#LGBTQWrimo D15: Encouragement

This is writing. Fun is mandated. Do the fun thing.

#LGBTQWrimo D14: Check-in

It's spring break, so I didn't get the privacy i needed to work. maybe this week.

#LGBTQWrimo D13: Words of Warning

remember: legit publishers and agents don't ask for fees. Ask to see the contract and terms before you agree, web search everyone who comes to you with an offer with "[$businessname] Writer Beware"

lots of scams out there. don't get fooled.

#LGBTQWrimo D12: Words of Wisdom

(is this a line share? I don't know. no, i guess it's not)

I'm not feeling super wise, honestly. Um.

Do it your way. You're the one doing it, after all

#LGBTQWrimo D11: Goals this week

i would like to get more of this scene analysis done, now that I have dropped the first 6500ish words from my draft. not knowing how to fix the opening was really harshing my squee

#LGBTQWrimo D10: Line share - grumpy

"It's so tidy. This workshop used to be mine, you know. It always looked like Vengeance's Wind had just blown through."

"I like to know where everything is."

"I can see that. How does it stay like this?"

"I put things back when I'm done with them."

#LGBTQWrimo D9: Favorite Tropes to Write

um. Midpoint parties, usually balls.

i'm kind of bad with tropes, so i'll just leave it there.

#LGBTQWrimo D9: I don't really think in terms of tropes while I'm writing, but stepping back to look at the pattern?

Power couples. Two awesome people being awesome together and encouraging each other to be more awesome. All eyes on them, strong and sexy and mad for each other.

@cassrmorris I’m familiar with #NaNoWriMo but not #LGBTQWriMo, is there somewhere I can learn more? Google is not helping 😅

#LGBTQWrimo D8: Week 1 Check-In!

This week did not go as planned since I fell ill, but I'm very proud that I managed at least *some* words every day! I'm not as far behind as I could be, lol.

#AmWriting #CampNaNoWriMo

#LGBTQWrimo D8: progress report

Another thing I had to do with a hard deadline of today has gotten in the way of my progress, but i knew that was going to happen so i'm not mad

SHOOT. I think i should have written the full text of today's prompt for #LGBTQWrimo: "pitch your book as a 1-star review."

Sorry! This review didn't happen - I simply know my target hater audience!

#LGBTQWrimo D7: 1-star review

"A thinly veiled woke environmentalist agenda from an ingrate who thinks women can be skilled fighters and that modern conveniences are bad while being totally addicted to the internet. Muscular women with tattoos are not attractive, real men don't act like that, and I read it all the way to the end because it was so ludicrous I couldn't stop. The ending doesn't make sense. And why is everyone black but it's not fantasy Africa? one star."

#LGBTQWrimo D5: Tropes

oh, my weak point. i'm terrible at naming tropes

The Jock, The Nerd, and The Prep - but Wizards
Meet Ugly, squared
Beauty and the Geek
Paragon with a dark secret
Bizarre Love Triangle
A Stranger Comes to Town
Academic Espionage
Psychic Sleuth
Magic As Technology (/pejorative)
Your God is Dead (and you should care)
Crazy Rich Florians
Fortune Telling Plot Device
God Damn it, Imperialism
Protagonist Trio
Heroes=Hubris
Orphaned from Culture
The Eye of the Tiger

#LGBTQWrimo D5: Tropes!

Honestly I'm pretty bad at figuring these out, but there are a few that I think are pretty strong in this novel.

#CampNaNoWriMo #AmWriting

My #LGBTQWrimo goal is to add 25k to the 50k I wrote in November 2022.

But I actually haven't written a word so far, so it's not going great. 🤣

@AmaraJLynn @lgbtqwrimo

#LGBTQWriMo April 4.

My goal is to complete the final edits for "Artifact of the Dawn." As of today, I have twenty-six chapters left to edit before I can upload and schedule them on Kindle Vella.

My side goal is to write several more chapters for a new Vella I've started, titled "Alpha Discipline."

#LGBTQWrimo D4: The goal for April is 40k of progress! I'm willing for that to be either actual drafting *or* scene cards, since I'm committing to the Story Genius method for this draft.

#CampNaNoWriMo #AmWriting

#LGBTQWrimo April 4: My goal for this month is to create a full, fleshed-out outline, and also get at least a few chapters of the first draft done. I am definitely a plotter, not a pantser, so outlining before writing is a big part of my process.

#Writing #AmWriting #QueerBooks

#LGBTQWrimo D4: goal.

I would like to develop a strong revision plan to take what I have written and actually turn it into a novel instead of a collection of scenes.

I would also like to understand more of the high level view of the entire story, and figure out if it needs to be divided into two or three parts.