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jamiekim
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3mo ago
Got my first rejection letter in 3 years and it hit way harder than I expected
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andrew_wood72
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4mo ago
Can we talk about how I was writing dialogue all wrong for 3 years?
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kelly338
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4mo ago
Picked the old wooden spoon over a fancy silicone one and it actually worked better
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ellis.felix
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4mo ago
My first attempt at a short story had a giant plot hole I missed for 2 months
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the_hannah
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4mo ago
Why does nobody talk about how the street names in Portland are a total mess for new residents
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charlesb42
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4mo ago
My opening paragraph used to be a mess until I tried a 3 sentence limit
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keith943
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4mo ago
Hit 500 words on my novel draft today - a tiny hack got me there
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parker_patel84
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4mo ago
I spent 3 hours on a single paragraph and it still sounds like garbage
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cooper.taylor
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4mo ago
That one comment about "show don't tell" finally clicked when my beta reader said my character was sad
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cooper.taylor
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4mo ago
Spent 20 minutes reading my own first draft out loud and caught 4 awkward sentences
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pat_hart
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4mo ago
My first short story had 15 characters and none of them had a single problem
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aaron_gonzalez
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4mo ago
Why I finally gave up on my expensive leather journal and switched to a $3 composition notebook
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the_jordan
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4mo ago
Overheard my neighbor's grandkid explain why my plot had no tension
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williamd70
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5mo ago
Just realized I've rewritten the same opening scene 47 times
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max472
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5mo ago
That time I read my own story draft out loud in a coffee shop
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