I never thought about it this way, but it’s totally true.

Anyone else agree? I do for sure. I hope this silly old place remains what it is for a very long time.

With my incredible ability for typos, I’m definitely not worried about people confusing me with an AI bot account. I swear I do proofread y’all! unless of course I’m an AI bot prompted to include t...

Wow, some really big name authors in here. Which advice resonates with you the most? For me I think it’s writing in a different time period or voice, that sounds really challenging and I’m not sure I ...

What do you think? This post makes me wonder that if I were to focus on getting 400 great words out, rather than a “all the words and I’ll fix it later” approach, would I actually be more productive o...

🙌 yes! Love seeing how Substackers are here for fiction! I do recommend that everyone check out House of Chapters.

Hey there horror stackers, check out the latest chapter from Phoenix. Let’s hook them up with plentiful and authentic engagement! ❤️ like, comment, share / re-stack!

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These are excellent tips, as usual from @John Matthew Fox. My question is, can a chapter-length flash forward be Chapter One or is that just a prologue in disguise?

That feeling when you post a new chapter in your book and you’re waiting on some kind of response from the universe, but everyone appears to be busy…

Oh my gosh, this is so true! This isn’t I love Substack. What is BlueSky like?

I’m now a week into being a pantser. It’s an adventure! Especially when I couple it with serializing it. Which one are you? A pantser or an outliner? I have a general direction of where I want the s...

Hey writers! We’re going to kickstart the flash fiction competition this week over on our Subscriber Chat! Be sure to join up cause we’ve got some fun prompts cooked up!

Prologue #1 | A Note From The World’s Pre-Eminent Scholar of The Chronicles

Okay, after weeks of handwringing, I decided to release my first post in the serialized novel, The Excursion Chronicles! This is brand new territory for me, I normally like to keep my writing to mysel...

Hey writers, anyone else guilty of some of these? I have to admit that I hadn’t noticed how much I over explained in my writing until fairly recently. I have so much more confidence in what I produce ...

I really like these tips, especially the one about writing a scene in a different style. Any of these stand out to you?

Hey there readers, want something a little off the wall? Fun? Friggin’ weird? Check out these pieces in this thread.

Great advice on n here. … I think?

I’ll both never think of butterflies the same again (they’re flowers that fly, GREAT line!) as well as don’t think I’ll hesitate on sharing something even if isn’t ready. Just 👏🏻 keep 👏🏻 writing 👏🏻.

Today’s entry into VOICES OF FICTION: Colin Parfitt. Flash fiction is fun, and it’s also difficult. Usually fast fiction tends to be shorter stories and shorter is harder, you can’t hide behind fluf...

Hiya folks! Just wanted to make sure my fellow writers out there are aware of this flash fiction challenge. Grotesque is an interesting prompt, you can do a lot with it.

J.D. Bawn-Lavery - Sci-fi author, maker, and worldbuilder. Writing the Crown of Dust and forging artifacts from wood, metal, and light. Dispatches from the Tretaxis starmap.

I have to make myself vulnerable a little bit, but I feel a little… Nervous?… Anxious?… Scared? I’m serializing some of my fiction and it’s a brand new approach for me to share my work publicly at all...

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When I first opened my substack account I thought it would be much like how I approached social media in the old days. I’d simply just post random thoughts and ideas and hope someone would find it fun...

Today’s entry into the VOICES OF FICTION: AlwaysTired. World building ain’t easy. I like this look behind the curtains because it emphasizes one of the most important things an author needs to do in...

Some of y’all need to calm down with your em dash hatred. It was a valuable punctuation mark before AI, it’s a valuable one now. Just because I use it—with pride—doesn’t mean my words are written by a...

I really liked this, there are a lot of good details that give it such atmosphere ;-)

writing with AI is not a binary choice. the purists are starting to sound like the Puritans. This is a great article that demonstrates how you can us AI and still have them be your words I am happ...

It’s live! PLEASE re-stack & re-post. In addition to this being a fun experiment, it was also different for me because I haven’t done much with flash fiction and was a “panster” with this story. All I...

Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving.

I mean, ain’t this the real truth?

I just completed the first draft of a story after issuing a “Five Word Challenge” to Substack. Frankly, I’m really proud of it. Am going to edit it now and am going to publish it tomorrow - stay tune...

This is a really good and handy list!

I see a number of people posting notes complaining about how few subscribers they have and when you click on their profile that have a LOT more than they say. So what if I didn’t do that? What if I sa...

Alight Substack, let’s do an experiment. I want one person to please write a random object in the comments. Then a second person write a different second object and so on. I will write a story that in...

I left this as a comment but wanted to add it to a note as well. Oh for sure I’ve gotten sucked in to the social media side of it. Trying to pull myself out of it now. You’re right, I’m here to write ...

I’m just going to say it, I don’t think your menu options have changed, and therefore I don’t feel I need to listen carefully to 💅