When I Open A Blank Word Document And My Story Hasn't Started Itself ⬆️

me: okay time to work on the main plot of my story

also me: *plans an extremely detailed entire four-part series as some kind of AU of said story and forgets about the main plot entirely*

so when I'm writing and I can't think of a name I'll just put [insert name here] so I can go back to it later

and my biggest fear is that someday I will publish a novel and one of those will slip through and there will be a [insert name here] in an actual professionally published novel

Winter Jasmine/

Here Now

earliest morning, golden aura

inaugurates the policy of the day:

a blazing bonfire of mandarin kisses

creates an inferno of radiant beauty

heat and light, illuminate and ignite

hope above a frostbitten, february horizon

promise of warmer days to come

after winter's mountains of snow

and castle walls, iced in icicles

dissipate into winter jasmine,

snowdrops, crocus and daffodils

bouquets of blooming blossoms

that spill splashes of magic

permeate the mood of the moment

with hues of exuberance and pure joy

excitement of being here, now

©️ @followcb ☆ February 16, 2021

Image & Poem by Chris Bartlett

Kauneonga Lake, New York

Sometimes I feel like getting over the hump of writer’s block feels like more of an accomplishment than actually writing the thing itself. So incredibly satisfying, 1000/10

when you’re parents make you do something while you’re in the middle of writing your fic and when you come back you don’t even know what you’re writing anymore

This is how I come up with ideas for stories/poems!

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

— Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

me: oh look a writing competition for people my age, let’s enter

writer’s block: -twerks its way into my open document-

me: understandable have a nice day -just stares at the blank document thinking about writing rather than actually writing-

Writing really keeps you on ur toes bc u can be just dancing along the keyboard ur fingers just tip tappin away and then u suddenly get stuck on how to describe a character’s hair. And when will it happen whos to say :)

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

*glances at the au i wanna write* *glances at my multiple wips waiting for updates* *glances at the au* *sobs*