rrpanwarwrites.bsky.social
@rrpanwarwrites.bsky.social
Science-fiction writer.
Building Parasite Wars, a long-form SFF universe.
Worldbuilding systems, fractured characters, publishing in public.
Building Parasite Wars, a long-form SFF universe.
Worldbuilding systems, fractured characters, publishing in public.
This week I:
✅ Posted craft frameworks (3-Question Test, Pressure Cooker)
✅ Ran value-driven lift (100+ writers shared lessons)
✅ Hit 79 followers (+11 this week)
❌ Stayed consistent with 15-20 daily replies (slipped Thu/Fri)
Your win? Drop it! 🔥
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
✅ Posted craft frameworks (3-Question Test, Pressure Cooker)
✅ Ran value-driven lift (100+ writers shared lessons)
✅ Hit 79 followers (+11 this week)
❌ Stayed consistent with 15-20 daily replies (slipped Thu/Fri)
Your win? Drop it! 🔥
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 14, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This week I:
✅ Posted craft frameworks (3-Question Test, Pressure Cooker)
✅ Ran value-driven lift (100+ writers shared lessons)
✅ Hit 79 followers (+11 this week)
❌ Stayed consistent with 15-20 daily replies (slipped Thu/Fri)
Your win? Drop it! 🔥
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
✅ Posted craft frameworks (3-Question Test, Pressure Cooker)
✅ Ran value-driven lift (100+ writers shared lessons)
✅ Hit 79 followers (+11 this week)
❌ Stayed consistent with 15-20 daily replies (slipped Thu/Fri)
Your win? Drop it! 🔥
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Weekend accountability poll:
This weekend I'm committing to:
Pick ONE. Reply with your specific goal.
I'll check in Sunday night. Let's hold each other accountable 👇
#WritingCommunity
This weekend I'm committing to:
Pick ONE. Reply with your specific goal.
I'll check in Sunday night. Let's hold each other accountable 👇
#WritingCommunity
February 14, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Weekend accountability poll:
This weekend I'm committing to:
Pick ONE. Reply with your specific goal.
I'll check in Sunday night. Let's hold each other accountable 👇
#WritingCommunity
This weekend I'm committing to:
Pick ONE. Reply with your specific goal.
I'll check in Sunday night. Let's hold each other accountable 👇
#WritingCommunity
Friday writing confession:
I spent 4 hours yesterday debugging a magic system inconsistency.
Turns out I'd changed how phoenixes rebirth in Chapter 8 and forgot to update Chapters 2, 15, and 23.
Continuity is the REAL final boss.
Your most annoying continuity error?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
I spent 4 hours yesterday debugging a magic system inconsistency.
Turns out I'd changed how phoenixes rebirth in Chapter 8 and forgot to update Chapters 2, 15, and 23.
Continuity is the REAL final boss.
Your most annoying continuity error?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Friday writing confession:
I spent 4 hours yesterday debugging a magic system inconsistency.
Turns out I'd changed how phoenixes rebirth in Chapter 8 and forgot to update Chapters 2, 15, and 23.
Continuity is the REAL final boss.
Your most annoying continuity error?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
I spent 4 hours yesterday debugging a magic system inconsistency.
Turns out I'd changed how phoenixes rebirth in Chapter 8 and forgot to update Chapters 2, 15, and 23.
Continuity is the REAL final boss.
Your most annoying continuity error?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Beat 4: CONSEQUENCE
They choose. Something breaks.
The choice creates a NEW problem for the next act.
Beat 5: CLIFFHANGER or EXHAUSTION
End on a question or a collapse.
Now try it: What's YOUR pressure cooker scene?
Reply with the setup
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
They choose. Something breaks.
The choice creates a NEW problem for the next act.
Beat 5: CLIFFHANGER or EXHAUSTION
End on a question or a collapse.
Now try it: What's YOUR pressure cooker scene?
Reply with the setup
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Beat 4: CONSEQUENCE
They choose. Something breaks.
The choice creates a NEW problem for the next act.
Beat 5: CLIFFHANGER or EXHAUSTION
End on a question or a collapse.
Now try it: What's YOUR pressure cooker scene?
Reply with the setup
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
They choose. Something breaks.
The choice creates a NEW problem for the next act.
Beat 5: CLIFFHANGER or EXHAUSTION
End on a question or a collapse.
Now try it: What's YOUR pressure cooker scene?
Reply with the setup
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Beat 3: FORCED CHOICE
No escape. No delay. Choose NOW.
Both options have consequences:
Betray ally or die
Reveal secret or lose everything
Act violently or watch someone suffer
Pressure cooker = no good options.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #Thriller
No escape. No delay. Choose NOW.
Both options have consequences:
Betray ally or die
Reveal secret or lose everything
Act violently or watch someone suffer
Pressure cooker = no good options.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #Thriller
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Beat 3: FORCED CHOICE
No escape. No delay. Choose NOW.
Both options have consequences:
Betray ally or die
Reveal secret or lose everything
Act violently or watch someone suffer
Pressure cooker = no good options.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #Thriller
No escape. No delay. Choose NOW.
Both options have consequences:
Betray ally or die
Reveal secret or lose everything
Act violently or watch someone suffer
Pressure cooker = no good options.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #Thriller
Beat 2: RISING STAKES
Every 2-3 pages, make it WORSE.
New information that complicates the goal
Outside threat closing in
Internal conflict escalating
If stakes aren't rising, cut the scene.
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
Every 2-3 pages, make it WORSE.
New information that complicates the goal
Outside threat closing in
Internal conflict escalating
If stakes aren't rising, cut the scene.
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Beat 2: RISING STAKES
Every 2-3 pages, make it WORSE.
New information that complicates the goal
Outside threat closing in
Internal conflict escalating
If stakes aren't rising, cut the scene.
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
Every 2-3 pages, make it WORSE.
New information that complicates the goal
Outside threat closing in
Internal conflict escalating
If stakes aren't rising, cut the scene.
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
Beat 1: CONFINED SPACE
Physically or psychologically trap your characters.
Examples:
Locked room
Ticking clock
Social situation they can't leave (dinner party, interrogation)
Pressure needs a container.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Physically or psychologically trap your characters.
Examples:
Locked room
Ticking clock
Social situation they can't leave (dinner party, interrogation)
Pressure needs a container.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Beat 1: CONFINED SPACE
Physically or psychologically trap your characters.
Examples:
Locked room
Ticking clock
Social situation they can't leave (dinner party, interrogation)
Pressure needs a container.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Physically or psychologically trap your characters.
Examples:
Locked room
Ticking clock
Social situation they can't leave (dinner party, interrogation)
Pressure needs a container.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
TEMPLATE: The "Pressure Cooker Scene" structure
Use this when your plot feels aimless.
This is the scene structure that carries thrillers, horror, and high-stakes drama.
Copy this. Use it tomorrow.
Here's the 5-beat formula:
#WritingCommunity #Thriller #WriteTip
Use this when your plot feels aimless.
This is the scene structure that carries thrillers, horror, and high-stakes drama.
Copy this. Use it tomorrow.
Here's the 5-beat formula:
#WritingCommunity #Thriller #WriteTip
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
TEMPLATE: The "Pressure Cooker Scene" structure
Use this when your plot feels aimless.
This is the scene structure that carries thrillers, horror, and high-stakes drama.
Copy this. Use it tomorrow.
Here's the 5-beat formula:
#WritingCommunity #Thriller #WriteTip
Use this when your plot feels aimless.
This is the scene structure that carries thrillers, horror, and high-stakes drama.
Copy this. Use it tomorrow.
Here's the 5-beat formula:
#WritingCommunity #Thriller #WriteTip
Quick poll from the writing discussions:
Your biggest craft struggle RIGHT NOW:
Vote + tell me which specific scene/chapter is breaking you
#WritingCommunity
Your biggest craft struggle RIGHT NOW:
Vote + tell me which specific scene/chapter is breaking you
#WritingCommunity
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Quick poll from the writing discussions:
Your biggest craft struggle RIGHT NOW:
Vote + tell me which specific scene/chapter is breaking you
#WritingCommunity
Your biggest craft struggle RIGHT NOW:
Vote + tell me which specific scene/chapter is breaking you
#WritingCommunity
Template for productive beta reader feedback:
Instead of: "This chapter feels slow"
Ask: "Which paragraph could I cut and nothing would change?"
Vague feedback = useless.
Specific feedback = revision roadmap.
Train your readers to be surgical.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Instead of: "This chapter feels slow"
Ask: "Which paragraph could I cut and nothing would change?"
Vague feedback = useless.
Specific feedback = revision roadmap.
Train your readers to be surgical.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Template for productive beta reader feedback:
Instead of: "This chapter feels slow"
Ask: "Which paragraph could I cut and nothing would change?"
Vague feedback = useless.
Specific feedback = revision roadmap.
Train your readers to be surgical.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Instead of: "This chapter feels slow"
Ask: "Which paragraph could I cut and nothing would change?"
Vague feedback = useless.
Specific feedback = revision roadmap.
Train your readers to be surgical.
Save this.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
While that lift cooks, here's mine:
Lesson learned the hard way:
Complexity ≠ Depth.
I had 8 POVs in early drafts. Cut to 2. Story got BETTER.
More characters doesn't mean more interesting. It means more diluted.
Focus = power.
What's YOUR hard-won lesson?
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
Lesson learned the hard way:
Complexity ≠ Depth.
I had 8 POVs in early drafts. Cut to 2. Story got BETTER.
More characters doesn't mean more interesting. It means more diluted.
Focus = power.
What's YOUR hard-won lesson?
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
While that lift cooks, here's mine:
Lesson learned the hard way:
Complexity ≠ Depth.
I had 8 POVs in early drafts. Cut to 2. Story got BETTER.
More characters doesn't mean more interesting. It means more diluted.
Focus = power.
What's YOUR hard-won lesson?
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
Lesson learned the hard way:
Complexity ≠ Depth.
I had 8 POVs in early drafts. Cut to 2. Story got BETTER.
More characters doesn't mean more interesting. It means more diluted.
Focus = power.
What's YOUR hard-won lesson?
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
📢 VALUE-DRIVEN WRITERS LIFT 📢
Drop:
Your WIP genre
ONE writing craft lesson you learned the hard way
(Optional) Tag another writer who taught you something
RT + follow + engage with EVERYONE.
Let's share wisdom
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Drop:
Your WIP genre
ONE writing craft lesson you learned the hard way
(Optional) Tag another writer who taught you something
RT + follow + engage with EVERYONE.
Let's share wisdom
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
📢 VALUE-DRIVEN WRITERS LIFT 📢
Drop:
Your WIP genre
ONE writing craft lesson you learned the hard way
(Optional) Tag another writer who taught you something
RT + follow + engage with EVERYONE.
Let's share wisdom
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Drop:
Your WIP genre
ONE writing craft lesson you learned the hard way
(Optional) Tag another writer who taught you something
RT + follow + engage with EVERYONE.
Let's share wisdom
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Real talk: Every "writing rule" has exceptions.
Show, don't tell (sometimes tell)
Write what you know (or research obsessively)
Kill your darlings (unless they're load-bearing)
What rule do you ALWAYS break?
Quote or reply with your "forbidden" technique
#WritingCommunity
Show, don't tell (sometimes tell)
Write what you know (or research obsessively)
Kill your darlings (unless they're load-bearing)
What rule do you ALWAYS break?
Quote or reply with your "forbidden" technique
#WritingCommunity
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Real talk: Every "writing rule" has exceptions.
Show, don't tell (sometimes tell)
Write what you know (or research obsessively)
Kill your darlings (unless they're load-bearing)
What rule do you ALWAYS break?
Quote or reply with your "forbidden" technique
#WritingCommunity
Show, don't tell (sometimes tell)
Write what you know (or research obsessively)
Kill your darlings (unless they're load-bearing)
What rule do you ALWAYS break?
Quote or reply with your "forbidden" technique
#WritingCommunity
Example from my WIP:
TELL: "Rhea investigated 12 cold cases over three months."
SHOW: "The thirteenth body lay curled in ash, face untouched, organs melted."
I'm not showing months of research. I'm showing the ONE case that changes everything.
Your example?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
TELL: "Rhea investigated 12 cold cases over three months."
SHOW: "The thirteenth body lay curled in ash, face untouched, organs melted."
I'm not showing months of research. I'm showing the ONE case that changes everything.
Your example?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Example from my WIP:
TELL: "Rhea investigated 12 cold cases over three months."
SHOW: "The thirteenth body lay curled in ash, face untouched, organs melted."
I'm not showing months of research. I'm showing the ONE case that changes everything.
Your example?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
TELL: "Rhea investigated 12 cold cases over three months."
SHOW: "The thirteenth body lay curled in ash, face untouched, organs melted."
I'm not showing months of research. I'm showing the ONE case that changes everything.
Your example?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
The test:
Ask: "Will this scene change if I film it vs. summarize it?"
If YES → Show it (dialogue, action, sensory detail)
If NO → Tell it (summary, transition)
"Show, don't tell" isn't a rule. It's a CHOICE.
Choose wisely.
Reply: When do YOU break this rule? 👇
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
Ask: "Will this scene change if I film it vs. summarize it?"
If YES → Show it (dialogue, action, sensory detail)
If NO → Tell it (summary, transition)
"Show, don't tell" isn't a rule. It's a CHOICE.
Choose wisely.
Reply: When do YOU break this rule? 👇
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
February 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The test:
Ask: "Will this scene change if I film it vs. summarize it?"
If YES → Show it (dialogue, action, sensory detail)
If NO → Tell it (summary, transition)
"Show, don't tell" isn't a rule. It's a CHOICE.
Choose wisely.
Reply: When do YOU break this rule? 👇
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
Ask: "Will this scene change if I film it vs. summarize it?"
If YES → Show it (dialogue, action, sensory detail)
If NO → Tell it (summary, transition)
"Show, don't tell" isn't a rule. It's a CHOICE.
Choose wisely.
Reply: When do YOU break this rule? 👇
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip
SHOW when: The moment is pivotal to character/plot
"Her hands trembled as she reached for the letter" ✅
TELL when: You're transitioning or establishing baseline
"She spent three weeks researching the case" ✅
Showing EVERYTHING turns your book into a 600-page slog.
#WritingCommunity
"Her hands trembled as she reached for the letter" ✅
TELL when: You're transitioning or establishing baseline
"She spent three weeks researching the case" ✅
Showing EVERYTHING turns your book into a 600-page slog.
#WritingCommunity
February 11, 2026 at 12:57 AM
SHOW when: The moment is pivotal to character/plot
"Her hands trembled as she reached for the letter" ✅
TELL when: You're transitioning or establishing baseline
"She spent three weeks researching the case" ✅
Showing EVERYTHING turns your book into a 600-page slog.
#WritingCommunity
"Her hands trembled as she reached for the letter" ✅
TELL when: You're transitioning or establishing baseline
"She spent three weeks researching the case" ✅
Showing EVERYTHING turns your book into a 600-page slog.
#WritingCommunity
Hot take that'll start arguments:
"Show, don't tell" is terrible advice for 80% of your manuscript.
Sometimes you should just TELL.
Thread on when to break the rule (and why it makes your prose stronger):
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip #AmWriting
"Show, don't tell" is terrible advice for 80% of your manuscript.
Sometimes you should just TELL.
Thread on when to break the rule (and why it makes your prose stronger):
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip #AmWriting
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Hot take that'll start arguments:
"Show, don't tell" is terrible advice for 80% of your manuscript.
Sometimes you should just TELL.
Thread on when to break the rule (and why it makes your prose stronger):
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip #AmWriting
"Show, don't tell" is terrible advice for 80% of your manuscript.
Sometimes you should just TELL.
Thread on when to break the rule (and why it makes your prose stronger):
#WritingCommunity #WriteTip #AmWriting
The "3-Question Character Test" that reveals if your MC is actually interesting.
Steal this framework. I use it for every protagonist, antagonist, and major side character. If they fail even ONE question, they need work. Here's the test: #WritingCommunity #CharacterDevelopment #WriteTip
Steal this framework. I use it for every protagonist, antagonist, and major side character. If they fail even ONE question, they need work. Here's the test: #WritingCommunity #CharacterDevelopment #WriteTip
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
The "3-Question Character Test" that reveals if your MC is actually interesting.
Steal this framework. I use it for every protagonist, antagonist, and major side character. If they fail even ONE question, they need work. Here's the test: #WritingCommunity #CharacterDevelopment #WriteTip
Steal this framework. I use it for every protagonist, antagonist, and major side character. If they fail even ONE question, they need work. Here's the test: #WritingCommunity #CharacterDevelopment #WriteTip
New week starts tomorrow. Let's build energy NOW:
Drop:
Genre
ONE goal this week
ONE obstacle you're facing
I'll RT + offer solutions where I can.
Writers helping writers 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Drop:
Genre
ONE goal this week
ONE obstacle you're facing
I'll RT + offer solutions where I can.
Writers helping writers 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
New week starts tomorrow. Let's build energy NOW:
Drop:
Genre
ONE goal this week
ONE obstacle you're facing
I'll RT + offer solutions where I can.
Writers helping writers 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Drop:
Genre
ONE goal this week
ONE obstacle you're facing
I'll RT + offer solutions where I can.
Writers helping writers 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
📢 SUNDAY MEGA LIFT 📢
Drop:
WIP title
Genre
Your antagonist's goal (NOT "destroy everything")
I want SPECIFIC villain motivations today.
RT + follow + engage with ALL replies 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Thriller #SciFi #Fantasy
Drop:
WIP title
Genre
Your antagonist's goal (NOT "destroy everything")
I want SPECIFIC villain motivations today.
RT + follow + engage with ALL replies 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Thriller #SciFi #Fantasy
February 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
📢 SUNDAY MEGA LIFT 📢
Drop:
WIP title
Genre
Your antagonist's goal (NOT "destroy everything")
I want SPECIFIC villain motivations today.
RT + follow + engage with ALL replies 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Thriller #SciFi #Fantasy
Drop:
WIP title
Genre
Your antagonist's goal (NOT "destroy everything")
I want SPECIFIC villain motivations today.
RT + follow + engage with ALL replies 👇
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Thriller #SciFi #Fantasy