S.P. McGurk
@spmcgurk.bsky.social
Currently writing a nostalgic, comfortable novel that falls apart to remind you what’s missing in todays society. Apparently I feel deeply about small comforts and big silences.
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S.P. McGurk
@spmcgurk.bsky.social
· May 10
I’ve been trying to figure out how to define my writing style and I’m at a loss. ‘A writer of quiet books with loud emotions’ is the closest I got but it still doesn’t sit right.
#writer #author #YAfiction #booksky
#writer #author #YAfiction #booksky
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#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips #Whispers #Nostalgia
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips #Whispers #Nostalgia
May 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I dove deep into the opinions of Ai in writing. Having Ai write a story is wrong, yes. People using Ai for proofreading makes sense to an extent I feel. I’ve seen editors on YouTube try to tear people down for it. Interesting.
#writing #writingcommunity #aiwriting #booksky
#writing #writingcommunity #aiwriting #booksky
May 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I dove deep into the opinions of Ai in writing. Having Ai write a story is wrong, yes. People using Ai for proofreading makes sense to an extent I feel. I’ve seen editors on YouTube try to tear people down for it. Interesting.
#writing #writingcommunity #aiwriting #booksky
#writing #writingcommunity #aiwriting #booksky
“A clear mind, unhurried steps, handwritten words and a quiet life seems to be a sinking luxury to society. Maybe ‘keeping up with the times’ just isn’t for me.” - Elsie Marin
May 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
“A clear mind, unhurried steps, handwritten words and a quiet life seems to be a sinking luxury to society. Maybe ‘keeping up with the times’ just isn’t for me.” - Elsie Marin
"I don’t know the language of the past, but I’ve been whispering it anyway. My fingers hover over typewriter keys like they’re a map I was never given." - Elsie Marin
#ElsiesJournal #OldSoul
#ElsiesJournal #OldSoul
May 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"I don’t know the language of the past, but I’ve been whispering it anyway. My fingers hover over typewriter keys like they’re a map I was never given." - Elsie Marin
#ElsiesJournal #OldSoul
#ElsiesJournal #OldSoul
Writers keep turning the “wise old prophet” into an 18-year-old suburban kid with no life experience… then call it innovative writing.
Creativity is important, but please make it make sense!
Creativity is important, but please make it make sense!
May 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Writers keep turning the “wise old prophet” into an 18-year-old suburban kid with no life experience… then call it innovative writing.
Creativity is important, but please make it make sense!
Creativity is important, but please make it make sense!
I honestly believe 2000’s teen movies taught boys that women would throw themselves at them just for existing. Clueless men wrote these scripts and it worked… Respect didn’t sell, so neither did effort. #teenmovies #popculture #unlearning
May 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I honestly believe 2000’s teen movies taught boys that women would throw themselves at them just for existing. Clueless men wrote these scripts and it worked… Respect didn’t sell, so neither did effort. #teenmovies #popculture #unlearning
“The scent of popcorn once meant magic. A broken memory of trailers dimming, hearts racing, stories about to begin. Now it sits still, wheels untouched, like a forgotten usher to nights that felt bigger than they were.” - Elsie Marin
#bookquote #nostalgia #popcorn #cinema #ElsiesJournal #retro
#bookquote #nostalgia #popcorn #cinema #ElsiesJournal #retro
May 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“The scent of popcorn once meant magic. A broken memory of trailers dimming, hearts racing, stories about to begin. Now it sits still, wheels untouched, like a forgotten usher to nights that felt bigger than they were.” - Elsie Marin
#bookquote #nostalgia #popcorn #cinema #ElsiesJournal #retro
#bookquote #nostalgia #popcorn #cinema #ElsiesJournal #retro
They once held entire worlds in plastic shells. Hours replayed, remembered. Now they sit quietly, like old friends waiting for someone to ask about the past.
#nostalgia #poetry #throwback #90s #writer #booksky
#nostalgia #poetry #throwback #90s #writer #booksky
May 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
They once held entire worlds in plastic shells. Hours replayed, remembered. Now they sit quietly, like old friends waiting for someone to ask about the past.
#nostalgia #poetry #throwback #90s #writer #booksky
#nostalgia #poetry #throwback #90s #writer #booksky
I’ve been trying to figure out how to define my writing style and I’m at a loss. ‘A writer of quiet books with loud emotions’ is the closest I got but it still doesn’t sit right.
#writer #author #YAfiction #booksky
#writer #author #YAfiction #booksky
May 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’ve been trying to figure out how to define my writing style and I’m at a loss. ‘A writer of quiet books with loud emotions’ is the closest I got but it still doesn’t sit right.
#writer #author #YAfiction #booksky
#writer #author #YAfiction #booksky
Just finished another revision session. The first 3 chapters finally feel air-tight. Such a great feeling when it all clicks into place. The importance of patience!
#writerscommunity #writing #yanovel #progress #keepgoing
#writerscommunity #writing #yanovel #progress #keepgoing
May 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just finished another revision session. The first 3 chapters finally feel air-tight. Such a great feeling when it all clicks into place. The importance of patience!
#writerscommunity #writing #yanovel #progress #keepgoing
#writerscommunity #writing #yanovel #progress #keepgoing
“A memory came back today. Uninvited, but gentle.” - Elsie Marin
#booksky #nostalgia #bookquotes #journal #ElsiesJournal #gentle
#booksky #nostalgia #bookquotes #journal #ElsiesJournal #gentle
May 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“A memory came back today. Uninvited, but gentle.” - Elsie Marin
#booksky #nostalgia #bookquotes #journal #ElsiesJournal #gentle
#booksky #nostalgia #bookquotes #journal #ElsiesJournal #gentle
“I can see when something was once loved. The spine of a book. The edge of a sleeve. A person, trying not to speak too loudly.” - Elsie Marin
#journal #writerscommunity #booksky #thoughtful #ElsiesJournal #melancholy
#journal #writerscommunity #booksky #thoughtful #ElsiesJournal #melancholy
May 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“I can see when something was once loved. The spine of a book. The edge of a sleeve. A person, trying not to speak too loudly.” - Elsie Marin
#journal #writerscommunity #booksky #thoughtful #ElsiesJournal #melancholy
#journal #writerscommunity #booksky #thoughtful #ElsiesJournal #melancholy
"The wind sounded like it was trying to remember an old song. I stayed still so I wouldn’t interrupt it." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal #peace #poetry
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal #peace #poetry
May 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"The wind sounded like it was trying to remember an old song. I stayed still so I wouldn’t interrupt it." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal #peace #poetry
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal #peace #poetry
"I think the world ends in pieces. Not with fire or flood, but with people forgetting why quiet moments ever mattered." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
May 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"I think the world ends in pieces. Not with fire or flood, but with people forgetting why quiet moments ever mattered." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
"People don’t sit in silence anymore. I miss the kind of quiet that felt like company." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
May 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"People don’t sit in silence anymore. I miss the kind of quiet that felt like company." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
"There was a moment just before the rain started where everything smelled like home and endings." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
May 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"There was a moment just before the rain started where everything smelled like home and endings." - Elsie Marin
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
#booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal
"Give" today! This is my WIP of the main location in the first few chapters of the novel. I hope you all enjoy. 📚🏛️
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingSprints
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingSprints
May 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Give" today! This is my WIP of the main location in the first few chapters of the novel. I hope you all enjoy. 📚🏛️
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingSprints
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingSprints
My novel sounds over-complicated, yet it’s easy to follow:
“A coming-of-age psychological survival thriller set in an emotionally sterilized dystopia. Four unlikely friends cling to memory, connection, and the warmth of chosen family as the world forgets how to feel.”
#WIP #writerscommunity
“A coming-of-age psychological survival thriller set in an emotionally sterilized dystopia. Four unlikely friends cling to memory, connection, and the warmth of chosen family as the world forgets how to feel.”
#WIP #writerscommunity
May 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
My novel sounds over-complicated, yet it’s easy to follow:
“A coming-of-age psychological survival thriller set in an emotionally sterilized dystopia. Four unlikely friends cling to memory, connection, and the warmth of chosen family as the world forgets how to feel.”
#WIP #writerscommunity
“A coming-of-age psychological survival thriller set in an emotionally sterilized dystopia. Four unlikely friends cling to memory, connection, and the warmth of chosen family as the world forgets how to feel.”
#WIP #writerscommunity
I'm late! Only just came across this 😅 My antagonist isn't a person. It's an Ai project gone wrong. It becomes self-preserving. It begins to force certain agendas on social medias, billboards begin to have strange wording. It believes that human emotion is a virus, so it aims to suppress it..
#WritingLifeMonthly
I kinda struggle to create good antagonists. A lot of my stories are character vs environment so the "antagonist" is the city of Saint Martin, or Possum Trot, or Tacust.
I kinda struggle to create good antagonists. A lot of my stories are character vs environment so the "antagonist" is the city of Saint Martin, or Possum Trot, or Tacust.
🔎 May Day 07 ✏️
If you joined us in March for #WritingLifeMonthly, you should eagerly nod "Yes" to this. Reading other posts, you may have noted that not all antagonists are people. Sometimes they are inner demons, the environment or something else.
#WritingCommunity #AmEditing #AmWriting #WriteSky
If you joined us in March for #WritingLifeMonthly, you should eagerly nod "Yes" to this. Reading other posts, you may have noted that not all antagonists are people. Sometimes they are inner demons, the environment or something else.
#WritingCommunity #AmEditing #AmWriting #WriteSky
May 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm late! Only just came across this 😅 My antagonist isn't a person. It's an Ai project gone wrong. It becomes self-preserving. It begins to force certain agendas on social medias, billboards begin to have strange wording. It believes that human emotion is a virus, so it aims to suppress it..
I'm trying to find the right community to follow on here but I'm struggling. I tend to write character-driven phycological thrillers. I like my stories to start with comfort and nostalgia then pull it away slowly. Can someone direct me to some pages.. PLEASE!? 😅 #writerscommunity #BookSky #novel
May 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I'm trying to find the right community to follow on here but I'm struggling. I tend to write character-driven phycological thrillers. I like my stories to start with comfort and nostalgia then pull it away slowly. Can someone direct me to some pages.. PLEASE!? 😅 #writerscommunity #BookSky #novel
Reposted by S.P. McGurk
Some of us just wanted to write. Not be part of a regurgitation machine.
May 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Some of us just wanted to write. Not be part of a regurgitation machine.
Modern poetry often feels like it’s more interested in impressing itself than in reaching the reader. I still enjoy it. I just feel that there’s a fine line between introspection and self-indulgence. No shade to poets—some just seem a bit lost trying to prove their talent. #poetry #writerscommumity
May 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Modern poetry often feels like it’s more interested in impressing itself than in reaching the reader. I still enjoy it. I just feel that there’s a fine line between introspection and self-indulgence. No shade to poets—some just seem a bit lost trying to prove their talent. #poetry #writerscommumity
Genuine question for all writers. I have a character in my novel that writes a journal. It’s quite significant to a plot point later in the story. Would it be wise to write a mock journal of hers to fully understand the weight of it? Or would that be over the top? #writercommunity #writer #novel
May 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Genuine question for all writers. I have a character in my novel that writes a journal. It’s quite significant to a plot point later in the story. Would it be wise to write a mock journal of hers to fully understand the weight of it? Or would that be over the top? #writercommunity #writer #novel
My first entry. Be nice 😅 I’m aware of how ridiculous this segment is but it was the first part that I found that had the word ‘bed’ 👀
#WIPSnips #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky #writers
#WIPSnips #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky #writers
May 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My first entry. Be nice 😅 I’m aware of how ridiculous this segment is but it was the first part that I found that had the word ‘bed’ 👀
#WIPSnips #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky #writers
#WIPSnips #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky #writers