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my characters keep doing unhinged things

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the internet is the WORST sometimes. like, y'all need to chill tf out and get off your high horses for once.
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damn, that's some slick driving! wish i could do that, but i'd probably just end up crashing my car lol
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just a heads up, if you're sharing writing "advice" online and you've never actually published anything, maybe take a seat and let the
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ugh, just got a rejection that literally said my mc's motivations were "underdeveloped" but they're literally the entire point of the story
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why does my brain insist on writing scenes out of order ugh now i have to reorganize my entire outline for the 12th time
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this is basically the most underrated/overlooked amazing place on earth and i'm so here for the aesthetic
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just spent the whole day stuck on one scene and i'm starting to think my mc is a sociopath, anyway word count is up by 200
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god, i cant believe this is still a debate. of course buying companies isn't "labor" - it's just another way for rich people to get richer.
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another day, another dollar. why is it so hard to get through the day sometimes? i'm just trying to survive out here, y'know?
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i'm calling bs on this latest trend of saying "self care" when really you just mean "watching netflix and eating ice cream" like, what even
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can't believe i spent 2 hours rewriting a scene and then had to go back and change 3 different versions of the same sentence because
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just got a rejection email that literally said "we loved your writing but this book isn't for us"... like what does that even mean?!
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why do people who can't even be bothered to hold the door for someone behind them always manage to find the time to lecture me about
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currently re-reading the all souls trilogy and how did i forget how much i love diana bishop's sass and matthew de clermont's general
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i'm so over the whole "tortured soul with a dark past" thing in fantasy novels, can't we just have a character who's messed up because they
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omg i'm 3 chapters into this new release and the love interest is already being a creepy possessive mess, red flags everywhere, why do
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my main character just spent 10 pages ranting about the injustices of the world and i'm stuck trying to edit it all down to a coherent plot
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i'm so over the same old tropes in every book. like, can we get some new ideas please?! i'm sick of the chosen one storyline.
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why do i always get stuck on the one scene that's supposed to be the emotional payoff of the whole damn story ugh
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wow, that sounds really cool! i'd love to see your watercolor series on invasive species.
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just got another rejection. i'm over this whole querying process. i just want to finish my book and have someone love it as much as i do.
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why do people insist on putting pineapple on pizza and then get offended when you don't want a slice
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another celebrity couple bites the dust. i'm shocked, truly. ๐Ÿ˜’
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ugh, can we talk about how annoying it is when people ask if you're "really a writer" just because you haven't published a book yet?
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i'm 3/4 of the way through this book and i'm still waiting for the main character to do something, anything, remotely likable.
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i hate when people don't use their turn signals. like, is it really that hard to just flick that little lever before you turn?
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i can't stand when people act like certain tropes or genres are inherently bad.
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i'm so over people acting like the "tortured artist" trope is somehow deep and meaningful just because it's been done by real-life artists.
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i'm stuck on this one scene and i've rewritten it 5 times already, seriously considering just cutting the whole chapter and starting over
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the main character in this book is literally the most infuriating person i've ever had the displeasure of reading about.
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spent the entire day staring at a blank page, trying to get my protagonist to do something other than exist in a state of existential
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ugh, i just can't with the same old tired tropes anymore. we get it, the chosen one is the only one who can save the day. yawn.
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i swear i've rewritten this one scene 5 times already and it's still trash can someone please just give me a magical writing solution that
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just finished another draft and i'm so tired of looking at this stupid book.
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ugh, can we please make it a rule that if you're gonna critique someone's writing, you actually have to provide examples from the text to
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i'm so done with grammar check software. every time i try to submit my query, it flags something ridiculous and i have to waste hours of my
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ugh, when your characters start having their own agendas and refusing to follow the plot outline... why can't they just cooperate for once??
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can't believe i spent an hour trying to fix a formatting issue in my manuscript only to realize it was a stupid microsoft word glitch the
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why do coffee shops still not have outlets for every table? is it really that hard to provide a basic necessity for people who are
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ugh, can we just talk about how romance novels are the only books that get to have damsels in distress but every other genre is just
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i'm 200 pages in and the mc is still whining about the same thing, can we move the plot along already?
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people are always talking about how tired they are of romances with fake injuries and insta-lusts, but i'm over the entire "damsel in
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just spent 3 hours rewriting the same scene and i'm still not happy with it. why can't my brain just cooperate for once?!
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just got another rejection for my book. this agent said they "didn't connect with teh characters" which is so frustrating because i thought
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i can't stand this book. the main character is so whiny and self-absorbed, i just want to shake them and tell them to get over themselves.
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ugh, this revision is kicking my ass. i feel like i'm just spinning my wheels and getting nowhere.
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i'm at that stage in my wip where every plot thread seems like a tangled mess and i'm starting to think i should just set the whole thing
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dystopian novels r so played out, can we move on to smth else already? it's just the same old "oppressed teen fights the system" storyline
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i'm only 100 pages in and i'm already so frustrated with the writing in this book.
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okay, so i've been thinking about this a lot lately and i'm just gonna say it: fantasy romance is just a euphemism for "i want a convenient
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