AO3 Writer

Trying to write more often is self-care. We write because we love it. Let's not make it a chore.

There is more to writing than getting words on the page. Research, plotting, outlining, daydreaming, making moodboards... all that is writing.

Not being able to write some days is NOT failure. Breaks are essential to refill your creative energy. Maybe just listen to your writing playlist and relax a bit or read a book or watch a show that inspires you.

Word counts are not absolute. If you realize you can't achieve your word count in the set timeframe, revise it. It's NOT failure, it's being efficient and aware of your own energy.

*cries*

Writing is so much fun!

*yells at the void*

It's so relaxing!

Wednesday: I want to stab another coloniser.

Enid: I appreciate the effort. But that’s not an emotion. That’s more of an action. An emotion is something we feel on the inside.

Wednesday: I feel…

Wednesday: Stabby.

Enid: …

Enid: You know what? Sure. Good job bestie. I’m proud of you.

—Can’t Kenna be lovely simply because she is lovely? And you are lovely. —That was kind of you.

But you should jot down some rules. Both for the characters and the story. Rules at the level of separating basketball from hockey. That's how broad I mean.

Just take a sec after you write the first part. Take a moment after you've realized that, oh, this is going to continue, and jot some things down. Again. High level. It's not about limiting yourself. Its just the guardrails on the road. I read a crap ton of fic by authors who do not have a plan when they start. I don't need them to tell me that they're pantsing it. I knew.

Go into the new year aware of the fact that you don't need to know HTML in order to post on AO3. If you select the Rich Text button, you'll get a visual editor instead.