#writing discord

[tahbhie]

How many drafts should you go through before deciding your novel is ready?

There's no specific (official) number, but to create a foundation that ensures you don't burn out quickly, overwork yourself, and get tired of your work, I'll say four. It's the same number I use for my students since most of them have other engagements outside writing that take up a copious amount of their time.

1. Initial or Zero Draft:

This draft is also called the 'just write' draft. Focus on putting that idea down. As the creative juices flow, let it all out. Don't worry about perfection or coherence; the goal is to capture your raw ideas and get the story out of your head and onto the page.

2. Second Draft:

This is the plot draft. Read through what you have written to see if every detail you added was meant to be. Here, you focus on the structure of your story. Ensure that the plot makes sense, the pacing is right, and there are no major plot holes. This is where you might add, remove, or rearrange scenes to improve the overall flow of the narrative.

3. Third Draft:

Character development draft. In this stage, you look deeper into your characters. Make sure their motivations, backgrounds, and arcs are well-defined and consistent. Flesh out their personalities and relationships, ensuring they are compelling and believable. This is also a good time to refine dialogue and make sure it sounds natural and true to each character. That's for this drafting stage.

4. Fourth Draft:

Grammar and punctuation draft. This is the polishing stage. Focus on correcting grammatical errors, punctuation, and spelling mistakes. Pay attention to sentence structure, word choice, and overall readability. This draft is about making your manuscript as clean and professional as possible.

Keep in mind that the goal is to define what completion means for each draft. Once you reach the goal, take a break and return to it for the next drafting stage.

Some writers pay people to carry out some of the drafting stages for them, so if you fall into that category, you might have fewer drafting stages to handle yourself!

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Thank you all for the support 💜!

[bunnis-monsters]

Anyways!!! My discord is very fun y’all should come join! We share ideas and writing, chat, chat about sexy stuff, sometimes we vc and play games!!

And the members there get sneak peeks of my upcoming works 🥰

Also I’m holding a watch party for over the garden wall this fall 👀

Thinking about streaming some gravity falls on discord too…

[physalian]

The Writers' Nook Discord -- New!

Heyo, writer friends. I made a workshopping discord!

The goal here is to avoid lurkers, this is a functional workshop. It’s a place to share your work and get help and feedback.

I’m a “get sh*t done” kind of person. If I say I want to read your book, drop me the link. I’m not lying, I’m not kidding, and you aren’t overstepping for replying to me, which happens all the time on here and then posts get lost to the timeline. Why would I ask if I didn’t want people sharing their work?

I hate it when my posts don’t get notes, especially if it’s something I worked hard on, and this is in effort to make sure stuff can be seen in the right place, beyond the confines of a single timeline. I wanted organization and accountability, so I'm doing my best to make a space where that can happen.

The goal here is to receive the effort that you put in. If you want feedback on your wips, you have to find the time to give feedback to others’ wips, or this won’t work.

Check it out if you'd like!

[neverendingline]

hello tumblr!

are you a writer? have you ever wanted a small, supportive writing server?

do you feel personally victimized by the tragic lack of dragon-themed discord servers in the world today?

then you might be a good fit for the lair of writers!

a brand-new, dragon themed writing server owned by yours truly and moderated by @incohorace and @lesgay-falaloser, the lair of writers will fill the dragon shaped hole in your life you didn’t even know existed. we have a number of writing-specific channels as well as general ones, and the server is chock-full of useful bots, including tupperbox and pluralkit! join today and help us start a welcoming, dedicated community of writers. <3

[cactusprincewrites]

awesome writers room!!!

🙏 writeblr gods please see this, shine down upon my post from beyond pls 🙏

my boyfriend and i have recently taken over the discord server we met in and are trying to revive and grow the community there -- its a lovely cosy server open to fans of writing, art and character design, anyone who wants to make new friends to create and explore their imaginary worlds with or find peers to review and read their work

we also now have the facilities to post your own long-form stories, comics, galleries or blogs for other people to enjoy and react to in our own community hub (but truth be told rn, just between you and me, it's a lil bit empty -- and we'd love to have your incredible creativity to fill it)

it's very lbtq and poc friendly, and we hope many of you will make it your writing, art, and creativity home. it's also (drumrolllll) RIGHT HERE GUYS: [insert discord invite]

[houseorion]

looking for writers!

hi! I'm nina. I started this tumblr because I love dramione and I have no one I can speak to about this weird and wonderful world in real life, haha.

some of my favourite fics include: Love and Other Historical Accidents The Rights and Wrongs universe (including The Auction, obv) Manacled (duh) Measure of a Man Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love (pspsps) Meet Your Match The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy Bloody, Slutty, and Pathetic

I love the romantasy genre as a whole and I've recently embarked on the long and painful journey that has been starting to write my first novel! so far I have amassed 4 messy chapters, a gargantuan googledoc filled with chaotic world-building notes, and a headspace filled with equal parts manic hope and raging self-doubt. I was wondering if there are any fic lovers / dramione fans / first-time writers who are also ambling through the process of trying to write something that might someday be publishable who might want to join a discord or community of some kind with me. I have no idea how to create a discord, so knowledge of that would also be much appreciated.

I just thought it could be a fun and supportive community where we help each other along, send fic recs to keep our hearts afloat, give general encouragement, maybe even read each other's writing, and hold each other accountable for internal deadlines etc. please let me know if anyone is at all interested! <3

ALTERNATIVELY, if you know of a discord or group/community similar to what I have just described, please let me know if/how I can join! thank you thank you x

[ashintheairlikesnow]

Anyone still hoping to do a writing challenge for November? I've seen some talk of there being a good discord of people who have left NaNoWriMo after the... well. The Nonsense Brigade of the past couple years.

I'm also interested in what word tracker apps people are using.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the werewolf story up, by the way. I may be taking down the early chapters and trying to turn it into something I could potentially publish. That's a MAYBE, and I may do that with the siren story instead. Not sure yet.

I keep feeling like there is a seed of a story with the werewolf AND siren stories that would work well as a traditionally published novel.

Or hell, maybe I'll dust the Demon Cult story off again and go back to that...

[writerpolls]

Because I’m starting one!

Invite link here: https://discord.gg/d4uJDY37

(Link will expire in a week so comment or message me if you want to join after that)

*Note: speculative fiction refers to fiction that either is scifi or fantasy, or fiction that has unrealistic elements similar to scifi and fantasy.

[myartificialflowers]

What if I made a discord server specifically for fanfic writers in the 9-1-1 fandom… would anyone join?

[simonnebethel]

If anybody knows of any writing discord servers that are 18+, queer friendly, and has fairly active members, pls let me know 💜

[everybodyswatchingus]

i need writer friends!

pls interact with this or dm me if you wanna be friends. or if you have a discord server, i'd love to join !!!!!

[cindol]

PAINDOL ━╋ !

a server created by @painism and @cindol !

This is a server created for friends and writers alike, must be at least 17 and older to join ! writer friendly and poc writer friendly 🫶🏾

server link

If you would like to join let’s break down the rules

O . 1 — racist jokes made towards races you aren’t apart of will not be tolerated if you aren’t apart of that group.

O . 2 — if there are issues between you and another member take it to the dms or somewhere more private.

O . 3 — if you suspect problematic people are in the server let a mod or the owner know in dms and we will look into it .

O . 4 — nsfw jokes outside of nsfw are not permitted outside of the nsfw channel . Slightly suggestives are fine but if it starts to get borderline nsfw take it to the channel it’s meant for.

O . 5 — no vents outside of the vent channel , will result in a timeout or even a ban .

owner — paindol / rain

co - owner — cindol / cinny / riri

reblog for reach please! @princessoflalaland @cyberneticfrk @aquasoftware

[bunnis-monsters]

Discord server link is back up for 24 hours. Just felt like doing it.

Come join while you can. It won’t be open again until December 1st!

[gothunzel]

my new discord server!! 18+

this is a proship YURI centric discord server!! please join if interested!!

𝜗𝜚　　yuritales　𓈒

𓎠𓎠 fairytale + dolly theme !

⟢　yuri centric profic server

⟢　easy && secure verif

⟢　pro para , anti contact

⟢　very sys friendly, private section

⟢　yume channels && more!

there is so little yuri spaces, and this one is for everyone interested in yuri, no matter how much or how little! come join our little storybook today! ₍ᐢ. .⑅ᐢ₎

there is yuri everywhere to those with eyes to see. . .

[i-rove-rock-n-roll]

Do you want to talk about your writing nonstop?

Do you want to hear others talk about their writing nonstop?

Do you need more writing friends?

If you want a serious writing group and some brand new friends, this is the server for you!

Dun dun dun dun! Introducing

Writing is like Knitting only without the yarn (wait…)

(HMU for server access!)

[waywardsou2]

Hey guys. I've recently made a discord server for my works. I know my works aren't that popular but if you've ready any of my stuff (or are into arcane at the moment like me) then it would mean the world to me if you would join and support me.

Thanks in advance

https://discord.gg/epnHWy9g