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That makes so much sense

God, I'm such a chaotic, petulant child of a writer lol. To me it's, "plan a writing schedule - ignore it because you want to read instead - become inspired and realise you can't focus on what you're reading until you've written your scenes down - walk frustrated to your computer because you're now forced to not procrastinate". I would probably not write a single word, ever, if I didn't feel forced to. And I absolutely love writing. Guess that's ADHD for ya.

THIS

Very true, attention to detail can often turn to a perfectionism that very much slows down the process

I can’t focus ur hairs too pretty 🫶

I’m the opposite. I have to get my words written in the morning. If I dive into someone else’s story, I have a hard time coming back out. But I absolutely agree to finding writing you like and figuring out WHY you like it. So so helpful, to the point I think it’s necessary in order to find your own voice.

I do the same thing. I read in the morning with my coffee and try to figure out why I like what I'm reading and what I can learn from it.

I used to be a photographer and storytelling is a part of that. I have also had marketing and social media careers and they also include storytelling so... storytelling is for sure the element you would take with you into whatever other hobby you have :)

I think the best writing happens later in life but being a young writer was all part of the process because finding your voice is a whole ass journey.

Mood. For real. I feel your pain!

yes! this exactly! I know what I want it to be but I don’t know quite yet how to get there

Yoooo. Slow writer over here. You just described me.

This is why I have my former ap lang teacher read/annotate my work 😂

My main project I write slowly, but I also pump out tons of short stories of varying genre all the time as well.

It's me. I'm slow writer 🙋🏻‍♀️ the imposter syndrome of it "not being good enough yet" really drags my timeline

took me two years to write a first draft lmao

Slow writer here! Better to take your time and have to go back less. You will still have to go back and revise.....but less!🎉🎉

Donna Tartt! She usually takes a decade to write a book, but god damn is it worth it. her books are perfected, and you can tell that everything is well thought out.

I am not a writer, but i aspire to be one! That is very interesting and ill definitely take this into consideration when I write ❤ Thank you

When I was writing on my first draft, I put out 100 words per day 😢

This is my whole issue. I can’t not edit as I write, and being my own worst critic, there’s always something to edit.

2 years to get my first 20k, I'm done lmao

Thank you for validating my childhood emotions and issues with the books as a child 😭🙏 I loved reading these books because of the world building but the older i got the more i realized how weird these books were

Slow writers rise up! Funnily enough though, if anything’s helped me write faster in the last year or so it was you talking about doing dialogue first passes for scenes, so thank you!

Long periods of procrastination with random bursts of inspiration and bust out a few thousand words. I’ll work on it eventually…😊

Not strict enough. I recently read a book in the 3rd person, and in the first chapter there was a description of the MC while she was looking at her reflection in the mirror. The time period also wasn't fully clear because it took the author half way through chapter 3 to clarify that they wear dresses and get carriages. Zero mourning rules, zero description of the style of dress, only the material, there was one car mentioned and it was a bank person. And two young ladies in their twenties were driven to bank but where walking/taking the carriage back home. The dialog was modern and not old-timey upperclass, which they are meant to be

Cue taking forever and then going back and reworking everything again a few months later 🙋🏻‍♀️

Do you put a personal message in your queries saying something you noticed in their bio?

i'm such a slow writer it's unbelievable. i've been drafting my novel since 2022 and sure it's changed a lot, but i'm only 50k in 😅

Hi 😊 it took me 1 month to figure out what happens next in chapter 40 😂 And if I had all this info 20 years ago, by now I would have already like 20 or 30 books written and not published ❤

Not only am I a a slow writer but I also ocerwrites, so I've been styck on the first chapters of Act 1 for more than half a year now ! 🤧

Look, I've never read The Great Gastby (i know, i really should, but my tbr is a mile long,) but i like Cyberpunk, so im in. I read a short story of yours after a video of yours was on my fyp, and i thought your writing was brilliant.

Try draft 3 after 6 years

I have so much stories and now trying to build a universe of em to figure out how they interact with each other so I can finish my initial story

sometimes if you're stuck, the solution to your problem isn't going to be found in what you're looking at, but like ten lines back. at the end of the day though, you can only work at a pace that's natural to you

it's been two months and i'm just at 21.7k words on my first draft. i don't necessarily think i'm slow but i'm definitely NOT a fast writer. 😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅

You rang??! 🙋🏼‍♀️💁‍♀️🤝😅😁

same! I find I *can* write quicker if I spend more time in the planning stages... But it's still not that fast 😅but hey whatever works, right?

REALLLLL. I write linearly and I am slow as hell. That whole "if you're stuck on one scene, just jump ahead to something you want to write more!" thing has never worked for me, because if I'm really struggling with a scene, it's usually because there's a fundamental problem I need to work through or fix. I need to figure out what it is before I can keep going, and sometimes figuring it out takes a long time. A looong time.

Fellow slow writer here! I've realised it just is what it is, we're slow 😂 my mentor, who's a published author, has told me that we just have to each work with and accept our process.

It took me (still is taking!) four months just to get the planning done 😭

I write pretty quickly (my latest manuscript was the first time it’s taken me more than four months to write a first draft), but your prose is miles better than what I’ve ever typed out. So your prose coming out as beautiful as it does is def a better trade off imo.

This is why I prefer writing 1st person point of view for long stories. It's easier for the character to have the traits I want for them to have. Shorter stories are fast paced and doesn't really need as much character building that longer stories need. This is just my take on this and isn't necessarily true for everyone.

Please make more of these. I took notes! 📝

What does pantser mean in this context? (or just in general anyway?) Not a native speaker

The best advice I've received is, described your book in a short paragraph, then a sentence, then in just one word. And particularly for the word one it should tie into the theme. If you can't describe it this way then one of two things could be happening 1. You don’t have a good understanding of where you are going or what the book is about. Or 2. You have too much going on and need to put some of the ideas down for a different story.

Problem here is that in multiple POV, character voices will shift, and must shift. If one character comes from a high class background they will surely act more formal, but someone who grew up as a street kid will likely use more slang terms and colloquialisms. I have found a lot of editors I’ve worked with very problematic in this regard where they want a monotonous voice, or worse, want to rewrite your story for you. I personally dump most of these types because what I look for with an editor is someone who will catch errors in the prose like missed words, double words, words out of place, typos, grammar issues. Once they try tampering with plot or world building or characters, I will drop them.

does it have to be a short sentence? cause an issue of mine is making suuuuuuuuuuuuuper long sentences, and Idk if a third of a page sentence counts the same as a normal one lol

I'm in a rush because every time I come up with a premise I would love to write, I see 5 Publishers Marketplace announcements for books just like my new idea. Literally! So I'm terrified whatever I write next will be old and stale by the time I'm actually done with the first draft. I know it's unreasonable to want a completely untouched idea, but it's discouraging to see everyone get to follow through with the same idea, especially for a slow writer like me.