You Know You’ve Been Writing Too Long When Your Fictional World Feels More Real Than The One You’re

And there’s no inbetween

Going back to old writing is either just like:

1. “Who wrote this masterpiece?! It was ME?!”

2. “Who wrote this absolute shit? Oh fuck my life, that was me, wasn’t it?”

With me it’s always raising an eyebrow and/or nodding. Which results in my characters looking like smug bobble heads in every conversation

me while writing: ah yes, this character should do this, it feels so natural with what they're saying

me while editing: why the FUCK does he lean on the doorway SEVENTEEN TIMES IN THIS CHAPTER

The most terrifying monster isn’t the one under the bed—it’s the one the protagonist becomes to survive. Let them stare into the mirror and flinch at what stares back.

Your job isn’t to impress. Your job is to make the reader forget they’re reading.

i think it is a very powerful thing when the story inside you is so loud that you are forced to relearn how to draw, write, and talk to people to get it made into a real thing

in writing, if you're stuck on a sentence or paragraph you're supposed to just jusmp to the next part and keep writing. fine-tuning is for the revision phase not the first draft

unfortunately every single fucking letter is a bear trap

There is nothing worse than having inspiration and the will to write and having to go to work, knowing you won’t have it in you to write after.

Found on twitter, going to adopt this now

Writer friends, tell me how many WIPs and how many UFOs you have. I have 2 WIPs and [redacted] UFOs (jk it’s around 16 across my three main fandoms)

You will not use AI to get ideas for your story. You will lie on the floor and have wretched visions like god intended

actually I love using my disability as a crutch and an excuse and I think all disabled people should be allowed to do it as much as we want