When Writing The First Draft, Dont Be A Storyteller. Be An Intrepid Explorer, Discovering What Cannot

When writing the first draft, don’t be a storyteller. Be an intrepid explorer, discovering what cannot be seen from the mouth of the cave.

Countless times, I have mocked figures in Greek mythology for daring to think themselves the equals or betters of gods, and yet here I am, doing shit like clicking “entire work” on a 600k fic at 10pm. I like to think of myself as a decent, reasonable person, but talk about modern sheer fucking hubris. 

I am a simple woman. I see an evil fictional man who shows the slightest hint of being a decent person and I go wild

me: how many words have i written

is it a million

is it TWO million

word counter: 409 words

me: LIES

What's your writing routine like?

writing tip #2598:

if you've never explicitly said your character is a human then i'm gonna keep on picturing them as an iguana and there's nothing you can do about it