The sheer joy of it. I want to be published, but that doesn’t motivate me very well.

The sheer joy of it. I want to be published, but that doesn’t motivate me very well.
My brain needs to be doing something creative. If I weren't writing I'd be miserable, it's that simple.
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I have a story I wanna tell and it ain't gonna tell itself. It's long af and it's gonna require serious time and dedication to finish. So I better not dawdle.
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I have in one of my portal fantasy worlds a dangerous, dystopian, dull location called Lackland-- a small but aggressive country run by a patriarchal, theocratic, hegemonic, totalitarian & militaristic regime 🧵1/?
The characters in my head wont shut up unless I write it down, so that's a good motivator.
Also, it's mostly fun. Keeps me busy and creative!
What motivates you to write? For me, it’s all about achieving my goals with writing—from finishing a WIP to submitting a story for publication #writingq #WritingCommunity
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I have a Trans elder in one of my wips. Her name is Nelda Frazer, she's the kindly great aunt to a trio of adopted kid protags. She takes care of them while their mother is in a deep coma. Nelda is also an expert on the supernatural & magical 🧵1/2
I would have to say it is an indirect relationship, but it has certainly had an impact.
Somewhere around CH 50, I realized that I had given Kazue ADHD, with a mix of my traits and my wife's traits.
Somewhere around CH 350, I began to realize that
Writing about my very real journey with BPD/CPTSD from the age of 19 has actually healed a part of me thats been broken since I was 12. For once, it doesn't hurt to have big emotions
And the DBT-coded magic system? ✨ I hope it helps someone.
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StS is driven by a conspiracy (not well-understood until late in the story) to gradually take political power by compromising key officials - but not such powerful ones that they'd be obvious suspects.
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I mean I'd be in a much worse place if I weren't doing something creative with my time. My brain needs that. Also when I was transitioning writing a big ol' fantasy book about it was a very helpful place to put certain feelings (which you all get have have dumpedon you next month!)
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Writing is pretty much the one constant in my life I never gave up on no matter how bad my depression or housing situation got. I always made time for it. And the evolution of my writing happened right alongside my personal growth and development.
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