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What part of my brain decided it was a brilliant idea to create, in two of my major worlds, main characters named Taia and Tay, and then give them both PTSD?! I'm reading a book on PTSD now, and I'm already confusing myself.
(Though to be quite correct, since I haven't finished writing the book yet, Tay does not have PTSD. The trauma is still ongoing.)
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I need to rewrite this sentence and it's confusing me. The original phrase is "for the witch had given him more than enough money than he would need for the provisioning he had been sent to do," but that's redundant. Which is better: "more money than he would need for the provisioning" or "more than enough money for the provisioning"? Or something else entirely?
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I keep seeing advice--not necessarily about writing, but that's included--to make yourself feel guilty about doing something, or set things up so you'll feel guilty if you don't do it, in order to motivate yourself. Um, that's not motivating for me. That just makes me avoid everything to do with whatever's making me feel guilty. When I let myself feel guilty about not writing (and it's definitely a "let"), I write less. And I make myself sick.
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I've typed enough today--much of it notes, trying to transcribe the relevant parts of a Criminal Minds episode for a fic I'm going to write--that my right wrist hurts. I think I shall stop now.
(Though to be quite correct, since I haven't finished writing the book yet, Tay does not have PTSD. The trauma is still ongoing.)
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I need to rewrite this sentence and it's confusing me. The original phrase is "for the witch had given him more than enough money than he would need for the provisioning he had been sent to do," but that's redundant. Which is better: "more money than he would need for the provisioning" or "more than enough money for the provisioning"? Or something else entirely?
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I keep seeing advice--not necessarily about writing, but that's included--to make yourself feel guilty about doing something, or set things up so you'll feel guilty if you don't do it, in order to motivate yourself. Um, that's not motivating for me. That just makes me avoid everything to do with whatever's making me feel guilty. When I let myself feel guilty about not writing (and it's definitely a "let"), I write less. And I make myself sick.
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I've typed enough today--much of it notes, trying to transcribe the relevant parts of a Criminal Minds episode for a fic I'm going to write--that my right wrist hurts. I think I shall stop now.