sometimes yes, sometimes no. i don't like when the author is throwing it in just to throw it in but if it makes sense with the book, go for it. i recently read 'send flowers' which is about climate change protesters and a plant that talks. #writingq

since i write contemporary fiction, often you can tell the characters views. sometimes it's explicit, other times it's just based on the characters' opinions on progressive vs traditional things. #pretendpanel

The #WIPSnips word for February 10th is "liquid" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

i was approved for too many netgalley books again #booksky

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips The word for February 9th is "select" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPromtps

Dialogue for sure #writingq

books i finished this past week! ask me anything #booksky

The #WIPSnips word for February 8th is "airport" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I like when someone has a secret we only find out about towards the end #writingq

The #WIPSnips word for February 7th is "redeem" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

A RECIPE FOR DISASTER: Heartbroken summer camp staff Sage and Nico start a casual relationship to get over their recent heartbreaks. Nico realizes he wants this to be more than a summer thing, but Sage has some unfinished business back at school that she won't let go of so easily. #foodpit

i hope for a #fullrequestfriday #amquerying

The #WIPSnips word for February 6th is "sixth" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

im at 12k words and fmc and mmc have hardly interacted #weeknightwriters

new month new wip and my villain is getting a redemption arc and her own shot at love #writesky

i have an answer for my 3 girls jasper: books madi: binge watch degrassi sage: binge watch gilmore girls or read romance books #writingq #awesomecharacters

Wrote 5k today but have back pain #writesky

This is like Christmas to me

I had to break from nobody’s son for a bit because there was content that was too familiar to things in my life #writingq

i usually do and then sometimes i don't even listen to them. current wip doesn't really have a song yet #feboutlining #writingq

The #WIPSnips word for February 5th is "except" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Sometimes I wonder if I should go back the original plot of my romance and turn it back into the upmarket WF it once was… make it chronological with a time jump. Keep all the stupid teen drama and the concept of her brother dating someone she hated in high school. Maybe a new title. #writesky

Most of my characters wouldn’t even answer the phone #writingq

One of my characters went completely crazy after I planned for him to be charming and charismatic #writingq

i might complain about ai but i still love him very much

i LOVE gender-neutral names, especially when a female character has one that's used more often on boys. my faves i've used so far: jasper (f), wilder (m), nico (m), sage (f), percy (m), julien (m), clark (m), aspen (f), montana (f) #feboutlining

The #WIPSnips word for February 4th is "position" #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

How Robert Pattinson looks in the trailer for the drama is what I had in my head when I imagined the love interest in one of my books #writesky

some guy at school today defending using AI to finish writing a book and i think men should just be quiet sometimes #booksky #writesky

I love bed or a properly set up desk with a window. Also outside is fun! #writingq

Read this if you’re looking for f/f literary romance. For fans of normal people #booksky

Sage notably has something other than her ears pierced and it’s a plot point #dailyocs

Jonah Albright DDS #dailyocs

No but a character pretends to have hay fever because he cried at work #dailyocs

Some personal news…

for my romcom i knew i wanted to do a summer camp story but i didn't know what else i was going to do. before it was a romcom, i wanted it to be litfic that sounded like nonfiction, but ultimately it ended up being a dual-dual pov romcom #feboutlining

The #WIPSnips word for February 3rd is "confident" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

my antagonist in my romcom is actually my favorite character because whenever she shows up you just know there's going to be trouble (or she might just steal your man) #awesomecharacters

This book is lovely I can’t put it down #booksky

the implication that 2 characters from 2 different books are related by the name on someone's magazine subscription #writingq

i kinda just use the scene cards on scrivener these days. before, when i just used words i typed out the plot. i usually just reverse outline after the story's done and have a template that combines the 8 plot point structure to check the pacing #feboutlining

not working on anything rn, but i would like to do a revision of my romcom if my full comes back an R or R&R. reverse outlined yesterday and have some ideas. #feboutlining

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips The word for February 2nd is "perish" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Scenes that have no point #writingq

I think I’m gonna switch back to camp romcom for wipsnips this week I haven’t touched nobody’s son in weeks

The #WIPSnips word for February 1st is "zeal" #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

Meet the characters from ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN These four must band together to defeat the monsters in D&D and save their school from a charter takeover in a speculative fiction that's Jumanji X Abbott Elementary Querying Soon 📆 #QuestPit #W #A #S #F

Sammy is running from his mother's ghost, but there's only so many places to hide in his small town. When a charismatic newcomer shows up, he finds the escape he's been looking for – but the further Sammy's drawn from his family, the more the edges of reality begin to blur. #Questpit #Agentguide #YA

what did you read in january? #booksky