@Priyajsridhar I don’t have a #writing schedule because I can’t work in such a prescriptive way. I have to #write when I feel like it, otherwise I can’t get anything down.

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Yay, got a conference abstract done and in!

Today's self-trickery was to put up the whiteboard in the middle of the living room floor and stand there writing stuff in multi-colored ink until it started making sense.

Then I did five drafts at the computer.

It's okay not to get it right the first time.

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I love how quick pulp stories are to edit. #betaReaders can expect Nephilym in their DMs this weekend!

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I think my favorite part of writing a pulp piece is that it's small enough to print. It's such a nice feeling printing out a second draft and holding it in your hands!

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I can't help but feel I'm on a roll with these projects. Finished the structural edits of a novella last week and then managed to find 5 beta readers and finish the 1st draft of a short story this week.

Here's to hoping the reader feedback is mostly positive!
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Very nearly finished one of the #ShortStories I’m #writing - I just don’t know exactly how it ends. It’s so annoying when all I need to #write is a few sentences, but I just don’t know what they are.

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Like apparently I write with my feet. #Writing #WritingProcess

Regular Coffee post: what are my tangible goals around writing, and how am I doing on them so far?

#regularcoffee #writingprocess #goals

https://www.patreon.com/posts/regular-coffee-4-85893249?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

New post up on my blog, talking about the @SFWA Mentorship Initiative.

https://katherinekarch.com/the-sfwa-mentoring-initiative-2023

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Thinking about writing process.
I'm a very big world builder / planner / outliner, often spending months planning before I start writing.

But then I inevitably deviate from that plan once the story starts flowing.

it's as if the planning phase is like an archaeologist in their office, figuring out where the hidden mosaic might be, and speculating about what it might look like. And the writing is like being on site, uncovering the story-mosaic, and finding that it's quite different from what you guessed in the planning stage.

Or, the planning stage is like creating a trap for the story-beast, constructing it according to how you think that beast might be. What bait would attract it, what snares would entrap it?

And the writing is finding that story-beast dubiously snuffling around the trap, and realising that you don't need to trap it after all. It's willing to talk to you, if you're patient enough to listen.

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There you go. Fixed this meme.

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If you write or make art of any kind, it is so worth reading this weekend's lovely, generous newsletter from Kate Clayborn: https://kateclayborn.substack.com/p/your-writing-prompts

(Also, her books are wonderful!)

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Finished the second draft of novel no.2 today, which is the point I start sending it out to beta readers. Very pleased to have reached this stage!
#writing #novel #scifi #writingprocess #novelist
My first novel is already available, if you wanted:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BW7DG2BR
Epub: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/subject-alpha

"When in doubt, make trouble for your character. Don't let her stand on the edge of the pool, dipping her toe. Come up behind her and give her a good hard shove. That's my advice to you now. Make trouble for your character. In life we try to avoid trouble. We chew on our choices endlessly. We go to shrinks, we talk to our friends. In fiction, this is deadly. Protagonists need to screw up, act impulsively, have enemies, get into TROUBLE."
#JanetFitch


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The #NewBlog is up, today I decided to talk about my #writingprocess from Idea to Published, if you’re curious on how long it takes or what my process is like, check it out!
#Author #AuthorBlog #AuthorLife #Publishing #Writing #TheProcess
https://www.thebornangeluniverse.com/the-blog/the-business/1285792_the-process-of-writing-a-book-from-idea-to-published

This literal mood board kept the army of artists working on Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio in synch with the character's development arc. (Photographed at MOMA's special show on the film.)

Note, too, the bottom line of cards, which shows how his reactions to / concern with Death, an overarching theme, evolve over time.

This would be easy to create for your own characters on a whiteboard in #Obsidian (or other app).

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Drafting is going really well for my #postapocalyptic #contemporaryfantasy I’m eight chapters in now and really enjoying the #writingprocess

#amwritung #Writing #drafting #writingcommunity #writersofmastodon #SFFWriter #sff #mastowriters #indiewriter

Image made with Dream

If you're a pantser, you might relish the freedom of not knowing where your story is headed. But have you ever hit a wall and wished you had a plan to fall back on? How do you navigate those moments of uncertainty? #writingprocess #pantsing

For those who plan, the benefits are obviously having a clear idea of where the story is going before you start. But have you ever found that your characters have other plans? How do you adjust when your story takes an unexpected turn? #writingprocess #planning

It goes against a lot of writing advice to shelve the work and I was frustrated for many years when life upheavals suppressed my capacity to write regularly. Often I wondered if it was possible to return and recreate the sense of urgency and excitement I had for shelved projects.

The answer is yes. Perspective changes and this changes the work but sometimes there's no headspace to spare for creative work.

Getting back in the headspace again requires a lot of patience

#writing #WritingProcess