A simple way to let go of the past and redirect your negative energy is to add more cheese to your pasta
Morgan Sloss
@morgansloss.bsky.social
AAPI Culture Editor at BuzzFeed 🌺 Drafting my first book ✍️ Samoan 🇼🇸 Dog mom 🐾 OC 📍Austin
Writing is an act of rebellion. Writing is an act of creation. Writing is an act of salvation. Writing is an act of exploration. Writing is an act of emotion. Writing is an act of confession. Writing is an act of speculation. Writing is an act of reflection. Keep writing.
Have I read all the books I own? No. Will I keep buying more while re-reading my favourites? Of course. My bookshelf, my rules.
The number one piece of writing advice that actually helped me: “You can fix shit. You can’t fix nothing.” The only job of a first draft is to exist! #amwriting #writingcommunity
sometimes it's okay if you only write 100 words instead of 500 that's what I'm telling myself tonight, at least
Hymn to Virgil by Hozier for me rn
every 3-6 weeks I need to find a new song that moves me to a nearly religious state of ecstasy and/or devastation so I can listen to it on repeat until I’ve wrung all the transcendence out of it like a sponge, then onto the next one
Me, outlining: "Outlining is the hardest part of writing" Me, drafting: "Drafting is the hardest part of writing" Me, editing: "Editing is the hardest part of writing"
Being brave and joining bluesky because I heard the writer community is amazing here! 🥰 I’m working on a fantasy romance influenced by Pacific Islander mythology #amwriting What are y’all working on?