Thefictionfairy - The Fiction Fairy

Friend: oh, so you’re an author?

Me, nodding: yes.

Friend: so when do you find the time to write?

Me, still nodding, slightly teary-eyed: yes.

me reading comments on my writing

“First, get the story down. Resist the urge to rework your opening line or paragraph. The perfect opening may be the last thing you write. Once you have the story down, you can begin the real work.”

— Angela Savage, Award-winning Australian Writer (via rookiebooknookie)

me: “god, i would give my heart and soul for this character”

also me: “so anyway what’s the worst thing that could happen to them?”

my brain, interrupting my daydream: this is poorly researched and the narrative is not compelling