[creating-with-words]

Writeblr Introduction

Hi!  I’m Jen, she/her, in my mid-thirties, and I live in the Midwest (US).  I work in healthcare to pay the bills, but in my free time (when I’m not chasing my kids around) I enjoy reading and writing.

I write contemporary fiction and dabble in poetry, but I enjoy reading all genres including literary, sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, romance, etc.

I completed the first draft of my novel 4 years ago and since then I’ve been slogging through the editing process/not doing much with it (probably because I also had two kids during that time), but now I’m trying to get back at it.

I’m new to the writeblr community, and I’m hoping to find some friends/mutuals for support and commiseration (writing is hard).  I'm also up to answering any questions/fact checking for fellow writers with anything to do with injuries/illnesses/medical field/medical training. Feel free to DM me!

[catchymemes]

[ad-wills]

[fabianocolucci]

It's so beautiful when I finally get the context right

[xypheris-deactivated20250603]

“This story idea will be simple and short.” Lies.

[theaftersundown]

a constant problem

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

No matter how much you dislike your own writing, I promise you it’s better than AI

[xrns]

What i made instead of writing.....

[ad-wills]

[keepcalmandwritefiction]

A cool thing about writing is that the better you get at it, the more you're aware of what you want out of it, which means it gets harder, which means you actually feel like you're getting worse.

And by "cool thing," I mean "what the fuck, man"

– Sam Sykes

[melodicwriter]

What it’s like being a writer

[manorofshepard]

@lordkingsmith I think this is us

[jgmartin]

Why am I a writer? To tell you stories made of dreams. To take you on vast odysseys and show you things unseen. To dress my words in magic, so that we might careen, through distant worlds inside of me, and the spaces in-between.

[grimgoregrimoire]

Fanfuckingtastic writing advice!!

Beating yourself up about your writing DOES NOT HELP YOU WRITE! Cut that shit out, be nicer to yourself, take breaks, and remember it's a marathon not a sprint and also nobody likes running ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[creating-with-words]

Well Nano's over and I ended up completing a total of 13,892 words (of the 50k goal), which is less than I thought I would write, but I stopped about halfway through because life got in the way and I had to spend all my free time writing cover letters, updating my resume, and job hunting. Still, it's 13k more words than I had at the beginning of the month so I'm counting it as a success that way. Adding that to the 10k words I wrote leading up to Nano for the 10k words in 10 days challenge that I participated in, I have a total of about 24k words. Woohoo!

[ad-wills]

[joie-de-livre-deactivated202402]

being a writer is sometimes just like

“she raised the sword - *stares out of the window for three minutes* - high above her head, its- *plays with pen* - silver skin glinting in the- *gets up and walks around the room* - golden sunlight. her face- *opens tumblr*

[creating-with-words]

Day one of Nanowrimo and I'm starting out strong. I managed to crank out 1680 words for the day. Whew! I've never won it (and I don't really think I'm going to win it this year either) but I always end up with more words at the end of the month than I'd otherwise have, which is a personal win for me! Plus I think it's awesome connecting with other writers all doing the same thing. If anyone wants to be buddies I'm Jen.m.n on there!

[blackheartbiohazards]

Your first draft is like the "alpha" version of a video game.

⭐ It doesn't have to be perfect-- it doesn't have to be good.

⭐ It's not a finished product-- no one is going to be judging your finished product based on it.

⭐ It gives you a baseline of where the project is going, and something to continue to work on fine tuning and iterating.

Don't stress about making your first draft "perfect"-- just get it done so you have something to edit!