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This is the moment I knew worldbuilding wasn't procrastination:

The physics forced the politics.
The politics forced the class war.
The class war forced the character arcs.

When did YOUR worldbuilding click?

This week I:

✅ Posted 20+ times
✅ Tested new formats (more polls, more confessions)
✅ Hit 100 followers (started at 0 six weeks ago)
❌ Solved Chapter 19 (still in hell)

Your weekly win? Drop it below 🔥

No win too small. Celebrate yourselves.

Friday confession:
I've rewritten Chapter 19 fourteen times.
Each time I think "THIS is it" then read it a week later and want to delete everything.
The scene where 8 personalities merge into one. Can't nail it. Breaks me every revision.

Please tell me edit hell ends eventually

Rejection: Your story's plot armor. Wear it.
How many rejections are you wearing?

(I'm about to enter the query world. Lets get ready!)

Weekend writing poll:
Tomorrow you're:

Vote + your SPECIFIC goal.

Tomorrow's Friday confession is going to hit different.
It's about the chapter I've rewritten 14 times and still hate.
If you're in revision hell, this one's for you.

See you at 8 PM. 💀

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Writing confession:
I spent 40 hours worldbuilding atmospheric chemistry for this:
"Orange twilight choked the underbelly, thick with metal and salt."
12 words. 40 hours. Worth it? Absolutely.

Your most over-researched detail?

Me: "I'll just write a quick short story"
Also me: *accidentally worldbuilds a civilization with 3 religions, a caste system, and a 200-year trade war*

Why am I like this

Who else can't write anything SMALL

Pacing problems aren't about SPEED.
They're about CONSEQUENCE density.
If a scene doesn't change something (character, stakes, info), cut it.

Agree? Disagree? What's YOUR pacing test? 👇

Shadowside during work shift:
Claustrophobia as worldbuilding.

No horizon. No sky. Just rust and machinery.

What's YOUR most oppressive setting?

Template for unstuck scenes:

"[Character] needs [goal] but [obstacle] forces them to [difficult choice]."

Example: "Rhea needs jurisdiction but bureaucracy forces her to weaponize legal loopholes."

Fill the blanks. Start writing.

Try it on YOUR stuck scene.

📢 CONFESSION LIFT 📢

Drop your most EMBARRASSING writing mistake.

The one that still makes you cringe.

I'll start: Named two characters "Kael" in the same book. For 8 chapters. Didn't notice until beta reader asked "why are there two Kaels?"

Your turn :

You can only keep ONE:
No explaining. Just vote.

(Defend your choice in replies if you dare)

The Pale Reaper.

Kills with precision. Hums lullabies while working. Spares the one person hunting him.

Psychological warfare > body count.

Your antagonist's signature move?

"Show don't tell" is bad advice for 80% of your book.

Sometimes you should absolutely TELL:
- Time jumps
- Transitions
- Establishing baseline

Showing everything = 600-page slog nobody finishes.

When do YOU break this rule?

Finish this sentence:

"My protagonist would NEVER ___________."

(Then force them to do it in the climax)

Go!

Hot take: Magic systems are worldbuilding procrastination.

You're avoiding the hard work (plot, character) by playing with the fun stuff (powers, rules).

Prove me wrong. I'll wait. 👇

Dropping a hot take about magic systems tomorrow.

It's going to make worldbuilders mad.

Set your alarms. 👀

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This is what INEVITABILITY looks like:
Raise everyday or the heat kills everyone. Dock everyday back to the pylons or never rise the next day.

POV: You're researching medieval door hinges at 2am for ONE sentence

This is fine. This is totally fine.

(It's not fine)

What's your most ridiculous research rabbit hole?

Unpopular opinion: Prologues work if you're not a coward.

The problem isn't prologues. It's boring prologues.

Agree or fight me?

Week 7 preview:
This is what I'm working on:
Goal: Finish Act 3 revision (Chapters 22-28)
What are YOU tackling?
Let's build in public together.
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📢 SUNDAY MOMENTUM LIFT 📢
Week 7 starts tomorrow. Build energy NOW:
Drop:

Genre
Your ONE priority this week (specific scene/chapter/goal)
The emotion you want that scene to hit

RT + hype each other up 👇
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Sunday check-in:
Did you hit your weekend writing goal?
✅ = Crushed it
🔶 = Partial (what derailed you?)
❌ = Didn't start (no shame—what's the blocker?)
I'll go first: ✅ — Revised Chapters 18-19 (tightened Kael's final integration scene)
Your turn 👇
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📢 SATURDAY AESTHETIC LIFT 📢
Drop:

Genre
Your story's DOMINANT EMOTION (one word)
How you convey that emotion (sensory detail, color, sound, etc.)

Example: The Parasite Wars = CLAUSTROPHOBIA (via vertical city, orange haze, "no sky visible")
RT + engage 👇
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Technique 4: WEATHER = emotional state
Don't make weather "realistic."
Make it THEMATIC.
Rain during grief. Oppressive heat during tension. Unnatural stillness before violence.
Weather should REINFORCE emotion, not decorate it.
Save this thread. 🔖
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Technique 1: ANCHOR to one sensory detail per scene
Don't describe everything. Pick ONE thing that defines the space.
Shadowside = "The taste of metal in the air"
Skyside = "Clean air that smelled of nothing"
One detail. Repeat it. Readers feel the shift instantly.
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Saturday thought:
Readers don't remember your plot.
They remember how your story FELT.
This is why atmosphere > events.
Thread on building unforgettable atmosphere (without overwriting):

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This is the visual that's haunting me this week:

INEVITABILITY.
How long can an oppressed class stay oppressed when rebellion might mean the end of them as well?
What emotion haunts YOUR story?
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Weekend accountability poll:
This weekend I'm committing to:

Pick ONE. Reply with your SPECIFIC goal.
Sunday night check-in. Let's hold each other accountable 👇
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