romi is drafting 🦢

✒️ english philologist
✍🏻 writer
📃 currently on draft 1 — dark academia

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i just scrapped a 90k project because it turned into something completely different than i expected.

it’s a weird feeling, but it taught me exactly what actually connects with me and what doesn't. i consider this to be part of the process of finding my real voice.

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@elizanane i'd love to join!

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you think that finishing your first book will bring a huge sense of relief or uncertainty about the next one, but it just creates momentum. i'm holding almost a completed story in one hand, and already a whole outline for the next one in the other.

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@DanahAALLL LMAO

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looking at my first draft while starting the third makes me realize i’m not even the same person who started this book. i’m writing a better story now because i’m a better version of myself.

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@SweetNovember48 thank you! 🤍

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and just like that, my second draft is OVER 🎉

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@AnnaSarlet thank you!!! 🤍 now onto the next one!

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i'm about to finish my second draft and it's the most exciting feeling ever! can't wait to start revising everything

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finally crossed the 80k mark in my second draft.

my characters have been through it, and honestly, so have i. it’s a weird feeling to be this close to the end.

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first drafts aren't supposed to be good, they're just supposed to be finished. i have to remind myself of that every time i open the document.

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@hibunnyi i think i’d pass out

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@NeedWriter you got this!!

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@ShinyFluffdnd thank you so much!

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so incredibly stoked to share that i’m being published for the first time ever!

i’ve got a piece appearing in flashflood for national flash fiction day and honestly, i'm over the moon.

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@aprilsdiaries thank you!! <3

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lowering your manuscript from 150k to 115k words is not for the weak

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@nicburnss i think it has a lot of potential! congrats on finishing the first draft!!

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@hibunnyi you'll nail that bc you're super talented