tips for writers

flopgoblins:

1) write every day. write once an hour. write every quarter hour. did you know that neil gaiman is writing right now? if you are ever not writing, you are not fully dedicated to your craft

2) stop writing. only talk about your story. tell it to people on the bus and subway. tell it to your coworkers. tell it to HR

3) post at least once an hour about what amazing twist your story has just taken. no need to actually write the twist. just tell people. they need to know.

4) write your next scene using only your pinkies

5) write your next scene without the letter e

6) write a novel length modern AU. If world building gets too complex, set it in a coffee shop

7) Obsess over a very minor character. Write sidestory after sidestory about them until you lose track of who your protagonist is

8)

said is dead. never use a dialogue tag again. or quotation marks. characters should be seen but not heard

9) 

think about how fandom will misconstrue your characters once published, and write an angry screed excoriating all their interpretations

10) name all the possible ships preemptively. don’t write the relationships or characters, just make the tags

11) score and cast the eventual tv adaptation. 

12) write an angry screed about theoretical adaptation choices