Tim Kane
@timkanebooks.bsky.social
I am a writer of fiction. I travel to the dark places and bring back souvenirs https://timkanebooks.com
Another coffee for a new writing session
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another coffee for a new writing session
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The strategy to win at block blast is also the way to win at writing. Instead of trying to fit all the pieces perfectly you strive for more points or more pages on your manuscript. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks #blockblast
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The strategy to win at block blast is also the way to win at writing. Instead of trying to fit all the pieces perfectly you strive for more points or more pages on your manuscript. #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks #blockblast
That new idea you must write down #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
That new idea you must write down #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession #writinghacks
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
What it feels like when you seem to make no progress on your manuscript #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What it feels like when you seem to make no progress on your manuscript #wip #workinprogress #writing #writingsession
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
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writerblock
#writingcoach #writingabook #writerblock
September 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writerblock
#writingcoach #writingabook #writerblock
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
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
September 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
September 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
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
August 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
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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August 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
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
July 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
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
July 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
July 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
June 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
June 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
May 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
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 .
media.tenor.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook
#writingcoach #writingabook
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 .
media.tenor.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
May 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
#writingcoach #writingabook #writingtip #writingadvice
#writingquickie
I got rid of a three year streak with Duolingo and replaced it with the apps Teuida and Yomu Yomu #duolingo #aifirstcompany #learningjapanese
a green cartoon character with purple bubbles and the word drugs above it
ALT: a green cartoon character with purple bubbles and the word drugs above it
media.tenor.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I got rid of a three year streak with Duolingo and replaced it with the apps Teuida and Yomu Yomu #duolingo #aifirstcompany #learningjapanese
