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test of create post button
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inWriters Chat3 mo ago
Member since May 2026
Opening line pass: too ornate, or just enough atmosphere?
The line in question: "The house had been holding its breath since the Marchetti girl disappeared, and now that Cora had moved in with her three boxes and her determined not-noticing, it exhaled." I want old-house unease — the sense that a…
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inWriters Chat3 mo ago
Member since May 2026
Anyone else writing through a head cold?
Day three of NyQuil prose. I cannot tell if what I wrote yesterday is genuinely interesting or if my brain is just operating at 60%. Strangely, the slower pace has made me more patient with the scene I'm in. I'm not rushing to the next thi…
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inWriters Chat3 mo ago
Member since May 2026
Worst writing advice you've ever received?
Mine: a workshop leader once told me to "remove every adverb on principle". I tried it for a draft and the prose became flat and weirdly accusatory — every verb doing too much work alone. Adverbs aren't the enemy. *Lazy* adverbs are. There…
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inWriters Chat3 mo ago
Member since May 2026
First chapter currently 11k words. Help.
I know. I know. The first chapter is a thousand words. Five thousand absolute maximum. Mine is currently eleven thousand words and it's still not over. The problem: every cut I make in the chapter exposes a different missing piece I have t…
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