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Reading this at 3:27 AM is just a cruel joke from Tumblr and not a sign that I should go to bed, right?

Pros of going to sleep: I will stop being sleepy, it will be easier to wake in the morning, I will feel better in general kinda, will get a better grasp on anything I try to do or integrate (learn/read/listen to) in the morning

Cons: it feels like the thing I’m supposed to do and I don’t wanna commit to being good cause that’s hard

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Something Funny

I love that I am writing dialogue, internal and external, and I am trying to keep it informal because it's the dialogue of a 23-year-old who is not being grammatically correct in her head or in casual conversation with her peers, but Grammarly and spell check is telling me I am wrong.

I want to be wrong it's important to show the humanity in your characters, they have flaws, they mess up when speaking, they have random thoughts pop into their heads, and most importantly they speak colloquially. They are not grammar teachers or people who have PhDs in English or anything like that and I feel like this is something that people forget about.

I want my character to be a person who is in no way perfect so why should the way they think or perceive things be that way. When writing a story from the characters point of view, it is important that the perspective is unique and spellcheck is a constant reminder that I am doing that and it is technically wrong, but I refuse to change that part of my writing, especially at the part of the story for the character.

Being grammatically correct isn't the top of my MC's priority list so she is gonna say random crap that doesn't always makes sense but that makes her a character that can be related to. Anyways I can keep going but I have to get back to writing. This was just a little rant because the squiggles under my writing is distracting me.

If you read to this point thanks for reading the rant.

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Guys one of my chapters is 37 pages and I am going at a turtle's pace revising it for my second draft. It's been thirty minutes, and I have done two pages of the 37. This chapter is going to take me forever (especially if I keep getting distracted and come here to make posts)

Send help lol

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Chapter 1/28 (For now)

I have decided to document my progress with my second draft and give little updates or things that I have learned during the process of completing my second draft.

By the title, you can see that I have completed the first chapter of my second draft, and I have to say it went splendidly. Except for one fact, it's 4:15 AM as I am typing this because I just finished writing. I have ruined my sleep schedule these last few days working on my story but I am also so fucking proud of myself for the work I have done.

Always be proud even if you don't think it's a lot or good. It is something you created, and that should be appreciated!

I compared the word count of the chapter in the first and second draft and in the second draft, I managed to add 1,000 more words of descriptions and explanations for things that just didn't make sense in the first draft. I also managed to make everything in the first chapter flow a lot better now because I knew what the intended message was and all I had to do was organize it better.

I want to keep writing about my experience, but I am falling asleep, and I am struggling to be coherent (I used all my writing skills in the chapter). I may do a part two to this post tomorrow but for now, Good night/ Good Morning

[acmartin]

I do both and also just re-read cuz like I don't believe I actually wrote something of this magnitude and reading it reminds me:

Shit, I actually did that!

Reblog if you're a writer who re-reads their own work for funsies.

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It's Deceitful

You wanna know what's deceiving, I thought after writing my first draft that the second draft wouldn't take as long as it is. BUT... I have been doing my second draft pretty consecutively these last few days, and I feel like it's taking me ages to see the progress on it (It might be because I am dissecting every word I have written, but my proofreading skills from AP Lang/Lit are hard to deviate from even though it's been years).

Anyways, hi how are you all doing in the New Year? I haven't checked in in a hot minute.

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i need ppl to follow

heyyyyyy i love talking about writing on tumblr but my dash is always dead. i'm gonna hurl this post out into the void and hope it comes back with some cool blogs i have stuff in common with. so hit rb if you:

consider yourself a writeblr / bookblr (idk if that's a word)

like mystery/thriller and sci fi

post progress on your writing

post about books you're reading

orrrrr if you're a fan of Xfiles, BTVS, Sherlock Holmes, Twin Peaks, or similar :)

about me: i'm a queer writer working on my first novel which is an adult steampunk mystery, just started a new draft of it :) and i like to complain about it

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Writing Month

It is officially writing month and I can't wait to see what I can do and what I can write. I am going to be starting the first draft of a story idea I have had for a bit while also finishing the second draft of my first book.

Those are my plans/goals for the month, are you guys aiming for anything specific this month or just gonna wing it? (I will not be doing Nanowrimo for personal preference, but instead doing my own thing for the month)

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reblog if you're a writer but would rather drink straight cyanide than show any of your family members your work

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so…

I finally decided to get Scrivener last week so I can continue to work on my writing in a safer/better platform than I had been but I haven’t used it yet.

I forgot that with a new program comes learning and I just haven’t been up for that because I am in the middle of moving states so I come to you, Writers of Tumblr,

Do you have any tips on using Scrivener or any advice on how to approach it?

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I know this is the website where we talk about artists and writers doing anything other than making art or writing, but man, we REALLY undersell how good it feels to actually work on your stuff.

Like you hit your word count for the first time in a week and its like

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Why do you keep getting asks to shit on shera 😭 It’s just a princess cartoon no way people are that bothered

I have no idea lol but it's always fun to be able to give my opinion so I don't dislike being asked.

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When are you finishing the book? 😤

Soon, I hope lol

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Alright Writers/Creators/Artists of Tumblr

I need help finding something. This something is a book or a place like a website or smth that can help me find a compendium of mythological creatures (of any and all cultures). Some context is that for my book I would like to have mythical creatures be prevalent but I would like to know the stories and abilities of creatures to work them into my book and I don't really know a good source of information for these kinds of things so if you guys can help me out that would be amazing

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Putting this out there again cuz I didn't get enough when I first posted lol. Ok, Bye.

AMA Cuz Why Not?

I am bored and need a distraction from some IRL stresses so ask me anything. Some context of myself I am almost 23 years old, lesbian, she/her pronouns, I stream video games on Twitch, I am on the second Draft of my novel, and am perpetually sleep-deprived.

Ask me anything (keep it appropriate please) and I will do my best to answer cuz why not?

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if you could do anything to improve any show, A: whats the show, B: what are you doing, and C: why

A) Okay, there are many, but I am going with the show I thought of first: The Owl House. B) Fixing the damn pacing lol. If you saw a different post on my blog, I criticized She-ra and how I would have improved the pacing there as well, especially in the final arc. This is my criticism here as well because the last season, if you can call it that, was too fast-paced and we didn't get to see enough of the characters grow and adjust to the new environment they were thrust into. I don't know if you've seen the show but the characters are forced into being on Earth and experiencing new things that they know close to nothing about and the only way the audience gets to see that is through a fast-paced montage. C) Why would I change this? I would change it because this story, any story, when given the proper time to establish itself in a way that you understand and that you feel emotions when the characters do, then the story's impact has multiplied tenfold than if you didn't have that time. There are pieces of media that are so fast-paced that when a character does something or decides something it feels like it came from nowhere, but in reality it didn't there was just something that went wrong with the pacing. You simply missed a step and instead of walking towards the end of the story, you stumble and maybe even tumble into it. It's not necessarily a bad thing but I like things to be delved into and not feel unfinished because a piece of media was forced to be fast-paced because of outside factors.

*I am sleepy so if any part of this doesn't make sense or there are grammatical errors, I apologize. I am human, I am not perfect, I am tired and I am posting this anyhow*