Show threadThor A. HoplandJun 7, 2024

Also, it proves that #actors need a paycheck.

To be a fly on the wall when Tony Shaloub was told "you'll be playing alongside a monkey in this episode"... or when any actor was told that.

It started in the 60s and became one of these mainstay low hanging fruits for executives to hoist over the poor schmucks in the #writingroom. "This'll do well with the family demographic!"

Need a quick, cheap and easy #film or #TV episode? Just add a monkey - one that isn't in a suit and taking bonuses.

Lettie PrellNov 21, 2022

My #PhotoMonday is in my #WritingRoom: a 1950s floor lamp that was in my parents’ house growing up. It’s wonderful to sit and read here.

What’s in your #WritingRoom?

Kate BrandenNov 17, 2022

I was chatting with some #writer friends about writing sweet spots - the hours where the words come the easiest. One was a late night writer, another preferred afternoons. My sweet spot starts around 9am.

How about you? When do you write best?

#writers #writing #writingCommunity #writingRoom #WritersHour #amwriting #kidlit #writersofmastodon

Kate BrandenNov 16, 2022
Hey #writers especially those who work in #shortfiction and #kidlit - I have a speculative YA short story that’s around 11k and I’m trying to decide what to do with it. Are there any good markets for YA fiction of that length?
#amWriting #writingroom #writersofmastodon
Cendrine Marrouat - WritingNov 16, 2022

I can't remember if I mentioned this in this instance.

Yesterday, I created @authorindiespeak for indie authors interested in discussing the self-publishing industry and building meaningful relationships in their field. You may also want to follow and use the hashtag #authorindiespeak to participate in the ongoing conversation.

#writingcommunity #writingroom #writing #writers

Kate BrandenNov 10, 2022

While drafting, every once in a while I need to pull out something I've written and polished and love to remind myself of what I'm capable of.

#Writers, what do you do to keep yourself going when you're drafting?

#writing #amWriting #WritingRoom #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #kidlit

Juniper KingNov 10, 2022

Book One, Draft 1: *regretfully taps backspace key, deleting a single sentence*

Book Two, Draft 462: *deletes entire paragraphs without remorse*

#writer #writerlife #bookediting #author #bookish #bookstagram #writerproblems #writingroom

Show threadShelby Kinney-LangNov 6, 2022

More #pacing thoughts in #story: #pace is about how and when revelations unfold. (Unfolding/ withholding deserves its own thread.)

On a technical level, and borrowing from Joan Silber, #time passes:

1) in #scene, which is 1:1 to #reader's time, e.g. "They pinched a chickpea";

2) in #summary, which condenses time, e.g. "A year passed"; or

3) what she calls "#habitual time," which feels scenic, but describes action over a period of time

There's more to be said
#craft #writingroom #writing

Shelby Kinney-LangNov 5, 2022
Got around to #writing today for the first time in a few weeks, busy with job and kid, and I recalled a thing I saw on #Twitter, that I want to push back against: the idea to "get to work, and stop fucking around." Forcing yourself into a place you don't want to--or can't!--be sets yourself up for feeling badly about output AND process. I fully embrace fucking around as central to the #writingroom. I have never been more fruitful, or had more #fun, than when I #write whenever I want to, or can.