I've said it before and I'll say it again. AI developers train their models on stolen work, making using AI to write not only lazy, but also immoral and lowkey plagiarism

I'm beta reading friends manuscript, and she writes so fast that she doesn't put commas in as she writes and it makes my brain explode (Sarah if you see this just know that I love you and you know how much I love commas) #writingcommunity #writesky

Sometimes you sit down to write and instead you research saints and their relics for 2 hours

I'm currently in a hostel in Prague, and this is the second night in a row that I am the only person in the 6-bed dorm.

I am jumping back into a different manuscript (which I refer to as Flower Prince WIP) while my Forest WIP is out with beta readers. I was just going to read the 10k words I had to remember where I was up to, but instead I added 600 words to just the first chapter #writingcommunity #writesky

Not only is using AI lazy and missing the whole point of writing, but it's also plagiarism?? Like, the models that these AI's use are trained on other people's (probably stolen) work???

after being in editing mode for almost a year, I forgot how fun it is just to write! (granted I am writing fanfiction and that is just fun in general, but!!!!!!! i did write 1.5k words today without even really trying)

Yall i saw sinners and can confirm, very good movie!!

Guys, if I finish editing this book today, I can go see Sinners tomorrow. This is the deal I am making with myself. Just 6 scenes left!! #writesky #writing

In my edits, I have been thinking about writing advice I have been given by teachers and peers, and as a way to procrastinate editing, here are the ones I think about daily:

I have less than 10K words to edit and its taking everything in me not to just go back to the start and edit it all again

i have 30 scenes left to edit and 7 days to do it before I go on holiday for 2 months. that's only 4 scenes a day? i should be able to get through this #writingsky #queerwriting

Finally back and editing!! 2k words and I hit 90k

i added a 2k word chapter from Nolan's pov and I accidentally gave him too much character development, which is a good thing, but now I need to change all his internal monologues for the next few chapters until they catch up to where his mind currently is

I'm 40 words away for 85k. Every time I hit a milestone I am surprised, then I set another one and am surprised when I hit that too. I don't wanna get my hopes up for 90k words, but maybe...

I wrote this exchange yesterday, so sorry for any typos, but I finally have a scene where these two interact directly!! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #queerwriter #AmWriting

I just want to be finished with this edit 😭

Was this edit just meant to be so i could fix a few inconstancies? Yes. Have I just decided to split a scene and add a whole new chapter?? also Yes.

2024 wrap up: -50k words on Forest!WIP -8 episodes + 1 minisode (18k words) written for my forever-in-progress podcast -7k words of Hero hike!WIP Feeling very proud of all this work, and hopeful for all of it to pay off in 2025 #writesky #writing

this draft I'm doing the smart thing, keeping notes about my characters to make sure i don't contradict myself later. this only occurred to me after i fully forgot one of my characters wears glasses. Other notes I had to make, who has a drivers license and what colour everyone hair was

i keep trying to give my tattoo artist character a neck tattoo before remembering he is only 19 and definitely would not have a neck tattoo (yet)

Just a few things for the first half of the year: - Finish my second draft of forest!wip - Send out the draft to a few beta readers - Once Beta reader notes are back in, begin draft 3 - Have a polished manuscript ready for querying Hopefully

This Christmas has been a rough one, and my life is not going to get easier for a while so I have had to put a break on editing to get my head on straight again

researching for a novel is crazy, what do you mean I'm looking at job listing for crab fisherman in Washington state?? #writesky #writer

I've figured out why you edit a book more than once, I used the word "danced" 3 times in my second paragraph...... I have read this page so so many times and just realised

I have 5 weeks to do my second round of edits, but it's a very busy 5 weeks so hopefully I fan do it!!

To celebrate finishing my first lot of edits, here is a clip of my little guy Isaac who is being terrorized by a speaking forest #WIPSnips #writesky #writer

One of my fav podcasts just posted a new ep, but i only have one more scene to edit then i have finished my first round of edits!!!!! podcast as a treat once ive finished!!!

read a line in my own manuscript, something i myself wrote, that took me out so hard i had to take a 3 hour break from editing to recover do we think that's a good sign for a WIP?

I only have 5 scenes left to edit (a little under 4k words) and i have finish my first round of edits for this manuscript!!!!! I'm meant to be going out tonight but the person who im meant to be seeing hasnt replied to me so maybe ill be able to finish tonight, if not, tomorrow!!!

i have hit 80K on my manuscript and still have a few chapters to edit and add too!!!! From memory, i kinda flew through these last few chapters with very little description so i have a lot of words to add. hoping for 84-85K at the end of this edit!!

i took a few days off editing because i had a massive weekend (christmas decorations, comic-con, driving to a different state to file some documents) but now I'm back at it and ready to dive into act 3 of this manuscript!!!! #writesky #queerwriter #writer

yall im 800 words away for 80K on this manuscript and im so fucking excited!!!!!!!! What should i do to celebrate? #writesky #queerwriters #writingcommunity

I only have 12 scenes left to edit!! That less than 10,000 words!!!! (Then I'm gonna jump straight back in whil the story is fresh for edit round 2)

Once again i am adding a scene to my story when i should actually be going to sleep #writesky

While editing this draft, i found that i named one character 3 different names........ We are gonna stick with Liam (Sorry to the names Will and Brody that didn't make the cut)

update: i have written 400 words and i only have like 2 hours this afternoon to write, so i wont hit 2.4k today, but a guy can dream

I have such a full day today but i am going to try and write 2.4K words and hit 80K today!!

What is this?? Urban fantasy has entered the chat #WIPSnips #writesky #writing

When I hit 30k of this manuscript, I thought I was never going to get to 80k, not I'm at 77k and I have so many words I need to add

One more hour to finish writing this gay kiss scene and then it's #texashockey time #queerwriter #writesky

took a day off editing to let my mind reset, and now im back on to it!!

everyone say hello to my silly gay boys

I didn't do nay editing today because i hit a wall, but i did clear out under my bed, emptied my desk so i can get rid of it, and went through all my books, and clothes in my wardrobe. I ended up with 40 books, 4 garbage bags of clothes, a box knick knacks and a bag full of bags to donate!!!

I've removed 40 books from my book shelf and have 2 bags of things to donate from under my bed alone

Because I'm moving out of state and can't bring anything with me, it's time to go through everything I own and get rid of 70% of it

In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:

Fav trope of my WIP so far: gay people that get tattoos then gay kiss their friends it happens twice

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If i keep up with the pace I've been going, by the time I finish this edit, i will have 81K words!!