My Characters Need Therapy

i understand words and phrases. my dialogue is natural and in character. i know where the plot is going. my word count is reasonable. i am not scared of my document

wilf (wip i’d like to finish)

if you're a writer i wish u a very plot/story/character epiphany

they're saying spending 2 hours in the word doc changing words slightly to be more specific and evocative and moving endless commas around is one of the most noble and respected things that you can do

my best writing advice *about* writing advice is that you absolutely do not have to follow all the popular advice you see BUT ☝️ you have to make sure you're not following it on purpose

Unreliable everyone

writing is 10% storytelling and 90% rearranging three sentences for an hour like you're trying to solve an ancient curse

Floating face down in a blank word document file, while not physically possible, is nevertheless a tangible authorial state.

Don’t use AI to write. Use childhood trauma like a real poet.

[ID: A two-part meme showing Tom Hiddleston. On the top image, he sits on the floor, screaming. It's labeled: Writers spotting a repeated word they used twice in their entire manuscript. The bottom image has him sit at a desk, saying "Yes, very sad. Anyway." It's labeled: Writers spotting the 478 em dashes they used. End ID]

not now kitten. daddy's realizing that the scene he invested 1000 words into could be significantly improved but only if he started over from scratch

"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

No, Word, I do not “want to rewrite this paragraph with copilot”. Similarly, I do not “want to hire a drunk chimp as a chauffeur”, so perhaps you can fuck off?