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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · 9d

That new idea you must write down #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · 15d

What it feels like when you seem to make no progress on your manuscript #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · 16d

We often think that every word we write in our manuscript needs to be perfect. Yet as I look back to my journal, I can see there are moments of inspiration between long bouts of the ordinary. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Sep 30

This is what it feels like to go through writer's block. You have to keep going, but you don't really want to. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Sep 24

When you're getting critique, do you try to defend your work or do you stay silent and accept the criticism? When your writing is published, you cannot be out there defending it. It has to stand on its own. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Sep 15

Do you ever sometimes go into default mode or a trance when you are working on your manuscript? It is a sense of being in the present moment. There aren't any new ideas generated, but it's not an unpleasant feeling. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks #writingabook #writing

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Sep 15

Same. The deadlines that matter are the ones I set

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Sep 14

Do you find that having a deadline with a critique group allows you to produce better writing faster or does it only give you more stress? #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Is it good to be overconfident as a writer and believe your work will be a bestseller or are you short changing your ability to see your writing critically? #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

As writers we have the ability to reach out to readers and relate to them emotionally. It shortcuts logic. This is something that AI will never be able to do because it is simply a predictive algorithm and emotions are not predictable. #wip #writing #writinghacks #writingtip #writingadvice

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Aug 11

We have this desire to write and finish our manuscript as quickly as possible, but we also know that this is a mistake because rushing to get it done means that you might be settling for not the best version. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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a man with glasses and a suit says i am fast

ALT: a man with glasses and a suit says i am fast

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

If we treated our novels the same way producers treat blockbusters, we would be a lot more critical of the scenes we include. Imagine you had to spend $1 million or $2 million to film a certain scene. Would it really be needed in your novel? #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession

Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jul 14

I borrowed the "high country of the mind" from Zen and the Art of motorcycle maintenance. In this thin atmosphere, there are no right and wrong answers. Simply the choices you make on where to climb. #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice

Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

The only thing that can kill creativity is the fear of mistakes. Creativity is not a talent. It's a way of thinking. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jul 5

We often beat ourselves up about trying to create original ideas. True art derives from interpretation filtered through your own life. Your own personal problem can drive the metaphor of your story. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hope it all works out ❤️

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jun 12

I do love doing those personality charts. But when I start writing often someone different emerges.

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jun 12

That's a good line.

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jun 12

Are you someone that does tons of personality surveys to figure out every aspect of your story's character or do you wing it and figure it out as you go along? #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · Jun 11

Don't overcomplicate your story with complex themes and motives. You should be able to sum up what your story is about in one simple sentence. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · May 29

I heard this sequence: may gray, June gloom, no-sky July, fogust

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · May 26

People stress a lot about writing structure when really it's just the order you put the events in and how you manipulate the readers emotion. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · May 20

Writing in layers of action, dialogue, theme, character arc can help you overcome the dread of the blank page. I think of it as an oyster, putting layer upon layer over an irritant, to create a pearl. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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a cartoon character from spongebob squarepants is standing in a room with a heart in her mouth .

ALT: a cartoon character from spongebob squarepants is standing in a room with a heart in her mouth .

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · May 12

When you try to slip exposition into your dialogue, sometimes you end up with "as you know Bob" where one character simply delivers info dumps, or you have Socrates, dialogue where one character simply agrees so that the information can keep going #wip #writing #writinghacks #writingtip

a man is sitting in front of a computer with the words `` information overload '' written on the screen .

ALT: a man is sitting in front of a computer with the words `` information overload '' written on the screen .

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Tim Kane @timkanebooks.bsky.social · May 10

When I was stuck with how to progress with my current chapter, going to Dwight Swain's technique of scene and sequel helped me get unstuck. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
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