortal upstart

going on a fairytale quest to save the other

turning into twin stars/flowers/hugging statues/etc even after dying

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amazonianbeauty

3 years ago

This story was so good, like damn!

Not Slippery Enough

Pairing: Gray!Bucky Barnes x Black Reader (18+)

Summary: You leave Bucky one night after finding out that you’re pregnant and return to your hometown. After a few months of thinking that Bucky has let you go, he makes an appearance at your neighborhood block party and reminds you that you can never get away from him.

Warnings: forced pregnancy, stalking, maybe a cuss word or two

Word Count: > 1,300

A/N: So this is my first dark/gray full fic and im really nervous about it lol It’s based on this ask that I sent the lovely @sapphirescrolls and a big thanks to @mariahthelioness29 for everything!!!!! (you should check out both of their masterlists! you won’t regret it!)

✨I don’t give anyone permission to copy/translate/repost/rewrite my work. Minors, DNI at all. ✨

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💕Please let me know what you think! 💕

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