T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise)

Author in progress. #amwriting | horror / paranormal / speculative / romance / thriller | #writingcommunity

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

I have an issue where I get an idea for a story and start to outline it, but by the time I get to writing an ending I get scared that it’s going to be too big, too ridiculous, too much for a reader to buy.

So I just never finish anything 🙃🙃

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Do I have any ideas right now?

No.

Do I have a ton of motivation?

No!

But I’m almost 30 and I no longer want to put my dreams on the back burner.

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Every year I get older and feel that drive to write and make writing my career again.

So, I’m back on my writing acct I guess, despite the dumpster fire that is Twitter.

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

When you have a fire idea for an extremist Christian cult horror novel but you worry your family might accidentally read it someday 🫣

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Ever go looking for a specific Scrivener file and accidentally find the start of a story you don’t remember and just. . .

Read your own book? And love it?

Now I just want to work on this one!

#amwriting #apparentlyYA #WritingCommunity

[tess the reader @let1troll]

Did I drop everything I was reading because @stephanmlee K-POP REVOLUTION came out and I had to start IMMEDIATELY!?

Yes. I’m 60 pages in. 😂

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

@jodyjsperling 10 or more? I’m not sure. Most are bad concepts, boring, or just poorly developed. 4 of them I would like to rewrite someday.

I have also done some form of outline on probably 30 others.

I’m just terrible at finishing anything.

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Kiddo woke up sick in the middle of the night, and now I’m so tired that I’m not getting any writing in today.

But I’m doing some idea drafting!

My 36 ideas list is only expanding, and my hard drive full of first drafts is crying 😂

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

@memmyygrace I have this video from when I bought it because it totally freaked me out 😅

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Diving into this today. 👻

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Any other #writers struggle with having too many ideas in too many genres?

I just can’t plan what I want to *focus* on and I end up not finishing much because of it.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

@MsPippinacious It’s like a movie to me. I see the scenes play out in my head - usually the opening first - and the story plays out from there.

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Am I seriously considering prepping my Christmas story for Hallmark submission?

Yes.

Why?

Why not?

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

@memmyygrace I think I have a copy of Diary of a Haunting! I’ll grab that one up.

I’m re-reading Jane Eyre right now (why didn’t I realize it was good before!?)

Also if you are interested, I would LOVE to chat with you about this story I’m working on 😅

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

Can anyone recommend me some #horror featuring haunting and ghost hunting?

Working on #writing a story with some of these themes and always looking to see how others have done it!

#amwriting #writingcommunity #readers

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

I’m excited to tell this story, about friendship and loneliness and hauntings and learning how to be yourself.

Falling in love and falling apart.

Stories that scare you and real experiences that will haunt you for the rest of your life.

That’s this story.

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

I have an issue where I get an idea for a story and start to outline it, but by the time I get to writing an ending I get scared that it’s going to be too big, too ridiculous, too much for a reader to buy.

So I just never finish anything 🙃🙃

[T. Elliott || is writing something (i promise) @tlelliottwrites]

This story is about us, but it’s also about who I think I would have been without them.

It’s about when a ghost story goes from fun and interesting and moves into the real world. That moment when you first leave home where loneliness manifests into something more.