O.T. Wootton 🍂 Editing Jewel Tones 🍁 70k
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Writer of dark fantasy for souls still looking to find themselves.
queer, neurodivergent, british novelist
https://linktr.ee/otwootton
Writer of dark fantasy for souls still looking to find themselves.
queer, neurodivergent, british novelist
https://linktr.ee/otwootton
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November Update
Writer's Block is a bitch. A bitch I have beaten.
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New post on the Substack! Give it a quick read if you want to see how I've got on this month. (hint: not very well😅) #writesky #amwriting #fantasynovel #writingcommunity
Check out my last post of 2025!
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovel
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovel
December Update!
2025 is coming to a close... but this story isn't over yet for Jewel Tones.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Check out my last post of 2025!
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovel
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovel
Oh yeah these words are coming out swinging. #HappyNewYear to all you folks living in the future, and here's to another year of writing! #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasynovel
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Oh yeah these words are coming out swinging. #HappyNewYear to all you folks living in the future, and here's to another year of writing! #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasynovel
Hope everybody had a very #MerryChristmas... I'm spending most of today getting some words done in between snacking on leftovers and sipping at mulled wine. Have you got any creative post-Christmas plans?
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovelist
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovelist
December 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hope everybody had a very #MerryChristmas... I'm spending most of today getting some words done in between snacking on leftovers and sipping at mulled wine. Have you got any creative post-Christmas plans?
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovelist
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #creativesofbsky #fantasynovelist
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🎄 Merry Christmas, authors! Here’s to cozy scenes, bold ideas, and a plot twist or two in the new year! #writercommunity #writingjourney #spicybooks #writingcraft
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎄 Merry Christmas, authors! Here’s to cozy scenes, bold ideas, and a plot twist or two in the new year! #writercommunity #writingjourney #spicybooks #writingcraft
Merry #ChristmasEve to all folks feeling festive today! Let's see if I can't get a thousand words or so done before Santa comes... #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
December 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Merry #ChristmasEve to all folks feeling festive today! Let's see if I can't get a thousand words or so done before Santa comes... #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Today is the day: I will hit 75k on Jewel Tones. Or die trying. Hopefully not the latter 😅 Wish me luck! #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #fantasynovel
December 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is the day: I will hit 75k on Jewel Tones. Or die trying. Hopefully not the latter 😅 Wish me luck! #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #fantasynovel
Happy #MemeMonday... I am definitely not staring down a load of writer's block rn... *scurries back into my cave* #writingcommunity #writesky #writingmeme #Writer'sBlock #funny #amwriting #amnotwriting
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Happy #MemeMonday... I am definitely not staring down a load of writer's block rn... *scurries back into my cave* #writingcommunity #writesky #writingmeme #Writer'sBlock #funny #amwriting #amnotwriting
By some kind of miracle, I've already written over a thousand words this morning. Hoping to share some of that wordiness with you guys ^-^
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #fantasynovel #bookediting
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #fantasynovel #bookediting
December 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
By some kind of miracle, I've already written over a thousand words this morning. Hoping to share some of that wordiness with you guys ^-^
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #fantasynovel #bookediting
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #fantasynovel #bookediting
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December 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I love writing the most unintelligible nonsense at 1am for future me to look back at in abject horror 🥰
#amwriting #writingmeme #writingcommunity #relatable #fantasynovelist #writesky #5amwritersclub
#amwriting #writingmeme #writingcommunity #relatable #fantasynovelist #writesky #5amwritersclub
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I love writing the most unintelligible nonsense at 1am for future me to look back at in abject horror 🥰
#amwriting #writingmeme #writingcommunity #relatable #fantasynovelist #writesky #5amwritersclub
#amwriting #writingmeme #writingcommunity #relatable #fantasynovelist #writesky #5amwritersclub
Happy Wednesday, #creativesofbsky! How are those goals coming along? I am very, very nearly at 70k, despite having deleted two scenes yesterday and rewriting them for the fourth time. #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasynovel #writesky
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Happy Wednesday, #creativesofbsky! How are those goals coming along? I am very, very nearly at 70k, despite having deleted two scenes yesterday and rewriting them for the fourth time. #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasynovel #writesky
Instagram post for the first time in... I don't want to think about it. Reminding folks over there that I exist because I sure forgot Insta did for a while 🫣
#writingcommunity #writesky #writingblog
#writingcommunity #writesky #writingblog
O.T. Wootton on Instagram: "Oooooooooooh he's back and with a more eclectic post style than ever before! Will be tweaking it over the next few posts to get it just right.
I'll be posting something so...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Instagram post for the first time in... I don't want to think about it. Reminding folks over there that I exist because I sure forgot Insta did for a while 🫣
#writingcommunity #writesky #writingblog
#writingcommunity #writesky #writingblog
Here are my goals for this week:
- Get to 70k on Jewel Tones
- Draft up a new Substack post
- Revamp my Instagram so i remember it exists more often 😅
What do you #creativesofbsky have going on this week?
#writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasynovelist #bookediting
- Get to 70k on Jewel Tones
- Draft up a new Substack post
- Revamp my Instagram so i remember it exists more often 😅
What do you #creativesofbsky have going on this week?
#writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasynovelist #bookediting
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Here are my goals for this week:
- Get to 70k on Jewel Tones
- Draft up a new Substack post
- Revamp my Instagram so i remember it exists more often 😅
What do you #creativesofbsky have going on this week?
#writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasynovelist #bookediting
- Get to 70k on Jewel Tones
- Draft up a new Substack post
- Revamp my Instagram so i remember it exists more often 😅
What do you #creativesofbsky have going on this week?
#writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasynovelist #bookediting
Happy Thursday! How are your weekly goals going? Do you have much to do before the weekend or have you already got ahead and punched out all the words you need? Let me know in the replies! Personally, I'm a bit behind, but today is looking promising for catch-up 😊 #writingcommunity #writesky
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Happy Thursday! How are your weekly goals going? Do you have much to do before the weekend or have you already got ahead and punched out all the words you need? Let me know in the replies! Personally, I'm a bit behind, but today is looking promising for catch-up 😊 #writingcommunity #writesky
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December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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The valley meandered like a waking dream as dawn broke, with pale mist swallowing stone and stream alike. First light that fell sharp on the crisp snow and ancient granite of the mountains, softened as it reached the depths between them, into a suave gold shroud.
#vss365 #prompt #writingcommunity
#vss365 #prompt #writingcommunity
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The valley meandered like a waking dream as dawn broke, with pale mist swallowing stone and stream alike. First light that fell sharp on the crisp snow and ancient granite of the mountains, softened as it reached the depths between them, into a suave gold shroud.
#vss365 #prompt #writingcommunity
#vss365 #prompt #writingcommunity
New post on the Substack! Give it a quick read if you want to see how I've got on this month. (hint: not very well😅) #writesky #amwriting #fantasynovel #writingcommunity
November Update
Writer's Block is a bitch. A bitch I have beaten.
otwootton.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New post on the Substack! Give it a quick read if you want to see how I've got on this month. (hint: not very well😅) #writesky #amwriting #fantasynovel #writingcommunity
If you've been wondering where I've been the last few days, you'll be glad to know I am finally winning the battle against my sinuses. Just barely, but they shall be defeated soon. I hope. 🙏 Already on my third bug of the season 😬 let's hope my immune system kicks into gear after all this!
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you've been wondering where I've been the last few days, you'll be glad to know I am finally winning the battle against my sinuses. Just barely, but they shall be defeated soon. I hope. 🙏 Already on my third bug of the season 😬 let's hope my immune system kicks into gear after all this!
One thing I'm looking forward to when Jewel Tones gets published is forcing a bunch of English speakers to learn Welsh pronunciation for all the names. Yes I will be including a pronunciation guide for this purpose and yes this is to force me to continue learning Welsh again 😈 #amwriting #Welsh
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
One thing I'm looking forward to when Jewel Tones gets published is forcing a bunch of English speakers to learn Welsh pronunciation for all the names. Yes I will be including a pronunciation guide for this purpose and yes this is to force me to continue learning Welsh again 😈 #amwriting #Welsh
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This is a really well thought out post, and an important one too about trans masc invisibility and the violent regendering we often face.
solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/11/tran... I drank a lot of alcohol while writing this one
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is a really well thought out post, and an important one too about trans masc invisibility and the violent regendering we often face.
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One of the best bits of #writingadvice I've received: "Characters should talk about something other than the plot at least once per scene." While this isn't a hard rule (might be hard at the midpoint/climax) this definitely fleshes out the characters and their world.
#writingtip #writingcommunity
#writingtip #writingcommunity
two sesame street characters , bert and ernie , are standing next to each other in front of a picture .
ALT: two sesame street characters , bert and ernie , are standing next to each other in front of a picture .
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
One of the best bits of #writingadvice I've received: "Characters should talk about something other than the plot at least once per scene." While this isn't a hard rule (might be hard at the midpoint/climax) this definitely fleshes out the characters and their world.
#writingtip #writingcommunity
#writingtip #writingcommunity
"Daylight shuffles in
Cascading through the open door
And dancing on your lips
Where you held your cigarette"
-Icarus & Apollo, Ripto
#lyrics #amwriting #writesky #writinginspo #fantasynovel #greekmythology
Cascading through the open door
And dancing on your lips
Where you held your cigarette"
-Icarus & Apollo, Ripto
#lyrics #amwriting #writesky #writinginspo #fantasynovel #greekmythology
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Daylight shuffles in
Cascading through the open door
And dancing on your lips
Where you held your cigarette"
-Icarus & Apollo, Ripto
#lyrics #amwriting #writesky #writinginspo #fantasynovel #greekmythology
Cascading through the open door
And dancing on your lips
Where you held your cigarette"
-Icarus & Apollo, Ripto
#lyrics #amwriting #writesky #writinginspo #fantasynovel #greekmythology
New week, new goals. For me, that means 10k new words for my current draft. What are the other #creativesofbsky aiming for this week? #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #writesky
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New week, new goals. For me, that means 10k new words for my current draft. What are the other #creativesofbsky aiming for this week? #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #writesky
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Unsolicited writing advice: no. 1026:
POV is a camera. You get to decide what to point it at; how close to zoom in; when to cut; how many cameras to use. Make sure what you show makes sense; feels satisfying to the reader.
POV is a camera. You get to decide what to point it at; how close to zoom in; when to cut; how many cameras to use. Make sure what you show makes sense; feels satisfying to the reader.
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Unsolicited writing advice: no. 1026:
POV is a camera. You get to decide what to point it at; how close to zoom in; when to cut; how many cameras to use. Make sure what you show makes sense; feels satisfying to the reader.
POV is a camera. You get to decide what to point it at; how close to zoom in; when to cut; how many cameras to use. Make sure what you show makes sense; feels satisfying to the reader.
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I wanted to share an experiment in writing I started because I'm impatient 🙈 I wanted to go outside my comfort zone and write a book in verse, but it is HARD. So I shared the start of that attempt. Might continue, but I'm really happy with how it started.
shaneblackheart.substack.com/p/blue-hour
shaneblackheart.substack.com/p/blue-hour
Blue Hour
An icy breath, a familiar dread/A bipedal lupine figure expands/Eyes like pearls, body like ice/Sharp teeth parted in anticipation/Or is it a smile?
shaneblackheart.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wanted to share an experiment in writing I started because I'm impatient 🙈 I wanted to go outside my comfort zone and write a book in verse, but it is HARD. So I shared the start of that attempt. Might continue, but I'm really happy with how it started.
shaneblackheart.substack.com/p/blue-hour
shaneblackheart.substack.com/p/blue-hour