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a screenshot of a gr8writingtips tumblr post. the title is: writing tip #4211 the tip reads: accidentally paste chapter 38 and chapter 39 in the wrong order so when you proofread the novel you think you forgot a whole chapter and go through the five stages of grief because your novel is exactly the wordcount you were aiming for and adding chapter 38 back in will add 1,200 words and then paste it back in and proofread it and then when you reach the end of chapter 39 realise you did actually did include chapter 38 but you put it after chapter 39 so it's in the wrong order and be like oh hahaha and delete it
shocked pikachu meme (the blurry version not the crisp one)
a tablet set up for writing in the trafford centre foodcourt, which is themed as the deck of a cruise ship under a starry sky
an image of a cartoon person pointing towards the viewer. the caption reads GUESS WHO'S in the torment nexus (the 'in the torment nexus' part is edited in badly, covering up what was originally there entirely)
three screenshots of a wordcount popup in microsoft word, one for each of the drafts mentioned in the body of the post. the second draft is 220,464 words long. the third draft is 156,176 words long. the fourth draft is 107,351 words long
a screenshot of a sentence on microsoft word. the only part that can be read is: "(...) isn’t expanding,” Pinn mutters. “Its aura is. And don’t remind me, it was (...)". 'Its' (without an apostrophe) is underlined for a grammatical suggestion. the pop-up suggests I add an apostrophe
meme with a computer generated boxer about to fight, followed by him sitting down with a bottle of water indicating the fight was very difficult caption next to the boxer ready to fight is: okay ima edit caption next to the seated boxer is: damn prose got hands the joke is that editing a novel is being compared to a difficult boxing match
a screenshot of a post on the gr8writingtips tumblr. the header is: writing tip 4000. the body of text reads: oh fuck i'm at writing tip 4000 i'd better come up with something good
a screenshot from this year's Spotify wrapped. the text reads: wow, you spent all year listening to your novel playlist again. here's an idea shithead, how about you finish the fuckin thing?
a screenshot from Spotify unwrapped that is announcing I listened to two albums last year
a screenshot of a post on the gr8writingtips tumblr. the title is: writing tip #3981: the body of the post reads: return to a writing project after a two month break because you were too busy planning your wedding and immediately want to rewrite chapter one. i accidentally added a poll to this post and i'm too tired to figure out how to remove it underneath there is a poll, titled "yes". the options you can select are "happens to the best of us" and "no"
a screenshot of a writing tip from the gr8writingtips tumblr. the header reads: writing tip #3939. the tip is: hey cool this tip's number is a palindrome! wait no it isn't. Fuck
a screenshot of an anonymous ask on tumblr which reads: sorry about that last ask I thought this was a submissions blog
a screenshot from the gr8writingtips tumblr account of a post headed 'writing tip #3917'. the body of the post reads: 'you! teenage writer! nothing stops you from writing in the google docs of ur school computer. people will assume it's an assignment. if a teacher is scrutinizing you just switch tabs briefly and 9/10 times they'll just leave you to it. depending on how much school is online and how much you care about ur grades you can write for a good bit of the day it's so easy. and you can email it to your personal acc and keep it'
a screenshot of a folder containing a lot of word documents, all named things like 'chapter 1 V2 NEW', 'chapter 3 MAY CHANGE' and 'chapter 13- '. there are multiple documents for each chapter and no consistency in the naming style at all
a still from "the gay and wondrous life of caleb gallo" of a woman with her hand on a wall, looking over her shoulder, which is often used as a meme. the subtitle usually reads "sometimes... things that are expensive... are worse", but it's been badly edited to read, "sometimes... things that are writing... are fun"
a small child holding a gun and crying. implication is that they are very sad they need to kill something. maybe even as sad as i am cutting words out of this chapter
photo of a standing banner for Jericho Writers' London Festival of Writing
two panel meme format. the first panel shows a gauge with 'my novel is the greatest story ever written' at one side and 'my novel is terrible and i should never write again' on the other. the needle is in the middle. the second panel is a mechanical metronome with its pendulum swinging wildly to both sides labelled 'me', indicating that i am jumping wildly between the two dramatic opposites
A screenshot of the header of my Bluesky profile, with "1k followers" circled
a sign in costa coffee that reads "try our limited edition character roast"
a photograph of the inside of the front window of a bus with Lego easter stickers stuck to it. it is night and all you can see outside is a brief stretch of road
a screenshot of a folder titled 'draft 4'. the files in the folder sorted by date edited and are called: - chapter 1 - new (v3) - chapter 2 drabble - may change - chapter 1 - New (V2) - Full Draft (In Progress) - Chapter 1 Drab - Chapter 1 - New - Chapter 1 opening drabble
a page with sachets of sugar and creamer and a small plastic spoon stuck to it. the caption in kid handwriting reads: going home
a badly-edited meme of a person holding a gun with my icon in front of their face, with the words 'write bitch' along the bottom
a green coaster with an illustration of a pen and the word "write"
a Tumblr post from July 1 2019 from gr8writingtips, reading: writing tip #2583: good luck writing any kind of dystopia now
a screenshot of a letterboxd diary for 14th february which shows the user watched the horror comedy film Heart Eyes followed by The Brave Little Toaster and The Brave Little Toaster To The Rescue. all are rated 4 or 5 stars
a photograph taken inside a train that is moving past a snowy embankment
a poll headed 'what do i do tomorrow'. 1) write/edit has 16.5% of the vote. 2) read has 10.5% of the vote. 3) spend £75 to go to a location part of my novel is set in and just stand there has 73.1% of the vote
screenshot of a google search for, "sport where they are on ice and they are brushing the floor and the thing moves"
hierarchy of needs triangle split down the side into 'self-fulfilment needs', 'psychological needs' and 'basic needs', where some of the bars are scribbled out so there is one large category at the bottom and a smaller one on top. the smaller one (self-fulfilment needs) is labelled 'write a bad book'. the much larger one (which covers part of self-fulfilment needs, psychological needs and basic needs) is labelled 'write a good book'
screenshot of a word count pop up for a document that has 171,321 words
a photograph of the tip of a pencil
a picture of geodes that looks like a box of grey rocks
meme format picture with two close-up photographs of a man. the first picture is of him smiling captioned, "finally fixing the ending of your novel". the second picture is of the man looking unhappy captioned, "realising how much of the novel you have to rewrite to make the ending work"
a spotify unwrapped screenshot. the text reads, "oh. that song reminded you of your novel did it? are you sure? do you maybe want to listen to it 100 more times to be sure? fuck you"
a blurry picture of a laptop screen with a word document open. above it is a bookstore sign saying "bestselling"
a three panel meme comic. the first panel is a person reading a book with the title 'how to write a novel'. the second is them from the back so you can see the pages, which say 'write the novel'. the last panel is a close up of the person's face and they are crying
screenshot of an anonymous tumblr ask, which reads, 'what is your book about?' underneath, the response is 'god if only i knew'