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Writer's Block @writersblockds.bsky.social · Aug 24
The countdown to Fight For Your Write begins! Seven days (not including today) until we begin. Who's joining us?

This event is perfect for anyone who enjoyed #nanowrimo! #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky

You participate here on Bluesky or on our Discord server: discord.gg/Hj9X4cc3N7
Fight For Your Write is a month-long customizable writing challenge which takes place during September. The goal? Whatever you'd like! 25K words of your novel, thirty pages of script, five short stories, or just to write everyday—however you prefer to track your progress! All you have to do is write! You can keep us updated on your progress using the #FFYW tag, follow @writersblockds for tips, questions, check-ins, and fun events, or join our Discord server at: discord.gg/writingcommunity.
writersblockds.bsky.social
Hi #writingcommunity and all those participating in #FFYW! Day one is over, and we're onto day two, so tell us:

What project are you working on this month?

What is your goal for the month?

How was day one?

To learn more about Fight For Your Write, check our pinned post! #amwriting #writesky
September 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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firstfish144.bsky.social
FFYW-Sept25 edition: goal challenge accepted. Upon this sacred pen, I do solemnly swear that I shall generate all the previously promised stories, short bits, and feature pieces for The Help Desk: Year 2 and Fall of Year 3.

I am soooo behind.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #ffyw #writersblock
August 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
The countdown to Fight For Your Write begins! Seven days (not including today) until we begin. Who's joining us?

This event is perfect for anyone who enjoyed #nanowrimo! #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky

You participate here on Bluesky or on our Discord server: discord.gg/Hj9X4cc3N7
Fight For Your Write is a month-long customizable writing challenge which takes place during September. The goal? Whatever you'd like! 25K words of your novel, thirty pages of script, five short stories, or just to write everyday—however you prefer to track your progress! All you have to do is write! You can keep us updated on your progress using the #FFYW tag, follow @writersblockds for tips, questions, check-ins, and fun events, or join our Discord server at: discord.gg/writingcommunity.
August 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Fight For Your Write returns! We previously hosted #FFYW in June and we'll be hosting on again this September! Details in the poster below. This event is perfect for anyone hoping to fill the hole left behind by #campnano & #nanowrimo! #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky

See you soon!
Fight For Your Write is a month-long customizable writing challenge which takes place during September. The goal? Whatever you'd like! 25K words of your novel, thirty pages of script, five short stories, or just to write everyday—however you prefer to track your progress! All you have to do is write! You can keep us updated on your progress using the #FFYW tag, follow @writersblockds for tips, questions, check-ins, and fun events, or join our Discord server at: discord.gg/writingcommunity.
August 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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jupelpupel.bsky.social
hey, my story took third place in a writing competition on @writersblockds.bsky.social
shared third, so it kinda feels like fourth.
joy is sharing the place with a bit of disappointment.
still, proud of the piece and grateful it resonated with readers.

#jupelwrites #WritingContest #AmWriting
Raise the flags of the motherland!… From the fire escape came the measured, orderly, staccato beat of footsteps. Boots. Heavy, sturdy boots—the kind the Motherland issued to soldiers and police. These days, no one could mistake that sound. Its orderliness and inevitability were meant to strike fear in wrongdoers and pride in law-abiding citizens. I remembered it from childhood—Victory Day parades, ranks of mirror-bright boots coming down hard on warm asphalt—Wham! Wham!—echo snapping off the walls, mingling with balloons and the triumphant blare of trumpets beneath streaming flags… And now I—who’d never done anything worse than paint on a wall—felt my heart pounding in my throat to that same rhythm, threatening to leap out. "They won’t have me," flashed through my mind—a desperate, defiant thought, as if I were about to fight them. The brave guardians of order, packed into black armored suits, their faces hidden behind impenetrable helmets. Those helmets made each of them look like faceless terracotta warriors, buried with their emperor in some distant antiquity. And the sound of their steps was just as heavy, inevitable, as if each of them were made of stone…
August 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Six days left until our August Competition ends--the theme is "Resistance."

The challenge is to write a short story in 1000 words or under. It's friendly--the winner gets bragging rights and chooses the next theme!

If you're up for it, come join us below!

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky
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August 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Hey #booksky! What are you all currently reading? 👀 What do you rate it (so far)? Would you recommend it to a friend (it's me, I'm the friend)? 😌
July 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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curioussnowflake.bsky.social
I…am feeling a little attacked. I don’t do moodboards, making playlists would just distract me from writing, I’m a total packrat and never scrap anything completely, and I have too many words in my head for the other two. The rest….😳🤣😳🤣😳🤣

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
July 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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indesii.bsky.social
Well, this was a fun one! I don't really make moodboards or playlists for any particular reason, and I never really feel guilt for not writing because I don't take it *too* seriously. 🤔 Definitely had projects I started to hate though, and considered quitting more than one. #writingcommunity
A bingo card (titled 'Writer's Block Bingo Card' with the following: 1. stared at the same sentence for 30+ minutes 2. opened your doc only to immediately close it again 3. forgot how to write (no, like, seriously) 4. plotted an entirely new story instead of continuing your existing project 5. felt nothing toward a project you once loved 6. felt guilty for not writing even though you needed the break 7. wondered if you should quit writing altogether 8. scrapped an entire project 9. scheduled a real break to avoid burning out 10. wrote just a little, and realized it still counted 11. did something creative to ‘refill the well’ 12. said you’ll try again tomorrow - and DID! 13. treated yourself kindly about not writing 14. read something that reminded you why you love telling stories 15. wrote with no expectations to be perfect 16. made a playlist or moodboard to re-connect with your story All but 6 and 16 are ticked off with a purple line.
July 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Hey #writingcommunity! We hosted a 'Writer's Block Bingo Card' on the Discord recently, now we're sharing it with you! How many of these can you tick off? 😱 What are your general thoughts/feelings toward blocks and burnout? #amwriting #writesky
A bingo card (titled 'Writer's Block Bingo Card' with 16 boxes. Here are the sixteen boxes (from left to right, 4 in a row, row by row) 1. stared at the same sentence for 30+ minutes 2. opened your doc only to immediately close it again 3. forgot how to write (no, like, seriously) 4. plotted an entirely new story instead of continuing your existing project 5. felt nothing toward a project you once loved 6. felt guilty for not writing even though you needed the break 7. wondered if you should quit writing altogether 8. scrapped an entire project 9. scheduled a real break to avoid burning out 10. wrote just a little, and realized it still counted 11. did something creative to ‘refill the well’ 12. said you’ll try again tomorrow - and DID! 13. treated yourself kindly about not writing 14. read something that reminded you why you love telling stories 15. wrote with no expectations to be perfect 16. made a playlist or moodboard to re-connect with your story AT the bottom of the card is an invite link to the WB discord server: discord.gg/writingcommunity
July 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
I love scrolling through #WIPSnips every day! Some great projects and great writers out there, well worth spending some of your time reading a few!😌
July 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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wipsnips.bsky.social
Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips

The word for July 28th is "trash"

It's Monday and I have to go back to the dentist so I'm feeling very Oscar the Grouch vibes for today. TRASH! 😂

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 28 - trash Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner
July 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
writersblockds.bsky.social
If you're a micro, flash, or short story writer and want a community to write and submit with, our "Submission Squad" event may be perfect for you! We post submission calls we've found and quite a few folks enter each one! #amwriting #writingcommunity #flashfiction

discord.gg/writingcommu...
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July 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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wipsnips.bsky.social
Here are the #WIPSnips words for next week, July 21st through July 27th.

As always, synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine.

Remember to use Alt Text if you use a graphic.

And be supportive! No line editing of other's posts. Typos happen!

#WriteSky
The #WIPSnips words for July 21st through July 27th. July 21 - certify; July 22 - needle; July 23 - minor; July 24 - inside; July 25 - thrive; July 26 - bail; July 27 - apologize.
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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👑 LET'S! GET! FANCY! Palaces are fabulous settings for stories that say a lot about your world. Learn the difference between a castle & a palace, essentials for luxurious locales & the types of stories that are ideal to set in a palace.

WATCH NOW: youtu.be/aC8AfqC9HNI
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Update: the book was WE HUNT THE FLAME by Hafsah Faizal! Surprisingly, five people guessed it correctly!
writersblockds.bsky.social Writer's Block @writersblockds.bsky.social · Jul 22
We are hosting a blind date with a book GIVEAWAY on the Discord today (plus some super cool bonus gifts)! If you think you know what this book is, join us here: discord.gg/writingcommu... and head to the birthday-party channel to enter! #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
A screenshot of bullet points that read: young adult fantasy book one of two pitch contest success story debut trad-pub book slowburn enemies to lovers curses! everywhere, a curse! disguises!
July 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Our community story has certainly turned into... something! A goat and a ballerina battle the Tomato God, leading to the ballerina's reincarnation and a reunion with the now-king goat through a portal!

What's the strangest story you've ever written? #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
July 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
writersblockds.bsky.social
We are hosting a blind date with a book GIVEAWAY on the Discord today (plus some super cool bonus gifts)! If you think you know what this book is, join us here: discord.gg/writingcommu... and head to the birthday-party channel to enter! #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
A screenshot of bullet points that read: young adult fantasy book one of two pitch contest success story debut trad-pub book slowburn enemies to lovers curses! everywhere, a curse! disguises!
July 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Today's birthday activity in the Discord is...

...share a gif that best summarizes your story!

So, let's see 'em, Bluesky! What gifs have you got? 👀

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky
July 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Our birthday activities have kicked off over on Discord! Feel free to join us: discord.gg/writingcommu.... I promise we don't bite!

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
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July 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
writersblockds.bsky.social
It’s been a week since we wrapped up #FFYW, so let’s take a moment to reflect!

⭐What was your original goal, and how did it go?
⭐What did you learn about yourself or your writing during this challenge?
⭐How do you feel about your project now?
⭐What are your next steps moving forward?
July 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
writersblockds.bsky.social
Happy final day of #FFYW, everyone!

Depending on your timezone, you may still be cranking some last words out (I know I am!), so good luck!

Thank you all for joining us, whether you participated in the Discord or here on Bluesky. We'll see you in the coming days for reflection! #writingcommunity
July 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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gerriesummersink.bsky.social
Day 30. Final day of the #FFYW challenge. First, I wasn't chosen for jury duty. YAY! (Same court where R Kelly was on trial. 😬) I still have several chapters to go on the WIP. Today, I made sure I had all of my 6 key #horror novel scenes as per an article by @savannahgilbo.bsky.social
#amwriting
July 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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hopemcpherson.bsky.social
Happy last day of #FFYW!! Thank you to my friend @jdcadmon.bsky.social for sharing this group/event with me. It got me out of a writing slump and hopefully I can continue on & finish this draft!

This month I wrote & edited a total of 41,090 words!

Looking forward to the next event:)

#writing
June 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
writersblockds.bsky.social
We are turning NINE on Discord this year, and to celebrate, we'll be hosting nine days of writing games, fun craft chats, book giveaways, and much more. 🤭 If you want to join our birthday party, you can find us at discord.gg/writingcommunity! #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky
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June 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM