Basically, I want to write like my dad.
prettyarbitrary My dad spent most of his adulthood working as a chemical lab manager, but long before that, he earned his degree in Journalism from New York University. And, people, oh,…
August 18, 2012
On writing tips: now 100% more rebloggable!
Made rebloggable on request (grumblegrumbleTumblr). From yuutfa: W-what? ; // A // ; W-well thank you! I’m really flattered that you think so. I’m honestly very happy that you responded to me,…
thescienceofobsession: thescienceofjohnlock: dr-watsons-dick: ishipjohnlock247: sweetlittlekitty: RED PANTS AND BEES TEHEHEEE perfection!!! WOW!! sweetlittlekitty I love you x oh my GOD that is so fucking hot. Hot hot hot. And cute.…
W-what? ; // A // ; W-well thank you! I’m really flattered that you think so. I’m honestly very happy that you responded to me, lack or essay or not. Thank you also for checking out my tumblr, it means a lot to me. Though I have so much to improve on… As for a different goal, ha ha… You have such an eloquent and confident writing style, you can’t fault me for wanting to aim towards that.
“Eloquent and confident” – I can only be flattered that you think so! It doesn’t feel that way to me, but then we never quite know how we’re coming off…
The process of learning to write, or, The reply that Tumblr ate
I’ve been thinking about the process of improving at writing, lately. There does seem to be one, but I don’t think you hear much about it because usually new writers…
Reblog if I can write something weird in your ask.
captainamericasbiggestfan: homoeroticismforthewin: Anyone can write weird shit in my ask. I’d be fucking FLATTERED. ((Weirdness is the sincerest form of flattery.)) Oh man, I LIVE for weird writing.
social media
From emmadelosnardos: I once wrote the following email to tumblr support: Emma, Apr 20 22:39 (EDT): It is very frustrating that, for a ‘social media’ website, tumblr makes it difficult for…
On a subject CLOSELY RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS POST, you would THINK that when you hit ‘enter’ on an inbox message, it would post the crap you typed in reply…
I want to say that I adore your writing. Seriously, you are amazing! I always do a little happy dance when I get an email from AO3 telling me you’ve posted something. Then be sad that’s over too soon. One day, I hope to write as well as you. Stay awesome, Arbitrary!
…Tumblr, I hate you. I wrote a whole essay in reply to this that it has eaten. I’ll try to reconstruct it later. For now, yuutfa, you need to come…