My coffee addiction isn’t that noticeable. I just get headaches, can’t think straight, and become lightheaded when I forget to drink a cup. I think that’s just normal authorial behavior! #Funny #Writing #Coffee #CoffeeAddict #Humor #Author #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #Writers #WritingHumor

Writing is one of those things where I sometimes have to remind myself that I love it. Like, yes, most of the time I’m exhausted because of it and I whine about it all the time, but my life would be worse without it. So I guess in that way it’s sort of like parenthood. #Funny #Writing #Parenthood

One day, I will be older than the characters I’m writing for because time moves faster for me than it does for my characters. This is what causes my acid indigestion. #Writing #Funny #WritingHumor #Writers #Authors #Characters #WritersCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #WorkInProgress

Rating my characters: He’s a 10 but he’s a detective that could have you figured out in a minute even though he has zero clue about what’s going on in his own life so he’s smart but lacks self-awareness on most levels. #Writing #Author #MyOcs #OriginalCharacters #Funny #WritingCommunity #WIP #Books

Sorta stuck between wanting to throttle my first draft because it’s not perfect and I know I’ll have to go back through and rewrite it and acknowledging it must be bad before it can be good. #Writing #Funny #Humor #Author #ShittyFirstDraft #Writer #Book #WorkInProgress #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Coming back from hiatus after weeks of radio silence: Hah. Consistency? I’ve never heard of her. Anyway, yeah, the writer’s block goes brr #ImBack #Writer #WritersBlock #Funny #RadioSilence #Author #Editing #Hiatus #Writing #Books #WriteSky #BookSky #Writing #Write #WorkInProgress #WIP #Funny #Humor

I found the part in my WIP’s plot that I was getting snagged on. This feels an awful lot like missing a loop while crocheting where you have to undo a whole row of loops to fix it and the whole time you are grimacing. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Editing #Crochet #WIP #Writer #Author #WriteSky #Books

Neurodivergent people befriending each other are always like: “Hello! I have psychoanalyzed you!” “Interesting! I have also psychoanalyzed you!” “And we are compatible?” “Yes! And now we are best friends for life! :)” #Writing #Neurodivergent #ActuallyNeurodivergent #Humor #Funny #Authors #Adhd

Bright side: I wrote like 5 pages last night and it felt incredible. Down side: it was because I couldn’t sleep and I was awake until 4am and then woke up at 7:30am to work my day job. Do I regret it? Not really. #Writing #WritingHumor #Author #Humor #Sleep #Write #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Books

One of my favorite parts of line editing is learning that many authors have the same bad writing habits that I do. I, too, struggle with letting sentences last too long and starting sentences with unnecessary conjunctions. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers #Grammar #Editing #Author #Books #Write

People are afraid of writing tropes and cliches, but when they’re used correctly, they can really enhance a piece. Readers love the familiar just as much as they enjoy a new twist! #Writing #WriteSky #BookSky #Cliches #Tropes #WritingTropes #WritingCommunity #Author #Books #Writer #WritingAdvice

Like a string pulled taut, he could feel himself fraying. He could no longer resist the constant tugging and pulling. He gave in. Just for some relief in the tension between them. Otherwise, one of them would snap in two, he was sure of it. Before he knew it, their lips were pressed together.

Apparently, the real trick to making it to the 5am Writer’s Club was being back on my ADHD meds. Who would have guessed? #5amWritingClub #5amWritersClub #Adhd #ActuallyAdhd #Funny #Humor #WritingHumor #MentalHealthHumor #Authors #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #BookSky #Writer

I think I’m scared of momentum. I’ll get into a groove with writing to editing, feel like I’m running ahead of schedule, and scramble to slam the breaks like I can and should slow down. Like, woah Nelly, this junction’s going too quick, hold up! #Editing #Writing #Author #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Nooo you can’t! That’s my emotional support Oxford Comma! I swear I’ll shower your manuscript in it to remind you how important it is for reader clarity!! #Writing #Editing #OxfordComma #Grammar #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingHumor #Humor #Funny #Writer #Author #LineEditing #Books #WritingCommunity

I have been struggling for weeks over a metaphor. After researching Victorian communication methods for weeks I have been reminded that my metaphor would work perfectly fine using the idea of eavesdropping through a door. So anyway doors exist. #Humor #WritingHumor #WriteSky #BookSky #Writer #Author

As a line-editor, I have to pick-and-choose my battles. Fighting with authors over using “he or she” rather than opting for the gender-neutral “they” isn’t ever going to get me far. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t heavily debate dying on that hill. #LineEditing #Editorial #WritingCommunity #LGBTQIA+

The metaphor in my head is a walkie talkie. Communication that requires being synchronized to the right station to be uninterrupted. Just one problem; it’s set in 1858 and no such thing exists just yet, so I need to find another metaphor. #Writing #Humor #HistoricalFiction #Metaphor #VictorianEra

I love writing and editing. It’s my passion. And then the Internet crashes and reminds me that my career is a few inconveniences away from ruin. #Writing #Editing #WriteSky #BookSky #Writer #Author #WritingCommunity #Funny #WritingHumor #Humor #Write #CreativeWriting #Wifi #Editor #LineEditing #Book

When I edit, I take a gentle approach. I want the author’s voice to shine through most of all. Even so… this is increasingly difficult because this author writes exclusively in run-on sentences and sentence fragments with little in-between. #Writing #Editing #LineEditing #Humor #WritingCommunity

I’ve been trying to discover my ideal writing time. That time of the day that I have the most creative energy. And I’ve found it and it’s wildly inconvenient. What on earth do you *mean* it’s at 9pm!? #writing #WritingHumor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #WritingStruggles

I disappeared for, like, a week, but I can explain! I was working on a digital art project and I sort of hyper-fixated into oblivion. Anyway! This is Maku Himura. He’s one of my oldest OCs. #Vampire #DigitalArt #MyOc #TWBlood #Demon #MyArt #Character #AltText #Anime #Manga #Writing #WriteSky #Books

The balance between reading good books for either enjoyment or writing research and developing imposter syndrome because the book is good and you feel like your writing will never measure up is a… fragile thing. #Writing #WriteSky #Author #Writer #ImposterSyndrome #Reading #BookSky #WritingCommunity

It’s crazy to go back through my old favorite media and realize just how much that stuff has influenced my writing. Who knew my entire sense of humor would be shaped by early 2000s anime. #Writing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #BookSky #Author #Writer #Anime #Manga #WritingHumor #Writers #Books #Write

Good morning from Niv, who has blessed us all with the most perfect cat loaf pose known to man. #Cat #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday #Writing #MyCoWriter #WritingCommunity #NotWriting #Cute #AltText #Loaf #CatLoaf #GoodMorning #WriteSky #BookSky #Author #Writer #Books #Picture #CuteCat #MyCat #Niv #Writers

I’ll be like, “My background isn’t that prominent in my writing.” Then, another farm animal makes itself prominent in the plot of my WIP and I must accept that perhaps I am still a country bumpkin at heart. #Writing #WriteSky #BookSky #FarmAnimal #Funny #WritingHumor #WritingCommunity #Author #Books

My aesthetic is retelling classic fairy tales and then painting them rainbow. The only thing better than a fairy tale is a ✨gay✨ fairy tale. #FairyTale #Writing #Gay #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTfiction #CreativeWriting #Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #Author #Write #Fairy #Aesthetic #Grimm #Authors

Chase off the writing block demon by summoning the art block demon so that you can procrastinate on your drawing by writing your novel! 100% satisfaction guaranteed! #Writing #Writers #WritersBlock #ArtBlock #Funny #WritingHumor #ArtHumor #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #Author #CreativeWriting

I’m either way too sensitive to social cues or not perceptive enough and it shows in my writing. Am I showing and not telling when I explain all my characters actions because I don’t know how to explain their feelings? Does that count? #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writesky #booksky #writinghumor

A little graciousness goes a long way in the world of book editing. As an editor, I remember the author who was appreciative of my editing work way more than I remember the author who resisted the change of a verb. It’s not personal. I’m trying to help. #BookSky #Editing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

So funny that I always search up the names of potential publishers to look into like I have a manuscript finished to pitch to them. Look, I don’t even have a first draft done, it’s just nice to know my options, okay—? #Manuscript #Writing #WriterSky #BookSky #Publishing #WritingHumor #Author #Writer

I’m sure I should have thoughts relating to writing. However, I will be recovering from the finale of Alien Stage for the next 2-3 business days. I have so many feelings. #Writing #WriteSky #CurrentlyWatching #AlienStage #ALNST #Ivan #Mizi #Till #Sua #WritingCommunity #IvanTill #MiziSua #Vivinos

I love giving my characters funny little quirks. Atticus, for example, likes soup, because soup is impossible for him to dissect into its smallest parts without making a mess. He has an investigative mind that doesn’t feel like waiting, even for lunch. #WriteSky #WritersCommunity #OriginalCharacters

I spent so much time studying devices to make my writing better like alliterations, assonance, and metaphors. Only, in the moment, I forget all about them. Perhaps, this is what second drafts are for. #Writing #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Author #Writer #CreativeWriting #WorkInProgress #WIP

Here we go again. The descriptions aren’t entering to my mind naturally and it feels like I’m forcing words onto a page rather than releasing them from my mind. Here we are. The writer’s block. #Writing #WriterStruggles #Writers #WriteSky #BookSky #WritersBlock #WritingCommunity #Author #Writer

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer because I thought it was a “less competitive field.” Granted, I was saying this because my alternative was being a pop star. Even so, I think Little Me didn’t know what we were signing up for. #Write #WriteSky #BookSky #Funny #WritingCommunity #Nostalgia

Sometimes I’ll remember a word exists and then I get a little obsessed with it in my writing— which is helpful when it’s a descriptive one, but the most recent one is “arbitrary”… which is nondescript by design. #Words #Linguists #Writing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #BookSky #Arbitrary #WritingHumor

I have healthy coping mechanisms. For example, the last boss to treat me poorly got her first name stolen to be the name of the antagonist of my WIP. Thanks Margaret. #Funny #WritingHumor #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #Writers #Author #Book #WIP #WorkInProgress #Humor #Coping #BookSky

While I’m not exactly *thrilled* to have a migraine right now, my main character suffers from chronic migraines, so I’m writing down every sensation to draw on later. Right now, it’s that speaking in full sentences is impossible— #Writing #Migraine #ChronicMigraine #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #books

Writers are like a protag who resists the plot hook. We are tired, we don’t have the motivation most of the time, and we certainly don’t have the time. However, we have to write because otherwise our lives go into utter disrepair. #Writing #WritingHumor #Humor #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Funny

My original characters are my sweet, precious little babies. Unfortunately, generational trauma runs strong in my family. These babies all are very mentally ill oops. #Writing #Funny #WritingHumor #Humor #OriginalCharacter #GenerationalTrauma #MentalHealth #Author #Writer #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

I used to be so mad when someone asked me what the theme of a book was in English Classes because I was like, “it’s because the writer wanted to.” Now, writing, having that theme to cling to is like a lifeline during most chapters. #WriteSky #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #Theme #EnglishMajor

Me, an Aries, unsure how to make two characters flirt with each other: Ah, but see, what if they engaged in hand-to-hand combat? #Writing #Flirting #Humor #Funny #Aries #WritingHumor #WriteSky #BookSky #Author #Fiction #Romance #HistoricalFiction #Writers #WritingCommunity #Combat #CreativeWriting

Thoughts of a line editor: for the love of God, use the tab button to start a paragraph and use ctrl + enter to start a new page. PLEASE. This manuscript is making me delete 5 space bars at every. Single. Paragraph. #Writing #LineEditing #CopyEditing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Editorial #Authors

I just can’t imagine that there are authors that *don’t* have some manner of mental illness. Not because art and mental illness often go together, but because only someone with serious ailments would subject themselves to this level of hyperfixation #Writing #Author #MentalIllness #Art #Writer #Book

Catch me repeatedly reminding myself that it’s just a first draft and it doesn’t have to be perfect but also I can tell it’s not perfect right now and I’m wigging out over it. #Writing #WritingStruggles #Author #FirstDraft #Manuscript #Draft #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Write #Book #Fiction

AI is for wimps. No, we pace up and down our kitchen floor, haunted by the scene that we can’t make work and the darlings we had to kill like real warriors. #FuckAI #AntiAi #Writing #Humor #WritingHumor #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WriteSky #BookSky #Book #Write #Funny #WritingStruggles

Growing is always uncomfortable. It can be very hard to finish a story when you are learning while writing. I must remind myself that I just need to make the manuscript first. I can make it good later. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingAdvice #Growth #Authors #Fiction

I realized the reason I was struggling so much with this one scene was because it had a narrative reason but no purpose to it. If a scene isn’t coming to you, try asking yourself why it’s relevant to your characters! #Writing #WritingAdvice #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #Writer #Author #Books

I had every intent on doing a ton of writing today but now my back is in so much pain that I can’t even sit at a desk without hurting myself. I don’t know what eldritch god I’ve displeased— but I’m sorry. #Pain #Writing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Humor #WritingHumor #ImOld #Writer #Author #Books