Do I Hate My WIP Or Have I Just Read It 800 Times

worldbuilding is what writers do when they want to justify a petty aesthetic choice

"does it have to be queer"

yes, next question, unless the next question is "why", in which case I am pulling the lever

"But let me give you the dark side of writing groups. One really dark side of writing groups is, particularly newer writers, don't know how to workshop.

"And one of the things they'll try to do is they'll try to make your story into the story they would write, instead of a better version of the story you want to write.

"And that is the single worst thing that can happen in feedback, is someone who is not appreciating the story you want to make, and they want to turn it into something else.

"New workshoppers are really bad at doing this. In other words, they're really good at doing a bad thing, and they're doing it from the goodness of their heart. They want you to be a better writer. They want to help you. The only way they know is to tell you how they would do it, which can be completely wrong for your story."

—Brandon Sanderson, Lecture #1 Introduction, Writing Science Fiction And Fantasy

I love when information revealed at the end of a story recontextualizes something said or done at the beginning. Like yes queen make the story a loop let the story keep developing even though the book is closed and the credits are rolling. The story never ends it just starts over.

lol! so true bestie *leans over to my body guard* you have to kill this clown right fucking now

writing tip #3377:

if writing your novel doesn’t feel like herding cats, your characters aren’t developed enough

no google docs you don't understand this is a sexy, necessary grammar mistake

what emotion do you write from

homosexuality

Well put. (Source: Writing About Writing Facebook page)

OK I'm confident again