Sometimes I Go Back And Reread What I Wrote A While Ago & I'm Like

Characters are like people, they wonder what kind of crap fucked them up but it's almost always the parents.

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

― W. Somerset Maugham

"are you okay?" no I got way too attached to a fictional character and now they're dead

do you ever just find the most inscrutable shit in your notes app from three months ago and think what the fuck was i planning to do with this? because me too

must a book have ‘plot’ and ‘structure’ and ‘progression.’ is it not enough for characters to be in a place. and for that place to be really fucking weird.

“you look tired are you okay?”

no i’m not i spent all night writing about depressed gay people thanks for asking tho

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me while writing: ah yes, this character should do this, it feels so natural with what they're saying

me while editing: why the FUCK does he lean on the doorway SEVENTEEN TIMES IN THIS CHAPTER