It Doesn't Make Sense (Unless I Write It Down)

if u write in present tense enough times in a row, you can switch this problem around & get confused when your present-tense narrator is talking abt something that happened in Their past. I recommend this bc it keeps u on ur toes

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love writing. writing is awesome. it’s a shame that it involves writing though

Full offense but your writing style is for you and nobody else. Use the words you want to use; play with language, experiment, use said, use adverbs, use “unrealistic” writing patterns, slap words you don’t even know are words on the page. Language is a sandbox and you, as the author, are at liberty to shape it however you wish. Build castles. Build a hovel. Build a mountain on a mountain or make a tiny cottage on a hill. Whatever it is you want to do. Write.

Your voice is what makes your writing kickass. Do not do not do not strive to make it sound like everyone else’s.

“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

Somewhere there's a quote (Neil Gaiman, maybe?) about writing being the art of making your mistakes look intentional. Reminds me of that.

"reduced to motherhood" isn't saying that motherhood is reductive, it's saying that the character is one-dimensional, with that dimension being "mother". it means everything else is erased, as if becoming a mother disappears the rest of a woman's identity instead of adding to it or making it fuller