Hold On I Wanna See Something...

Talking to people about your characters really is a game changer. You'll start saying things about them you didn't even know you knew.

"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

‘unreliable narrator’ but it’s ’narrator is deeply in love with the person they are narrating’

absolute love corrupts absolutely

making ocs is so funny, especially when you get so attached to some and not to others?? it’s like yes these people live in my head and I love them. I love that one the most though.

Writing culture is going "how do I show this person my work without actually showing it to them?"

The real measure of a writer is what oddly specific tropes show up constantly in their work and make you question What Happened

brain: we’re gonna write a scene while sleeping :)

me: we’re going to remember it in the morning, right?

brain: :)

me: right?

Me: *looking at a porcelain hand in the home decor aisle of a store* if I lost my hands in some kind of tragic accident, I’d decorate my entire home with hand-shaped things. Then I’d invite guests over for like, dinner parties and such and sit there expectantly just basking in their discomfort.

My boyfriend: Do you hear what you say when you talk? Do you know what you just said to me?

Writers going psspsspssp to their brains trying to lure them into writing