Maybe you’re trying to figure out what comes next in a scene. Maybe you’re trying to work out how a conversation should flow. Maybe you’re just trying to come up with an idea for something to write at all. 👉[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Writing slowly does not make your a bad writer. ✨ Needing to do a lot of editing on your writing does not make you a bad writer. ✨ People expressing dislike of the themes and ideas in your writing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Still working hard on the novel! Not at the same pace as during NaNo, but I’m trying to get in around 1400 words a day, which takes about 45 minutes.
Managed to get out 1600 words today, which is half what I was doing per day during NaNo, but still a massive win if I can keep it up. The thing about a project is if you keep working on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really need to work on scope in my projects going forward. I’d love to have a novel I can actually finish during NaNo next year, or whenever. Because I’m about 65% through this year’s and I can feel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don’t have to apologize, or perform authorial disgust, for dark, violent, sexual, cruel or problematic topics in the fiction you create. Fiction does not exist to teach an audience a moral lesson. You as an author are not required[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💫 It’s okay to write fiction you would not want your grandmother to see. 💫 Different stories are for different audiences. 💫 You do not have to appeal to everyone. 💫 Don’t sacrifice the story you want to tell for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When people– and especially young women– are attracted to “abusive” and “controlling” and “violent” male characters in fiction– The fantasy is not about being abused, or controlled. The fantasy is about a partner who is devoted to you, who takes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ All fiction is art and has artistic merit. ✨ Yes, including the novel you hid in a drawer. ✨ Yes, including Marvel movies. ✨ Yes, including soap operas. ✨ Yes, including slasher flicks and torture porn. ✨ Yes, including[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
actually, yes, you can fight fate. You can in fact punch it in the face until it gives up. I used time travel to fix things and after lots of work everyone is alive and happy and I got what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…