Sarah Stasik

Writer, mother, wife, reader. Christian, runner, warrior, wimp. Wit via text, but never in person. Write what I want, but nicely.

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

@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 ;)

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

@GoshDarnMyLife @deapoirierbooks Coming to make this exact reply.

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

100%.

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

"I like to have a dirt bath." 5yo #thingskidssay #wildandfree

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

It's easy and hard and something we're never going to get 100% right, and that's okay. But the power isn't in 2020. The power is in us.

#washfeet👣 #love #hope #faith #faithhopelove #dontgiveup #christianfiction… https://t.co/k1w21T4NeC

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

@mstiefvater I thought this said "this is my grave " and that seemed so legit I didnt realize I misread until it popped up again later.

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

Especially this. "It just wants you to engage."

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

This entire thread

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

@authorjessowen Same! Sweet orange is always the first one I run out of, and I should probably own stock in that Dr. Teals citrus bath stuff ;)

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

What's the essential oil for "story in my head refuses to come out on paper?" #amwriting #essentialoils?

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

@authorjessowen 🤎Tangerine is the one I'm missing, then. Ordering it now! :)

[CG Drews @PaperFury]

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

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

The struggle is real

[CG Drews @PaperFury]

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
-💞✨😍💘 oh no 💞✨😍💘

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

Legit.

[CG Drews @PaperFury]

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]

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

Super true no matter what the prose is for.

[CrowdContent Writers @WriteForCC]

Unforgivable #freelancewriting sins? CC project manager Ian says "Preciousness about one's prose." Remember, writing to be published is always a collaborative affair. #realtalk

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

100% this. Self, please comply.

[Victoria/V.E. Schwab @veschwab]

Dear self, stop thinking about all those other projects you need to do once this project is done, and just focus on finishing this one.

[A Small Fiction @ASmallFiction]

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.

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

So many characters without names

[CG Drews @PaperFury]

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

[Sarah Stasik @sestasik]

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