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Taggeth Thyself.

i beg to sniffer

pup star

this is one of my favorite reddit posts of all time

paid a bill

editing your own work is like fighting a hydra. fix one thing and three more issues appear.

There are two types of writers:

1. 'It's fiction, it doesn't need to make sense!'

2. 'I didn't account for the rotation of the planet and how that affects the constalations while my characters stargazed at different times of year, I have failed as a writer, and this entire thing is trash'

“This story idea will be simple and short.” Lies.

characters have to be a little bit awful in ways that you cant defend. its good for the ecosystem. your honor he did do that. He did in fact do that

yippieeee~ ahahaha~ yaaaaaaaaay~!⋆｡°✩

Naner video

I think we all have this one chapter with incomprehensible dialogue that we wrote at 4am that just has us like

every day I wake up and realize I am surrounded by pantsers. Where are all the plotters? Am I the only one? Sometimes I feel like it, you guys are so messy,,, (I love you)

Maybe this therapy shit is working

I miss the times when I was only struggling to find a synonym or something, editing is so much WORSE

bastille is correct. how AM i gonna be an optimist about this?

save me tormented fictional man… please tormented fictional man save me

when a character i love and care for has to face the consequences of their previous actions

"How's the writing going?"

get yourself a main character whos two primary emotions are "little cunt" and "catatonic with grief"

''what if my writing isn't good eno--'' what if it's a reflection of your soul. what if it has a place in this world. what if you write it anyway

they (media) are not making characters straight OR friends on my watch!!

as someone who has accidentally hit a civilian with a wrench over and over until the writhing stopped

if you see a woman driving poorly it’s sexist to assume that it’s because she’s a woman. maybe she’s still learning. maybe she’s doing it on purpose because she’s an asshole. maybe she feels entitled to the road. maybe she’s going to die soon and she had vehicular manslaughter on her bucket list. maybe she has a car crash fetish

yessss he is!!! Anyway, I hope you’re going to feel better soon! Take care of yourself, you are loved and wanted here (the writing community)

hi hello i am not feeling super duper today so please tag me in all fluff, all memes, all animal pictures, and anything sweet and nice that will make me feel better <3

ilusm

here‘s my favorite raccoon picture ever. Cheers me up all the time!!! He is a tiny,,

hi hello i am not feeling super duper today so please tag me in all fluff, all memes, all animal pictures, and anything sweet and nice that will make me feel better <3

ilusm

My everyday battle consists of stopping myself from holding anyone hostage and explaining my entire book to them

If there’s one tip I can give to writers of all calibers, new or veterans (since a lack of this is even the case with published authors), it must be:

Watch out for your subtext as much as you can.

No matter how genius the worldbuilding, no matter how 3-dimensional the characters, your text will carry a subconscious message, and you have to be careful with it. The way you phrase things, the way you describe certain groups of people does matter a lot.

If you like it or not, your book will send big messages, even if you believe it doesn’t. Make sure you know exactly what those messages are. Be intentional about your subtext. It’s worth a lot.

Fenced.