🖤✨🗡️Nicole Catherine Lindsay🗡️✨🖤
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Writer, artist (she/her). Married sex-pos ace and 🏳️🌈 ally. BLM. Anxiety up the whazoo. Come feel weird with me and we'll see where this goes 🖤
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I've been avoiding this because it tends to hurt engagement, but my engagement can't get any worse so I'm going to say it nice and loud now 🥺💕
✨I do super affordable, high-quality proofreading on Fiverr because I think editors charge too fucking much✨
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overheard an older woman telling a rapt gaggle of fellow older women, "and then he said 'will you marry me?' and I told him been there, done that, let's just leave it where it is. because you know what they're looking for: someone to take care of them" and all of them laughed. 🥹
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you may not like it but this is what peak house design looks like
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my pregnant friend was shopping once and a strange woman put a hand on my friend's belly so my friend put a hand on her boob
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smol writing tip? if you find yourself describing inanimate objects as sitting/standing just to avoid "was/were" ("the house stood on the hillside" "the cabinet sat in the corner") there's actually a way to strengthen that prose! 💯🙌
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just a nice little guide for anyone wondering about their punctuation today 🖤
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it was so healthy and wholesome. i was so proud of her. Like YES, my queen, guard your right not to be a caregiver to some guy in your own dotage 🥹 exceptional
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and the woman had the audacity to be shocked and dismayed too, so let this be a reminder that you don't touch strangers without consent 🙃
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If you dont write every single day, you aren't actually a writer. I know this because if a surgeon goes a whole day without surging, they have to go back to surgeon school so they can surge again.
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If you think writing is hard, it's because you're trying to write well
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a plot hole is a pocket for your fanfic 🥰
good morning! ❤️❤️❤️
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@Mike47611124
She was shocked and asked why my friend did that, and my friend said "I thought that was what we were doing! Touching people inappropriately." And the woman skulkered off.
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for anyone hating on their own writing today 💕
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rather than changing "the house was on the hillside" to "the house stood on the hillside," which adds nothing, try describing the house's impact. maybe "the lone house marred an otherwise unblemished hillside," or "the house cowered beneath a stormy sky"
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my toxic trait is i will write a whole novel while picturing my own characters like this
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"was/were" is not the worst thing you can put into your prose, and inanimate things do not have to constantly sit/stand like little people. You can make your world come to life and really strengthen those vibes by choosing more purposeful description 🖤
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As for the cabinet, that whole sentence might deserve a big ol' delete (it's boring!), BUT, if the cabinet is important, why not give it some impact? maybe "The cabinet crowded the shadows in the corner" or "the cabinet caught the moonlight like an exposed coffin"
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@Virginia_Brasch
I do not understand people who reach out to touch strangers babies at all. They're a different breed.
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saw a quote that said "every first draft is perfect because a first draft's only job is to exist"
and that's just really hitting home rn 🖤
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them: use adverbs sparingly; remove "that"; avoid filler words like felt/saw/heard
the first page of a bestseller: He quickly felt deeply and rapidly that he had seen with his seeing eyes the thing that he had seen so specifically and sharply that that
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once again crying, begging, and screaming for writers to please stop doing this when punctuating dialogue😭
"I swear to god," she rubbed her face and let out a groan, "this dialogue tag is a spliced goddamn mess."
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this this this this this this this this
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@vpsharpthings
I feel like a small town grocery store is EXACTLY where that shirt would be needed too
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I'm begging you, please stop making your characters breathe. I come to a line in a story where anyone exchanges any fucking oxygen, i am done. No one in real life expels as much co2 as writers seem to think they do. Don't even get me started on hearts beating istg
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Hot take: Literary fiction is not the standard against which other prose must be measured. It is just another genre with its own internal requirements and expectations.
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
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absolutely cannot stand the "sex scenes need to further the plot" argument like yes Doris i only have sex when i need to find my estranged grandmother thanks 🙄
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me before NaNo: She cried.
me during NaNo: She let out a trembling cry which tore at her throat as though she was tissue and her grief was a knife, which reminded her of that time on her grandmothers farm
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i love reading fantasy, but i never look at fantasy maps??? that is geography. That is homework. I am not responsible for knowing where the characters are or where they should go. THEY should look at the map, BUT NOT I.
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them: how's the writing coming??
me: [having just scrolled 250 pages because i forgot what color eyes my own character has]: good good good good good good good good good
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@ElizabethMilne1
no but that's totally cool because you were giving invitations to people and giving your explicit consent. I bet they really loved feeling those kicks 🥰 they just gotta keep their hands to themselves if they don't have that consent 💯
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Forget those "you know you're a writer when" tweets
Type "I know I'm a writer because" and let predictive text answer for you!
I know I'm a writer because I never finished my first novel.
WHAT THE FUCK PHONE YOU TREACHEROUS BITCH
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how dare this be so true adkljkskj
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"audiobooks aren't reading" is one hell of a take to come out of a society that stresses the multifaceted benefits of reading aloud to our kids 🤔
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So...you're telling me I just send my first query and...I just...have to keep living my life? Like, do the laundry and everything? Really?? ☹
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we need a new fantasy aesthetic word for pants that is moody and edgy. "pants" itself is too modern and boring. "trousers" is not vibes. "leggings" is too prince valiant. "pantaloons" are for cats.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but there are literally zero (0) consequences of just shoving the fitted sheet into the closet. Just jam it in there. If there isn't any room, the violent ramming will make room. Then you can go have more wine.
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Person: what do you do?
Me: I'm a writer
Person: ooh can I read something?
Me: hahaha no
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after months of no progress and a little mental health dip, i've written over 3k words in the last 2 sessions please clap 🥺
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omg, this literary agency had to specify that they don't accept queries *by phone*
Which one of you sociopaths queried by PHONE?! 😳
#amquerying
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I dunno who needs to hear this but character dialogue does NOT need to be grammatically correct. Correctly punctuated? YES. But it should not sound like they're all wearing top hats.
Unless they are, of course.
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
#writingtip
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Writing tip time 🥰 if you use "so-and-so looked/glanced around" a lot, there's a super simple way to improve that prose! But why does it need improvement? Well, looking/glancing around is just a hollow stage direction that adds literally nothing. Let's try again!
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Hey, if I said "sutures," would you know what that meant without having to look it up? 🤔
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Just putting this out there, it's ok to keep posting and engaging with normal shit while terrible things happen in the world. You are allowed to use your social media just to feel good 🖤
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#PitMad
and
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update: gentle rejection with feedback from the agent who ❤ my pitch. She said it needs more exposition, and I agree. So I'm gonna shelve
#WellspringKind
and rewrite it this winter, after
#GothicWreckage
is done. It's gonna be fire, you guys. FIRE 🔥🔥🔥
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Submitted to a magazine that said "no stories written to work out your personal psychological problems" and I just found that really interesting. Like, that is the only reason I create.
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Everything I write is both amazing and absolute garbage until another soul has seen it. Schrodinger's garbage.
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tips for when you're stuck writing the middle of your book:
- add more suffering. it can never be too much
- make the wrong ones kiss
- a cozy meal. now add poison
- oh no! a traitor!!
- turns out the quiet one is a vampire
- DRAGONS
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we put in an offer on a house AND THEY ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!
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that whole "anyone who doesn't read a novel a week has no business being a writer" take completely disregards the fact that the stories we need to tell are INSIDE OF US, not inside someone else's damn book😤
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My kids hate shots. They're little - 6 and 7 - but they understand how shots work (as well as little kids can) and we coach them thru it with honesty and support.
Well, this morning we told them they're getting their first COVID dose, and friends, they literally cheered 🥺😭
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Oh man 😅 anybody else??
Morning, friends!
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I just watched Gordon Ramsay make a quick 10min meal and all it took was one frypan and the 45 ingredients his sous chef put into little porcelain bowls for him
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Type "I am the ghost of" and let your predictive text get spooky! 💀
I am the ghost of the world and he nodded and told me that he was the only survivor.
holy shit I love that so much 👀🗡
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No joke, writing is 5% creativity and 95% losing track of what you're
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If the action (ie "she rubbed her face") can't physically produce words, it will NOT work as a dialogue tag.
❌️ "I know," he shrugged.
✅️ "I know," he said, shrugging.
✅️ "I know," he said as he shrugged.
✅️ "I know." He shrugged.
✅️ He shrugged. "I know."
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People who write a whole-ass book, then turn around and write a whole-ass SEQUEL, have a whole different kind of strength 👀💯
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I just want you to know if I ever write science fiction, it's gonna be more like fiction fiction. that science gettin' pulled outta my ass.
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Honestly I think it's time we talk about the very serious problem in publishing where we have absolutely no chance of getting published at all unless we actually finish our novel
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Well I can't unsee this, and now you can't, either.
Morning, friends 😅
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ALL I WANT TO DO IS WRITE she said not writing
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Who is your favorite character in your own book and why is it a side character? 🙃💀
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*opens doc*
ahhhh yes writing
*sees a comma*
you fool
*deletes comma*
no wait
*puts comma back in*
ahhhh yes writing
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Omg so excited to announce that after 4 years of writing and countless submissions to countless mags on countless platforms I still have no fucking clue what to put in my bio
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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! 😚🥳🎂🥂
I think 36 is gonna be ok 🖤
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An editor said my story was too much vibe and too little plot and inspired more questions than it answered, and I dunno what to say considering how hard I worked to write something that was heavy on vibes and light on plot and inspired more questions than it answered 😭🙃
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My son is currently obsessed with drawing butts holding swords and shields 🥲
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As of 3 weeks ago, I had submitted 0 pieces of flash fiction. And as of today? I have submitted ✨4✨🥰 I'm taking the steps I promised I would. I am no longer standing in my way 🙌🥳💪
#amwriting
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Well, I've officially queried the agent and the two presses who liked my
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pitch 😬😬😬 Bringing my laptop on vacay this week just in case any of them want more!🤞🤞🤞
#amquerying
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IS IT THO???? 🙃
Morning, friends! 🖤🖤🖤
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me trying to write an action scene but i gotta run thru the choreography right quick
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finally a grammar chart i can fucking understand 💀
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Why aren't there more stories where the mc goes "bad" and that IS their growth? Like they make the ugly kill? Or they become the monster? Discover hidden strength in rage and fire? I just feel like it'd be really cathartic to safely watch someone *else* fall apart for a change.
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Writers aren't people who find writing easy.
They're the people who enjoy how hard it is.
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Which one would u use? Don't rewrite it. Just pick one.
"I'm keeping it," she laughed.
"I'm keeping it," she said through laughter.
"I'm keeping it," she said, laughing.
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I'm just a girl, standing in front of Twitter, wanting to say Very Loudly that a book full of things you do not prefer is not a bad book. It's just a book you do not prefer.
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@yobdom
oof sorry for your loss and hers! and very proud of her for standing her ground when men dont spark joy 😤🙌
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you could not pay me enough to kick and hit the baby robot learning to use its baby robot legs
LimX Dynamics P1 is a versatile bipedal robot equipped with reinforcement learning capabilities, enabling it to master challenging terrains such as forests and ditches while maintaining its balance.
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Writing contests asking for $250 per entry when groceries cost an arm, a leg, a kidney, a testicle, and your firstborn 😩
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I deleted all my chapter titles! I hate my synopsis! I start querying tomorrow! Follow me for more scream-cry anxiety!
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