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maxkirin:Today is the start of a new, fabulous month! 📅🌈A little bit of planning goes a long way, so...

maxkirin:

Today is the start of a new, fabulous month! 📅🌈

A little bit of planning goes a long way, so take today as a chance to plot the month ahead—and I’m not even talking about setting writing goals, just goals in general.

Make time for the things you want to do this month!

Nearly forgot!! In the case that you *do* want some help coming up with goals for your writing, or goals in general, I have a post on my blog all about that! 👍

Today is the start of a new, fabulous month! 📅🌈A little bit of planning goes a long way, so take...

Today is the start of a new, fabulous month! 📅🌈

A little bit of planning goes a long way, so take today as a chance to plot the month ahead—and I’m not even talking about setting writing goals, just goals in general.

Make time for the things you want to do this month!

Let’s start the week with some writing tips! Specifically about editing the book you worked so...

Let’s start the week with some writing tips! Specifically about editing the book you worked so hard to write.

I’ve got three tried and true tips for you, so let’s go! 🔩✨

1️⃣ Have a Goal

Before you go and start reading your book, ask yourself this: what is the goal of this pass? Basic cleaning? Sentence flow? Characterization? Pacing?

Take it from me, you do not want to try and do everything in one go. It’ll make each pass take forever and you’re gonna end up hating your writing even more.

You can’t g...

I’m going offline for the weekend~ 📴I may not be here but I’m still cheering for you....

I’m going offline for the weekend~ 📴

I may not be here but I’m still cheering for you. Give it your all and keep your chin up—you got this!! 😤

maxkirin:It’s #ArtFriday! So let’s post some art!! 🎨💛Hoshi isn’t the only one who...

maxkirin:

It’s #ArtFriday! So let’s post some art!! 🎨💛

Hoshi isn’t the only one who should get cute outfits so I made a paper-doll of Cami (they/them). I am really happy with how this one came out, I feel like I’ve finally nailed Cami’s hair! 💇🏾‍♀️

And of course, what kind of monster would I be without also posting a height comparison:

PS: Hoshi & Cami are both characters from my upcoming novel—which is coming out a lot sooner than you might think! 😲🌈

It’s #ArtFriday! So let’s post some art!! 🎨💛Hoshi isn’t the only one who should...

It’s #ArtFriday! So let’s post some art!! 🎨💛

Hoshi isn’t the only one who should get cute outfits so I made a paper-doll of Cami (they/them). I am really happy with how this one came out, I feel like I’ve finally nailed Cami’s hair! 💇🏾‍♀️

Man, it’s crazy how much you can improve with practice.Whatever it is you’re working on, KEEP GOING....

Man, it’s crazy how much you can improve with practice.

Whatever it is you’re working on, KEEP GOING. YOU GOT THIS. ✨

STORY IDEA / WRITING PROMPT!Your character doesn’t have any friends—or at least they...

STORY IDEA / WRITING PROMPT!

Your character doesn’t have any friends—or at least they didn’t used to until this morning. A strange new student claims to be your character’s best friend and everyone around them acts like this is the way things have always been.

What’s going on?

Further questions to get the ideas rolling:

⚠ Is your character misremembering?

⚠ Is the best friend lying?

⚠ How is it that everyone agrees with the best friend?

How would you write this story? How would you TWIST...

I have a really fun drawing for this week’s #ArtFriday, but Real Talk I think I spent a whole...

I have a really fun drawing for this week’s #ArtFriday, but Real Talk I think I spent a whole day just trying to get these hands to look *right*. Tried looking for references. Took pics of MY OWN damn hands. Still not happy with ‘em.

Hands, man.

How do they even work? ✋❔❔

The one thing nobody ever tells you about writing a novel is that, for the longest time, you feel...

The one thing nobody ever tells you about writing a novel is that, for the longest time, you feel like you’re hardly making any progress.

Then—one day—the book is done.

The thing you worked on for so long is out of your hands, and it feels like saying goodbye to a dear friend.

If you think you’re going to be stuck working on that book forever/project—you won’t. Keep at it, keep working on it, and one day you too will wake up one day and feel this strange sadness.

And I promise you that’s a good thin...