Songs to inspire rage/angst scenes:

Born In Early May-mercury(scream your heart out because it hurts so much and you’re so angry because this person fucking shattered your soul).

THE GREATEST-Billie Eilish(people pleaser vibes. you gave your all but people don’t bat an eye to it they just criticize you more and you’ve had enough).

Nothing Shines On This Island-Chloe Slater(you’re tired of corrupt governments/bitch boys and you’ll slander them in a badass way).

Ethel Cain…need I say more.

Caving In-SYML(this song is a part of an album that’s about the day his father died. your grief is tearing you apart at the seams and you are mourning).

Abstract(Psychopomp)-Hozier(super bittersweet vibes. will make you cry. could be used as inspiration for an emotional hurt/comfort scene or mc death it depends on how you feel while listening to it).

It Almost Worked-TV Girl(always inspires a good angst scene out of me while still having somewhat calming vibes).

Think Of Me Once In A While, Take Care-Take Care(my go to song to go to when I need to write a sentimental or a “goodbye for this life” scene).

Sharing this because it is relevant to ANY industry, but I feel there are a lot of art kids out there who are also listening to that voice in our heads that we need to ignore. Do the thing. Apply for the job. Even if your work isn’t up to someone’s standards. If you keep applying and improving over time, someone is gonna notice. Someone is gonna remember and that becomes a separate portfolio/resume all its own.

that task you’ve been putting off? that chore you’ve been procrastinating? whatever responsibility it is that you’ve been ignoring, try this: set a timer and dedicate 15 minutes to doing it, and when the timer stops, so do you. you may not complete it in that time frame, and that’s totally okay, because now you’ve made some progress. and guess what? a small victory is still a win

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hi neil !

i have to write a short story for the final assignment worth 90% of my creative writing uni module, it has to be 4k words. i’ve been putting it off for months because 1) i’ve been depressed and can’t find the motivation to do anything, 2) im deathly scared of it being bad because 3) graduating my course counts on the grade i’ll get for it. writing and reading has been a huge motivator to not give up on a future for myself. i am basically terrified of writing and submitting it. all the ideas i have feel bad, or i can’t execute them, or it’s not what the marker would be looking for. i’ve had the deadline extended into summer but i just can’t bring myself to write anything. how do you make yourself write when it matters so much? when something big rests on its quality, and it scares you?

thank you so much :)

There was a colourist I knew who wanted more than anything to colour a comic book I was writing. I got him pages early to start colouring, talked to him about what we were trying to achieve. He was really smart and brilliant and I knew he'd do a great job. The editor was waiting for his work to come in.

He may have started. He may not. I don't know. All I know is he was so obsessed with it being perfect that he never sent the pages in. The person who wound up colouring the comic got the job because we were out of time and our first choice had never sent anything to the editor.

The moral I took from this is that any work, no matter how bad, is better than no work, no matter how brilliant.

I pass this along to you, in the hope that it helps. Divide 4000 by how many days you have to go, and then double that. That's what you have to write each day to get 4K written, with enough time to revise it thoroughly on the other side. Get anything down in the first half of the time. Make it brilliant in the second half of the time.

Good luck.

can we

maybe

have a sequel now?

tiny little gay sequel?

please?

For whoever needs it

The fact you aren't where you want to be should be enough.

Kipperlily... my angry little girl... if you wanted some unique, edgy backstory/adventuring experience... The Cubbys are right there, girl. Go blow up the police station with your fellow Halflings and maybe you'll calm down.

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'keep going'...

...does not mean that you cannot rest.

it means that even in the face of difficulties, giving up is not the answer. rest if you must, and then pick yourself up and keep going.

you have the strength in you. keep going ✨

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