If you're a writer who struggles with descriptive passages, this tip always works for me!

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If your protagonist isn't the one driving a major plot point, you can prevent them from getting sidelined by ensuring that their actions/decisions prior to that plot point have a major impact on how that event shakes down. #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting

There's no such thing as a word you should never use! Words are tools in a writer's toolbox, and some tools are multi-purpose while others are only useful sparingly. Part of growing as a writer is learning which tool is most effective and where. #writingcommunity #writesky #writingtips

Mastering psychic distance is like developing the power to wield a narrative zoom lens. Free indirect style is the macro setting on that lens. #writingcommunity #writingtips #writesky

Editing for stage direction (without bloating wordcount) is all about choosing which specific images and actions are meaningful & necessary, expanding on them, and weeding the rest. #writingtips #writingcommunity

#writingcommunity - how do you figure out whether you've started your story in the right spot? This is one of the exercises I do to help me find my opening scene, and I hope it helps you, too!

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Let's see if the Bsky gods bless me with a video that actually plays with sound 👀.

This one's for the new novelists who are trying to write their very first book in 2025, but don't quite know where to start.

Publication isn't what makes a writer, a writer. #writingcommunity

An oldie but a goodie. Fantasy writers -- what do families look like in your world? Do you use the nuclear family as a unit? What would change about your world if you didn't? #booksky #writingcommunity

Three tips for getting unstuck while writing the first draft of your novel!

(I'm long-winded and don't have much content under a minute, but I'm doing my best to find some 😅)