Crash and Fancy’s Despicable Hearts (and Writers) Club™

CrashOuch

CrashOuch

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Sara
Why, hello there, TLS, :smilingimp: and welcome to Crash and Fancy's Despicable Hearts (and Writers) Club, a club where all of us writers can help and support each other! We want to have a place where we can write together, share our progress and tips and encourage each other!

Every week, we can all aim to write 500 words and then check in here, and if anyone gets stuck along the way, we can all help them out!

I know a lot of you already have writing projects underway and you're maybe feeling kind of cut off and alone in that (I know I am!) and I know a lot of you expressed interest in NaNo, but it's kind of intense and the timing wasn't great for everyone, so this is our solution! Long term, supported writing!

I'm gonna be popping in here to offer encouragements and any tips I can dig up (like these good, sweet ones below) and yeah! So, what do you say? Who wants to join Crash and Fancy's Despicable Hearts (and Writers) Club™ and do some writing?


  • Word sprints and Word Wars with your regional buddies or buddies in general will save you.
  • Never edit or delete. I MEAN IT.
  • Write something bad. Write something terrible. Keep it. Put brackets to remind yourself that it’s unfinished business if you want. DO. NOT. DELETE. IT.
  • You want to rewrite a scene? Good. Do it under the first one.
  • DO. NOT. DELETE.
  • On the days you don’t want to write: write anyway. Write 100 words. Or write 50. It doesn’t matter: write them.
  • With regards to the DO NOT DELETE – if you’re like me and can’t deal with multiple versions of a scene all in the same document, simply move all the bits you don’t need to a second file. That keeps the original clean and keeps the old work safe for word counts.
  • Can’t think of how you want to word a bit of dialogue? Yeah you could sit there and mull it over, or you can write out every iteration of it you can think of until one feels right.
  • My sister used to skip entire sections if she was getting stuck or if she thought it would take more research/time than she wanted or if it risked boring her, so she’d write THEY TRAVEL TO XYZ or BIG ACTION SCENE GOES HERE and then just keep going with the parts that interested her. I’ve had people write a couple lyrics in their piece to remind their future self what sort of mood they wanted to rework a scene with, what might’ve inspired a bit of action and whatnot.
  • If you’re not active in the NaNo forums but you have twitter, I imagine twitter’s NaNo & amwriting tags will be full of writers announcing & doing writing sprints. If you can’t find them or you like working alone, set your own sprints and give yourself rewards for tackling them.
  • Find some decent headphones. Make a playlist for your book and dance to it. Make moodboards. Drink water. (Drink not-water). Remember that late-night writing sessions are fun but that a sleepy brain makes trudging progress. Take walks to give your eyes and fingers a break. Most of all, have fun.
 
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Roger

Roger

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Minato
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Some of those rules are very NaNo specific though. Suggested revision:

  • Word sprints and Word Wars with your regional buddies or buddies in general will save you.
  • Never edit or delete. I MEAN IT.
  • Write something bad. Write something terrible. Keep it. Put brackets to remind yourself that it’s unfinished business if you want. DO. NOT. DELETE. IT.
  • You want to rewrite a scene? Good. Do it under the first one.
  • DO. NOT. DELETE.
  • On the days you don’t want to write: write anyway. Write 100 words. Or write 50. It doesn’t matter: write them.
  • With regards to the DO NOT DELETE – if you’re like me and can’t deal with multiple versions of a scene all in the same document, simply move all the bits you don’t need to a second file. That keeps the original clean and keeps the old work safe for word counts.
  • Can’t think of how you want to word a bit of dialogue? Yeah you could sit there and mull it over, or you can write out every iteration of it you can think of until one feels right.
  • My sister used to skip entire sections if she was getting stuck or if she thought it would take more research/time than she wanted or if it risked boring her, so she’d write THEY TRAVEL TO XYZ or BIG ACTION SCENE GOES HERE and then just keep going with the parts that interested her. I’ve had people write a couple lyrics in their piece to remind their future self what sort of mood they wanted to rework a scene with, what might’ve inspired a bit of action and whatnot.
  • If you’re not active in the NaNo forums but you have twitter, I imagine twitter’s NaNo & amwriting tags will be full of writers announcing & doing writing sprints. If you can’t find them or you like working alone, set your own sprints and give yourself rewards for tackling them.
  • Find some decent headphones. Make a playlist for your book and dance to it. Make moodboards. Drink water. (Drink not-water). Remember that late-night writing sessions are fun but that a sleepy brain makes trudging progress. Take walks to give your eyes and fingers a break. Most of all, have fun.
 
CrashOuch

CrashOuch

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Sara
The idea Fancy and I originally had for this was as a place for writers to cry together over how hard it is sometimes, so it's less of a club and more a place for you to drop in, bawl your eyes out, and then get a kind word from another writer who understands your pain. Your support is super appreciated and if you're ever writing and want to talk about it you'll be super welcome here <3
 
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