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maxkirin:It’s easy to feel like your ideas are not worth writing because they aren’t...

maxkirin:

It’s easy to feel like your ideas are not worth writing because they aren’t “new”—but in this you overlook that you have a unique writing voice.

Everything you write is *yours*, and absolutely worth writing about. Please, keep going! 😌💭

It’s easy to feel like your ideas are not worth writing because they aren’t...

It’s easy to feel like your ideas are not worth writing because they aren’t “new”—but in this you overlook that you have a unique writing voice.

Everything you write is *yours*, and absolutely worth writing about. Please, keep going! 😌💭

On Goals & Targets 📝📚 Daily Writing UpdateAll done writing for today! Here are today’s #writing...

On Goals & Targets 📝📚 Daily Writing Update

All done writing for today! Here are today’s #writing stats:

+1 chapter (15/27)
+2807 words (46.8k/75k)

Now, I’ve been meaning to address this for a while, so let’s talk about it today:

“Max, your word-count is waaay ahead of schedule, aren’t you worried about that?”

Context: As of yesterday I’m half way through this book—at least, chapter wise. Word-wise I’m over by 10K.

Is this bad?

I don’t think so, estimates are just that—estimates. This book might actuall...

With today’s #writing done, I’m officially half-way through this first draft! Here are today’s...

With today’s #writing done, I’m officially half-way through this first draft! Here are today’s stats:

+1 chapter (14/27)
+ 2932 words (44k/75k)

This is what I’m *talking* about! Writing a book is not easy, but if you tackle it one day at a time—you can do it! 🙌

Also, half the reason I made a visual representation of the book (aka the “boss fight”) is because I wanted to make a gif at different spots along the journey. Here’s us until the end of phase one 👇

The other reason is because it’s easy to for...

#writing google searches of the day:“which part of the sword is the butt?”A: the correct...

#writing google searches of the day:

“which part of the sword is the butt?”
A: the correct name for the “butt” of the sword is the “pommel”

“what do you call the part of a church bell that ding-dongs?”
A: the ding-donger is actually called the “clapper”

On Sundays I don’t write! You gotta have a day to catch up with the chaos that is living~ 🧺🧹I’ll be...

On Sundays I don’t write! You gotta have a day to catch up with the chaos that is living~ 🧺🧹

I’ll be back tomorrow with more writing updates—can you believe we’re almost 50% through this book? Crazy!!

No time to get comfy though, there’s still half a book left to write! 🔥😤🔥

Here’s hoping you’re all having a lovely weekend! What are you up to? Listened to any good writing music? 😄

And that’s a wrap!! Here are today’s #writing stats:+1 chapter (13/27)+3502 words (41.1k/75k)Which...

And that’s a wrap!! Here are today’s #writing stats:

+1 chapter (13/27)
+3502 words (41.1k/75k)

Which means I’m almost half way through this book! Exciting!!

And now, let me tell you about quick edits~ 🤓✨

Context: during today’s writing I realized that I’d forgotten to describe a change to the scenery, so I went back to add it earlier in the chapter.

“Hold on a second now,” you say out loud even though this is a text post, “didn’t Max say they never edit? SUS.”

Here’s my personal rule with editing whil...

maxkirin:Today only, Itch.io is giving creators 100% of the revenue from their sales!! This is a...

maxkirin:

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Do you enjoy 𝖊𝖕𝖍𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑 content? Why not follow me on Instagram where I’m posting these things called ‘stories,’ though I’m not sure why they’re called that because if my writing vanished after 24 hours I would probably hurt the person responsible for that.

By the way, do any of the following sound fun to you?

📝 writing updates
🎧 writing music
🎨 character sketches
🎮 my play-through of Pokemon Red

Then follow me on IG! 👉 instagram.com/maxkirin

maxkirin:On Fridays we post art of our characters! 🎨🖌Fel (he/him) is the protag of my current WIP...

maxkirin:

On Fridays we post art of our characters! 🎨🖌

Fel (he/him) is the protag of my current WIP 🌞

In this fantasy world Fel is what’s known as a “Red Mage,” or more accurately /Bread/ Mage, for his uncanny ability to transmute matter; usually into bread to feed people. 🍞🥖🥐

I’m not 100% happy with Fel’s design yet. Drawing fantasy outfits is not the same as contemporary ones, but I’m getting there. 😌

I do feel like I’ve been putting too much focus on these bigger pieces, when I really should just ...