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gentlepede · 1 year
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Tone? Mood? Themes?
Sorry, I'm just writing based on the vibes.
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gentlepede · 1 year
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Being someone who loves starting new things is soooo great because I'll spend two weeks refining a WIP and then my head goes, "wow, so cool. imagine if you started a second third first draft"
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gentlepede · 2 years
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Wait what do you mean people have to read what I’ve written for the jokes about the characters to sense
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gentlepede · 2 years
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I know this scene doesn’t work in this story at all but MAN it sounds so much cooler to write so I’m going to get sidetracked with this for about 2 weeks
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gentlepede · 2 years
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I can not believe this character is dead, he was so sweet and nice to the main character he was so wholesome and what do you mean I’m the author shut up
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gentlepede · 2 years
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Do not get attached to that character, I am going to kill him for plot development and symbolism or something I swear do not get attached, do not feel anything for him and too late I fucking love him
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gentlepede · 2 years
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The only second pair of eyes that will ever look at my WIP is Grammarly telling me the first page has 83 premium mistakes.
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gentlepede · 2 years
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You ever just go fuck it and take the “First Draft” out of the essay title
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gentlepede · 2 years
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I’m sobbing right now, how do you write about music???
I’ve been here for an hour trying to figure out how I’m supposed to write how a song sounds-
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gentlepede · 2 years
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The souls of the previous unfinished drafts watching me open yet another Word Document, knowing damn well I’m going to drop it in exactly 24 hours.
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gentlepede · 2 years
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If only the plot diagram knew how much I am murdering the story because I became enamored with the romance subplot.
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gentlepede · 2 years
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If I do not have a 10:1 ratio of planning and world-building pages to actual story pages, then my world is incomplete, and will not be researched by bored English students.
I love world-building so much. I’m gonna detail every little shop in a little town and then I’ll make a character sheet for all 18 residents of said town, and then I’ll give each of the residents distant family in other little towns and then I can make every little shop in those little towns and then I’m
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gentlepede · 2 years
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I love world-building so much. I’m gonna detail every little shop in a little town and then I’ll make a character sheet for all 18 residents of said town, and then I’ll give each of the residents distant family in other little towns and then I can make every little shop in those little towns and then I’m
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gentlepede · 2 years
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I hate when I decide it’s a good idea to make fantasy names at 2am. How the hell do I pronounce Jiahnwitzhenalpo?
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gentlepede · 2 years
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Ok, wait, I know I'm 28 pages into this Word Document, but I need to change the main character's name again- I just googled it and there's a 9-year-old Tumblr account that's almost spelled the same and what if they read it and get offended?
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