Earnest Ashe
@earnestashe.bsky.social
Optimistic Nihilist, writer, baker, but not a candlestick maker... Trying to find a sense of community one dumb post at a time.
30+ | Weird Nerd | Anti Censorship
30+ | Weird Nerd | Anti Censorship
things helps that process go smoothly.
Publishing is it's own nightmare. So I've been telling myself:
Most of this is Future You's problem. Whatever sucks you can fix in post. You don't need to worry about publishing until you've gotten through everything else.
So. I'm plugging along!
Publishing is it's own nightmare. So I've been telling myself:
Most of this is Future You's problem. Whatever sucks you can fix in post. You don't need to worry about publishing until you've gotten through everything else.
So. I'm plugging along!
July 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
things helps that process go smoothly.
Publishing is it's own nightmare. So I've been telling myself:
Most of this is Future You's problem. Whatever sucks you can fix in post. You don't need to worry about publishing until you've gotten through everything else.
So. I'm plugging along!
Publishing is it's own nightmare. So I've been telling myself:
Most of this is Future You's problem. Whatever sucks you can fix in post. You don't need to worry about publishing until you've gotten through everything else.
So. I'm plugging along!
At least for the creative process. Revising doesn't really scare me (yet) because the process of making something Better is, in my experience, easier than the process of Making Something. And having tools and understanding of those tools at my disposal to figure out where I need to fix or change
July 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
At least for the creative process. Revising doesn't really scare me (yet) because the process of making something Better is, in my experience, easier than the process of Making Something. And having tools and understanding of those tools at my disposal to figure out where I need to fix or change
But I need outlets. Ways to celebrate my wins as I go along and people who will push me when I don't want to do the thing. People to support me and keep me accountable. I know there will probably be moments of struggle. Getting this first draft done and out is going to be the biggest hurdle.
July 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
But I need outlets. Ways to celebrate my wins as I go along and people who will push me when I don't want to do the thing. People to support me and keep me accountable. I know there will probably be moments of struggle. Getting this first draft done and out is going to be the biggest hurdle.
I think the hardest part of all of this is how isolating writing and creating can be, especially writing because it's just, all in my head and then has to get out and get refined and showing that kind of work in progress to people is difficult and can complicate the process if I'm not careful.
July 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I think the hardest part of all of this is how isolating writing and creating can be, especially writing because it's just, all in my head and then has to get out and get refined and showing that kind of work in progress to people is difficult and can complicate the process if I'm not careful.
Had a lovely evening with a friend recently where I told her that I was finally putting in a concentrated effort on writing a book and she has volunteered herself to be a cheerleader and help keep me accountable, and offered a lot of positive encouragement which meant a lot to me.
July 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Had a lovely evening with a friend recently where I told her that I was finally putting in a concentrated effort on writing a book and she has volunteered herself to be a cheerleader and help keep me accountable, and offered a lot of positive encouragement which meant a lot to me.
shaping up in a pleasantly unexpected way. So far, I'm happy with this sift in focus and narrowing of narrative scope for the project. It actually feels a bit more attainable now. Which is a good thing.
July 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
shaping up in a pleasantly unexpected way. So far, I'm happy with this sift in focus and narrowing of narrative scope for the project. It actually feels a bit more attainable now. Which is a good thing.
I cannot stress enough I did not set out to write a triology this just might be what the story I want to tell demands. Which. Okay. Alright. That's fine. I'll... Figure it out. But god. GOD.
July 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I cannot stress enough I did not set out to write a triology this just might be what the story I want to tell demands. Which. Okay. Alright. That's fine. I'll... Figure it out. But god. GOD.
Lean in a little bit more and take my time with some things that I had decided should be quicker to serve the pacing of what I knew from the outside was a longer narrative. The tricky part will be better fleshing out the acts to make them stand alone while also serving the greater narrative.
July 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Lean in a little bit more and take my time with some things that I had decided should be quicker to serve the pacing of what I knew from the outside was a longer narrative. The tricky part will be better fleshing out the acts to make them stand alone while also serving the greater narrative.
As it stands right now, there's not a lot of fat in this outline in each act because I wanted to make sure I considered pacing. For as many chapters as there are, it's lean on a lot of world building things I wanted to do but decided to cut down or skip over. By breaking things up I could maybe...
July 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
As it stands right now, there's not a lot of fat in this outline in each act because I wanted to make sure I considered pacing. For as many chapters as there are, it's lean on a lot of world building things I wanted to do but decided to cut down or skip over. By breaking things up I could maybe...
Like truly. I have to sit here and ask myself why I am like this. After working it all out it's SEVENTY-SEVEN CHAPTERS WORTH OF PLOT BEATS. So now I find myself at a crossroads. Restructure each act or find a way to slice this down by half overall. And I think I'm leaning toward the former.
July 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Like truly. I have to sit here and ask myself why I am like this. After working it all out it's SEVENTY-SEVEN CHAPTERS WORTH OF PLOT BEATS. So now I find myself at a crossroads. Restructure each act or find a way to slice this down by half overall. And I think I'm leaning toward the former.
I'll clock hours like it's my job, treat it with the respect it deserves, and do the thing that I've always wanted to do. And maybe this little account will help keep me... uh. Accountable. Ha.
Writing is fucking hard. But I'm ready to write a story I care about and try.
Writing is fucking hard. But I'm ready to write a story I care about and try.
July 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I'll clock hours like it's my job, treat it with the respect it deserves, and do the thing that I've always wanted to do. And maybe this little account will help keep me... uh. Accountable. Ha.
Writing is fucking hard. But I'm ready to write a story I care about and try.
Writing is fucking hard. But I'm ready to write a story I care about and try.
But, I'm at a place now where I know that there's a valid answer to every problem I used to deny myself. As of today, after about a month of working on it, I finished my rough outline for the book I want to write and I'm going to write it. Starting in August when my kid goes back to school.
July 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
But, I'm at a place now where I know that there's a valid answer to every problem I used to deny myself. As of today, after about a month of working on it, I finished my rough outline for the book I want to write and I'm going to write it. Starting in August when my kid goes back to school.
This year, I decided I'm really out of excuses to not finish something. I've put off my dream for so many years because I didn't feel ready. Good enough on a technical level. My stories weren't marketable. Publishing involves a lot of rejection. The list goes on and on. Too many excuses to count.
July 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This year, I decided I'm really out of excuses to not finish something. I've put off my dream for so many years because I didn't feel ready. Good enough on a technical level. My stories weren't marketable. Publishing involves a lot of rejection. The list goes on and on. Too many excuses to count.
My Nano Win Record is 5/2 but 50,000 words was not really ever a whole novel and that was as far as I got with those things. Of course, I've tinkered in fan writing and finished projects there. Cut my teeth in the non-mainstream parts of the internet just trying to reach people and learn things.
July 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My Nano Win Record is 5/2 but 50,000 words was not really ever a whole novel and that was as far as I got with those things. Of course, I've tinkered in fan writing and finished projects there. Cut my teeth in the non-mainstream parts of the internet just trying to reach people and learn things.
I've been writing for 20+ years, and I finished a novella when I was 12 that lived on a floppy disk and got passed around to my relatives as this delightful little thing a child did. Writing is all I've ever wanted to do, but I rarely felt supported and I honestly struggle to finish my works.
July 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I've been writing for 20+ years, and I finished a novella when I was 12 that lived on a floppy disk and got passed around to my relatives as this delightful little thing a child did. Writing is all I've ever wanted to do, but I rarely felt supported and I honestly struggle to finish my works.