Itโ€™s heartbreaking to know

He isnโ€™t as great as I thought.

He isnโ€™t as smart as I thought.

He isnโ€™t as caring as I thought.

I wonder if he thinks the same about me.

here have 10 pieces of writing advice that have stuck with me over the years

  1. every characterโ€™s first line should be an introduction to who they are as a person
  2. even if you only wrote one sentence on a really bad day, thatโ€™s still one sentence more than you had yesterday
  3. exercise restraint when using swear words and extra punctuation in order for them to pack a punch when you do use them
  4. if your characters have to kiss to show theyโ€™re in love, then theyโ€™re not in love
  5. make every scene interesting (or make every scene your favorite scene), otherwise your readers will be just as bored as you
  6. if youโ€™re stuck on a scene, delete the last line you wrote and go in a different direction, or leave in brackets as placeholders
  7. donโ€™t compare your first draft to published books that could be anywhere from 3rd to 103rd drafts
  8. i promise you the story you want to tell can fit into 100k words or less
  9. sometimes the book isnโ€™t working because itโ€™s not ready to be written or youโ€™re not ready to write it yet; let it marinate for a bit so the idea can develop as you become a better writer
  10. a story written in chronological order takes a lot more discipline and is usually easier to understand than a story written with flashbacks
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i canโ€™t get over how cute these girl drawing line stickers by line sticker creator chaki areโ€ฆ. theyโ€™re so cuteโ€ฆ. ideal friend circle or what! p.s. theyโ€™re transparent; feel free to use them as icons.

Itโ€™s over now.

I knew it was coming.

Why am I feeling so surprised?

Why am I still crying?

I know Iโ€™m just mourning.

Iโ€™m mourning for what could have been.

Iโ€™m mourning for us or at least what used to be us.

Actually, there never was an us.

I never had you.

I knew I never did.

Why am I acting so surprised?

Iโ€™ll miss everything.

I wish I wouldnโ€™t ignore the heartache that I felt when we were together.

Well, we were rarely together.

I think Iโ€™ve felt all of these things alone.

I was the only one that felt alone.

I was the only one that felt something.

Maybe I donโ€™t deserve love.

Maybe I donโ€™t deserve to be treated nicely.

I donโ€™t deserve the good.

I think youโ€™re done with me.

You finally see what other people see.

You finally see what I see.

I think I might be in love with you.

I donโ€™t have the guts to say it.

Iโ€™m afraid it would make everything real.

Iโ€™m afraid itโ€™ll make the chance of losing you real.

Was it the light blue skies

or was it the green in your eyes?

You caught me by surprise

now thereโ€™s no more goodbyes.

My heart grew in size,

thatโ€™s when I realized.

It doesnโ€™t matter the place,

as long as I get to see your face.

I enjoy the view

especially when Iโ€™m with you.

Constantly talking isnโ€™t necessarily communicating.

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) dir. Michel Gondry

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