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writing tip #3893:

they have taken the bridge and the second hall. we have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. the ground shakes, drums... drums in the deep. we cannot get out. a shadow lurks in the dark. we cannot get out... they are coming

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writing tip #3892:

sometimes, where you needed to stop was 2428 words ago

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writing tip #3891:

do you honestly expect me to sit down and write a whole book? how dare you. i have more important things to do, like running the country, and inventing the microscope again but worse

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writing tip #3890:

keep an eye on your belongings and if you see anything suspicious alert a member of staff

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writing tip #3889:

writing is kinda like writing, in that you write

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writing tip #3888:

if you don't explicitly tell readers your characters aren't muppets, how will they know for sure

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writing tip #3887:

the best way to receive negative feedback is to say, "that was intentional, actually"

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writing tip #3886:

you're not allowed to write today. it's illegal. save it for the purge, sicko

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writing tip #3885:

have you considered writing "boots" by rudyard kipling

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writing tip #3884:

sometimes, you just gotta set it free (throw your laptop out the window)

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writing tip #3883:

draft zero? more like draft HERO am i right ladies

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writing tip #3882:

if you're stuck on a chapter, just fix it or write through the pain! except if you're me, in which case it's totally okay to sit around watching game changer and not work on the chapter

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writing tip #3881:

sometimes when you think you FINALLY got the opening of the chapter right, it's still wrong. like now, for example

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writing tip #3880:

don't worry about the quality of your first draft! what you really need to worry about is that weird smell coming from under the sink

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writing tip #3879:

if you meet a writer with a similar idea to yours, fight them to the death. the winner gets to keep the idea (and also stay alive)

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Staying at my parents' house tonight, tell me why they have the CD cover (?) for a mix CD (?) I made for the fanfic I used to write about me and Lara Croft when I was 10 years old on display on the dresser in the spare room?

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writing tip #3878:

if you want to write a book, you can just do that. no one is stopping you