Good morning to all the backers, supporters, believers, smokers, curlers, fetishists, drinkers, smokers, ravers, screamers, goths, courtesans, anti-poachers, blockers, stalwarts, comics, and comrades.

May today fill you with satisfaction.

WRITING TIP No 226

It's okay to write less one day than you did the previous day.

It's okay to write more one day than you did the previous day.

What matters is that words made their way to the page.

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WRITING TIP No 227

You write the words. You can't fully judge them if you're not also willing to fully appreciate the skill you have.

Deprecating or assuming that your words aren't "good enough" will hobble your career and success.

"Good enough" compared to what? Someone's book that's been through extensive editing and rewriting?

Don't compare your bread dough to someone else's baked loaf.

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WRITING TIP No 228

All that time you spent hyper-curating your character playlists or mood boards or whatever other distraction that you swear is "research" is eating the time you could build your draft.

It's a first draft, not a scholarly paper getting chiseled into stone. You won't need to be an expert in any field other than "this is my story."

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WRITING TIP No 229

Stop right now.

Stand up.

Stretch.

Get a glass of water.

What's the coolest scene you could write right now?

Go write it.

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Big corporations may sometimes look like they support socially progressive causes. But they'll drop that pose in a hot minute if they think it'll cut their taxes, eliminate their regulations, or put them on what they think is the trending political wave—even if it's a fascist one.

For the people on the big boards, it's a matter of convenience, not principle.

WRITING TIP No 230

Don't try and get published to prove someone else wrong.

Don't try and sell books to try and rub it in someone else's face.

Don't try to launch into a career as a writer if you're not ready to work at what you love.

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Thursday, May 24. More protests are coming. Defend Roe v. Wade.

#Russia #Ukraine #war

"A RUSSIAN tank officer who was captured after one month fighting in Ukraine was found to have been filming a home movie about the invasion on his mobile phone"

"The footage, which reveals him talking about comrades being turned into ‘scraps of meat’ and ‘mince’, offers astonishing insight into Moscow’s spluttering invasion as his gun jams, vehicle explodes and a raid on a Ukrainian military base goes wrong."

https://www.mailplus.co.uk/edition/news/ukraine-war/184452/russian-officers-extraordinary-home-movie-shows-grim-reality-of-putins-bloody-war