dudes when did people start deciding that all books should be grand literary masterpieces??? like calm down man some books are just meant for fun and a good time im not trying to be groundbreaking here

Vampires kill people and raise them back from the dead (as more vampires), and are therefore Necromancers. Werewolves have transformation sequences and their stories usually revolve around self-discovery, and are therefore Magical Girls. In this essay, I will...

#amwriting #writingcommunity

writers will be like "my toxic trait is torturing my characters" no your toxic trait is not writing. go write.

Once I wrote about the Latina pay gap for a publication and later found out I was paid $100 less than the publication usually pays for opinion pieces. They paid me, a Latina, less than they pay my white peers, for an article about how Latinas make less than white people.

Happy Mooncake's day #teamtimothy #提摩西小

Steps to writing a book: 1) Have an idea 2) Start to write 3) Have a complete mental breakdown and wallow in a pool of anxiety for months 4) Edit a little bit

“Ao3 should be more like tiktok” is the sort of blasphemous statement people should be jailed for

Stop gaslighting yourself into the narrative you’re lazy when you’re really burnt-out and exhausted AF from being in survival mode for so long.

Practice self-care like bats, avoid daylight and hug yourself adoringly while you sleep.

being a writer is so hard like you need to dramatically act out scenes in the shower and hide your work from your friends + family and pretend you're functioning on social media and on top of all that, deal with having condemnable back posture!! when will we catch a break!

Sometimes I just wanna read a fantasy story about a character who discovers their sexuality while navigating trauma and depression. ...then I remembered I could write that 😏 #amwriting

Also shout-out to my homies that also can't make it to #AWP23 It's rough out there buddy 🥲

Never start reading a book thinking the author is your hero. 9/10 they tryna be your villain #writersassemble

If something I wrote caused someone to enter their villain era, it'd be my greatest accomplishment. #writerscommunity #writersoftwitter

The ultimate sign that someone is a writer is when they have an amazing idea they’re really excited about, and then spend months not writing it.

My current favorite hobby is thinking about which #kpop groups my characters would follow and who their biases would be. 🤔

Okay but authors, who else pretend their characters are brand reps and figure out which fashion designers they'd wear? 🤔