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so what if your book is boring, some people like boring books

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if someone points out you've used a semicolon incorrectly; gaslight them

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it doesn't matter if your protagonist has no clear goals if they're really, really horny

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if your wip contains a scene with inclement weather, make sure to wait until the weather conditions in real life match those in the scene before writing it for accuracy’s sake

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try WRITEMAXXING™️ (this means you write)

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writing in public? increase your font size to build that readership early

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writing that scene not going to plan? stewing about it for five days will certainly not make it any worse

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book getting too HOT to HANDLE? cool it down with some MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH

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if you're wondering if you should tone down the angst, that's a sign you should actually increase it

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i thought of a good writing tip earlier but it's so hot i forgot it sorry

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me: i am going to get so much writing done today. the most writing anyone has ever done

also me: (purchases paralives)

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why are you proofreading? just believe in yourself

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if you find out a book similar to yours already exists, you should basically just give up tbh i don't see why your life would be worth living

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maybe write something people want to read idk

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you don't need to know every detail of a scene before you start writing! just the beginning, the middle, the end, which characters are involved, what they do, every line of dialogue, what clothes they're wearing, what they had for breakfast that morning, the weather,

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do you REALLY need to explain EVERYTHING to the reader? no, they’re smart, they can figure out that the protagonist is always wearing crocs themselves

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@Manu_Stu the sims 4

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struggling to get writing done? take up a worse hobby so you procrastinate doing that by writing

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ask yourself: how will i make my protagonist cry today?

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if you don't like writing, why do you want to write?