the cool thing about being a discovery writer is that it can take you 80k words to feel like you really know your own story and oh wait this is also a frustrating thing too

the balance between exercise and writing is often a daily struggle for me, and I usually get annoyed with myself when I pick jogging. Do I plot in my head while I run? Yes. But still the guilt

I wrote 1212 words today. Not doing nano while lowkey doing nano has been pretty productive so far. Mind games undefeated

nanowrimo in spirit but not in wordcount goal 🕯️✨✍🏻 I know from experience I have to be gentle with myself this time of year. And also I’m not willing to stop reading for a month (which is what I’d have to do to hit a 50k goal) #writingcommunity 💙📚

today I get to draft a scene that has been in my head for over two years. It’s a huge turning point and also one of the first things I thought of when I originally planned this book. I am so excited! And maybe a little bit intimidated too #writingcommunity

I do not condone bullying (obv) but sometimes it is necessary for a writer to bully herself! Girl put down the phone, stop wasting your lunch, and go get 100 words down so you can build momentum and set yourself up for success later! #writingcommunity

Maybe if I nurture my insomnia and tell it I love it I’ll be able to sleep again. Maybe the insomnia just needs a friend

some days I am like ok I have no money I should save it and other days I think f@#k it I have no money what's the difference and then I buy three more books and I smile every time I see them on my bookshelf even though I know I shouldn't 💙📚

Me yesterday: I ought to cut back on caffeine. Me today: drinks exactly the same amount I usually drink, but ~slowly~

September writing wins (bc I’m guilty of putting too much on my to do list and chronically feeling like a failure): -passed 50k on my WIP -practiced writing pitches and blurbs/updated my website -(a third intimidating thing) #writingcommunity

today's a great day to fight off a migraine and an existential crisis! how are we holding up fam? it's almost Friday

one of the antagonists in my gothic witchy fantasy is so subtly manipulative and toxic that he has me screaming and wanting to shake my FMC. But it's a first draft so I can't share it with anyone yet to see if they also have this reaction 😭 #writingcommunity 💙📚

not me forgetting I turned music on and being terrified to hear faint voices and thinking I'm losing my mind. I'm reading too many spooky stories these days

I’m about to ruin my sleep schedule for The Bewitching no one can stop me It’s been a good long while since I’ve been this in love with a book. I want to savor to every word, yet I can’t put it down #booksky #writingcommunity

I just want to say, at the beginning of the season my bf had never seen a full episode but now he’s humming the WBRB music in the shower #bb27

happy to report that I’ve already managed to get more writing done today than I did yesterday. Which wasn’t hard, because yesterday I managed a whopping zero words ✨💅🏼 #writingcommunity #booksky

starting a new book this morning because I need something unserious. Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis. Man wakes up as an evil wizard in a castle with everyone afraid of him and no recollection of how he got there. Fingers crossed it’s a chaotic mess ⏰📚💙

just write 100 words just write 100 words just write 100 words ^how I trick myself into writing #writingcommunity #booksky

I’ve just had one of those mornings where I figured out something important for my story but didn’t get a lot of words down. Tbh it feels great to have had a mini breakthrough. And it seems like my writing brain often works better when I’m reading a good book #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

I've been reading about world mythology. There's 5 themes across the globe in myths: deities, creation, the flood, the trickster, and the hero. I think we need a flood again. Just saying... Info from: World Mythology (A Very Short Introduction series) by David A. Leeming #BookSky #Mythology

It’s so hard to be brave and share my writing with people. Even when I want to #writingcommunity #booksky

One chapter in and I’m already enchanted #writingcommunity #booksky #booktok 📚💙

have an old photo folks, happy Father’s Day

Me, who averages 500-1000 words/day: hmm wonder if I can draft a chapter today and also clean the house. Wish me luck! 🍀 #writingcommunity

the nihilistic urge to buy more books bc eff it nothing matters I should be happy vs my personal dislike of capitalism, overconsumption, and the fact that I have no more room on my bookshelf 💙📚 #booktok #writingcommunity

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just finished: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs currently reading: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie Books have been treating me well lately 💙📚

I don’t always fall asleep before midnight, but when I do I swear those hours count double.

Oh hey I can finally breathe the air today. It’s the little things, but I’m so happy to be granted a reprieve from the smoke that I will gladly put up with pollen

it is Sunday and I am in a good mood but also teetering on the edge of burnout. I am very close to meeting a writing goal and then, rest. #writingcommunity

Happy Saturday 💜 I’m waking up slowly today with this enchanting book 💙📚

people (writers, readers) who maintain multiple social media accounts, how do you do it? I posted to two accounts plus my nail polish IG and now I’m here posting to my fourth and… maybe that’s the problem I should slow down 💙📚

I have hit a small milestone in my WIP (20k!) so of course that means I remember bluesky exists so I can post about it here. It’s taken me some time and mental struggles to get into this book, but I am really loving it so far #writingcommunity

me at 8am: wow I’m having a rare confident day where I actually like my own writing! me at noon: I have migraine I’m getting back into bed. Tables have really turned on me 😭 📚💙

Breaking news I just thought of an entire scene while showering and managed to write it down without forgetting any of the dialogue, we’re so back #amwriting #writingcommunity 💙📚

Just popping on here to say that if you, like me, have to continually remind yourself that vermillion is NOT a yellow-green chartreuse, you are not alone. I made an offhand comment in my writing discord and we are in agreement, the word is the wrong color I won’t hear otherwise 💙📚⏰

It’s so annoying when my characters are smarter than me (i say as I’m about to procrastinate though my writing time bc I need to learn something that this one insufferable brat of a man already knows) ⏰📚💙

something about starting a new draft has me terrified. Draft one, page one, the blankest of blank pages, but I’ve planned so much it’s crossed into procrastination. It’s time ⏰📚💙

new writing problem unlocked: I’ve done so much work on character motivations I’m worried I won’t be able to remember everything 😭 As a pantser this was never a concern, and now I can’t quite call myself an outliner either. I’ve done zero outlining, I’m in a weird half place #writingcommunity 💙📚⏰

lowkey excited for #revpit winners to be chosen so I can follow the editors I submitted to without being creepy. I feel like I should give them space while they're working through submissions? Hello anxiety and overthinking #revpitwaiting

Props to past me for correctly anticipating current me’s post-therapy emotional needs and picking up a pint of ice cream. I’m gonna need that this week

I went back and forth about whether I wanted to submit to #RevPit but eventually decided yes and got my application in ten minutes before close. Mostly just because this is such a wonderful event full of lovely kind people and regardless of what happens with my book, I was having some fomo

I thought of something wonderful in the early hours of the morning. Told myself I didn't need to write it down because there's no way I'll forget something so big. You'll never guess what happened next #writingcommunity 💙📚⏰

It took me over a month of planning to wrap my head around my new, dual timeline, witchy contemporary-but-also-Gilded-age adult fantasy. Now that I have, I’m so excited to start writing. It’s been such a long time since I’ve had a new project and I’ve missed this feeling ⏰📚💙

Love when I discover that past me has already solved a problem current me is having. Love less that I’ve forgotten I solved it. My memory is not what it used to be, but the new book is coming along well! 💙📚⏰

I have once again solved a thing in five minutes after wrestling with a plot problem all day yesterday. Sometimes you really do need to sleep on it, which is annoying 💙📚⏰

Interrupting my (ir)regularly scheduled books and writing content to proudly declare that I made a phone call I’ve been procrastinating on since June! Feels great. I’m unstoppable 💙📚⏰

Trying to write a logline for a book I have yet to write is… possibly more difficult than writing the book itself. Why do I do this to myself? (bc I like to have a base to revise and build on between drafts so I don’t have to start from scratch once I’m done with the novel. But still) 💙📚⏰

Love when a scene drops into my head fully formed, it’s the best feeling. Like my subconscious was working off the clock and all the character development I’ve done over the last week is finally paying off 💙📚⏰

what is an excessive number of times per day to check one’s email? a purely theoretical question, of course 💙📚⏰ #writingcommunity