i have no maximum velocity

I actually love the Louis and Regina subplot because it really is a continuation of the way Louis has always treated women, as a source of emotional labour that he can throw money at and have them make him feel better. It’s Miss Lily all over again, it’s “paying a whore to sit in a room and talk with him”. Making Claudia was always about Louis’ feelings under the pretence of saving her from the fire. He wants to save Regina from poverty but it’s all to make himself feel better. She sees through him but she’s so broke that she can’t afford to say no

Also really interesting to me that Louis only proposes this after he finds out she does sex work. Like, I don't know if it's necessarily a conscious connection he's making, but he definitely feels like this is someone whose time can be bought. Just like Miss Lily's time could be bought...

Write a story that just takes place inside one pathetic little person’s head. Do it. It’s enrichment in your enclosure.

Do the writer’s equivalent of playing with finger paints. Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

It’s the middle of the night and I should be sleeping but listen. Listen. Just get weird with it. Open your soul up a little bit. Like actually don’t worry about it being palatable. I’m serious. Get weirder. Get weirder right now. I’m demanding that you get weirder right now. It’s not your responsibility to make your reader feel good. It’s your job to make art, goddamnit. Make art. Make weird art. Open up your third eye and eat an entire cheesecake.

This is what all your English writing classes were for. You don't have to publish or use any of this, but it's the exercise that's important.

Use it. Submit it to lit magazines. A lot of them waive submission fees if you’re poor.

you'll compete against 400 other people to get a job and then the job will be like 'can you work 50 hours no lunch breaks with overtime and also come in on your day off we're soooo understaffed right now' like girl i know you could've split this position between at least two more people. be serious.

the internet will choose a random woman to hate on every few months, it’s very important you’re not as dumb as the majority of them and don’t do the same

take this nonsensical olivia dean hate train as another great example