deep down just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing

unpopular opinion: it is completely valid to read your own fanfictions/stories. the main reason you probably wrote it in the first place is because you couldn’t find anything like it. it’s not weird. 

Came up with a term… which is probably not original and maybe someone has already thought about that, but anyway. Low-effort writing. Sit down, open your word document (or any other comfortable app/site for you) and type anything that comes to mind. Word vomit. The concept is not new, but when you specifically frame it as low-effort you know exactly what to expect from it. There is some effort applied, but it’s really not that much. Just enough for it to be a text and not a bunch of random words.

I find it a very helpful exercise for when you’re stuck or when you need to write something small for a prompt on tumblr, for example, just to warm up.

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