Julia Rose

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give... See more

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”

― Ernest Hemingway

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

― Ernest Hemingway

character development isn't about creating "likable" characters —it's about creating fascinating ones.

I write horror stories and love reading and watching horror, I have since I was a kid. However, most of the people in my life don't enjoy horror. I've been hearing that a lot of people don't like horror because there's enough darkness in the world, so why experience more of it? Why contribute to it? I end up feeling sort of uncertain about why I... See more

Also, if you have a learning disability or difficulty, think of accommodations as a modified workout. If you need to walk (listen to audiobooks passively) not run (listen to audiobooks actively) do it.

If someone has an issue with your ability and performance imagine it’s like someone at the gym (who is neither a trainer nor has been asked to do... See more

“How do I know what my interests are?” Date around.

Zines, poetry, smaller books.

To “find your type” you need to “go on dates.” You don’t need to full on date every topic, you are “falling in love” and should never feel obligated to continue anything for the sake of continuing.

Give yourself an enemies to lovers arc with learning. When you’re falling in love you want to know more about them, the same thing will happen with learning, researching.