everest's writing blog

Everyone writes shaking hands and racing hearts. Those are fine. But fear often shows up in unexpected ways.

Here are some quick writing tips for writing a terrified character (without saying "they were terrified").

• They suddenly become very polite (fawn response)

• They start explaining things no one asked about (changing subject)

• They laugh once when no one else does.

• They keep glancing at the door like they’re measuring the distance

• They agree too quickly

• They hold perfectly still like they don't want to draw attention

• They start noticing extremely small details in the room

• They talk slower than usual, choosing every word carefully

• They disassociate and become unresponsive

• They try to sound reasonable when no one else is being reasonable

• They swallow before every sentence

• They weigh every consequence before speaking

• They keep their hands where everyone can see them (hands in their pockets)

• They cross their arms and/or avoid eye contact

• They frequently make eye contact with a familiar person

• They thank someone who clearly doesn’t deserve it

Those are some quick tips. Reblog if you want more. Idk if people like these. <3

A new option for anyone with a veeeeery long doc or complicated outline (and no desire to look at all of it at once) -

Collapsible headers! 

Turn them on in your Editor settings (Toggle headings), then click / tap the arrow beside any H1–H4 header to tuck that section away, safe and sound.

When you create a new header, just hit Enter, and it’ll become collapsible too.

Collapsible headers work in both the editor and on Reader links, so you can use them while writing, outlining, and editing; or to help your readers stay focused on one section at a time. We particularly love them for temporarily pretending the previous 86,491 words in a doc don’t exist (at least, not until the editing phase). 🙂‍↔️

Free for all, woohoo!

And another smol but mighty update this week: You can now change the email address associated with your account directly from your Settings page.

Just enter the new address via Change email under Account details. Done n' done!

I do not have to reinvent the wheel every time I write fanfiction

I do not have to make every chapter's word count above 1,000 in order for it to be good

It is okay if some things don't make sense

I can write whatever I want

I am writing this shit for free

If people don't like my stuff, they can block me. If they're being mean about it, I can block them.

The most important part of writing fanfiction is having fun

Writing fanfiction is supposed to be fun

I do not have to appeal to people

This shit is fun

Purple Stars

Yes, a big recolor, but a recolor none the less! Enjoy!

Please credit @pixopix, likes and reblogs are appreciated!