November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What do you think makes a piece of writing timeless? It’s the issues that still exist today, IMO #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What do you think makes a piece of writing timeless? It’s the issues that still exist today, IMO #writingq #WritingCommunity
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
Do you think horror helps readers confront something or escape from something? I like the idea that reading is an escape, but that reading horror allows readers to confront fears at a distance #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Do you think horror helps readers confront something or escape from something? I like the idea that reading is an escape, but that reading horror allows readers to confront fears at a distance #writingq #WritingCommunity
So much of my writing comes from revision. I end up seeing where things need to be better developed and it leads to new ideas that need to be worked into earlier parts of the story, which suddenly makes later parts make more sense, and on and on and on ...
#writingq #WritingCommunity #writesky
#writingq #WritingCommunity #writesky
How much of your writing occurs during the revision process? Before I started planning a few chapters ahead at a time, a lot. Now it’s a marginal amount #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So much of my writing comes from revision. I end up seeing where things need to be better developed and it leads to new ideas that need to be worked into earlier parts of the story, which suddenly makes later parts make more sense, and on and on and on ...
#writingq #WritingCommunity #writesky
#writingq #WritingCommunity #writesky
Friday #WritingQ!
The Giving Season!
Your character just won a competition! The only catch? The generous cash prize is not for them, and must be given to a charity of their choice.
Who gets the money and why?
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt
The Giving Season!
Your character just won a competition! The only catch? The generous cash prize is not for them, and must be given to a charity of their choice.
Who gets the money and why?
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt
a man holding a bunch of money with the words dolla dolla bills y all
Alt: a man (Danny Devito) holding a bunch of money in front of a backdrop of spinning money with the words dolla dolla bills y all
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Friday #WritingQ!
The Giving Season!
Your character just won a competition! The only catch? The generous cash prize is not for them, and must be given to a charity of their choice.
Who gets the money and why?
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt
The Giving Season!
Your character just won a competition! The only catch? The generous cash prize is not for them, and must be given to a charity of their choice.
Who gets the money and why?
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt
Anti drunk driving charities or lung cancer research #writingq
Friday #WritingQ!
The Giving Season!
Your character just won a competition! The only catch? The generous cash prize is not for them, and must be given to a charity of their choice.
Who gets the money and why?
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt
The Giving Season!
Your character just won a competition! The only catch? The generous cash prize is not for them, and must be given to a charity of their choice.
Who gets the money and why?
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt
a man holding a bunch of money with the words dolla dolla bills y all
Alt: a man (Danny Devito) holding a bunch of money in front of a backdrop of spinning money with the words dolla dolla bills y all
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Anti drunk driving charities or lung cancer research #writingq
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In "Good Boys Don't Howl" all the names were kind of puns of varying success.
Wulf - The bi werewolf. (🙄 Even he can't believe it)
Flint - Bratty gay tease. (He's "rock hard" and breaks easily)
Amanda - Bad phone prank. "I'm looking for A-man-da hug-and-kiss"
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
Wulf - The bi werewolf. (🙄 Even he can't believe it)
Flint - Bratty gay tease. (He's "rock hard" and breaks easily)
Amanda - Bad phone prank. "I'm looking for A-man-da hug-and-kiss"
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In "Good Boys Don't Howl" all the names were kind of puns of varying success.
Wulf - The bi werewolf. (🙄 Even he can't believe it)
Flint - Bratty gay tease. (He's "rock hard" and breaks easily)
Amanda - Bad phone prank. "I'm looking for A-man-da hug-and-kiss"
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
Wulf - The bi werewolf. (🙄 Even he can't believe it)
Flint - Bratty gay tease. (He's "rock hard" and breaks easily)
Amanda - Bad phone prank. "I'm looking for A-man-da hug-and-kiss"
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
I put the writing down, take a deep breath, & remind myself that "difficult" is just a part of the process 💜 It doesn't mean anything. Maybe I'll take a walk or play with my cat for a while. I'm fine b/c I know no level of difficulty can stop me from trying again. I'll get it eventually! ✨ #WritingQ
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I put the writing down, take a deep breath, & remind myself that "difficult" is just a part of the process 💜 It doesn't mean anything. Maybe I'll take a walk or play with my cat for a while. I'm fine b/c I know no level of difficulty can stop me from trying again. I'll get it eventually! ✨ #WritingQ
The Master Study for Authors is up as a guest post on Substack. Is there a writing technique you want to master but you're not sure how to go about learning it? A master study may be the way for you.
#writingabtwriting #writingcommunity #author #writingq 💙📚
#writingabtwriting #writingcommunity #author #writingq 💙📚
The Master Study for Authors
Today Em will steal a tool from the visual artist’s cabinet and bang it into shape for writers. It’s called a Master Study: part copying, part analysis, part hands-on learning.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Master Study for Authors is up as a guest post on Substack. Is there a writing technique you want to master but you're not sure how to go about learning it? A master study may be the way for you.
#writingabtwriting #writingcommunity #author #writingq 💙📚
#writingabtwriting #writingcommunity #author #writingq 💙📚
ARE YOU KIDDING?
I COME HERE AND YAP AND VENT AND PLAY WRITINGQ GAMES! 😆🤣🥰
But also, I might back off a project and diddle around with another one if I hit a rough spot. Especially if it's characters or a project I like and feel good about.
I COME HERE AND YAP AND VENT AND PLAY WRITINGQ GAMES! 😆🤣🥰
But also, I might back off a project and diddle around with another one if I hit a rough spot. Especially if it's characters or a project I like and feel good about.
What something you do to cheer yourself up when the writing is difficult? #WritingPrompt
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
ARE YOU KIDDING?
I COME HERE AND YAP AND VENT AND PLAY WRITINGQ GAMES! 😆🤣🥰
But also, I might back off a project and diddle around with another one if I hit a rough spot. Especially if it's characters or a project I like and feel good about.
I COME HERE AND YAP AND VENT AND PLAY WRITINGQ GAMES! 😆🤣🥰
But also, I might back off a project and diddle around with another one if I hit a rough spot. Especially if it's characters or a project I like and feel good about.
#writingcommunity #writersky #writingq
I am wondering if I should change the name of my main character. I feel like "Maya" is starting to be overused.
Is the commonality of a name important enough to change?
I am wondering if I should change the name of my main character. I feel like "Maya" is starting to be overused.
Is the commonality of a name important enough to change?
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#writingcommunity #writersky #writingq
I am wondering if I should change the name of my main character. I feel like "Maya" is starting to be overused.
Is the commonality of a name important enough to change?
I am wondering if I should change the name of my main character. I feel like "Maya" is starting to be overused.
Is the commonality of a name important enough to change?
Virgil is named after Vergilius Maro, the poet that Dante Alighieri uses as his guide through "Inferno"
I misspelled Maro for a few months while drafting and then realized I liked the sound better, so he became and remains "Virgil Mora."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
I misspelled Maro for a few months while drafting and then realized I liked the sound better, so he became and remains "Virgil Mora."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Virgil is named after Vergilius Maro, the poet that Dante Alighieri uses as his guide through "Inferno"
I misspelled Maro for a few months while drafting and then realized I liked the sound better, so he became and remains "Virgil Mora."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
I misspelled Maro for a few months while drafting and then realized I liked the sound better, so he became and remains "Virgil Mora."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
My latest WIP erotica names vary in seriousness.
Mardelon - Aeimquy for "Dream of light." A self-chosen name.
Mim(osa) - Gay fairy. Mimosa Pudica is a "ticklish" plant.
Arden - Let's be honest, I gave the paladin with the vow of chastity the name "harden."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
Mardelon - Aeimquy for "Dream of light." A self-chosen name.
Mim(osa) - Gay fairy. Mimosa Pudica is a "ticklish" plant.
Arden - Let's be honest, I gave the paladin with the vow of chastity the name "harden."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My latest WIP erotica names vary in seriousness.
Mardelon - Aeimquy for "Dream of light." A self-chosen name.
Mim(osa) - Gay fairy. Mimosa Pudica is a "ticklish" plant.
Arden - Let's be honest, I gave the paladin with the vow of chastity the name "harden."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
Mardelon - Aeimquy for "Dream of light." A self-chosen name.
Mim(osa) - Gay fairy. Mimosa Pudica is a "ticklish" plant.
Arden - Let's be honest, I gave the paladin with the vow of chastity the name "harden."
#WriteSky #WritingQ #WritingPrompts
Voice is my current bete noir. My white whale. My keys at the bottom of a storm drain.
If you too are struggling to find your (writing) voice, here are four books that might help.
#writingabtwriting 📚💙🪐 #writingcommunity #writing #writingq
If you too are struggling to find your (writing) voice, here are four books that might help.
#writingabtwriting 📚💙🪐 #writingcommunity #writing #writingq
Books for Finding Your Voice
A list of intrepid tomes that dare to teach what many say cannot be taught.
www.writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Voice is my current bete noir. My white whale. My keys at the bottom of a storm drain.
If you too are struggling to find your (writing) voice, here are four books that might help.
#writingabtwriting 📚💙🪐 #writingcommunity #writing #writingq
If you too are struggling to find your (writing) voice, here are four books that might help.
#writingabtwriting 📚💙🪐 #writingcommunity #writing #writingq
While I have ideas for years to work with for new projects, I have a different set of problems - I worry when making revisions that I won't be able to think of alternative ideas that work better than what I have. Trying to fix scenes can be more difficult than writing new ones!
#WritingQ
#WritingQ
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
While I have ideas for years to work with for new projects, I have a different set of problems - I worry when making revisions that I won't be able to think of alternative ideas that work better than what I have. Trying to fix scenes can be more difficult than writing new ones!
#WritingQ
#WritingQ
#WritingQ
I named my FMC Raven because my character when I was younger had a Raven, and I thought nobody would be able to pronounce my name.
My MMC Trig came from going as far from an Elf name as I could, I also like the Doctor Who episode Power of 3.
I named my FMC Raven because my character when I was younger had a Raven, and I thought nobody would be able to pronounce my name.
My MMC Trig came from going as far from an Elf name as I could, I also like the Doctor Who episode Power of 3.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#WritingQ
I named my FMC Raven because my character when I was younger had a Raven, and I thought nobody would be able to pronounce my name.
My MMC Trig came from going as far from an Elf name as I could, I also like the Doctor Who episode Power of 3.
I named my FMC Raven because my character when I was younger had a Raven, and I thought nobody would be able to pronounce my name.
My MMC Trig came from going as far from an Elf name as I could, I also like the Doctor Who episode Power of 3.
I’ve gotten some questions about why the MC in Forged of Ruin is named Ford. After all, many Norzen have names inspired from Scandinavian origin.
Here’s the thing: His full name is Fordar, a portmanteau of Forseti & Vidar, the Norse gods of justice & vengeance, respectively.
#Writingq #WriteSky
Here’s the thing: His full name is Fordar, a portmanteau of Forseti & Vidar, the Norse gods of justice & vengeance, respectively.
#Writingq #WriteSky
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
One of my favorite books of all time is The Princess Bride.
It seems like lots of people think it's supposed to be an epic adventure that deserves a happy ending (which the movie is), but every bit of it is satire satire satire. A happy ending would miss the point.
#writingq #WritingCommunity
It seems like lots of people think it's supposed to be an epic adventure that deserves a happy ending (which the movie is), but every bit of it is satire satire satire. A happy ending would miss the point.
#writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s a book you love that most people misunderstand? #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One of my favorite books of all time is The Princess Bride.
It seems like lots of people think it's supposed to be an epic adventure that deserves a happy ending (which the movie is), but every bit of it is satire satire satire. A happy ending would miss the point.
#writingq #WritingCommunity
It seems like lots of people think it's supposed to be an epic adventure that deserves a happy ending (which the movie is), but every bit of it is satire satire satire. A happy ending would miss the point.
#writingq #WritingCommunity
The book title drop towards the end where Jasper articulates that summer romances are not real and the lake house is just a utopia. “All of this was great, but none of this was real.” #writingq
What’s the best sentence you’ve ever written? Still waiting for mine 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The book title drop towards the end where Jasper articulates that summer romances are not real and the lake house is just a utopia. “All of this was great, but none of this was real.” #writingq