dandylion-s asked:
Miss Molly how do i write good when my brain is in fact just candy floss and coherent thoughts are repulsed by me
ofgeography answered:
ah, chicken. listen. here’s the thing: what is “good”??? i know that sounds like a joke but very genuinely, i’ve been thinking about this, because recently my own brain has felt …. hmm, let’s say, “Bad.” the other day i tried having a conversation about work and i forgot, this is a real story, i forgot my own name. so!!! i’m with u, babe. idk if it’s lockdown or the pandemic or employment concerns or school or moving or relationships or police violence or yemen or just honestly pick a fucking card from politics and world events any card will do or my own thoughts or the pointlessness of literally anything i’m doing or like, MURDER BEES NOW??? what the FUCK is THAT about???
so what i’m saying is, the only thing that brings me any form of joy is absolute GARBAGE television, and being truly the WORST uncensored version of myself in The Group Chat™, and binge eating mature cheddar & red onion chips from co-op. are any of those things “good”??? i mean, no. but do they bring me joy in The Demon Year of 2020? yes.
so, in that way, they’re good. they’re trash! but they’re good.
what i’m saying to you is: the world is shit right now. it’s honestly fine to have a candy floss brain. does writing bring you joy? great!! then write. it doesn’t matter what. it doesn’t have to be nobel prize winning literature. it honestly doesn’t even have to be up to your own personal “post online” standards. as long as the PROCESS is fun.
i just really feel like right now, creativity MUST be a source of energy and delight. i agree that sometimes u gotta buckle down and Do The Work but like? unless you’re getting paid for it, now is just not that time. everything else is Work. literally everything about being alive right now feels like Work so creativity should be fun.
write bullet points, or don’t. do outlines, or don’t. maladaptively daydream, or don’t. write chatfic with pals, or don’t. write unhinged conspiracy theories about your favorite tv show, or don’t. write trash and throw it away immediately, or don’t. do whatever you feel like doing. or!!!! don’t!!!! don’t write if you don’t want to write. you don’t HAVE to be productive right now.
the ACT of creating should feel good. honestly, idgaf what the product is like. let’s worry about that shit in 2021.
