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my whole life is a love letter to u. when u come to me in dreams u know this. u are never what i expect and always what i am waiting for. i love u because God chose u for me. when i miss u i pray that u are safe from all lifes major and minor hardships. i pray the moon rises above u and pushes the dark out of ur way. i love u because u are waiting up ahead for me. i love u because i know u without knowing u. i love u because u are somewhere knowing me too.

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heavensghost

Brown Trout Blues - Johnny Flynn

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heavensghost

to be alone with you

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manywinged

captain-lovelace

I love the phrase “he would not fucking say that”. Truly encapsulates the number of times I have read a fic where a character would not fucking say that

captain-lovelace

To be fair there is also the fic writer version. He would not say that but by god he’s a puppet and I’m the one with my hand up his ass so he WILL say it

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He’ll say it if he knows what’s good for him

#makes me laugh

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oh-finches

they are nun gfs :)

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rockboci

oh-finches

they are nun gfs :)

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cosmostickers

by Haruna Watanabe

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dotwav

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the oversized black shirt black jeans and to complete the look all black converses go emo boy go

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moon knight/steven grant lockscreens

please like or reblog if you use/save ♡

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How to stop researching (or worldbuilding) and start writing

This is actually advice my mentoring professor gave me when I was writing my first thesis.

He said: Accept that you are never done. There is always more to know, more to research, more questions raised than answered. At some point, you just got to start writing.

Now, “easier said than done, this accepting”, I thought.

I started writing because my thesis deadline was looming. But what if you’re writing a novel and you have no deadline? How do you know when it’s okay to stop researching? When is it okay to stop worldbuilding? (Which is just like doing research, but in your own head instead of in reality.)

My advice to you is: start writing, and you’ll run into the gaps you still need to fill. Then you know what to research before starting your second draft. Let your story tell you what it needs.

For example:

Just fill your margins with a to-research-list for your future self.

That way, it’s also managable: “I finished my first draft, and I have a list of 317 things I need to decide on.” Instead of: “I saw on tumblr that you can’t build a world without knowing everything about the sewage system! And gosh, I haven’t invented three languages yet!”

Advantages:

You get things done.
It’s not overwhelming.
You don’t spend your time inventing things you’ll like so much that you want to infodump them into your story.
You mainly research things that are relevant to your story.
Well, knowing you, you already researched enough irrelevant stuff too.
You get things done.

I hope this was helpful. Don’t hesitate to ask me any questions, and happy writing!

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