Me: I'm Writing This For Me

me: i'm writing this for me

my brain: ok here's the movie poster for the film adaptation of your novel twenty years from now and here's a group of fans stopping you on the street to tell you how much they adore your work and here's what you're wearing to your first book reading to celebrate its release--

me, shaking: i'm writing this for me

I dream of the day when I won’t have to look at this fucking chart….

Why are story beginnings so hard to write?! 😭🤪

Writing Tip:

If you don’t feel like actually writing, prepare for writing:

Open your WIP Word doc

Read the last page again

Scribble notes on what happens next

Once you’ve done this, you might just find yourself wanting to continue after all. And if you don’t, no worries. You’ve made it easier to jump back into it later. 

Sir that’s my emotional support unrealistic romantic daydream

You know those posts and memes about how everyone is afraid to indulge in daydreams in public in case someone nearby can red minds? They all have like, 50k+ plus notes so it’s a safe bet everyone around you indulges in random daydreaming and anyone who can read minds has heard it all. Your daydream isn’t going to be the weirdest thing they’ve ever heard thought. You have to relax. If some guy on the train with me can read minds and is freaked out by how well laid-out my ongoing lord of the rings self insert AU is that’s on him. The character development is flawless.