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orcelito · 5 months

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I think the #1 thing to make writing good is to just. Stick to your guns. Take yourself seriously. If you treat your writing as if it's serious, even if you're doing some crazy shit, people are willing to believe it. The moment you doubt what you're doing in your writing, it's gonna shine through. So even if you're scared, pretend you're not until you get the hang of it & no longer feel so scared

It's worked for me so far 😅

#speculation nation #this kind of thing is why i never mention on ao3 when im nervous about a chapter #bc i do get nervous. i get nervous Plenty.#anytime i do something different from my norm. or bring in a new aspect of the story. Anything.#im nervous. i am!#but i dont mention it on ao3 bc so long as i portray that i know what im doing. people tend to believe it.#with this kind of thing you can do shit like 'so Yeah he has telepathy and can listen in on thoughts but he chooses not to #bc it would be an invasion of privacy'#i just kinda decided that and put it in the story. explained my thought process for the decision in the end notes #but ive never tried to over-defend it or anything. especially not in the text.#it's just a Thing that he can do. he accepts this as his reality. no need to over explain in the text where this comes from.#Stick To Your Guns. if your characters treat it as a given then your readers will too.#this has been Writing Advice by Fanny Orcelito. more to be shared later (maybe.)

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