Being A Writer Is Just 97% Googling Words To Make Sure They Mean Exactly What You Always Assumed They

Write fanfic for yourself.

Publish fanfic for the rotation of 3-6 people who are devoted readers and will either go feral or leave you very nice words and yell with you about it.

Margo and Sergei + covert communication

Heartbreaking: Scene I wrote in my head while in shower turns out to be 98% less cool when I actually write it down.

i love going back to the beginning of a piece of media with the full weight of knowing how it ends. you see characters get introduced and it’s literally like

[id: the ‘they don’t know’ meme edited to say ‘they don’t know the profound and life-changing effect they will have on each other’. it shows a simple drawing of a guy with a party hat standing in the corner of a room, looking at two couples who are happy and dancing. the guy is edited to have shiny, tearful eyes. end id.]

For All Mankind (Season 1) Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison

For All Mankind (2.03 "Rules of Engagement") Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison