Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️

Content writer/fantasy writer/occasional blogger. Building a fantasy world because this one's just not working for me #amwriting #WritingCommunity

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

Decided to give myself until the end of Jan to finish my novel's 2nd draft. Why?

- I hate myself clearly
- I’m impatient
- Setting a goal related to a love rather than a guilt-provoked sense of obligation is much more important to get through January. #WritingCommunity

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@youareaprogram Oiii you, what's not to trust about people moving their own teeth with metal

[EM Templin - Novelist @em_templin1]

Writers, all of you.

Tell me your genre, without saying what your genre is?

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@em_templin1 This kind of stuff😄

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

Okay 1st (ish) draft done...now what?😆

Plan so far...
- Don't look at it for a while
- Read
- Fall into despair
- Edit structure, character arcs, etc
- Revise into 2nd/3rd/75th draft
- Line editing and proofing
- Feedback😱

Anyone have any other tips? #WritingCommunity

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

As a slow writer, there are a lot of great tips in this thread👇

[Shadow And Bone @shadowandbone_]

It's time to tear down the Fold. Shadow and Bone Season 2 premieres TOMORROW, only on Netflix.

[Erica Schneider @ericasmyname]

One of the biggest mistakes I see when editing 2000+ words/day:

Filler.

Needless words create friction and harm readability.

Here are 5 filler sentences (edited with changes explained):

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@Frantic_Studios Hey thanks, glad you enjoyed it😊

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@CNBCMakeIt Wild how people are saying these aren't real jobs when they're responding to a tweet:
- Posted by a social media manager
- With a graphic designed by a graphic designer
- About an article written by a writer
- As part of an editorial calendar managed by a marketing manager😄

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@gvvenhwyfar @youareaprogram It really does feel ages ago😆I still have my weird sword thing I got from there

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@youareaprogram

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@youareaprogram

[Shadow And Bone @shadowandbone_]

It's time to enter the Fold. Shadow and Bone is now streaming.

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@Danaiwrites Yeah you're right. It doesn't always feel very creative when you're writing about random stuff but I suppose it's still developing writing skills in different ways. I'm sure I'll get back to fiction eventually. Thank you😁

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

I haven't written fiction in months. Just can't do it. Am I still a writer? Who knows but I have written about mortgages several times since then, which is equally as exciting... #freelancewriter #WritingCommunity

[Kara Copple 🏳️‍🌈 🖊️ @KaraCopple]

@shiraisinspired This is such a helpful thread. There's so much misunderstanding about OCD, so it's good seeing people talking about what it's really like. Mental compulsions is something I hadn't thought of before (because they go unnoticed I suppose) so thank you!