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THE DEAD BLOGS HAVE BEEN PURGED AND WE CAN FINALLY HAVE THE GOOD URL, YAY! (Also, the askbox is very empty. Ask for advice from your writerly peers or send in your problems!)

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I'm writing a character who has major issues with fire, (because his little brother was burnt alive by humans.) What would happen to him if he started freaking out?

It really depends - panic attacks due to trauma can manifest in a number of ways. Personally, as someone who dealt with burn trauma myself in the form of boiling water, I tend to be overprotective of others and overcareful myself around it. E.G. I’ll be very slow and warn my roommate to be careful like 5 times when straining a pot of spaghetti. I act like I’m handling a live bomb.But yeah, that’s just me. It varies. Any followers who have dealt with PTSD wanna chime in and offer OP some examples?

#ptsd #mental illness #!advice #spiderparkerofasgardstrange

Books for Getting Started Writing

I’ve gotten a LOT of asks and problem submissions this month pertaining to having trouble getting started writing, so here are some books I’ve personally found helpful:

Writer’s Market - An up-to-date listing of details about potential markets to submit your work. (This one is for articles, but WD also offers guides for poetry, general fiction, and children’s publications.) A lot of people tend to look at writer’s markets and think “Oh, this is what I crack open after I’ve written a bunch of articles to sell them” but not looking at markets until after you’ve completed an article is doing yourself a huge disservice; if you target a specific magazine up front, you can have a better idea what your angle and audience is going in. You may even be able to get a deal just from a query and get specifics like word count nailed down before you even start your first draft.

A Writing Prompt Book - Prompt books are really helpful when “warming up” because you can flex your creative muscles in a low-stakes way. My favorite prompt book is “Take Ten” which also adds a time limit so you can get out those first ugly words for your session quickly.

A Writing Magazine Subscription - Not only is a magazine like The Writer or Writer’s Digest full of useful information, contest details, prompts, etc, but it’s a monthly reminder in your inbox of your dedication to this craft.

Stories/Essays you Love - None of the above is going to help if you let yourself forget why you want to write in the first place.If you’re burnt out, consider taking a day off to revisit your favorite book, film, essay collection, or whatever is in your genre that inspires you.

#!advice #book recommendations #writing

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I got a problem, essentially the story there is many ways to write it . Getting across my point, what is the best way to choose between them. This has made me stumble upon beginning this fantastic journey I have in my head.

Pick one of your directions - roll a die if you have to - and get a draft out. As you work and try things your story will tell you what it wants to be.

#advice #Anonymous

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I keep trying to write but I feel like I can never write enough. I get through the plot points I want to but it feels like I didn't write enough, help?

I mean, what do you mean? Do you feel like your story doesn’t have a high enough word count or do you just feel like you’re not putting enough effort into getting the results you get? If it’s the first, draft and expand. Get those plot points out then go back and add detail. If it’s the second, remember you’re not getting paid/comments/whatever the goal of your writing is because of writing every day or a certain number of words. Results are all that matter in this business and everyone has their own set of writing habits.

#writing #advice #rejectedbytheempty #!advice

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Got permanent problems to work in writing a bestseller. Have too many problems and worries and unfullfilled life desires and everything so I just cant sit down to get the writing style I know I have. Want to leave it in a paper in the right way. Have to rewrite all day someone tell me what to do

“so I just cant sit down “

There’s your problem. Life is never going to be perfect, and you’ll never be in that fabled perfect zen writing state that makes your first draft perfect. You’ll always have problems and so will your drafts. Write anyway.

#advice #Anonymous #!advice

#!problem #writer problems #writing #fandom #fanfic #AND WE'RE BACK

Hey guys - sorry for being to quiet over the past few months! I’ll be bringing this blog back in January. Help me out by filling up the ask box with your writing problems!

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notesofawriter

The truth is, without letting go, it’s tough to move on. Only when you’re truly honest with yourself-when you can finally cut through the ego, when you can admit that the last manuscript was a lesson learned and not a waste of time, when you can acknowledge that your career is a work-in-progress and not a straight line of ascent-can you finally be free, and empower yourself to do the hardest work of all.

Shawn Klomparens (Jon Harrison), “Abandonment Issues”, Writer’s Digest May/June 2017

#inspiration #not problems

bimart has a sale on notebooks this week: 17 cents each

so i spent 17 dollars

#writing #I'M SORRY CASHIER.

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