Will
@willcouper.bsky.social
Scottish. Writer of unwanted stories. Angry. Frustrated. Watches some films. Plays some games. Sometimes writes about both. Neither award-nominated nor award-winning. Writing enquiries: [email protected]
Felt like it took me ages to get in over here. Those invites were elusive way back when.
September 16, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Felt like it took me ages to get in over here. Those invites were elusive way back when.
Day 25.
Worst writing advice? Hm. Outside of weird punctuation dislikes, I'm drawing a blank.
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Worst writing advice? Hm. Outside of weird punctuation dislikes, I'm drawing a blank.
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June 25, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Day 25.
Worst writing advice? Hm. Outside of weird punctuation dislikes, I'm drawing a blank.
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Worst writing advice? Hm. Outside of weird punctuation dislikes, I'm drawing a blank.
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Day 24.
My favourite bit of writing advice? Just start. Stopping talking about it. Get something down, and mess around with it after.
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My favourite bit of writing advice? Just start. Stopping talking about it. Get something down, and mess around with it after.
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June 24, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Day 24.
My favourite bit of writing advice? Just start. Stopping talking about it. Get something down, and mess around with it after.
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My favourite bit of writing advice? Just start. Stopping talking about it. Get something down, and mess around with it after.
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Day 23.
Nope. Don't really think about celebrities when I'm writing. Perhaps after and very occasionally.
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Nope. Don't really think about celebrities when I'm writing. Perhaps after and very occasionally.
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June 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Day 23.
Nope. Don't really think about celebrities when I'm writing. Perhaps after and very occasionally.
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Nope. Don't really think about celebrities when I'm writing. Perhaps after and very occasionally.
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Day 22.
There're things I notice after the fact. For instance I'm looking over work from a few years ago and there is *so much* shrugging. Don't know what was going on in my head then. *shrug*
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There're things I notice after the fact. For instance I'm looking over work from a few years ago and there is *so much* shrugging. Don't know what was going on in my head then. *shrug*
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June 22, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Day 22.
There're things I notice after the fact. For instance I'm looking over work from a few years ago and there is *so much* shrugging. Don't know what was going on in my head then. *shrug*
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There're things I notice after the fact. For instance I'm looking over work from a few years ago and there is *so much* shrugging. Don't know what was going on in my head then. *shrug*
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Day 21.
There could be a list. I read a lot of Dean Koontz over a decade. Got One Rainy Night and it was a preachy, half-written, load of Christian crap. Broke a spell.
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There could be a list. I read a lot of Dean Koontz over a decade. Got One Rainy Night and it was a preachy, half-written, load of Christian crap. Broke a spell.
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June 21, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Day 21.
There could be a list. I read a lot of Dean Koontz over a decade. Got One Rainy Night and it was a preachy, half-written, load of Christian crap. Broke a spell.
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There could be a list. I read a lot of Dean Koontz over a decade. Got One Rainy Night and it was a preachy, half-written, load of Christian crap. Broke a spell.
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Day 20.
SA is a big put-off for me. It's something I rarely touch on in my own work as a result. Present tense can also leave me cold.
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SA is a big put-off for me. It's something I rarely touch on in my own work as a result. Present tense can also leave me cold.
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June 20, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Day 20.
SA is a big put-off for me. It's something I rarely touch on in my own work as a result. Present tense can also leave me cold.
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SA is a big put-off for me. It's something I rarely touch on in my own work as a result. Present tense can also leave me cold.
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Day 19.
Beta readers are a luxury I can't afford. For a while my wife was looking over my work. Now I'm just out here flailing on my own.
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Beta readers are a luxury I can't afford. For a while my wife was looking over my work. Now I'm just out here flailing on my own.
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June 19, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Day 19.
Beta readers are a luxury I can't afford. For a while my wife was looking over my work. Now I'm just out here flailing on my own.
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Beta readers are a luxury I can't afford. For a while my wife was looking over my work. Now I'm just out here flailing on my own.
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Day 18.
Most of them. Or it feels like it, given the number of rejections I have. I really love my story "I Am Stickxz" and it gets no love.
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Most of them. Or it feels like it, given the number of rejections I have. I really love my story "I Am Stickxz" and it gets no love.
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June 18, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Day 18.
Most of them. Or it feels like it, given the number of rejections I have. I really love my story "I Am Stickxz" and it gets no love.
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Most of them. Or it feels like it, given the number of rejections I have. I really love my story "I Am Stickxz" and it gets no love.
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Day 17.
I don't have a favourite or best opening line. It's something I've been racking my brain over for days. And now I'm contemplating what that means.
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I don't have a favourite or best opening line. It's something I've been racking my brain over for days. And now I'm contemplating what that means.
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June 17, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Day 17.
I don't have a favourite or best opening line. It's something I've been racking my brain over for days. And now I'm contemplating what that means.
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I don't have a favourite or best opening line. It's something I've been racking my brain over for days. And now I'm contemplating what that means.
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Day 16.
No, I've never really dreamed of my characters or stories. I've had dreams that inspired stories, but story elements haven't crossed over the other way.
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No, I've never really dreamed of my characters or stories. I've had dreams that inspired stories, but story elements haven't crossed over the other way.
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June 16, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Day 16.
No, I've never really dreamed of my characters or stories. I've had dreams that inspired stories, but story elements haven't crossed over the other way.
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No, I've never really dreamed of my characters or stories. I've had dreams that inspired stories, but story elements haven't crossed over the other way.
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Day 15.
Yeah, a section of a novella called "Mister Bomblefetch" I wrote a few years back gave me a chill.
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Yeah, a section of a novella called "Mister Bomblefetch" I wrote a few years back gave me a chill.
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June 15, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Day 15.
Yeah, a section of a novella called "Mister Bomblefetch" I wrote a few years back gave me a chill.
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Yeah, a section of a novella called "Mister Bomblefetch" I wrote a few years back gave me a chill.
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Day 14.
I do this rarely. Well consciously anyway. Stuff drip-drips in without me thinking that I notice later.
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I do this rarely. Well consciously anyway. Stuff drip-drips in without me thinking that I notice later.
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June 14, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Day 14.
I do this rarely. Well consciously anyway. Stuff drip-drips in without me thinking that I notice later.
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I do this rarely. Well consciously anyway. Stuff drip-drips in without me thinking that I notice later.
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June 13, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Day 12.
Rituals and superstitions around writing? I don't think I have any. Other than the standard, sit-at-desk-and-hope-I-remember-how-to-use-a-keyboard.
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Rituals and superstitions around writing? I don't think I have any. Other than the standard, sit-at-desk-and-hope-I-remember-how-to-use-a-keyboard.
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June 12, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Day 12.
Rituals and superstitions around writing? I don't think I have any. Other than the standard, sit-at-desk-and-hope-I-remember-how-to-use-a-keyboard.
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Rituals and superstitions around writing? I don't think I have any. Other than the standard, sit-at-desk-and-hope-I-remember-how-to-use-a-keyboard.
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Day 11.
I think I've answered this one recently. The real world scares me. Particularly what I see happening in politics and the lack of willingness to change.
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I think I've answered this one recently. The real world scares me. Particularly what I see happening in politics and the lack of willingness to change.
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June 11, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Day 11.
I think I've answered this one recently. The real world scares me. Particularly what I see happening in politics and the lack of willingness to change.
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I think I've answered this one recently. The real world scares me. Particularly what I see happening in politics and the lack of willingness to change.
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Day 10.
It might sound like a cop-out answer, but everything inspires me to one degree or another. Good, bad, random, it will spark something.
My wife's support is a big factor, too.
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It might sound like a cop-out answer, but everything inspires me to one degree or another. Good, bad, random, it will spark something.
My wife's support is a big factor, too.
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June 10, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Day 10.
It might sound like a cop-out answer, but everything inspires me to one degree or another. Good, bad, random, it will spark something.
My wife's support is a big factor, too.
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It might sound like a cop-out answer, but everything inspires me to one degree or another. Good, bad, random, it will spark something.
My wife's support is a big factor, too.
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Day 9.
Favourite authors? Right now, I don't think I have one. Author I admire most, and have done for a long time, is Alan Moore.
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Favourite authors? Right now, I don't think I have one. Author I admire most, and have done for a long time, is Alan Moore.
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June 9, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Day 9.
Favourite authors? Right now, I don't think I have one. Author I admire most, and have done for a long time, is Alan Moore.
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Favourite authors? Right now, I don't think I have one. Author I admire most, and have done for a long time, is Alan Moore.
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Day 8.
Not sure how to answer this. I mean my favourite horror from being a kid was from film: The Thing, Halloween, The Howling, and An American Werewolf In London.
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Not sure how to answer this. I mean my favourite horror from being a kid was from film: The Thing, Halloween, The Howling, and An American Werewolf In London.
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June 8, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Day 8.
Not sure how to answer this. I mean my favourite horror from being a kid was from film: The Thing, Halloween, The Howling, and An American Werewolf In London.
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Not sure how to answer this. I mean my favourite horror from being a kid was from film: The Thing, Halloween, The Howling, and An American Werewolf In London.
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Day 7.
This took a turn. Not sure how to answer this, because I'm afraid it gets way too dark. Leave it at: I have to.
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This took a turn. Not sure how to answer this, because I'm afraid it gets way too dark. Leave it at: I have to.
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June 7, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Day 7.
This took a turn. Not sure how to answer this, because I'm afraid it gets way too dark. Leave it at: I have to.
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This took a turn. Not sure how to answer this, because I'm afraid it gets way too dark. Leave it at: I have to.
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Day 6.
Short on space here, so I have to write in the living room.
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Short on space here, so I have to write in the living room.
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June 6, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Day 6.
Short on space here, so I have to write in the living room.
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Short on space here, so I have to write in the living room.
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Day 5.
I'm a metal head. I've listened to various bands over the years. Way back when it was a mix of Cryptopsy and Corrosion of Conformity. Now it's Unleash the Archers and Deftones. With a smattering of other bands.
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I'm a metal head. I've listened to various bands over the years. Way back when it was a mix of Cryptopsy and Corrosion of Conformity. Now it's Unleash the Archers and Deftones. With a smattering of other bands.
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June 5, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Day 5.
I'm a metal head. I've listened to various bands over the years. Way back when it was a mix of Cryptopsy and Corrosion of Conformity. Now it's Unleash the Archers and Deftones. With a smattering of other bands.
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I'm a metal head. I've listened to various bands over the years. Way back when it was a mix of Cryptopsy and Corrosion of Conformity. Now it's Unleash the Archers and Deftones. With a smattering of other bands.
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Day 4.
Tropes? That's something I try not to think about. Feels like we get a bit hung up on them. I mean my most obvious one is the everyman, mundane people with not much going on getting screwed over by the universe.
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Tropes? That's something I try not to think about. Feels like we get a bit hung up on them. I mean my most obvious one is the everyman, mundane people with not much going on getting screwed over by the universe.
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June 4, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Day 4.
Tropes? That's something I try not to think about. Feels like we get a bit hung up on them. I mean my most obvious one is the everyman, mundane people with not much going on getting screwed over by the universe.
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Tropes? That's something I try not to think about. Feels like we get a bit hung up on them. I mean my most obvious one is the everyman, mundane people with not much going on getting screwed over by the universe.
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Day 3.
My current favourite character from my own work is the main character from my novel. He's an ordinary guy and a bit of a doofus. Likeable though.
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My current favourite character from my own work is the main character from my novel. He's an ordinary guy and a bit of a doofus. Likeable though.
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June 3, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Day 3.
My current favourite character from my own work is the main character from my novel. He's an ordinary guy and a bit of a doofus. Likeable though.
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My current favourite character from my own work is the main character from my novel. He's an ordinary guy and a bit of a doofus. Likeable though.
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