Hi, my name is Sarah and this is my low effort writeblr. Main is @aestatismors therefore follows, likes, and asks will be from that account. Taking latin in high school is my whole personality.

I’m 25 and queer. I am here to find friends, read other’s writing, and to learn to share my writing. I am open to tag games and asks! (I get behind, but I get there eventually lmao)

I write horror and fantasy mostly. My writing is usually dark and intended for adults. I love the weird and vague.

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theliteraryarchitect:

Writers: You’re not going to learn everything at once… and that’s okay.

There’s an absolute glut of technical writing advice out there. It can be tempting to try to gobble it all up, and overwhelming when no matter how much you’ve read, you’re still spinning your wheels on your WIP.

But remember: Learning to write is a long game. No matter how much stuff you read, no matter how much good advice you get, you can’t cram all the knowledge into your brain at once and then wake up the next day a perfect, brilliant writer.

You learn how to write by writing. And thinking about writing. Reading about writing. Reading other writers. Critiquing other writers. Writing again. Getting critiqued again. Writing some more. Reading a little tidbit of advice that clicks. Using that tidbit. Finding another tidbit…

It takes a while. Mechanical knowledge becomes second nature eventually, but it happens over years.

Hang in there. Enjoy the process. Let your banana peels and egg shells become compost (they will, I promise). You’ve got all the time in the world.

pinespittinink:

pinespittinink:

guys I’ve decided that I’m going to be nuking this blog and starting fresh on my official author one! it will still have the same dumb memes and reblog but I’m going to use it as a semi-hub for updates

anyway you can follow me over @catherinehellens pretty soon, once I’ve got things figured out!

things are rolling on the new blog, this one will be gone sometime in April!

xypheris:

Writers are scary because we’ll take personal trauma and think, “Hmm… what if this happened to my fictional characters but worse?”

adhdwannabewriter:

Bad news, y'all

You really gotta write the damn book to become a published author

nondelphic:

there are two types of writers.

1. “this plot has been in my head for 10 years and finally it’s perfect.”
2. “what if frogs had a secret government?”

thesweetnessofspring:

Me leaving comments on fics.

am I writing again? Yes

will it amount to anything? meh

will it be consistent? why would you bother to ask

homunculus-argument:

“You just gotta trust the process”, says man working with no plan, no clear idea of what the ultimate outcome should look like, and even less of a clue about whether this is the way to achieve it.

of-sinners-and-seas:

Which dynamic are you most looking forward to exploring in our WIP???

the sexy affair between two enemies, behind their allies’ backs

the twin royals: the heir who hater ruling and the spare who yearned to be king

svenjaliv:

This feels like a good time to post a reminder about the NaNo-inspired spreadsheet I made, based on the old website:

It’s available here for download - free if you want, any support is appreciated because it means I can keep making trackers and helps with my website costs, but I know times are tough for a lot of us. I’ve also put it up on Google Sheets here, but it looks a little different because the fancier chart effects aren’t supported. You’ll have to download it or make a copy to be able to use it. (Please don’t ask me for edit access, that won’t work. File > Make a copy, and you’ll have it on your own Google Drive.)

I also made this in four other designs, available here. They all come with character and plot development sheets, and pages for novel info, chapters, timeline, etc. And there are versions for every month, so we’re not confined to November!

And finally, because I always loved seeing everyone’s word counts and accountability really helps me personally, I made a basic spreadsheet that you can use as a group to collectively track word counts or goals. This version’s made for up to 8 people. Again you’ll have to make a copy in your Drive to use it, and you’ll need to give edit access to your whole group as well.

If there’s interest, I’ll keep making these as well for each new month. I can also expand it or add more columns/features, so feel free to let me know if you’re interested and what you’d like to see!