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20.01.2025 17:57 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Writing is resistance, and it is so heavily tied to our emotions.

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20.01.2025 16:15 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 3

Months ago, I ordered @tkingfisher.com ‘s What Feasts at Night from the local shop.

Before it came in, I found a copy on my shelf, so canceled the order (I bought something else, don’t worry)

I’m finally reading What Moves the Dead, and guess what I have spent half an hour looking for?
-T

#books

28.11.2024 14:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With every passing day I better understand the mothers in Victorian novels who stay in their bedrooms with the curtains closed and complain vaguely about their “nerves.”

27.11.2024 17:44 — 👍 6918    🔁 809    💬 129    📌 25

I want a horror movie called LEAN IN, about an up-and-coming young white executive lady who talks about leaning in all the time.

And then it turns out she is leaning in to shove people into a meat grinder, which she turns into a nourishing smoothie that she drinks in front of her subordinates.

26.11.2024 23:32 — 👍 1124    🔁 70    💬 114    📌 10

Because I finally realized what I need right now:

A multi-perspective fantasy about resistance, the forms it can take.

What it looks like to give in.

How to come back from that defeat.

It’s my anxiety, hope, sadness, joy, in messy glory.

Exactly what it should be.

-T #writing

27.11.2024 19:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve been struggling to write lately. My stories felt disconnected from my soul, even though I could recognize that they are a piece of me. It’s just a past me I can’t invest in the way those stories require right now.

Yesterday, I finally got some words down.

27.11.2024 19:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I must not dunk.
Dunks are the time-killer
Dunks are the little stress that bring on social alienation
I will ignore bad takes
I will allow them to pass, or block them
And when they are off my feed I will read things that matter
And where the takes have gone there will be nothing
Only I will remain

27.11.2024 13:52 — 👍 1618    🔁 512    💬 50    📌 28

What's a book from a genre you don’t typically read?
Taryn - Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart, with its slow build and twists around a circus and the Austrian countryside.
Aurora - Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong for the word choice and imagery, painting a very different experience of the world

16.02.2024 13:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

purple graphic with an orange sun graphic, text of: ““Whether literal or metaphorical, too spectacular an opening event may leave you with little room for later drama....” - Jeff Vandermeer, “Wonderbook”

Writers are encouraged to open their novel with action to pull the reader in, but as Jeff Vandermeer points out in Wonderbook, that may not leave much room for escalation.

How do you find the start to your stories? Let us know! - T

#writing #writingcommunity #writingtips

15.02.2024 17:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dark purple graphic with white text that reads: This week’s prompt. Is there something or someone who will immediately make your main character feel happy? How can this be used as an emotional high point in your story?

Today’s prompt is focused on helping you get through the middle of a manuscript. Giving your character some motivation to strive for, even short term, can be helpful to keep the reader engaged.-A

13.02.2024 16:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dark purple background with an orange sun graphic and bright teal mountain graphic. Text reads "Explore the StoryWilds - Monthly Themes"

Dark purple background with light purple text and an orange open book graphic. Text readsDid you know that with our coaching you get monthly emails around a theme containing an outline of the theme and why it’s important, resources around the theme, including articles and podcasts, a writing exercise to engage with the topic .

dark purple background with light purple text and teal highlights reading: For example, Month 1's theme is Why, When, And How You Write and has, why it’s important to be able to answer these questions about yourself, a journaling exercise to help notice patterns in your writing sessions, articles and podcasts on what drives authors to write

Dark purple background with light purple and teal text reading: Over 6 Months, You Learn, Your best writing conditions, How to maintain inspiration and accountability, About resources to write diversely and with compassion, Where you want to go after coaching

Did you know that with our coaching plans, you get monthly theme emails? We chose the themes around craft and writing life topics, and each email includes a summary of the theme, resources like articles and podcasts, and a writing exercise. -T
#writing #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingcoaching

12.02.2024 13:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Today's tip is from The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, an amazing podcast and newsletter. In an interview with Jeanne Mackin, she said "Write what you want to know, what you are capable of learning about. Writing is about exploring and enlarging our experiences."
#writing #writingcommunity

08.02.2024 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

For Midweek Method, check out our blog post on @yvonneventresca.com 's site. Head over there to learn why you should ditch self-implemented due dates, the importance of breaking down tasks, and using effort points instead of a checklist. -T
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07.02.2024 13:25 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

White text on dark purple background. The text reads This Week’s Prompt What does your main character aspire to become? Does that change throughout the story and if so, how and why? End text. There is a graphic of three trees in different shades of purple under the text.

This week’s #writingprompt is focused on ways your character can change throughout a story. For some people their dream might shift & for others it might be what grounds their whole identity. Knowing what your character’s dreams are & the extent they might go to achieve them can help guide plotting.

06.02.2024 16:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Dark purple background with light purple text and an orange open book graphic. Text reads Did you know our Process-Focused Coaching plan includes Weekly Hour-long coaching calls, An hour of Admin work, such as query research or project organization, and call summary with accountability to-do.

dark purple background with light purple text and teal highlights reading: Did you know our Process-Focused Coaching plan includes Monthly Theme Emails with articles, suggested reading, and an exercise, Log of everything you’ve accomplished so far in the program, and Creation and refinement of a custom project management system

Dark purple background with light purple and teal text reading: This coaching is right for you if you want help managing and organizing your stories, Want to query but aren’t sure where to start, and Struggle to maintain motivation

Let's dive into Process-Focused coaching! This is for writers who have people to read their work but need help with logistics like balancing writing with your other responsibilities, progressing toward publication, and project management. #writingcoaching #writing #writingtips

05.02.2024 16:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

purple graphic with an orange sun graphic, text of: “Characters will have opinions about the behavior they see [in settings]. They will tend to categorize it and respond to those categories with strong attitudes - which goes a long way in creating a character’s voice.” -Michael Noll, The Writers Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction

Creating tangible characters can be such a struggle - how do you tell readers who they are without just saying it? How can I be intentional without making it obvious it’s intentional? -T

#writing #writingcommunity #writingcoaching #writinglife #writingtips #writingadvice #gonegirl #writingfiction

01.02.2024 16:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I used to think of myself as a pure pantser. Turns out, I am a pantser AND a plotter. Now, I shift to what my projects needs.
Do you identify one way or another? Do you ever change strategy based on the project? -T

#writing #writinglife #writingtips #writingcommunity #writingcoaching #plotting

31.01.2024 15:01 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Purple graphic with the text This week's prompt: What do your characters think about jealousy? Is it something they act on, something to fear, or just a fact of life to them? How does that shape their connection with each other? end main text. there is a little graphic with three purple trees at the bottom and below that text that reads @ the story wilds

Another prompt to dig into your characters’ psyche. How someone thinks about jealousy can reveal character backstory or how they might react in certain situations. I always find writing easiest when I have a strong understanding of who the characters are.–A
#prompt #writingprompt

30.01.2024 18:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For this week’s Explore the StoryWilds, let’s dive into our one of our two plans, Holistic coaching! We developed this plan with writers in mind who need support with everything from craft, line feedback, plot structure, and accountability. When we say holistic, we really mean it! #writing

29.01.2024 18:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Charlie Jane Anders does a fantastic job summarizing how the speculative and surreal can make sense of our world. How have you utilized genre fiction to comfort, alarm, reason with, and analyze the world? Or is it something you've yet to try?
#writing #writingcommunity #writingcoaching #writinglife

25.01.2024 23:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s Midweek Method ! How do you organize your writing projects? What works for you now vs what you used in the past?

The StoryWilds offers a flexible and intuitive way of managing your creative projects - reach out to us! -T

24.01.2024 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Purple graphic with the text that reads this week's prompt: what is your character's greatest need? How is that different from their greatest want? end text. below the text is a graphic with three trees in various shades of purple followed by the text "@ the storywilds"

Starting this #prompt series with one of my favorites – it’s something I both love to ask my characters and to brainstorm with other writers. –A

#writingprompt #amwriting #characterprompt #writinglife #writingmotivation #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writing #writingtips #coaching

23.01.2024 21:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Welcome to the StoryWilds! We are dedicated to uplifting the stories we all hold, in a way that is accessible and inclusive. Through individualized support, we build the goals and accountability you need to write.

#writing #writingcommunity #writingcoaching #writingaccountability #writinglife

22.01.2024 14:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0