Mastodawn

Bahtami Quele Jan 21, 2023

Geez, finally writing down the whole concept of the background and plot for the thing I'm working on feels both liberating and troubling. The former because I finally got something that I can share and discuss with others, the latter because of how tough some of the topics are going to properly execute because of how sensitive they are.

#writing

Bahtami Quele Jan 20, 2023

A. Rivera Jan 19, 2023

Stephen King’s 20 Rules for Writers https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/stephen-kings-20-rules-for-writers.html

I need to be more mindful of these in my writing and blogging.

#writing #tips #advice

Stephen King’s 20 Rules for Writers

Image by the USO, via Flickr Commons In one of my favorite Stephen King interviews, for The Atlantic, he talks at length about the vital importance of a good opening line. “There are all sorts of theories,” he says, “it’s a tricky thing.” “But there’s one thing” he’s sure about: “An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story.

Open Culture

Bahtami Quele Jan 19, 2023

Archimage Jan 19, 2023

“You have to stop running. You have to turn and face your future.”
#writing #throwawayline

Bahtami Quele Dec 19, 2022

Michael Pryor Dec 19, 2022

A writer's dilemma.

#writers #writing #writingtips #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting

Bahtami Quele Dec 19, 2022

Rob Turpin Dec 19, 2022

OK. Writers of Mastodon. How the hell do you keep your info for your books / story/ game organised?

At the moment I have a document with ideas, a document with actual writing progress, and a separate document with descriptions of characters and places. It seems clumsy, but I can't think of anything better. I don't have any wall space for a bunch of post-it notes.

#Writing #Fiction

Bahtami Quele Dec 17, 2022

Resting after NaNo. It was an exhausting endeavor.

#Writing

Bahtami Quele Dec 17, 2022

gullfot Dec 15, 2022

Can we please refrain from all the capitalist lingo that has made it into music and the arts, and call it out when we hear it. Yesterday, I heard other artists being referred to as ”competitors”. They are not competitors, we are colleagues. We don’t compete for listeners’ time. There is not a finite pool of listeners’ time to compete about. We create each our own unique music to enrich the lives of more people. We are not competitors. We are colleagues, peers.

Bahtami Quele Dec 5, 2022

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phoe does calligraphy Dec 5, 2022

This cover (see parent post) won the NaNoWriMo Covervision contest in the Original Work category for Europe. A surprise for me!

Link for NaNo forum users: https://forums.nanowrimo.org/t/covervision-contest-2022/452565/30

@bahtami

NaNoWriMo

Bahtami Quele Dec 1, 2022

Kestrel Casey 🖋️Nov 30, 2022

I hate to have to write this, but this needs to be a PSA: #NaNoWriMo is promoting a scam in their "Winner Goodies."

Do NOT sign up for Inkitt.

Go ahead and search "Inkitt scam" for at least a dozen reasons why.

They are predatory, they will take your first-pub rights, and they will profit off of you while giving you less exposure than you would get posting your whole damn book on your own social media.

DO NOT DO IT.

Bahtami Quele Nov 30, 2022

thinkStory Nov 30, 2022

#WritingTip
#TwitterArchive

Twitter, may it rest in peace, had some amazing moments. I'll be sharing from my archive in the coming weeks, sort of as a nostalgia trip. Hope you can enjoy and sigh with me over the #BeforeTimes.

Here's a tweet from Gabino Iglesias that inspired me.

https://twitter.com/Gabino_Iglesias/status/1424369286810947585

#AmWriting #NaNoWriMo #Writing #WritingCommunity

Gabino Iglesias on Twitter

“Monthly reminder: Everyone has a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut their chest open and yank that book out.”

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