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Introducing Me

Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. -Laurie Halse Anderson

My name is Danni. I am a writer, an artist, and now, a blogger! I have always loved during artsy things in my life. In my free time, I enjoy drawing, reading, painting, journaling, writing, theatre, playing Dungeons And Dragons, and hanging out with friends.

On this blog, I plan on posting parts of some of the stories I am writing, such as The World From April, and sharing some writing tips I have found useful. I may also take writing suggestions just in case I get bored. I will make a post about guidelines of that when the time comes for that. My stories tend to center around realism, though I do like to indulge in some fantasy, horror, and mysteries from time to time. I may also post some artistic things as well. Note: My stories will get a little dark and may make some readers uncomfortable. Proceed with caution if you are uncomfortable around things like depression, anxiety, medical things, and LGBTQ+, as I am nonbinary.

This being said, I do keep my stories at most PG-13. There will be no mature things or NSFW stuff.

I do hope you enjoy my blog and I would love if you could share this with others. Thank you for your time. This is Danni, signing off. Cíao!

Finding Myself #2

FIRST: MERRY CHRISTMAS CHILDREN!

Now, on to finding myself. Today, I am gonna introduce you guys to my favorite thing in the world: ANXIETY!!! YAY. As you may know, I have bad anxiety. I am one of the most anxious person you will ever meet. Thankfully, though, I have some ways to deal with said anxiety and I am going to share them with you. Now, here is a note: Some of these things may not work for you. Everyone is their own person. If you have your own tips for dealing with anxiety, share them in the comments below! Now on with the tips!

No. 1: Deep breathing. With deep breathing, you need to practice this even when you don’t feel anxious. Breathe in for 7 seconds, hold it for 4 seconds, and breathe out for 8 seconds. Its called a lot of different things, but I call it 748.

No.2: Stress toys. These things are miracles. I love these. Fidget toys are fun to mess with when you’re bored and personally release my anxiety. I also carry around a stress ball just in case.

No. 3: Music. I listen to music when I am anxious because it distracts me. Distractions are helpful when anxious because you focus more on what you are doing then what you are thinking about. I also can use books, movies, and play-doh. I know that last one is a little odd, but it helps.

No. 4: Mindfulness. At first, I hated this technique because it was annoying and tedious. Now, I have practiced it more often. When I’m anxious, I will point out and say OUT LOUD 5 things I hear, 4 things I feel, 3 things I see, 2 things I can smell, and 1 thing I can taste. It is a distraction and has helped ground me when I am stressed.

No. 5: Jokes.

No.6: Counting backward from 100.

No.7: Positive self talk and only focusing on today.

So, this is all I have for now. I hope this has helped you with any anxiety you may have. I’ll talk to you guys later. Goodbye guys, gals, and nonbinary pals. Have a good christmas.

Finding Myself #1

I haven’t posted in a while. I realized this about 10 minutes ago. I am a mess. I admit it. Lately, I have been needing some time to figure myself out. I am going through some pretty hard stuff right now and if you guys can bare with me during it, I would greatly appreciate it.

So this finding myself. I am a teenager. Yeah. A TEENAGER. A hormonal teen who has some emotional issues. And I am trying to get through them. I have realized something. People ask me what I want to do with my life and how I get all these amazing chances in life because I am so young, etc. I don’t even know what I want to eat, let alone know what I’m gonna do in the next 10 years.

I have been doing some self-reflection and been asking myself a lot of questions lately. I am trying to figure out myself, who I want to be. And I know I don’t have to figure this all out now, but I need at least a little bit of a plan. Thats the great thing about life! You don’t have to know everything all at once. You get to learn and experience great new things all the time! And so, I have decided to not take this journey alone. I would love if you guys could join me on it! We can learn some things about ourselves and maybe have a little fun on the way, too.

To start this journey off, why don’t you guys give me some questions to answer? I’ll take anything as long as they are appropriate and don’t ask about things like age or where I live. Have fun guys! I’ll see you guys, gals, and nonbinary pals later!

(If you get that reference, I love you.)

Advice Column

I am thinking of adding an advice column to the blog. Would yall like me to? You can ask anonymous questions and I can help give you advice. I hear I’m good at giving advice, I just sometimes need advice for myself. If you guys would like me to add one, what should it be called? Suggestions wanted!!! Smoochies!!!

So like…

I need advice. There is this guy I like and at my school, we are having a dance. I want to ask this guy to it, but I’m nervous. Any advice, creative ways to ask him? I’m sorry this isn’t a normal blog post like I normally do., but I really need help.

Iusedtocrymyselftosleep

I used to cry myself to sleep.

Wondering if you were thinking of me.

You still made my heart leap.

Now I realize your love wasn’t real

If it was, you wouldn’t have given up.

Now I can say, I have the strength.

I can say, I didn’t give up like you.

I just gave up loving someone who doesn’t love me back.

I can hear your name without it hurting.

I can say, I didn’t get over it.

I didn’t stop loving

I just stopped loving you.

And I learned to love myself.

Hospitals: A poem

Blank white walls.

Beeping sounds.

Squeaky shoes on white tiles.

Stiff bed, arm hurting, unable to move.

Cloth, rough, stiff, cold.

Head pounding, hurricane stomach, eyes crusty.

Too bright lights, smell of bleach and antiseptic.

Crying children, weeping mothers.

Sitting up, sharp pain, pushed back down, screaming sounds.

Throat burning, hotness swelling, overwhelming, burning sunlight.

Cold vein, blank darkness. 

Writing Tips

1.Know your audience. You need to make sure you appeal to the right people!!!

2.Don’t write how you text. Unless you text in full sentences with correct grammar of course!

3. Listen to constructive criticism. Let me be clear on what that is. Constructive criticism is when someone gives you good feedback, it is usually more than 2 words long, and points out both good things in your work and things you need to work on.

4.Write things based on personal experiences. This will interest people more so and help you learn your strengths and weaknesses in your writing. It will help you find your voice.

5.When you have writer’s block, don’t write with a purpose. Write random words down until something comes to mind or warms your brain up for the story you’re writing.

6. Enjoy your writing!!! I can not stress this enough! If you do not enjoy what you write, it is likely your readers will not enjoy it either. If you have no enthusiasm about it, people won’t find it interesting.

Blog Posts

This post is going to be a little bit shorter than my other posts. I am going to tell you my plan for how often I plan on posting. For my story, I would like to post The World From April every other day, but I make no promises on that. It all depends on chapter length. For writing tips, I plan on posting some every day or every other day. This being said, I am not taking into account if certain events arise and I will not be able to post. I will try to be as consistent as I can. Overall, there should be a new post every day.

Guidelines:Giving Ideas

When it comes to writing, every once (or twice…pr maybe a billion times) a day, we need ideas for our stories. Regarding this, I have decided that I would make a post that talks about giving ideas and what my guiding rules are.

Tip #1-Know your audience! Think about who you want to read your story, and try to market in a way that appeals to them. What I mean by marketing is how you present your story or site. Give it a title that hooks, a catchy slogan, an eye-catching logo, anything that will make your readers wanna learn more.

Tip #2- Make sure that your ideas make sense cohesively. You want to attract people with your story. For people to understand your story, you need to have a similar theme to every part.

Tip #3-GRAMMAR AND SPELLING!!! I can’t tell you how annoying it is for me to be reading a story that is meant to be professional and people write like they are texting to their best friend. If you want people to think of you as professional and dedicated, you will put in the extra time to fix your grammar.

My guidelines for sending me ideas:

1.Keep it appropriate. The highest rating I allow is PG-13, please no NSFW things.

2.Please be clear in your idea

3.Explain your ideas. Please have more than one sentence.

4.Please use good spelling in your writing.

And that’s all! I hope you enjoyed this post! As always, this is Lauren, signing off. Ciao!

TWFA #3

Disclaimer: This issue is shorter than most. I wanted to leave y’all on a cliffhanger.
A huge bout of anxiety filled my body, taking over my brain. I felt as if I couldn’t breathe or move. Evan stared at me, concerned it seemed. I was rocking back and forth, my vision going in and out of focus, everything felt quieter, as if I was under the ocean. I wish I was in my room, underneath my blankets. My brain was on fire, yet I felt as if it were being doused in high pressured water. I wanted to scream, cry out, something. But, I couldn’t move my lips. I bit down hard, my jaw shrieking from the force, my teeth grinding together. My hands tensed, I tried to stand, but I only managed to push myself onto the ground. People were rushing around me. Were they talking to me? I understood they were saying something, but I could barely hear them. My breathing was tight, my brain, a fog, I slipped in and out of consciousness.  

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