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your main character doesn’t have to be likable. they just have to be someone people would read fanfiction about.

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in 2025, i will finish my book! probably. maybe. okay, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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every murder mystery ever: “the killer left no clues!” except for the insanely obvious ones the detective magically notices after 300 pages.

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Reblog with just TWO choices

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Everytime I finish a chapter, one of two things will happen:

1. I continue writing like hell, and come out at the end with more material than I could ever need (the next step is editing hell)

2. I go blank immediately, and lose my motivation to write anything for a month (the next step here is procrastination)

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Be brief.

Ideal length for a generic work of fiction for a novice author is less than 100K.

Closer to 75K.

Ok, I'm going to go on a small rant. Fanfiction is frequently WAY LONG *in comparison to published works*. I enjoy reading long fics. And yes, I know I'm writing the longest and most epic series ever. But before I began the project I set a cap of 200K per installment. And past the first six installments (which each encompass a full year at Hogwarts), my word limit per POV installment dropped to less than 100K.

If you are writing very long fanfiction, that is awesome. I am too. Some people don't want to read that many words and we, as creators, must accept that.

BUT if you are going to write a self generated novel which you intend to offer to agents to be published, you need to practice brevity.

And if this is a skill you want to hone, you can work on it in the fanfic realm! You will probably attract more readers if you have a finished work sitting between 60-70K. And good night, this should be a relief to us authors. It is to me!

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if you’re stuck, just kill someone. in your story, i mean. probably.

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Can confirm, rooftops add at least +15% dramatic flair - that can only be good for a story.

if there’s no dramatic rooftop scene, is it even a good story?

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And those beloved, beloved characters of course...

why do i write? to inflict pain. on who? myself.

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i gave my character a tragic backstory, and now they won’t stop crying about it. grow up.

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the first rule of writing is that there are no rules. the second rule is to save your work every 5 minutes because technology is a fickle god.

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the real plot twist is when a side character becomes the main character and i have no control over it.

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the real plot twist is when a side character becomes the main character and i have no control over it.

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Me, avoiding my draft during writer’s block: If I don’t look at it, it doesn’t exist.

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Me, to my OC: You're my favourite person in the world and I love you from the bottom of my heart.

My OC: Then why do you make me go through hell twice a day?

Me: ...

My OC: ...

Me: Anyway, back to it. Off you go, to the dungeon of angst!

My OC: -.-

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Why is it harder to write a summary for the story, than writing the story itself?