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…not vibe with it @ seenashwrite Us with S15 of SPN

So something along the lines of can’t write funny but doesn’t know it?

Exactly, I can’t figure how to phrase it as an instruction to include it... here, Imma show you the WIP list... I’ve got a few I’m deciding on, so feel free to chime in with any tired tropes you’re sick of seeing.... ooh, and @sidebysideinsilence and @raspberrymama too, y’all chime in... any of y’all following can chime in, of course, I’m just going blank... anyhoo here’s the list so far (with some unfinished/some phrasing that needs tweaks).... I can’t believe I’m considering doing this, but hey it’ll only live over on this blog for our amusement.... 

casafrass replied to your post “Hello! It's me again. Gosh, so I'm feeling a little lost with this...”

Yes, this helps lots! I wasn't sure how close the story needs to be to either one... guess it all depends, then. I tend to overthink, when what I should really do is just write. Thanks again!

@casafrass had a great point here, I bet lots of y’all can empathize - I know I sure can! I think of ol’ Jenna up there in that gif, partly because it speaks to my warped sense of humor but also because I thought - wow, what I’d pay to see that first draft. And children’s book, so it’s thematic. (Y’all please don’t write about baby hookers - I’m *so* gonna get in trouble with @littlegreenplasticsoldier and @deandoesthingstome if you do.😆)

In any event, you’re right - I heartily believe trying out ideas, even ones as nutty as Jenna’s, is what’ll get us to the goods. Once you see it “on paper”, as it were,  you’ll intuitively know what to start trashing vs. what to keep, to start fleshing out. Picturing stuff in our minds is the starting point, yet something about getting eyes on the situation (a.k.a. - “seeing is believing”), having that tangible experience, often makes it “click” better *.

So, a tip from me personally to y’all? If you’re indecisive and/or find yourself hitting walls?

Try pounding out some bullet points of things you for sure want to include (like how you want it to begin and end) and/or knocking out some scenes you for sure want to include (dialogue, something specific you want your characters to see, etc.) first, then see if the rest starts to fall into place around them.

If you’ve never drafted a story this way? Give it a try. It might not be a trick you’ll use regularly in the future, but at least you’re getting stuff out of your head and organized, uncorking it, letting it breathe. - Nash

@ seenashwrite Oh I fully planned on asking him about the Hallmark movies!! I mean @butiaintgonnaloveem​ and I have spent hours enduring these movies (with a little help from our friend Alcohol) So Much so that we are sharing an op with him where we present him a “hallmark” card that is addressed “To our favorite D. I. L. F !!!!”I will definitely give you a full report as to his feelings and current mental state after making so many of these movies.

It is a work of pure genius.

You are too kind. This was definitely a labor of love. And snark. 😋 Thank you much for the pass-a-long & taking time to leave me such a kind note!

i am SOFT this is my favourite its so simple yet perfectly detailed and meaningful

@ficlogbook - Did I ever thank you for this? Well if so, DOUBLING DOWN - this made me smile, thank you so much for taking time to leave me a note! 🥰

Had to read this one first before I got into The Last Job. God do I love that car, even more now. Thanks Nash, this was a treat!

stusbunker reblogged your post and added:

Nash. This one hurt like the dickens, but it was somehow appropriately sweet. I love your details and layers! Hunting and Baby, the ties that bind.

Combo thank you! Thanks so much for passing along & taking time to leave me notes, I so appreciate you. These are 2 of my faves, so hearing they touched people means a lot! 😘

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Hello, I’m Gone

...and its follow up -

People are going to repost this anyway. It’s on a public page with NO watermark.

What’s your point? How is this helpful? While I’m at it, forgive me but who are you? Do we know each other?

Have we conversed at some point to a degree you believe our dynamic to be of such a collegial nature that I’d be amenable to having this level of harsh tone directed at my person?

Being public has nothing to do with it - if I created it, and hung it in a public gallery, not for sale but for viewing only, and the expressed desire of me, the creator, was communicated clear-as-a-bell that reproduction is not allowed, then that’s it. Period. Being in a different format (digital) in a different environment (internet) changes nothing with respect to the ethics. It shouldn’t have to be expressed explicitly, it should be implicitly clear that we don’t take things that aren’t ours and post them elsewhere allowing others to believe it is ours, but I nevertheless made it explicit. 

My screenname is on it, by the way, it’s at the bottom. It’s also already been cross-posted on my Instagram, months ago. and I think my twitter, too if memory serves. So if you would like to be helpful in some manner since you appear to be invested in this matter for whatever reason, please do alert me to any theft of this piece on any other platform that you may spot, that’s a communication which would be met with appreciation versus irritation.