#writingmistakes

so you wrote a scene. it exists. but it kinda… just sits there.

you’re not alone 😭 i just dropped a carousel post on insta about: “3 Writing Mistakes That Make Your Scenes Fall Flat”

it’s giving tough love + practical fixes for scenes that: — feel like filler — are technically fine but emotionally hollow — have movement but no change

📊 poll time: which mistake are YOU guilty of?

One mistake I see (and have made)?

Starting the story before the story actually starts.

Pages of setup. Backstory. Normal life.

But where’s the shift? The moment that changes everything?

Capitals in dialogue tags (He said vs he said. He asked vs he asked. Always a lowercase.)

Not starting a new paragraph for a new speaker (and in some cases their actions attached to their dialogue)

To vs too (I'm going to vs too many)

Their vs there vs they're (their watch vs the watch is over there vs they're looking at the watch)

Possessive apostrophes! (If an object belongs to Tom it's "Tom's." If there's multiple people called Tom then it's "Toms".)

Run-on sentences (whilst not technically wrong, too many can be poor writing)

Lose vs loose (he didn't want to lose the game vs the chicken is loose)

That vs who ("the person that did it" should be "the person who did it")

Incorrect capitalisation in titles (lowercase for "the queen...", uppercase for "Queen Victoria")

if your scenes feel… flat? limp? like they exist but don’t do anything?? yeah. this one’s for you.

🎯 “3 Writing Mistakes That Make Your Scenes Fall Flat” (it’s giving: harsh truth but make it fixable)

🔎 what’s inside: — the reason your scenes drag — the line writers cross right before they lose the reader — how to actually write conflict without over-explaining everything

plus: a lil save-worthy checklist at the end (you know i got you)

📌 read it on instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thewriteedvice

tag a mutual who starts every scene with “she woke up” or save it for the next time you’re rewriting chapter 4 for the 7th time 😭

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