Thanks! And you’re right, the “what ifs” in this project are all ramped up extremes and it was fun to think and play a little unhinged while trying to keep literary form

Thanks 😊

Placed 2nd at BRMCWC Foundations contest for speculative fiction; not bad for the unpublished

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That’s brilliant advice

I’ll order it now!

I’ll check it out!

Saw advice saying 'characters need goals, not vibes' but then I think about Carr's 'A Month in the Country' and how sometimes the atmosphere and weight of place IS the story. Different approaches, both valid.

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Character-driven, plot-driven, setting-driven... Writers love these labels but I realize I'm solidly in the 'here's a cool world, now let's see who shows up' camp

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Ought to check out Dreyma, Adrian von Ziegler, and Dryzante on Spotify if you like ambient fantasy music

The singular tear at the end of The Bridge of Khazad Dum is one of cinemas best shots but also fantastic to write to

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Yes!

When you stare long enough at a blank page, the blank page begins to stare back at you.
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Will do, thanks!

Historical fiction

Def an inspiration

Right on, this helps!

Historical fiction dilemma: Use the Latin term 'contubernium' and sound pretentious, or write 'tent group of 8 soldiers' and feel like I'm dumbing it down

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Yes please!

Just gotta be more confident then

The scenes I'm most proud of somehow end up being shortest in word count. This can’t be right, shouldn’t this moment be at least a page? Now I'm suspicious it's either brilliant or missing something

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Misery loves company

The irony of scrolling for motivation while not writing is not lost on me

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Maybe it's Hollywood magic, but when writers crumple up bad drafts and throw them away, I think of my stuffed shelves or drive w/ 100 different versions of 'final_FINAL_v2_actuallyFINAL.docx'

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Good luck!

Me please!

‘Kill your darlings’ but I can axe characters. It's cutting the prologue and worldbuilding that kills ME. Unless you're Clive Barker who gets to keep the prologues b/c it’s terrifying not explaining

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Oughta throw that on Spotify. Would love to know what other creatives listen to

It’s 🔥