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#WriteStuff is a weekly chat for writers, poets, graphic novelists, & lovers of writing every Tuesday at 9 ET | 8 CT | 7 MT | 6 PT. Our co-hosts ask the Qs, & encourage others to respond & exchange ideas. Started on Twitter; migrated to Bluesky in 2023.
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And that's a wrap! Have a good night, everyone!
Eleanor Roosevelt said "Do one thing every day that scares you!" That may be extreme, but I hope you face one fear this month and come out stronger for it.
Happy Pumpkin Month! #Writestuff
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Oh you look amazing! Reposting! #WriteStuff
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I bet they'd make a cute Super Grover! But what are the options?
Been considering if I'm ambitious enough to try and make a Count von Count cape for BIL since he does a great Count impression and mail before Halloween. #WriteSTuff
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#writestuff Thanks for hosting! See ya'll next week!

I'll be taking the kid around on Halloween, that's about it. It'll be a good time. We are still working on narrowing the costume down.
a cartoon character with a knight 's helmet and the words " and i am cute too "
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Self-promo time! What works, scary or not, do you wish to scare with the #WriteStuff crowd?
If you'd prefer an alternative question, what are your Halloween or October plans?
Don't forget to repost others' replies!
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That's true. It was taken down from YouTube, but there was a reaction compilation to the Bill Cipher takeover of Gravity Falls. All the adults freaked out, but two kid reactors started laughing hard at it. #WriteStuff
bill cipher from gravity falls is standing in front of a piano with a light coming out of it .
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I feel like a lot of us can't escape the real world tonight. (Which fair; I can't either.)
But something like an impossible beast or torment nexus that is in no way possible like, I don't know, a city that becomes a utopia if one child is neglected. (The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.) #WriteStuff
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Hoping the AI is VERY impossible in that, lolscream
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I would love to read and promote that when you do! #WriteStuff
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Q6: Some food for thought before self-promo. I've seen that when certain fictions scare adults, kids are delighted. Like Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls or jolts during car rides. Why do you think that is? #WriteStuff
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Ant zombies are a real thing so you're not wrong... #WriteStuff
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Q5: Suppose you could scare a reader with your next work. If you had to make something up, an impossible fear in real life, what would you choose? #WriteStuff
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Oh lord. So many hugs. I got nightmares of drowning from a PSA about drugs, so I empathize. #WriteStuff
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That looks amazing! #Writestuff
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Q4: How about monsters and frights that scare others but have no effect on you? Do you have a favorite that cannot give you nightmares? #Writestuff
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Holy mackerel. Even the ones with movable arms and legs made me feel weird when their heads kept falling out #WriteStuff
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Fair enough! So you never were surprised by something scary? Like a schoolteacher reading Shel Silverstein or The Girl with the Green Ribbon? #WriteStuff
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TBF all of those are real, and rabies is something we can contract especially thanks to antivaxxing dumbasses #WriteStuff