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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 38m

If you're still editing Chapter One after six months, you're not writing a novel. You're dating it.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 1h

#writing tip!

Don't just give readers the entire backstory about a character or place all at once. This is an "info dump," and it's very boring.

Instead, spread it out! Sprinkle in bits and pieces of the backstory in dialogue, descriptions, and action scenes.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 2h

You say, 'Show, don't tell.'

I say, 'I'm tired and it's 2 a.m.'

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 3h

Don't be left out in the cold! Join our writers' network:
https://www.chapterbuzz.com/network

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 4h

Aspiring authors!

What would it take for you to get started #writing your novel?

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 9h

My vocabulary is pretty good, but this word was not in it!

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 12h

And from a reader/editor's perspective, it's amazing how real they feel and how much I feel like I know them whenever I read a well-written story.

ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 12h

Preach!

ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 12h

Them's fightin' words

ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 12h

Aww. I'm sure we will 🤩

ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 12h

Best case scenario!

ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 15h

Published author? I'd love to introduce you to our network.

DM me if you'd like to do a written mini-interview, and we'll send it out to everyone!

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 16h

Don't wait for your muse to give you inspiration. Tie it to a chair and interrogate it with coffee.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 17h

Join ChapterBuzz, they said. It'll be motivating, they said.

Actually, it was.

Join us! https://www.chapterbuzz.com

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 18h

What do people say when you tell them you're writing a novel?

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 19h

Fill in the blank: A writer's biggest enemy is ____________.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 20h

Every word you write is a vote for the writer you're becoming.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 21h

Write like no one's reading. Edit like everyone is.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 22h

Writing 100K words doesn't make you a novelist. Finishing a story does.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 23h

The phrase "I'm a perfectionist" is just a socially acceptable way to say "I never finish anything."

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 1d

Writing is 10% inspiration, 90% Googling "how long does it take to bleed out from a stab wound"

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 1d

Writer's math:

1 hour writing = 3 sentences

1 hour procrastinating = 3 new story ideas

Make it make sense!

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes, they say, you need to "kill your darlings," meaning take out scenes or characters you really like but aren't serving your story.

What I want to know is ...

What darling can they pry out of your cold, dead hands?

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 1d

My character just made a decision I didn't plan. I feel both proud and personally attacked.

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ChapterBuzz Discovery Network @chapterbuzz.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate your #writing progress! 100 words today is 100 more than yesterday.

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