anya volna

Former editor turned writer. Sharing my self-publishing journey!

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[anya volna @volnaverse]

@ArizonaSunset2 @klhicks912 Oh, now I'm intrigued. How many times were they rejected? Which factoid surprised you most?

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@klhicks912 Editing 🫠

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Me when writing: I am a genius, this is a masterpiece.

Me when editing: This is trash. Why did I make him purr?

I will post it anyway because I like attention 😗 #WritingCommunity

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@lazylambzz As an ADHD girlie, YES. 😭 I might be shit at writing consistently as an author, but I at least do it myself.

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@AriaIgniata What made you stop being confident, if you don't mind me asking?

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@catcreation_art Do you keep a list of overused words? I overuse "heart", "possessive", and "anxious" 😅

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@vianlovestoread Not gonna lie I instantly get SO angry I could snap. Which I won't do, of course, because I'm a lady 😭

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@omgsidewalks Oh, that one time the Pope wrote his encyclical against AI, which was around 200 pages, we discussed it with my heavily pro-AI coworker and he said, "I bet he used AI to write that much."

It's been only 42,000 words.

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@ItsMusicMommy Horrible in which ways?

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@ChateauBaconLLC I think it's becoming one of those AI tics. Along with "you will be the death of me". Simply can't look at the book the same way if I spot these because of how often they appear in AI slop.

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@TathamSmith @HDunn_Writer YES. It's my perpetual nightmare 🥲 Any tips on editing so it's just easier and slightly less torturing?

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@rollins_green That's just so cool. Bless you for working so hard and for loving your own story this much!

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@alizehsfate There's writing for sale, and there's writing for art, and it's sometimes hard to merge the two styles. Kinda the same with pop music—lots of fairly similar beats, not much innovation.

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@bringtheblaine Your post attracted so many spammers wow

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@AnasuaWrites Wow, great work! When did you start? 👀

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By the way, this is a life saviour for ADHD writers.

If you are ADHD and having a hard time writing, trust me, pomodoro body doubling will work like magic.

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@mybooklists I like the pomodoro timer count. 25 minutes writing, 5 minutes pause, rinse and repeat. It's easier to write for such small chunks of time. And when it's hard to start, I use body doubling videos with pomodoro writing. Genuinely helpful!

https://t.co/lVXD0nhoqO

[anya volna @volnaverse]

@mybooklists I like the pomodoro timer count. 25 minutes writing, 5 minutes pause, rinse and repeat. It's easier to write for such small chunks of time. And when it's hard to start, I use body doubling videos with pomodoro writing. Genuinely helpful!

https://t.co/lVXD0nhoqO

[anya volna @volnaverse]

@Dunn4Authors I will avoid reading books with AI covers like a plague, and I don't want my books anywhere near AI.

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I have a script writer background, so dialogue is my strong suit 🌚 Some of my scenes are just lines with minimal or no description, and there's just something so immersive in it.

[Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation @sirbenjaminjr]

Alright writers — do you find it easier to write dialogue or descriptions? 📖✍🏻

#writers #writingcommunity #amwriting #authors #authorscommunity #AuthorsOfTwitter

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@iamblueiphy It makes the writer's job infinitely harder, but yeah. Artificial conflict just doesn't feel convincing. What if people were genuinely trying to hear eachother AND failing? Effort alone might sometimes not suffice, and there's so much tragedy in that.