#WIPSnips for “most”
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#WIPSnips for “most”
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If you don’t have a good answer for this question at the end of a spicy scene, then you should think about rewriting the scene.
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Artwork by @briermarilyn.bsky.social
25.02.2026 18:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Constant gasps
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An Academy for Liars x Katabasis
FIRE SAFE & BRIMSTONE SOUND
At a magic seminary in the sky, a troubled student teams up with a repentant demon to overcome his religious trauma and stop his reflection from dragging him into hell.
On sub soon, editors!
#WSPit #Ag #A #F #H #BIPOC #own #WIPSnips
Callback dialog is an effortless way to improve your novel’s third act.
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One thing great descriptions do is combine novelty and clarity. Let’s look at an example from the opening page of Fonda Lee’s Jade City. #booktok #writingcommunity #author #wip #writing
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Punctuation is a powerful tool for expressing narrative and character voice, as well as controlling pacing and tone.
Let’s look at some great examples from the opening pages of Mai Corland’s Five Broken Blades. #WritingCommunity
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Prologues in SFF books are often bad, prioritizing world over character and stakes, and featuring disposable scenarios of little relevance.
But a short prologue can be very good if it powerfully states the book’s theme when the opening chapters can’t.
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Some words have great synonyms. And then some words are “throat.” #booktok
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Struggling to describe your main character from first person perspective? Here’s three techniques from the opening pages of Five Broken Blades.
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What makes writing cinematic? The answer is a bit subjective, but to me, it’s writing where I can feel the movement of the camera in my mind.
Let’s take a look at an example from Ship of Spells.
#writing #booktok
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Do you want a vibey opening line that immerses the reader in the story, or do you want a teasing opening line that invites the reader to keep going?
Let’s look at examples from The Tainted Cup and Ship of Spells.
#writing #booktok
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Mirrors, horror, and speculative elements can help you describe your main character in first person perspective. See an example with An Academy for Liars.
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A novel that spends an entire page describing the first accidental touch of its main characters is not less literary than a novel that spends an entire page describing the main characters’ weapons and armor.
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MAIDEN AND THE MECH
🤖Adult Romantic Space Opera
🌹Sci-Fi Beauty and the Beast Retelling
🇯🇵 #ownvoices Japanese-Inspired Futuristic Setting
🌶️"Why Choose?" Love Triangle
#SciFiPit #A #Sub #SO #romance
@dvpit.bsky.social Hey can we pitch if we have an agent?
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I don’t know what data people think they have when they try to argue that White men are discriminated against in traditional SFF publishing. #writingcommunity
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I recently DNF’ed a book because insta-lust saved a girl from assassination.
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Pantsing vs plotting is a false dichotomy. What matters is confidence, excitement, and the tools you use to get yourself there. #WritingCommunity
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The only legitimate use of AI in writing and publishing. #WritingCommunity #AI
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The harsh reality of writing contemporary fantasy versus historical fantasy. #WritingCommunity
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#editors THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE is on submission!
☑️ Grounded YA martial arts fantasy
☑️ Japanese American WW2 setting
☑️ Family grudges become epic stakes
☑️ Perennial fight against racism
☑️ Young love as a light in the dark
#writingcommunity
One day until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. Come for the grounded martial arts fantasy and the Japanese American coming-of-age story, stay for the childhood friends to lovers arc and the cross-dressing infiltration scene.
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Two days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. I listened to a lot of JRPG soundtracks to get me through the manuscript. Nothing makes the fingers fly quite like this.
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#WritingCommunity #onsub
Three days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. When I was a kid, martial arts was the most magical thing in the world. The book is as much for me at 10 as it is for me at 40. And maybe it will be for other people, too :)
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Four days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. For me, the best part of writing older YA is that you can have characters confront adult stakes with the optimism and humor of youth, making every success feel like an inspiring dream come true. You also get road trips :)
14.06.2025 16:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!
13.06.2025 18:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#editors This manuscript is so relevant and important given our current political climate. DM me if you want this incredible #ownvoices YA speculative with magical martial arts set in a historical alternate LA where teens fight to free their loved ones in Japanese internment camps, in your inbox. 👀
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Five days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission.
The characters // The first paragraphs // The writer
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