Would y'all be interested in fun weekly #writingprompts to share your work and inspire words? Let me know #writingcommunity! Ideas: * Main Character Mon * Don't Tell Tues * World-building Weds * Thought experiment Thurs * Free Write Friday * Show up Saturday Keeping #similiesunday! 📚🩵

When the glass shattered, it rang like a bell announcing the sound of its own destruction. #writingprompt #similiesunday

JL Moshman@jlmoshman.bsky.social · 4d ago

🌟Similie Sunday🌟 "When the glass shattered, it sounded like..." Fill in the blank with a similie, metaphor or other figurative language. You can rewrite the sentence, but keep the subject. Have fun, and share! #writingcommunity #similiesunday

🌟Similie Sunday🌟 "When the glass shattered, it sounded like..." Fill in the blank with a similie, metaphor or other figurative language. You can rewrite the sentence, but keep the subject. Have fun, and share! #writingcommunity #similiesunday

Note to self: remember to use all 5 senses in descriptions. Just because your sense of smell sucks doesn't mean your MC's does. 👃👀👂👅👍 #writingcommunity

Ahhhh! My #furiousfiction piece, The League of Extraordinary Artworks, was shortlisted for the July Showcase by the Australian Writers' Centre! This is literally the first accolade I've received since I began writing almost a year ago! 😃 #soproud #amwriting www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...

Note to self: You can edit anything, except a blank page. Keep writing. You can always fix it up later. #amwriting #writingcommunity

🌟Similie Sunday🌟 Fill in the blank with a similie, metaphor or other figurative language. You can rewrite the sentence, but keep the subject. Have fun and share! "The fog obsured her view. It was as if..." #writingcommunity #similiesunday

The car's engine stuttered and coughed like a chain smoker with bronchitis. #similiesunday

JL Moshman@jlmoshman.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌟Similie Sunday🌟 Fill in the blank with a similie, metaphor or other figurative language. You can rewrite the sentence, but keep the subject. Have fun! "The car's engine sounded like a..." #writingcommunity #similiesunday

🌟Similie Sunday🌟 Fill in the blank with a similie, metaphor or other figurative language. You can rewrite the sentence, but keep the subject. Have fun! "The car's engine sounded like a..." #writingcommunity #similiesunday

Op shop book haul. Some old favs I want permanently on my shelf, some that I've been keen to read for ages! 📚🩵

💭 of an #aspiringauthor: Carrie Bradshaw said: in NY, you're always looking for love, a job, or an apartment. I say: In writing, you're always looking for a setting, a plot, or a character. Right now, I'm looking for a character. 🙋🏽‍♀️ What are you looking for? #writingcommunity #amwriting

Wrote my entry to the Australian Writer's Centre July Furious Fiction challenge today. There's still 2 days to enter if you want to have a go! It's free! #furiousfiction #writingcommunity

I read pages to my writing group for the first time today. So nerve-wracking, but they had lovely things to say and offered helpful comments. Should I bring the next chapter to the following session, or jump around to the tricky bits? #amwriting #writinggroup

Recs please! I'm building and plotting a post-apocalyptic YA story and am keen to do more reading in this genre. Give me your favs! #amwriting #amreading 📚🩵

Heard something very helpful on #writingexcuses podcast: the reason the second book is hard is because you've learned new writing tools but can't use them reflexively yet. Even though it's hard, keep writing. You'll get better at it! #amwriting 🩵📚

Does anyone outline or write backward, ending of book to beginning? Is this a thing? #writingcommunity #amwriting

📚🩵 When books do a topic deep dive as part of a good story: * Lessons in Chemistry (chemistry) * The Martian (sciences) * Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow (video game development) * Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (antiques) What books that you love do this?

One of my writing group members recommended ProWritingAid. Has anyone used it? Is it worth the money? #amwriting #amediting

I attended my first writing group today! I didn't bring anything to share; just wanted to get familiar with the group first. Everyone was welcoming and professional.😊 The chance to read their pieces was a real treat. I learned loads. Def going back, with pages! #writingroup #aspiringauthor

Self-Efficacy + Growth Mindset = You Can Write a Book. I'm still working on the formula for writing a GOOD book. 🩵📚 #amwriting #aspiringauthor

⛈️ My only partial manuscript request was rejected today. Totally devo. But, the agent's kind feedback and insights from the Opal judges have shown me how I can make my hook stronger, pacing tighter, and story more compelling. Time for a rewrite! 💪 #amwriting #aspiringauthor

I've got a proud addition to my rejection writing nail - I am a non-finalist for The Opal Award from Romance Writers of Australia. I received very insightful feedback on my submission from multiple judges. Just that was worth the contest entry fee!

Materials I prepared to query my first book: * Query letter * Genre & word count * Author bio * 1-sentence pitch * 1000-word synopsis * 500-word synopsis * 3 comparable titles * Intended audience * Word docs of 1, 3 & 5 chapters #amquerying

Today I got to be a teacher. 🍎 Tomorrow, I get to be a writer. ✍️ #amwriting

Do you title your chapters, or only number them? 📖 My WIP has temporary chapter titles so I can find my place in the manuscript, but I don't plan to keep them. Maybe I'll name them properly when the story is complete. 🤷‍♀️ #writingcommunity #amwriting

When teaching geography (day job), I use the acronym SHEEPT: Social, Historical, Economic, Environmental, Political, Technological. I think it would also make a good framework to guide #SFF worldbuilding and #HF research. Do you use this or something similar? #aspiringauthor #amwriting

One of my queries got rejected in under four hours. Usually they don't bother me because I know it's a business, not a writing contest. But that one hurt. We press on. #amquerying (still) #aspiringauthor

💭 of an #aspiringauthor: * Adverbs are like hair bows: ok occasionally, but mostly useless. Too many will make you look foolish. 🎀

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Slightly diminish a book. The Peckish Games

Authors Lobby Podcast@authorslobby.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Slightly diminish a book The Disk of Time

💭 of an #aspiringauthor: *Don't let reality prevent a good story. The storm that stranded Mark in The Martian (Andy Weir) couldn't have happened because of Mars' thin atmosphere...but we don't care, do we? #writingcommunity