melodicwriter

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When you write something so devastating but you only have yourself to blame

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Reached the point of dedication to my own book that I theme my entire phone layout around it🫡

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people will call any story that depicts actual conflict &/or uncomfortable themes trauma porn & expect me to take anything they say seriously

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No guys you don’t get it I have to be super sad to write good angst!!!!! Not because I have mental health issues

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For maximum emotional damage: edit your angst while listening to sad music that specifically applies to your writing:)))))))))

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Me when the thing I wrote to be sad turns out to be sad

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Me when I get to the insanely sad part of my manuscript during edits

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You know your angst is good when it’s making you depressed

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Reading back your rough draft is like getting to experience a new book when you forget 80% of what you wrote

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This is how it feels being an indie author

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sometimes I think I'm putting too many sex scenes into something . and then I look at what's happening in the world and I'm like oh yeah there's a massive puritan shift and censorship wave happening. why on earth am I feeling guilty for writing self indulgent fanfic lmao. I think I will make the characters do it sloppy AGAIN !!!!!

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Reading back your rough draft for the first time is like entering a haunted house… you don’t know what horrors await you in the form of (INSERT HERE) or (WRITE LATER) or really shitty prose

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You ever write something so sad and fucked up that you feel like you have to reconnect with nature?

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“WHAT SICK BASTARD WROTE THIS?!” I exclaim as I read back my angst

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I know editing is how we make our manuscripts good… BUT ITS SO PAINFUL.

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Me when I remember I have to read back and edit the soul crushing angst I wrote

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Reading a first draft for the first time since finishing it