As a writer, I spend 90% of my time googling synonyms or searching for words I know but have incidentally forgotten right in the moment that I need it for once.

editing is so fun. I'm learning what the story I wrote is about

sometimes after you learn what your story is about, you resolve to write a thematically appropriate sequel. this, unfortunately, means you have another section to edit, and now your story means two things. maybe more. imagine.

how to erase pencil guidelines from under ink

1. wait until you’re absolutely sure the ink is dry

2. wrong

wishing I could freeze time so fanfic writers could write all of their slow-burn enemies to lovers and gay porn and fix-it fics and all of their WIPs and prompts without having to worry about life and other responsibilities

people who write their fics directly onto archive of our own site do not fear death by the way

in all seriousness, please always keep backups of your works, write them somewhere else (google doc is a good choice) then copy and paste onto ao3 when you're done, because ao3 itself does not automatically save your works for you, meaning you can lose all of your progress

More male characters who are interested in their mother's legacy. As a trope there's a lot of sons and daughters who follow in the father's footsteps and there's yes, girls who honor their mother, ect. But let's have more dudes who are like. Stumbling on their mom's secret fairy cottage or some shit. And they're like aight gotta make the tea

"why did you write that"

There are two types of writers:

1. 'It's fiction, it doesn't need to make sense!'

2. 'I didn't account for the rotation of the planet and how that affects the constalations while my characters stargazed at different times of year, I have failed as a writer, and this entire thing is trash'

writing is free but healing from capitalism costs $200 a session. so guess which one i’m doing.

write badly. write weirdly. write like a cryptid in a cave with one candle. that’s where the good shit starts.

“sorry for promoting my fic again” NO. NEVER be sorry. NEVER apologize for promoting something you created from love and passion. that’s your baby. be proud of them and be proud of yourself. unapologetically promote your fic as many times as you want

me: this is going to be a short story my brain: what if it was a saga. what if it was 400 pages. what if it ruined you

I have determined that the 30,000 words I wrote of my novel weren’t going in the right direction and I need to start over completely.

They warned me about this in writer school but I don’t know if I have the strength

My mentor once told me that sometimes he doesn’t know what a book is about until about 20 chapters in and then he has to completely scrap all of his work up to that point and I was like pffft yeah right old man but then it happened to me. It could happen to you to.

character creation is just adopting a pet rock and then giving it trauma.

in 2026, remember how GOOD writing feels. remember how satsfying it is to get your characters to the point you have been dying to get to, where they will experience the love, fear, relief or whatever the feeling you want to bring to life may be. let this year be the year of writing, prgress and of satisfactory endings.