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it looks like you're writing a novel
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draft 2 / draft 3 / draft 4

ask me anything
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
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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word really said 'idk don't ask me'
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 another screenshot, almost identical to the previous one, except this time the sentence contains 'it's' with an apostrophe and the grammar suggestion is that I should remove the apostrophe
December 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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
December 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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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
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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wow!
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?
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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just laughed so hard at this i had a coughing fit in a hotel lobby
a screenshot from Spotify unwrapped that is announcing I listened to two albums last year
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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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"
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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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
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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a screenshot of an anonymous ask on tumblr which reads: sorry about that last ask I thought this was a submissions blog
August 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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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'
August 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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ad: this software will help you organise your writing!

me: no thanks i have a system

the system:
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
July 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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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"
July 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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when you're trying to cut 30% of your novel's wordcount and you reach a chapter which is 90% fun dialogue and not much else
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
July 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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it's write time #LFOW25
photo of a standing banner for Jericho Writers' London Festival of Writing
June 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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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
June 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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thanks everyone!! only 23,000 more to go until i catch up with the other app
A screenshot of the header of my Bluesky profile, with "1k followers" circled
May 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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when your OCs start getting on your nerves
a sign in costa coffee that reads "try our limited edition character roast"
April 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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there is so much beauty in this world
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
April 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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here i go again on my own

going down the only road i've ever known
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
April 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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found a "holiday scrapbook" i made as a kid which includes sugar and creamer from 1999
a page with sachets of sugar and creamer and a small plastic spoon stuck to it. the caption in kid handwriting reads: going home
March 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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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
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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got a new coaster that also serves as a constant reminder of what i should be doing
a green coaster with an illustration of a pen and the word "write"
March 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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the not at all funny thing about this is that i first posted this tip in 2019
a Tumblr post from July 1 2019 from gr8writingtips, reading: writing tip #2583: good luck writing any kind of dystopia now
February 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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how did you spend YOUR valentine's day
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
February 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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fine
a photograph taken inside a train that is moving past a snowy embankment
January 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM