thewordsarestuckinmyhead

[thewordsarestuckinmyhead]

structural editing has me so overwhelmed that i've just made thousands of different plans and outlines and summaries instead of doing something about the issues in my manuscript.

[thewordsarestuckinmyhead]

"why does she always act like this omg," is what i just said to myself talking about the main character of my novel.

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i'm subverting expectations!! i scream as they take me away. I'M SUBVERTING EXPECTATIONS!!!

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i keep getting the motivation to write another version of my novel from the pov of the love interest. i haven’t even finished the original version. i’m getting ahead of myself…

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me reading back my writing: omg i'm cooking. this is so witty and funny and just so amazing give me all the awards now.

me reading it back months later: oh my. i sent this to someone. and they read it. what was i thinking?

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the look i give my reader when they start correctly guessing the plot twists chapters away.

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what no one tells you about writing a novel: how much you're gonna yearn for fan art of characters nobody knows yet.

[thewordsarestuckinmyhead]

currently doing plot edits again. this stage is so daunting that it's making me procrastinate badly. future me: please tell me how this work is paying off as you're doing line edits.

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working on my novel has got me watching glass blowing videos. this stuff is so cool. i'm looking up the history of it rn...

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what do you mean when i'm moving around scenes it's effecting the entire plot what do you meannnnn

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turns out what i thought was the midpoint of my novel was actually at the 58% mark...

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turned my whole manuscript into comic sans for edits. it's such a different experience now.

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how i look when a reader says i did something in my novel and i pull the 'what if i said it was intentional?' card.

[thewordsarestuckinmyhead]

it is so daunting starting edits on a complete manuscript. where do i even begin?

[thewordsarestuckinmyhead]

one of my readers called the main character of my novel insufferable. i feel like a protective mother the way im like 'no, don't listen to them, you're wonderful.'

[thewordsarestuckinmyhead]

it’s both satisfying and anxiety inducing every time i send a piece of writing out. like i’m so happy i wrote this but…i wrote this, and someone’s gonna read it…

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half of my writing time is spent hovering my hands over a keyboard while i watch the scene i’m trying to write in my head over and over again