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Where my brain comes to melt
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splitbeansoup.bsky.social
I'm trying not to overwrite. I tend to just dump a bunch of words and I'm racking my brain so hard to capture what I want to say that I have a hard time finishing a first draft haha
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 4h
What's a bad writing habit you have that you'd like to kick? #WritingPrompt
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Still reworking some lines in this one :3c
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In the days that followed, Hethe had wanted to make himself useful to Laurel like a page would. Laurel didn’t need Hethe to wait on them but was keen to forge a tie. Back at the mansion, Laurel adapted to front lacing their own stays — trousers and shirts were simpler —and tidied their own bed. They knew how to braid the long tassels of their hair back from their eyes in a crude plait and learned how to brush away the knots. They hid leftover tarts in a lidded jar for when hunger struck before sleep, and played chase with their own shadow. When solitude swelled too vast on quiet nights, they pattered with a voice in their chest, the decisive voice of a made-up god telling them that they won’t always have to feel this way. Hethe was that prophecy fulfilled.
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
This scene lives in my head rent free~
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Laurel stole a moment for themself, folding their arms tight, feeling singular, a barren branch in a garden. Choosing Day, Laurel had pictured it from the yearnings of others. In the classroom, while napping on the long lecture tables lined against the windows, their head propped against a loose fist. A boy in the middle of the room, the one who always stayed behind with all the questions, spoke of Choosing Day like he had lived it. His peers encircled him as he gestured vividly, embellishing every sight, every sound, all five senses. He boasted about what he was going to wear, what Pleas he’d practice more; a high collared robe of gold and teal, cinched with a gemmed belt, rain-calling spells. And Laurel saw, behind sleeping eyes, vision rouged by the sun, the flame haired boy with ebony skin, decorated in droplets of ray. He crossed his arm with his Ikon, a woman haloed. He drank from her cup, sharing her divinity. Laurel dreamed, perhaps they’d look handsome in gold too. They woke, seeing the boy in the center of the classroom. He laughed, gleaming too bright for Laurel to dream.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Hmmm~ I don’t think he would exist if he wasn’t a gun. (ah, do I have one toe in the spoiler territory?)
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 5d
How much would your book/wip change if your MC had a gun #WritingPrompt
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Going for the vibe! Exploring this idea for the opening paragraph.
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All Dien wanted to think about was the bouncing weight of Callisto the calico on his shoulders. Being tethered to something alive was sensory fireworks and more overwhelming than what his synthetic brain expected. He felt each bob of her paws as she tried to anchor herself against the sway. When she eventually balled in the back corner of her carrier, he felt her warmth pressed to the thin of his shirt as he shielded her with his coat from the cold. Dien had an obsessive urge to preserve everything about her and to make good on the pleasures life had promised her.
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Keep going, enjoy the process, and share all the exciting discoveries~
#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d
Q5: What can we in the #WeeknightWriters community do to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for you?
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November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Write stuff down in my notebook as it comes to me~ also a good excuse to use my fountain pen more #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d
Q4: What can you do in the next three days to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for yourself? #WeeknightWriters
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November 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
It’s getting me back into writing again~ and it’s so cool to see everyone working on their stories too! I love when creators gush about their projects, it inspires me to be more passionate about mine too! #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d
Q3: Let’s cheer things up a bit! What’s your favourite part of #FirstDraftFall so far? #WeeknightWriters
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November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
All good~ since it's the first draft I can always go back and add things. Lots of _____ place holders for names or details I haven't worked out yet haha. It gets tough when I have a bit of time to write but nothing is coming to me. #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d
Q2: Are you struggling with anything specific in your #FirstDraftFall project? Tell us about it and we’ll see how we can help! #WeeknightWriters
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November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
I'm having a lot of fun tackling one scene at a time and working in world building. I am making a lot of discoveries about the story and the characters~ #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d
Q1: How are you feeling about your #FirstDraftFall progress so far? Excited? Disheartened? #WeeknightWriters
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November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Hey hey #WeeknightWriters I'm Jen! For #FirstDraftFall I'm working on my hopepunk murder mystery, haunted house cozy sci-fi. I couldn't get much done but I am happy with what I wrote~ Almost done with the first chapter!
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5d
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall project is going!
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November 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
I do like how this scene came together 😊
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He stretched his voice for help until it went hoarse. He was alone. Tears threatened him. But he held it back. His chest ballooned and singed as he fought it. Then his breath hitched and a scent swirled in the back of his tongue, not earthy and mineral tinged like the cave. Ivo drew another heated breath. He swore he tasted flowers. He prodded the void again, this time a pungent bouquet fumed up the back of his skull and pooled around his temple. It reminded him of clusters of white blooms that sprung from oil-leafed hedges, that smelled so sweetly they stopped him in his tracks as he played chase with his cousins in the garden. When the florets gave too much, their perfume distilled to a savory musk that clung to the roof of his mouth, like it did now. Ivo latched on to the unseen trail and moved towards where the scent lingered strongest. The familiar floral musk eased his nerves and made him vulnerable. He gently slacked his eyelids shut to dampen the dry pinch.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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This is my favorite "trail" for today's #WIPSnips, from the sensory overload at the October ball.
And then the gauntlet. Immediately descended the lords and ladies, sirs and mistresses, and bombarding him alongside the names and titles and the bright colours of the yards of silk, bold solids interrupted by cascades of rustling ribbon on the men and twinkling jewels upon the women, were all the fragrances with which they likewise had come armed. He had originally a notion to identify what was popular, or even to assess how the others had coordinated their colours with their scents, but then came the onslaught of ambers, woods, herbs and spices, and not only on gloves, handkerchiefs, and persons; pomanders silver, gilt, and painted hung on chains ‘round the waists of the ladies, thickening the air like so many swaying thuribles, creating such a confusion that Alexander’s nose very quickly gave up and went home—leaving his eyes alone to struggle with not just the faces, which female and some male were painted white, rouged red, and speckled here and there with black patches, false beauty marks cut in ovals or more implausible shapes, but with yet more flowers gathered into nosegays and pinned to ladies’ bodices, where they burst forth and trailed across the vast rolling snow-white bosoms, not a neckerchief in sight to save Alexander from being sucked in like a hapless sailor to the whirlpool of Charybdis.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
We can all be a part of hope, a part of change, no matter how inconsequential we feel. We can exercise empathy and look for things to love and to protect. And don’t let anyone or anything take that humanity away from you.
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 7d
What sort of message do you hope people take away from your most recent book/wip? #WritingPrompt
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Who got a shoulder and neck ache so bad it kept them up at night cause they played racquetball and then drew for 9 hours?
a cartoon character is smiling and pointing at his ears
ALT: a cartoon character is smiling and pointing at his ears
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
YAHHHHH NEW YORRRRKKK!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
God, how do you even suppose to human?
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
This snippet makes me want to wiggle in a good way :D
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“Sevryn! You are a disgrace!” Hethe seethed and gripped the hilt of the sword latched to his belt until his knuckles paled. Something changed in Hethe that made the hairs on Laurel’s neck swarm. The way he coiled his knees and curled his back, he was ready to lunge. Laurel threw a hand in front of Hethe before he could spring. Rage twisted Hethe’s features, wringing lines around his eyes and mouth. He pulled on his sword until steel peeked from its sheath. A flash of cold ran up Laurel’s back and they pushed their palms back until the pads of their fingers kissed metal.
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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aebrossbooks.bsky.social
You know what makes the daylight savings time > standard time drag a whole lot better? Books featuring trans characters making their way in the world. Guess what? There's a specific itchio bundle for that. Check out the Trans People Take on the World bundle until Nov. 15 📚💙

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Trans People Take on the World itchio book bundle 32 books for $35.00 November 1 through November 15 Features "The Elysium Porposal" by A.E. Bross, an ebook cover with a silhouette of a long-haired individual against an eerie green background. Secondhand Origin Stories by Lee Brontide Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault What Lies Within by Issy Waldrom Synthetic Sea by Franklyn Newt My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg by Fern V. Bedek The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Westenra All Roads Lead to This by Kay Claire Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis The Uncontinented Stars by Haden Cross Blood on the Snow by Finn McLellan A Memory of Blood and Magic by K. N. Brindle Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud The Elysium Proposal by A.E. Bross Between You, Me, and the Moonlit Sea by Linn Silver FIRST ROSE by Jake Vanguard Manipulator's War by Elise Carlson Like Salt and Whisky by Merlina-Garance Illusory by Mx Misfits Enemies to Enemies by Ash Kreider Garden of Rotten Roses by Nic Hidalgo Echo Sight by Cian Verati The Poison Fruits by EM HAEGER Dragon's Soul by J.F.R. Coates A Demon to Save Me by H.S. Kallinger Powder and Feathers by Johannes T. Evans The Strangers' Sanctuary by S.E. Robertson Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null Songs of Broken Bells by Lilly Lockwood A Life in Too Many Margins by S. E. Thomson 1000 Lotuses Part 2 - Seamstress (with Part 1) by LotusCarp
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
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Found this gem again! Scott Matthew has such a wonderful voice and the lyrics is just chef's kiss, not to mention Yoko Kanno's music. This song is an experience~
be human
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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Found one! Nice!
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“I won’t rest until I can perform the welcoming ceremony like the other sorcerers. I can’t promise the plant will look as nice as theirs but I won't have a spoiling tree by my feet when the Queen passes by.” Laurel answered. “Mine just need to blend in enough so the Queen won’t dismiss me before the test.” “You still have three moons and you are out here everyday. Soon, I’m sure.” Hethe nodded. Laurel could tell he was combating a frown by the way his brow squirmed. “I’m getting closer, in the next few days, even!” Laurel forced a laugh, “Then I’ll miss eating lunch like this.” “I’ll bring something hot tomorrow.” Hethe softened his tone.
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Nothing super coherent right now, here's some key points that comes to mind.
-One party state
-Smoke and mirror democracy (vote for anyone in one party)
-Oligarch plutocracy
-Dangle the carat, keep bread on table, metaphoric cannibalism authoritarian capitalism
-Government groomed military
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 9d
How do the politics of your book's world work? Is it a monarchy? A democracy? Theocracy? How does it affect your characters? #WritingPrompt
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
I wrote around 175 words this morning in an hour-ish~ Lord have mercy, I'm a smol snail 🐌 (It was fun though!)
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
Kingdom Hearts is light!
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
splitbeansoup.bsky.social
I faint around 10:30 these days~ Will try to crawl up in the morning though! (Morning tend to work better since I don't feel as overwhelmed~) #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 12d
Q4: Will you be starting at midnight, or are you going to try to go to bed at a reasonable hour? (Or have you already started? That's cool too!) #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
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October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM