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"If my book is not perfect then-"

Then what? People will actually discuss it? fill your plotholes with fanfiction and headcanons?

People dont care about perfection. perfection is boring. if your story is perfect people will forget about it. its how we are wired. we remember the strange, the weird and all things left open.

Perfection isnt the goal, interesting is

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Some idiot: "Why are you reading your own fic, that's shallow and stupid"

All fanfic writers and writers everywhere: "Who the fuck do you think I wrote it for?!"

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Honestly, y'all, I'm begging you. Take the time to think and learn for yourself. Even if it's just something casual like knitting or cooking. Exercise your brain. It's important.

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people might think creating OC lore involves a lot of thinking & planning, but in my personal experience, OC development is more like a divine vision from a god slamming you over the head with a mallet while ur doing the fuckin dishes or folding laundry

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Change a single letter and change the word game

I want to play a game with you all.

You have to make a new word by changing only one letter of the last word.

Dirt

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spring is the perfect time to write something feral and floral. soft boys covered in blood and daisies. girls with dirt under their fingernails and god complexes.

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Why would I write when I could imagine my characters going through the story and then get upset when a copy of the work doesn’t magically appear in front of me

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Writers are scary because we’ll take personal trauma and think, "Hmm… what if this happened to my fictional characters but worse?"

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"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

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Editing + Proofreading!

I am now accepting commissions for editing and proofreading! I've been wanting to do this for a while and finally set it all up on my Ko-Fi.

I have completed a college program in creative writing and am about half done one in editing and proofreading. I've also beta-read for several indie authors! I have experience writing and self-editing various genres including fantasy, romance (queer and het), sci-fi, poetry, blog posts, fanfiction, and academic papers (anthropology, education, English, geography, and religious studies)

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i can’t wait for when chatGPT and ai image generation also crashes and each prompt cost $50 an attempt. oh you can’t get your stolen big tiddy anime ghibli art for free anymore? you want to buy real big boy art from real artists now? beg for it. beg for it like a dog.

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lil doodle from the other day born out of an overwhelming annoyance that for some reason body hair is associated with masculinity despite Everyone Having It. so why not draw a cute hairy girl about it

[image description: a drawing of a tan-skinned woman with brown and blond dyed hair pulled into a ponytail and copious body hair and stubble. she is smiling and doing a peace sign gesture with her hand. next to her is text saying "body hair has no gender!" end id]

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reading my own writing: boy, you sure like your commas, don’t you,

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Get to know me tag

thanks @willtheweaver for the tag!

Do you have any pets? I have a 14 year old beagle named Cookie - simultaneously the love of my life and the bane of my existence. I also have a rescued field mouse named Jay! She was a tiny little baby alone on the sidewalk last summer, so I took her home and now she's thriving!

Comfort food? Popcorn for sure. Also my mom's cooking.

How many languages do you speak? Mostly just English, but I know some French.

Random fact about yourself: I can play the ukulele! And technically also the guitar but I'm rusty.

Something you are proud of? Finishing my novel!

tagging @aalinaaaaaa @mjparkerwriting @kaylinalexanderbooks @theeccentricraven and @peachesandghosts

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writing tip #3765:

just have fun with it idk