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[pinespittinink]

hey so 👉👈 guess who has some news! after fifteen months of querying, i'm now represented by Shannon Lechon at Azantian Literary Agency! i can't express how intense and crazy and wild this has been; i really was in for the long game, and that patience and persistence paid off. i cannot WAIT to jump into edits for The Great Glavenisean Theater and bring it one step closer to all of you who have been so supportive here!

[the-golden-comet]

✨💋Friday Kiss Tag💋✨

Another week, another beautiful time to share some smooches (or writing!) 💋❤️

Here are the rules of both the Kiss Excerpt and the Non Kiss Excerpt: ✨

Rules: From your story/WIP, share a kiss. It can be any kiss, from familial pecks on the cheek, forehead kisses, platonic smooches, to full-blown makeouts. ❤️

Rules: Share a snippet of your writing!

Going to back to sail the high seas for a Peter Hart kiss, because these pirates like to smooch. A lot. 🏴‍☠️✨

“Oh? You fancy some skinny dipping, then~?” Peter chuckled.

“That, or just full nude on the beach…..” Benjamin bit his bottom lip promiscuously.

“….Ahhh, like when we—”

“—Don’t even bring it up.” Benjamin shut down Peter’s thought with a gentle chuckle.

“Right, right. Well, I’d like that, Benjamin….” Peter hummed happily, his blush grazing his cheeks as they concluded with a long-winded kiss:

“…..I’d like that a lot.”

✨Peter Hart: Available on Archive Of Our Own and Amazon Kindle eBooks 🏴‍☠️✨

Have a great weekend, and Happy Smoochin! 💫

✨👇Tag List for Writing Snippets below. DM me if you’d like to be added 👇✨

Tag List for writing tidbits (lmk if you want + or -)

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@owlsandwich , @stephtuckerauthor, @finchwrites , @ahopelessnecromantic ,

[theprissythumbelina]

Is there like, an editable timeline sort of thing that is free on the internets, that writers can use to plan out their WIPs? I feel like that would be really useful for me right now. Anyone know of one?

@thetruearchmagos @thatndginger @amaiguri @sergeantnarwhalwrites @winterandwords @jacqueswriteblrlibrary @ anyone that can help

[melloncolliegalaxies]

[kookntae4ever]

This is me. Kinda jealous of all the writers who can write quickly because I can't.

[ettawritesnstudies]

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This is a cool platform that gives back to local and small businesses so I'm affiliated with them. If you want to use my link to buy anything I'll get a small cut which is appreciated, but regardless this is still a neat opportunity to dodge Amazon's monopoly especially if you don't have prime.

[transman-badass]

Here's to the people who can't get the words on the page. The people who are too tired after all life throws at them to write. The people who are blocked. The people who are burnt out. The people who can't write because of physical or mental illnesses. The people who don't know why they can't write. And the people struggling with all those other things that get in the way of writing and make it seem or be impossible.

You're still a writer, you're still an artist. And you matter. This world is better since you're in it. Thank you for wanting to write, even if you can't right now. I hope you and your words find each other soon.

[willowiswriting]

[heywriters]

Rescued Writing Links!

When cleaning out the HEY, Writers! Pinterest I moved some links here. The internet has changed a LOT since I started collecting these, so some links may include outdated info. All were still active when I made this, but it's been in my drafts for a hot minute.

Protip! In Firefox, check to toggle reader view when reading these (mobile: the page icon in the url bar; desktop: same icon or hit F9). This removes popups, ads, screen clutter, and often has an audio option.

Survivors of Internet Decay Award!

These active sites featured most often in my collections so they get the top of the list.

Helping Writers Become Authors

Mythcreants

Bryn Donovan

Getting Started (Ideas & Intros)

How to Start Writing a Book: Learn One Writer’s Process | Marian Schembari

How to Start a Story: 30 Opening Scene Examples | Bryn Donovan

Don’t Panic! What to Do When You Have Too Many Story Ideas | Faye Kirwin

How to Write a Killer First Chapter | Rae Elliot

How To Write A Captivating Opening Sentence

Outlining

How to Create a Flexible Outline for Your Novel | Faye Kirwin

Protagonists

How to Write Believable Characters | Bridget McNulty

4 Ways to Write a Likable Protag at the Start of the Character Arc | KM Weiland

5 Tips for Writing a Likable "Righteous" Character | KM Weiland

I Hate Your Protagonist! Want to Know Why? | KM Weiland

The Secret to Writing Dynamic Characters: It's Always Their Fault | KM Weiland

A Protagonist’s Moment of Realisation

Antagonists

Blurring the Lines: What Are Anti-Heroes and Anti-Villains?

Antagonists: Inner & Outer Demons | Kristen Lamb

How to Write Multiple Antagonists | KM Weiland

Character Building

The Epic Guide to Character Creation, Part 1 | Kylie Day

Pick Up A Bad Habit | Maggie Maxwell

How To Write Characters from the Opposite Gender | Rachel Poli

Top 4 Tips for Using Backstory in Your Novel | Diana Anderson-Tyler

Depicting Background Characters | Chris Winkle

Scene Building

The 5 Elements Of A Good Scene | Amanda Patterson

A New Way to Think About Scene Structure | KM Weiland

2 Ways to Make the Most of Your Story’s Climactic Setting | KM Weiland

8 Things Writers Forget When Writing Fight Scenes | Lisa Voisin

Descriptions

Master List of Facial Expressions | Bryn Donovan

Master List of Words to Describe Voices | Bryn Donovan

Master List of Physical Description for Writers | Bryn Donovan

Writer’s Guide to Serious Injuries and Calamities | Bryn Donovan

How to Ground Your Reader (in the setting) | Rachel Craft

The Forgotten Fifth Sense | Writer's Relief

Never Name an Emotion in Your Story | KM Weiland

Show, Don't Tell: How to Write the Stages of Grief | Ruthanne Reid

100 Words for Facial Expressions

Dialogue

How To Write Good Dialogue: Ten Tips | Irving Weinman

Seven Dialogue Don’ts | Jason Bougger

10 Keys to Writing Dialogue in Fiction | Katherine Cowley

Points-Of-View (POV)

What Every Writer Ought to Know About the Omniscient POV | KM Weiland

Motivation & Support

What New Writers Need To Know About Fear | Bryan Collins

How to Discover Your Writing Process with Gabriela Pereira | Kirsten Oliphant

Editing & Revising

18 Overused Words to Replace When Writing | Oxford Tutoring

An Easy Way to Immediately Improve Your Character’s Action Beats | KM Weiland

Want More Depth to Your Writing? | Sacha Black

How Much is Too Much Backstory? | Ellen Brock

Why Your Writing Sounds Weird (And What You Can Do About It) | Joe Brock

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers | Jenny Bravo

Favorite Revision and Editing Tricks

Short Stories & Flashfic

How to Write a Story a Week: A Day-by-Day Guide | Emily Wenstrom

How Flash Fiction / Microfiction Can Help With Your Writing | Rhianne Williams

Worksheets & Downloads

Writing Worksheet Archive

If anyone out there loves making lists and wants to transport this to another site, you have every right to do so! Just let me know in a reblog so I can share it here again :)

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[pinespittinink]

got thoughtful about opinions on bad books so here’s an inverse: what’s a book you had to read for school that you actually enjoyed/have grown to like? mine is Lord of the Flies

[the-golden-comet]

EVERYONE STOP SCROLLING AND LOOK AT WHAT MY BETA READER GOT ME FOR CHRISTMAS:

This is for Peter Hart—he got me a Golden Ship Wheel Fidget Spinner. I’m—🥹

[jgmartin]

me, after clearing my schedule to write:

uhhhh it was raining... and dark (and also night) and um... cold i guess?? anyway, something dramatic~ happened

me, stuck in traffic on my way to work:

Rain tumbled through midnight leaves, casting the forest in liquid moonlight. A low growl shook the horizon. Death had come.

[thatuselesshuman]

How it feels while writing

How it actually is

[angelasscribbles]

[k--havok]

Writing smut is fine.

Reading smut is fine.

Enjoying smut is fine.

Writing or seeking out books that contain smut does not make you bad. It does not mean you are stupid or "porn brained" or whatever other bullshit people like to say nowadays.

Smut is morally neutral. Enjoying smut does not make you a bad person. It does not make what you write or what you read "worse."

Smut is mortally neutral.