What People Think Writing Is: Worldbuilding, Churning Out Entire Chapters In One Sitting, Metaphors,

what people think writing is: worldbuilding, churning out entire chapters in one sitting, metaphors, character building, finishing novels, flawless plotlines

what writing actually is: random 1 am thoughts, zoning out into fictional worlds, associating songs with characters, writer’s block for six weeks at a time, coming up with plot twists at the most inconvenient times

Goncharov Index: How mainstream are you?

Calculate the Goncharov Index by dividing the number of fanworks listed for your fandom by number listed for Goncharov (772 at March 22nd 2023).

Happy STS! Your story gets told from someone else's perspective. Whose is it?

I’m answering this a bit late, whoops!

I love this question! For A New Infection (which is largely abandoned save for the characters but is still one of my stories) I might tell if from the perspective of an infected for a feel of disconnect and mystery surrounding the main trios actions. I think it would be a different way of telling the story.

For my current wip (which I need to fix the title for) I would probably pick a character to have pov, potentially splitting the book into multiple parts and having everyone take a turn. It’s going back to what I typically do, but I’d love to see more inside their heads than I do now with the way I’m writing

The two types of fantasy writers

1. Feverishly calculating the body mass of your dragon species, spent 5 hours last night researching the origins of steel, losing sleep over horseshoes, 20 tabs open, should a cockatrice be warm-blooded?, will die if they don’t immediately figure out when honeybees were first domesticated

2.

Just a little poll for anyone who wants to answer!

- Sabel✨

Problems only writers understand

Having very chaotic notes on your phone

Having secret files that you will NEVER let anyone ever see

WHAT THAT WORD THAT MEANS THAT THING????

Why cant I think of a name?

Writing 10k words in a day then never again