@GarnElizabeth 100% to the exhaustion. I'm trying to look at the upcoming holiday season as a rest period instead of a hustle period. Also, lots of long, hot baths with books ;)
how to write a book
- mix up the alphabet really well
- add in your emotional baggage on accident
- now write witty banter to cover up that mess haha
- hmm backspace a few lines
- yes that's it backspace it all
- take a snack break
- this is fine, this is how it's done
how to write a hero
- make them relatable and complex! loveable! funny!
- they want to do good
- except they did something BAD to do good
- they're damaged now
- oh they have a knife
- there's blood everywhere
- ok they're the villain
-πβ¨ππ oh no πβ¨ππ
Brain: we should WRITE
Me: good idea
Brain: here are characters, an aesthetic board, playlist...oh oh! we can daydream so many epic scene snippets and--
Me: great! now how does it all fit together?
Brain: [has left the chat]
Unforgivable #freelancewriting sins? CC project manager Ian says "Preciousness about one's prose." Remember, writing to be published is always a collaborative affair. #realtalk
No one notices the ghosts of dogs. Their hauntings are too companionable.
They curl at the foot of the bed in the soft early mornings.
Warm. Content.
Urging: just five minutes more.
at any given time, a writer's brain is full of
- 14% of a new story scene involving pain or sass and nothing else helpful
- character with name but no personality
- character with personality but no name
- 3 lyrics to an annoying song
- note-to-self that you need pie
- screaming
Introvert/socially anxious worry No. 105:
What if someone can read minds? There's a lot of weird stuff floating around in here not meant for other people.
#introvert#socialanxiety