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[chasingsilverbolts]

Ah yes, the time of year when I have to decide whether or not I’m going to try my hand at NaNo. 

I have the ideas but do I have the motivation/time/brain power??? Inquiring minds (i.e., me) would love to know. 

[djappleblush]

Writers don't get to rest.

[agirlfrommarz]

what do you mean i have to write the story that i came up with the idea for

[chasingsilverbolts]

That moment when you’re plugging on through your completed novel, making minor edits but honestly just enjoying yourself and your beautiful, completed novel when you come across a note midway through chapter 14. 

[add more here].

BITCH. 

[firstactproblems]

Source.

[writing-prompt-s]

You’re not the chosen one. You’re not in the chosen one’s circle. You’re just trying to get through senior year, apply to college, and get the hell out of this unnecessarily supernatural town nobody else seems to notice.

[coffin-bird]

[write-on-world]

[big-blog-of-cheese-day]

[16woodsequ]

[ID: first image is captioned: “So I’ve got a pretty clear idea of my story.” Under the caption are three ‘you are here’ map symbols, all spaced out in a line. The first symbol is labelled “Beginning.” The second “Middle” and the third “End”. In between each symbol are wild, uncontrolled scribbles of confusion. The second image is similar to the first. There is only one map symbol this time, and it is situated in the middle of the image. It is labelled “One cool moment that I base the whole story off of”. Around the symbol are more confused scribbles. End ID]

[write-on-world]

That plot hole you find after you finish editing.

No way to fix the plot hole without changing the whole story.

Fear that what you've written has already been done.

Fear that what you've written has already been done, but better.

Being extremely proud of what you've written, but not realizing it's been done already.

Positive reviews that you ignore and that ONE review that gives you nightmares.

Source: Writing About Writing Facebook page.

[chasingsilverbolts]

For all 13 people who follow this blog I FINISHED MY FREAKING NOVEL. She’s DONE and EDITED and ready for people to like, PERCIEVE with their own eyes. 

[gracealess-writing]

“How’s your WIP going?”

“Have you made any progress?”

“How close are you to being done?”

[chasingsilverbolts]

Someone just commented on my novel on Inkitt saying they’re hooked and asking when the next update will be and like....friend, I love you and I wish I knew T_T

[parkeraul]

🔘 i’m in this and i don’t like it

[whicheverwarrior]

The first rule of writing is hoard notebooks

[raevenlywrites]

The second rule of writing is we do not write in our notebook hoard

[zulu-bunsen]

[chasingsilverbolts]

Constantly torn between wanting to write a soft, tropey romance stand-alone and an epic urban fantasy series. 

[yesterdaysprint]

The Evening Kansan-Republican, Newton, Kansas, June 19, 1911

[lavenderfables]

[Antoni Porowski voice] A writer’s relationship with punctuation is something that can actually be so personal.