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Reblogged hungryslothwrites
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So turns out…..you guys are not gonna believe this…….but it turns out. Reading real books. Is good for you actually.

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Let me be completely clear - I’m not being a sarcastic ass. I’m just realizing all over again, in real time, for myself, that reading a real life published book makes your neurons feel like they’re getting a spa day. Like I can feel my brain getting juicer and wrinklier with every page I turn. This shit is no joke, this is like hard drugs if hard drugs were good for you and made your brain feel revived and alive.

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@7redmoon nothing against some good fanfic, I’m a fic author myself, but there’s something very necessary and mentally nourishing about reading a published book that isn’t just a recycled version of the same cast of characters you’re already familiar with.

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@911boofer I hope it’s okay I snagged these tags bc YES!!!!! This is what I’m talking about!!! Diversify your palettes, my friends, it’s so so good for you!!

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It's true, though. As someone who loves to give away days to a deep dive into fic, you need a well-rounded diet. There are brilliant fic writers out there, both talented hobbyists and award-winning bestselling professionals indulging in some fun, but as stated above, we're all using pre-fab characters/worlds/plots to fiddle around with ideas that interest us. Original fiction draws inspiration from all that comes before it, but still attempts to create something new. It's all the retellings and reboots vs. a new movie.

More than that, even though people like to say "I read fic that's better than anything published!" that's... not widely true. Sometimes it is! But fic is a thing that can go up without editing, without any kind of checks. It can be bad and ungrammatical and typo-riddled and nonsensical, and that's okay! Because fic doesn't have to be in any way good! It's for pure experimentation and fun for the writer.

Traditionally published works, however, are meant to make money. They have multiple sets of trained eyes that try to make the final result the best it can be. Sometimes the final work falls short of that goal, sure, but there are steps to at least try to filter out some of the worst elements, which means you're ingesting and internalizing fewer bad habits, which is crucial when you're trying to figure out how to do this writing thing.

To reiterate, reading actual books means:

  1. You're more likely to have solid examples to internalize during your own learning process.
  2. You have greater scope to read original work that at least attempts to do new things you've never seen before.
  3. You're reading works that have been vetted and refined multiple times by multiple people who do this for a living.
  4. You're reading things made with the GOAL of being polished, deliberately crafted, enjoyable experiences (as opposed to fic, which can be dashed off and is for the writer, not the reader)

Anecdotally, reading a really good book has always made me feel creatively sated to the point that I then feel like I need to release some pressure via writing.

TL;DR: Read widely. Read voraciously. Writers do not live on fic alone.

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Reblogged cptpolarus
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Excluding the crucial fact that office jobs pay you an income….if staying home to raise children and do chores and bake bread was really so much easier and more joyful than working in an office on some objective level, why aren’t men doing it? Why aren’t they chomping at the bit to be ~leisurely house husbands~ to a working wife? Why aren’t they stepping up to depend solely on someone else’s income in exchange for round-the-clock domestic labor, if it’s really as blissful and their propaganda suggests? Curious.

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Thank you! This is such an important reminder.

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Reblogged cptpolarus
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chirmartir

Ch😅

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gamer-crow

This is AWESOME and let me tell you why.

All pet snakes need enrichment. Just because they don’t have feet doesn’t mean they don’t need to get out and stretch.

The rotating has a little bit of bounce to it, similar to a tree branch.

The snake is twisting in and out, which is good for the muscles and ligaments.

The snake is sniffing its environment, getting all the new smells and old smells and activating the little thinky parts in the brain.

The snake is safe and can go for as long as they please.

Good, happy snake 🐍

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