This winter I wrote about 30k words. I'm just enjoying the process, and I think thats a great place to be.

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Sometimes I wonder if writing activates some amount of schizophrenia.

This storyline is a side characters storyline. Just something I threw together to help give deeper understanding of my main story. And this moment is a b story in said side characters side story. THEN a side character in the side characters b story merely mentions the existence of another character.

That character has become the most compelling part of my book now.

I am not in control

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I wrote 5000 words this week for a character that only came up in another characters conversation. A side character. No, hold on. Its the side characters conversation with a side character in their story branch who mentions the mere existence of a new character that my brain said "this person is now my obsession! We will follow their entirely separate story branch now!!!"

I'm never going to finish this book. Please send help.

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This week was a good writing week. Despite most of my days being too busy to write, I sat down thursday and vomited out 2200 words for a new character arc in my novel. Her depth of character has me reconsidering every single decision I've made in this book. This is dangerous thinking.

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Question for writers.... or anyone I guess.

What are your thoughts on using Ai as a tool for writing?

So I've been chatting it up with chatgtp late at night when I cant sleep, and I found it super useful for working out details of my novel. I'm being careful not to use it as a tool to write the novel FOR me, but to just talk openly with what is essentially a conversative search engine has opened up my eyes to some new ideas.

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Last year I wrote 20k words, and deleted 10k. I'm happy to report that I'm back in the green!!!

Whats crazy is that this is just the beginning of my story. My zombies haven't even shown up yet. LOL 😆 🤣 😂 😹

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My writing setup. Simple and without distractions, and I can take it anywhere.

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Writing is going well. My characters have come to life and taken over the story. New twists and turns keep popping up that I never planned for and I'm just enjoying the ride they're taking me on.

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The last 3 days have been good for writing. I don't know if it makes up for the last 4 weeks of travel and holiday disruption to my writing schedule, but it has at least been productive and I enjoyed the process.

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My writing moodboard for the chapter I'm working on.

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Black summer was an incredible series, and I would put it in my top 5 zombie list. The more I think about it though, the more I feel like it is plagued with the problem of "this needs an end, purpose or goal" of the 3 act narrative. I just want more of that world, there doesn't need to be a bad guy, or a place to go, just day to day survival and character building. Why does season 1 end where it ends? Why does that need to be the journey?

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Traveled to Canada last week. I Didn't get much writing done. I was hoping it would be a bit of a writing retreat for me, and I did get some alone time, but the chaos was very high and it was very difficult to sit down for any length of time and focus. A little sad about that, but it was the holidays, so what can you do?

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I've wanted to write this book for... maybe 15 years. I just never had the drive, or the skills maybe. I don't know what held me back. One thing I do know, is that the old me didn't have anything to say. But now I cant keep it inside anymore. Its spilling out of me. There is a voice screaming "Do you see this shit too?!"

I needed to wait. Now is the right time.

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How many MC's are too many?

My current plan is to write as many tangled storylines as I can, weaving in and out of each other, and then just stick with the ones that are most compelling. But if I had no restraint, I think I would have 20 to 30 MC's

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Time to sit down and write some depressing and anxiety inducing shit. When I'm writing, I have a constant loop of "east hastings" by godspeed you black emperor from the 28 days later soundtrack. Its just perfect desolate oblivion inspiration.

How do you get in the right mindset?

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I'm trying my hand at poetry. I generally haven't enjoyed much poetry I have read, but I see the benefit for improving my writing. Here's something I wrote the other day. Am I getting it?

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I write so many things I wish I could just share and get that instant dopamine hit, but I have to keep reminding myself that its for my book, and needs to be secret for now.

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Thanks, people of CoSo, I'm really glad I came here. The past few weeks have been great, I've enjoyed the small-town vibes and I'm so happy that there is a thriving writing community here.

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had a great writing session. I was just describing pain for like.... 8 pages. Stream of consciousness. I realized that maybe I know a little too much about pain. LOL

What subject do you excel at describing?

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This writing season is going great. So in the last 2 days I've written 4000 words, which is 1/8th the entire progress I made last winter. Separated my characters storylines into their own documents so I don't feel pressure to write linearly, chapter to chapter.

What are your tips and tricks for writing productivity?

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