#okaycarlamae

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shower thoughts but they're actually the most harrowing details filling the gaps in my characters' lives and stories

all the while getting pelted by hot water

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Oh, I'm already at 100 pages?

Let me check... when did I start this draf—TWO WEEKS AGO???

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After completing my first ever rough draft of a story, I've discovered that each chapter only follows about 75% of what had been planned. Bullet points and all. The other 25% is whatever the hell my characters want.

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II.i Camila

"i just want to learn how, somehow, to be loved myself."

"Two" — Sleeping At Last

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I.ii Erasmus

as lonely as a king

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I.i Linnea

as powerful as a marigold

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love

i. "I can't kill you."

ii. "You are art."

iii. "Let me help."

iv. "I want you here."

v. "You can come to me."