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Whitney | SFF/YA Writer

@whittakesontropes.bsky.social

My favorite trope is secret identity. My many identities include avid reader, professor, writer, wife, and mother. WIPs include YA coming of age set in year 2000 and dystopian...release info coming soon! https://whittakesontropes.substack.com/

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Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So far my favorite of 2026 ended up as a comp: Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter Can't really comment on most anticipated reads as I follow my mood reader heart wherever it goes... #revpit #revpitwaiting #booksky

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Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Tuesday, 4/7: Share your best and/or most anticipated reads of 2026!

Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Guess what year it's set in! So far I've got... How's It Gonna Be by Third Eye Blind Ready to Run by Dixie Chicks At the Stars by Better Than Ezra And some of this guy... #revpit #revpitwaiting #writingcommunity #writesky

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Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Tuesday, March 24: Do you have a theme song or a playlist for your book? Share it with us! 🎶

Blue and white watercolor background. 2026 #RevPit Waiting Text: 3/24 - Theme Song Do you have a theme song or a playlist for your book? Share it with us! [music note emoji]
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Since we've broken up, I rode in a boy's fast car, attended a high school party, snuck out of a cabin at band camp, flirted while playing chicken the pool." #revpit #revpitwaiting #writesky

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Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Friday, March 20: What snippet are you most proud of, is most representative of your #revpit story, or holds a special place in your heart? 💙 This is our last prompt for the week. Check back Monday for more!

Blue and white background with RevPit logo and hashtag RevPitWaiting on top. Text reads: 3/20 favorite quote - What snippet are you most proud of, is most representative of your story, or holds a special place in your heart? blue heart emoji
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Science nerd by day and avid reader escaping realism by night. Writing let me create my own worlds to escape into. I have a completed speculative fiction that I hope to publish soon but submitted a YA coming of age this year! #revpitwaiting #revpit #writingcommunity

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Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Monday, March 16: Share whatever you want about yourself! Hobbies, passions, work, family. An intro to the friendships we’re going to make! 3/3

2026 #RevPit Waiting: 3/16 Personal Intro. Share whatever you want about yourself! Hobbies, passions, work, family. An intro to the friendships we’re going to make!
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Quinn paces, unable to contain her pent up energy until she's free again. Evan watches, relaxed from the couch, waiting for her to wear herself out. #amquerying #a #sf

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questpit || next event: NOV 4th@questpit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Welcome to our #questpit Q&A! Question 1: Your characters find out they are snowed in for the day, what do they do next?

a dark blue background with snowflakes and ice sickles and text that reads “#QUESTPIT Q&A QUESTION #1: OH NO! YOUR CHARACTERS ARE SNOWED IN FOR THE DAY, WHAT DO THEY DO NEXT?”
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · last yr.

Ohhhh #tropesunday, for the Magic of Galdur you'll see... Fated mates Love triangle Portal to another world Powerful artifact/heirloom Royalty in disguise Hidden truth/chosen one-ish Found family #camprevpit #crplunamoths For the last two I'm taking unique directions!

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy #TropeSunday! Today we ask: What tropes are in your story (on purpose or by accident)? Which ones are you embracing, subverting, or reimagining? #CampRevPit

On a grassy green hill, a bright green praying mantis, a black and orange firefly, and a small green caterpillar examine the mantis’s very tall pile of story notes. The firefly is measuring the stack of paper with a tape measure while the caterpillar looks concerned. The stack of pages is waist-high to the mantis. A Campy RevPit flag flies from the top of a nearby flagpole. There is a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds in the background. The text above them reads, #TropeSunday
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · last yr.

Getting my brother to wake up and recognize he needs to save our world from whoever is draining magic. But he'll realize this in book 2, and this post will look a lot different then. #villainvoices #camprevpit #crplunamoths

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · last yr.

𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟰: #VillainVoices Good morning, #CampRevPit! Today, we give your villains a moment in the spotlight. What would 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 say your book is about?

On a grassy green hill beneath a starry night sky, the caterpillar nibbles on a tree while the mantis and the firefly work on their stories. The mantis lays in the grass writing in her journal with a fountain pen and her very tall stack of papers beside her. The firefly sits in the branches of the tree with a laptop. The firefly’s butt is glowing brightly so the mantis can see to write.
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · last yr.

#camprevpit #crplunamoths #campmap

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Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · last yr.

DAY 2 #𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗠𝗮𝗽 Hope your first night by the fire sparked your inspiration! 🔥 Today, your manuscript is your map. What stage of your project are you at? Are you lost in the woods? Climbing a mountain? Sailing the seven seas? Use a visual metaphor or a gif, or even draw us a map. #CampRevPit

A well-fed green caterpillar sits on a little hill to the right of the screen, eating a pile of pages labeled with the words “story notes.” On the left, a Camp RevPit flag waves at the end of a flagpole. There is a blue sky with fluffy white clouds in the background. Text overlaid on the blue sky reads, #CampMap. What stage of your project are you at, Campers?
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · last yr.

Carter travels from his world to earth where he is currently finishing his medical residency. He meets Germaine at the medical center where she's a researcher. Oh, and just happens to have a teensy bit of ultra rare magic. We see him pining over her in the first scene. #camprevpit #crplunamoths

Arumi is a potato@arumikai.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy Day 2 of #CampRevPit, #CRPlunamoths! For today's cabin prompt - since we're all writing romantasy (or some version of it), how did your main couple meet? What was their first scene together?

Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · last yr.

#crplunamoths #campkickoff #camprevpit Was considering an Alice in Wonderland retelling (though that's not where it landed). Each major scene was inspired by a song. Welcome to Wonderland by Anson Seabra was an early inspo.

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Arumi is a potato@arumikai.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy timezone #CRPLunaMoths, and happy Day 1 of #CampRevPit! Our cabin’s #CampKickoff question: what inspired the book you’re working on? Was it a song, a scene, a vibe, a trope? Quote this post with your reply, and be sure to use our hashtag so it shows up in our feed!

Whitney | SFF/YA Writer@whittakesontropes.bsky.social · last yr.

#campkickoff #camprevpit #crplunamoths Will be over here working on my half-complete second novel, a fantasy called the Magic of Galdur

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Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · last yr.

DAY 1 #𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳 Good morning, scribbler bugs! Let's kick off #CampRevPit with some positive vibes! Tell us—what will you be working on during Camp? Pitch it in any way, shape, or form that fits your mood.

a drawing of a green field and three bug friends - a mantis, a firefly and a caterpillar, prepping a pile of papers together. A flagpole with the Camp Revpit flag is at their side. #CampKickoff