Jaye
@screamofthewoods.bsky.social
Not the Jaye you know, I swear
I like to write things
She/her
I like to write things
She/her
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smdh flagrant couch erasure
vpotus stands for virgin president of the united states
June 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
smdh flagrant couch erasure
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How did i become a writer? I was born into poverty, dropped out of hs to pay rent and then lived in decades of almost drowning economically for decades after until I got lucky and got into a housing initiative for homeless mentally ill people. if not? I would have died in 2010 at the latest.
The reason there's no working class representation in publishing is because publishing and writing currently pay so badly only people who are already financially stable can afford to do it.
The problem is always, always money.
The problem is always, always money.
My problem with things like these is that working-class writing ends up being literary stories about how dreary it is being working class. They're not interested in examining the working class through the lens of fantasy, for example.
May 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How did i become a writer? I was born into poverty, dropped out of hs to pay rent and then lived in decades of almost drowning economically for decades after until I got lucky and got into a housing initiative for homeless mentally ill people. if not? I would have died in 2010 at the latest.
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For the love of all that is good, please stop making me have to repost this.
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For the love of all that is good, please stop making me have to repost this.
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This year I will publish my 50th book. Many are New York Times best sellers. And this past month I submitted a new science fiction Short story to a couple of magazines and was rejected by both. Rejection never stops. I hope this is validating to those in the pains of current rejection.
March 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This year I will publish my 50th book. Many are New York Times best sellers. And this past month I submitted a new science fiction Short story to a couple of magazines and was rejected by both. Rejection never stops. I hope this is validating to those in the pains of current rejection.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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Me to myself: This is annoying. This conversation is annoying, this person is annoying. I hope I’m hiding it well.
My face:
My face:
March 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Me to myself: This is annoying. This conversation is annoying, this person is annoying. I hope I’m hiding it well.
My face:
My face:
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a breakthrough in tech
February 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
a breakthrough in tech
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if you can't write every day, don't write every day. If a project isn't working for you, set it aside.
If you're certain kinds of neurodivergent, a lot of advice about building habits and skill simply won't work or may drive you away from writing. It's ok. Do it your way.
If you're certain kinds of neurodivergent, a lot of advice about building habits and skill simply won't work or may drive you away from writing. It's ok. Do it your way.
June 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
if you can't write every day, don't write every day. If a project isn't working for you, set it aside.
If you're certain kinds of neurodivergent, a lot of advice about building habits and skill simply won't work or may drive you away from writing. It's ok. Do it your way.
If you're certain kinds of neurodivergent, a lot of advice about building habits and skill simply won't work or may drive you away from writing. It's ok. Do it your way.
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Stop second-guessing yourself on a rough draft. Nobody is ever going to see it except you.
Do you want to write in a horribly cringy cliche scene that does not relate to the plot? Do it. It's fun.
Being creative in the rough draft is more important than making sense. That's what editing is for.
Do you want to write in a horribly cringy cliche scene that does not relate to the plot? Do it. It's fun.
Being creative in the rough draft is more important than making sense. That's what editing is for.
June 27, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Stop second-guessing yourself on a rough draft. Nobody is ever going to see it except you.
Do you want to write in a horribly cringy cliche scene that does not relate to the plot? Do it. It's fun.
Being creative in the rough draft is more important than making sense. That's what editing is for.
Do you want to write in a horribly cringy cliche scene that does not relate to the plot? Do it. It's fun.
Being creative in the rough draft is more important than making sense. That's what editing is for.
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Also: so long as it makes sense and holds water, plot doesn't really matter. Swiss-watch plots are swell, but in the end, no one remembers plot. (Tell me, in detail, the plot to any James Bond movie.) They remember the moments they were emotionally engaged, when their blood was up.
June 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Also: so long as it makes sense and holds water, plot doesn't really matter. Swiss-watch plots are swell, but in the end, no one remembers plot. (Tell me, in detail, the plot to any James Bond movie.) They remember the moments they were emotionally engaged, when their blood was up.
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Writer's block is, 90% of the time, your subconscious holding you back because you've taken a wrong turn. Go back to the last place the story was really working and try taking a left turn or two, see what happens. It costs you nothing and can really limber you up.
June 26, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Writer's block is, 90% of the time, your subconscious holding you back because you've taken a wrong turn. Go back to the last place the story was really working and try taking a left turn or two, see what happens. It costs you nothing and can really limber you up.
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Don't let other people make your story convenient for them.
Not everything needs explained
Not everything needs explained
February 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Don't let other people make your story convenient for them.
Not everything needs explained
Not everything needs explained
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"We've added A.I. to--"
me:
me:
a green bottle of shampoo is sitting in a sink
Alt: a cat knocks over a green bottle of shampoo sitting in a sink
media.tenor.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"We've added A.I. to--"
me:
me:
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the volume of great stuff we never see because somebody was afraid it was cringe is among the more damning aesthetic phenomena of this sad epoch
heartbreaking! the most talented young mind you know is obsessed with not appearing “cringe”
February 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the volume of great stuff we never see because somebody was afraid it was cringe is among the more damning aesthetic phenomena of this sad epoch
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People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears)
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
People complain a lot about the influence of #Tolkien on fantasy, but I do think it’s fascinating a series about PTSD is so influential, and that ineffable sadness of a world long gone is such an interesting starting place for the modern genre
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
January 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears)
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).