I want to write a book called “your character dies in the woods” that details all the pitfalls and dangers of being out on the road & in the wild for people without outdoors/wilderness experience bc I cannot keep reading narratives brush over life threatening conditions like nothing is happening.
I just read a book by one of my favorite authors whose plots are essentially airtight, but the MC was walking on a country road on a cold winter night and she was knocked down and fell into a drainage ditch covered in ice, broke through and got covered in icy mud and water.
Then she had a “miserable” 3 more miles to walk to the inn.
Babes she would not MAKE it to that inn.
EVERYBODY GO WATCH A NIGHT'S TALE - A JEGULUS SHORT FILM BY MISCHIEF MANAGED ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW.
IT IS THE BEST THING EVER IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
youre offline because you have an irl life and miss one load bearing post on here and all of a sudden you dont understand any of the vagues on your dash for the next week
Horsie
stop trying to make your draft perfect on the first try. your characters don’t care. your plot doesn’t care. even the imaginary readers in your head don’t care because they don’t exist yet. just write the terrible version. write the cringey dialogue and the scenes that go nowhere and the metaphors so bad they make you cringe into next week. because guess what? you can’t edit a blank page, but you can edit a hot mess. embrace it.
Been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 recently, and boy did I miss this amazing game. My horse is named Buttercup and all the voices in my head are talking in Arthur Morgan's voice.
My spotify wrapped has only confirmed that I am gayer and more depressed than I already knew I was. Great.
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