What REALLY Happens When Writing Under Deadlines

Step 1: Write that deadline down somewhere you can see it. Your phone. Your wall. All over your arms. Step 2: Break your project into manageable chunks. Maybe just two pages a day. Maybe set a specific day aside just to write. Step 3: Inevitably procrastinate Step 4: Regret step 3 Step 5: Pretend that…

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Tips Writers Can Take from Anime

I recently got back into anime after taking maybe a five-year hiatus from watching it. I watched shows ranging from light-and-fluffy OHSHC to Tokyo Ghoul to Black Butler to Hellsing Ultimate. (Previously to these shows, I’d only ever seen Miyazaki and maybe a few episodes of Naruto when they appeared as Saturday morning specials) After…

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10 Weird Things that Writers Google Search

Baby name sites, names meaning “(vague concept related to character development plot)” How long can somebody live without food/water? (for quests) Symptoms of the plague (for those period dramas) Rate of inflation (how much money in ye-olde-days was too much?) Stab wounds and can someone survive them if… Is “INSERT YOUR WIP TITLE” already the…

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