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"There's a reason it's called a ROUGH draft," I sigh, creating a keysmash with my forehead.

My Favourite Feelings as a Writer

When my characters write themselves

It doesn’t happen often, but when my characters seem to just say and do everything completely in character without me having to fight to make their dialouge sensicle and plot relevent, that’s honestly such a soothing feeling for a constantlty stressed writer

2. When it gets to my favourite chapter

I’m sure every author has spent days of their lives, daydreaming about future chapters they haven’t gotten around to writing yet. And there isn’t a better feeling then when that day finally comes. And that idea can become reality through words on a page.

3. When my character say something

Whether it be heartbreaking, beautiful, cruel or profound, I can’t help but give credit to the character rather than myself for the dialouge that appears on the page. Sometimes words on a page really mean more than you the things you can say with your lips.

4. When my writing makes me cry

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for a good story, and sometimes, my own story is exactly what I’ve been looking for, that when I get a good idea, or I go back and read something I’ve written, I can’t help but shed a few tears at it. Whether it’s the quality or the moment itself, sometimes it just gets to me.

5. When my characters fall in love

I love romance, and my novel is a romance, so excuse me if I get a little bit excited each time my characters and heading more and more in love. Never mind that I planned it they would be a match in every universe.

6. When my music times up perfectly

There are some very rare occassions when my playlist matches up with the mood or even has topical dialouge that syncs with what I’m writing and if that doesn’t feel like fate is telling me I’m on the right track, I don’t know what does

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The people around me need to stop enabling my creativity. I keep biting off more than I can chew and inevitably become burnt out.

Some may call it immature and indecisive, but i love writing my books from multiple 1st person povs.

There is just something about being able to see the same scenario from multiple perspectives and being able to learn more about how a certain charecter views their surroundings.