A pantser (me) attempts the Story Genius method! It was painful, but actually exposed flaws in my new story idea. Any other writers using this method? open.substack.com/pub/emilyann...

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Things I wish I could've told my younger self: "Your dreams deserve the same loyalty you give to companies that would replace you with a Roomba if it could type 60 wpm and save them 60 cents an hour." leestackhouse.substack.com/p/100-reason...

When I’m working out a plot problem, I gravitate to the ole reliable pen and paper. My thoughts organize better writing it out by hand. Anyone else? 🙋‍♀️

Books are happiness #booksky

Fun realization: my first four drafts weren’t really drafts. They were a 93,000-word outline. 🫠

“I am SURE that if the MOTHERS of various nations could meet, there would be NO MORE WARS…” - E. M. Forster

Is AI writing predictable? It seems that way. I ran a fun little experiment to find out. open.substack.com/pub/emilyann...

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

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Honestly, the best push to improve my writing wasn’t encouragement. It was blunt feedback. And I’m grateful for it. emilyannfrey.substack.com/p/and-thats-...

Love this post from Megan Beth Davies. Any other writers currently in their 'Quiet Years'? 🙋‍♀️ open.substack.com/pub/meganbet...