I have several #roughdrafts in my #romancewriterwannabe files.

I can't write them now, b/c #AI. AI will accuse me of using AI, though I DO NOT AND WILL NOT. MY VOICE IS MY VOICE!!!!!!!!

BUT....

#WhatsThePointNow.

#MASSMARKETPUBLISHINGISDEAD.

Fred T. Kerns, Sci-fi Writer Sci-fi writer, slightly competent gamer (on a good day), geek. Click to read Fred T. Kerns on Substack. Launched a month ago.

Rough draft of the introduction to the setting of Dark Ages 2.0. My concern about this one is that it's way too long, but I've revised it so many times, I'm too immersed to see it clearly. feelboss.substack.com/p/0029334d-9... #scifi #writing #cyberpunk #dystopianfuture #stories #roughdrafts

I Drafted a Worst Mythic from Avatar

I Drafted a Worst Mythic from Avatar www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/i-drafted-a-wor... #mtg #mtgo #limited #roughdrafts

Maybe I was wrong... Maybe I should share my rough drafts a bit more... I just don't want people to think it's set in stone when I can write something in a haste and come back later to make it better. I will he sharing all over TikTok and YouTube.

#roughdrafts #writing #content

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When you had too much fun and put an itty bitty crossover scene in your current WIP rough draft, but now you’re editing and things are getting serious so you have to take it out and file it away to *hopefully* be used later 🥹
#roughdrafts #editing

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The rough draft of my spooky, cozy fantasy WIP is completed at 65 K! Now, onto editing it into drafts 1 & 1.5 in November, with a target word count of 85 K after revisions and rewrites before draft 2 😅

#drafting #writerlife #dyslexicgirlie #timetoedit #roughdrafts

A really rough draft of Abomination Labs Issue 1 (page 3); Panel one - establishing shot of Bartleh Sanitorium Panel two - the top of Gwish's hair entering the front doors of Bartleh Sanitorium Panel three - Silhouette of Gwish on top of a stairwell leading down to the basement. Barely visible on the side is a sign pointing downwards to 'Autopsy' Panel four - Tilted top down back shot of Gwish making her way downstairs Panel five - Extreme close up of Gwish's medical bag. The final will ideally something inside glowing and leaking out from the seams Panel 6 - The Autopsy door closing as Gwish enters. Final will ideally have the words "AUTOPSY", and overlapping it, a taped paper reading "Lab of Dr. A.N.Gwish"

[Cries in frustration trying to mentally grasp how to draw dynamic camera shots and environments]

#bugliiart #abominationlabs #comicwip #roughdrafts

Been readin, cleanin, and workin on comic stuff all day.

(Oh yeah and my thumbnail artbook has @dotswap.bsky.social stickers on it. If you don’t know them, go check out their art. They also have a really cool characters and comic too.)

#roughdrafts #comic #thumbnail #pencilandpaper #oldschool

I wonder if writers feel this too, when you look at your work and think ‘Was this better in my head?’ Let’s talk creative doubt.
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Very much in the throes of "Everything's crap" in rough drafting. Crossing my fingers doing a small overhaul and shifting scenes around will help in all this!
#indieauthor #writing #writingupdates #updates #selfpubauthor #lcjewels #medievalromantasy #booksky #writersky #romantasy #roughdrafts #tired

That's why revisions are important. #writing #writermemes #writingmemes #roughdrafts #writersky #writingcommunity #authormemes #authorlife

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Locking in! We are finishing this big boy of a rough draft by next Sunday-even if it's the last thing I do!
#indieromantasy #medievalromantasy #cozyfantasy #selfpubauthor #lcjewels #update #writing #writingupdate #roughdrafts #writingthoughts

“…each stroke of her tongue a reminder that this was real, and not some dehydrated delusion of my own conjuring.”

I was smacked by inspiration. Spent my entire break writing this short story. I’m teetering between tragic ending or cozy love story.

#shortstory #roughdrafts #💙📚 #writing #lovestory

A woman boards a plane. Her story is her own.
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...Just like he tells her when he travels with his mistress. He doesn’t know her affair is with herself. Couldn’t understand if she told him. 20/

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… a raggedy teddy bear whose fur is marinated in years-old tears. 18/

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The meeting notes drift invisible in filtered cabin air. The woman gazes out at the cottony landscape laid at 30,000 feet, feeling it like damp lambswool between her toes. Inhabiting the little girl who used to pretend she could walk on those rolling hillocks. 16/

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The roughneck reviews schemata and the environmentalist reviews maps while the woman between them watches a ridiculous comedy to ease the ache in her heart. 15/

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The child kicks the seat in front of her. Air presses against the baby’s eardrumss and his cries ride over the engines. The woman bounces and shushes him, offering pacifier and bottle and finally breast, hoping the suction will bring him relief. 14/

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The new bride’s fingers play along her partner’s thigh, an elixir of affection and teasing, as they murmur about midnight walks and sunrise wakings and the soft sands of their love. 13/

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The husband holds the wife’s hand. She leans her head on his shoulder, the colorful scarf on her head silky against his cheek. 12/

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Weariness won out. The teacher’s head lolls, mouth open, a vulnerable limpness that could never appear in her classroom. 11/

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The plane taxis down the runway and takes off. It reaches cruising altitude. 10/

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A woman boards a plane, the constant debate between grading papers and finally getting some rest so familiar that it barely registers. Instead, she counts seats and smiles at the small child on her way by. 9/

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A woman boards a plane, limbs too weakened to move her independently. The disease and its treatments have waged their war on the battlefield of her body, and her husband grieves even as he whispers encouragement. 8/

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A woman boards a plane, smile matching the sparkling ring on her finger. She looks over her shoulder at her partner. Between them float hopes of private moments on a secluded beach. 7/

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A woman boards a plane, infant strapped to her chest, directing a small child who ping-pongs against seats and shoulders. The sighs from the other passengers as she passes them nudge her down the aisle. 6/

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A woman boards a plane, Longchamp briefcase in hand and meeting notes on her mind.

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A woman boards a plane, a worn backpack that was once green her only piece of luggage.

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A woman boards a plane, settles into seat 6D and orders a glass of champagne.

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