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When all of my blorbos are my own ocs so I can’t consume content about them unless I make it
Does anyone else still have elaborate music playlists for stories you made up in your head and many OCs? Or is it just me? I'm also not embarrassed to admit I still pace around with music while imagining dramatic scenes from my stories. I might just be better at hiding it when someone else might come into the room HAHA.
Writers!! Describe your current WIP(s) in the most boring way possible. I want to see this skdjfkdfhk
Cause of death: trying to write a fight scene.
the sexual tension between me and the new wip idea that’s been sitting in the back of my head and distracting me the whole day
if ever you find symbolism in my writing please tell me i’d like to know about it too
My brain: so you are writing a fantasy novel?
Me: yeah. why?
My brain: a story that takes place in a fantasy world? a world you made up? a world of your own?
Me: pretty cool, huh?
My brain: you will nedd a map
Me: wait...
My brain: A MAP!
Me: I don't think...
My brain: *banging pots and pans* YOU NEED A MAP RIGHT NOW
writing tip #3377:
if writing your novel doesn’t feel like herding cats, your characters aren’t developed enough
The real measure of a writer is what oddly specific tropes show up constantly in their work and make you question What Happened
its me boy the new wip idea speaking to you from inside your brain listen to me boy leave the old wip we don’t need her–
“I wanna write”
“So write”
“... not this scene though”
worldbuilding is what writers do when they want to justify a petty aesthetic choice
It’s rather offensive that my ideas don’t just write and edit themselves into a perfect novel that just appears on my desk for me to read
Petition to create the term “rad herring” for when you something in a story has no bearing on the actual plot and won’t help piece together any of the big twists, but is just too fucking awesome an idea not to include.