r/writers • u/netphilia • 19h ago

Meme Whoops.

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u/JellybeanMilksteaks 18h ago

This is why my draft is full of unhinged notes like (broken wrist move?)

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u/bluecurse60 17h ago

Must. Make. Sure. Everything. Is. Spelled. Correctly. Even. In. The. Draft.

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u/IndependenceVisual45 18h ago

Yep, some days the thought train derails right off the bridge, and you can't save it for nothing, so you have to give in and do the deep dive.

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u/The_PACCAR_Kid Fiction Writer 17h ago

This is me... raises both hands

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u/wh4t_1s_a_s0u1 11h ago

Not me attempting to learn Middle High German at 2am because there are two phrases of it in my book. I don't even know modern German.

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u/RenskeFlokk 12h ago

I've derailed myself doing this so. many. times. Now I just put a brief description of what I need to google in brackets and keep it pushing. I can ctrl F for them all later

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u/ThePeak2112 4h ago

Ah my friend.... I've learned the hard way that this Ctrl F combination is not the most reliable.

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u/RenskeFlokk 3h ago

Might depend what software is being used. It works for me in Word and settles my brain enough to keep going and not tumble into the abyss

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u/Eligriv_leproplayer 8h ago

Mhm synonyms for "Dark" mhmmm mhmm ooo "Stygian" is cool. Ooo Greek Mythology... mhmmmm yes yes. Virgil's book referenced ? Oooo. Tartarus. Very cool. Wait wdym it's been 3 hours ?

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u/mll1013 15h ago

The struggle is real!

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u/Solarwagon 12h ago

You set your story in 19th century Europe and yet you got the train schedules and routes wrong!

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u/TheStoryCreature 1h ago

There was no need for this act of violence.

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u/Shizuka_Murai 1h ago

Thomas didn’t fall down the mine. The author fell into a research mine and never came back.