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writers-hq · 2 years ago
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Right (mustering the necessary fucks to get shit done in the work group chat)
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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This isnt a joke my favorite piece of writing advice that I’ve ever seen is someone that said if you were stuck with a fic and couldn’t figure out why or what was wrong, your problem is actually usually about ten sentences back. Maybe there was something wonky about the tone or the dialogue or you added something that didn’t fit but it’s usually ten sentences back. And every single time I get stuck in a fic I count back ten sentences and it’s always fucking there
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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lizzie totally just dropped a stanky one
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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Our own Lynn Neary has a unique term for her TBR pile – she calls it the “Shelf of Constant Reproach.” It’s not quite your basic TBR pile, though – the Shelf of Constant Reproach is specifically those books that you always MEANT to read, that you tell people you’ve read, that you feel embarrassed about not having read. For Lynn, that’s things like Moby Dick and Lolita, which she finally tackled as last week’s Friday Read.
Me personally, I feel terrible about my inability to make any headway on The Brothers Karamazov, which my dad jocularly calls “The Brothers K” when he’s speechifying about how it’s the best novel ever written. (Uhh, sorry, Dad, I’ll be over here with the new Garth Nix …)
How about you? What’s on your Shelf of Constant Reproach?
– Petra
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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I am going to start swearing by authors
“Holy mother of Mary Shelley!”
“What the Tolkien?”
“By Victor Hugo’s spare underpants!”
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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The first draft process:
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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Receiving feedback on your writing:
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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Found poetry or a writer's search history?
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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A writer taking a little break:
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credit: @itstimeforcomics-blog
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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Classic writer's defence.
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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writers-hq · 3 years ago
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When it's a REALLY rough first draft:
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