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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 9h

For your character(s), what do others see them as externally, verses how they really are internally? ( ◡̀ ̫ ◡́) ✧ Outside: Kyo Sohma Inside: Surprised Pikachu Rein's entire character arc is basically: "Wait... people were emotionally attached to me??" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Anime character Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket sitting in a crouch while engulfed in exaggerated flames. Used to represent Rein's external appearance: stubborn, guarded, tired, and perpetually one inconvenience away from physically combusting.

Meme Pokémon card featuring Surprised Pikachu. Used to represent Rein's inner self: constantly shocked to learn that people are legitimately worried about him, care deeply about him, or have become emotionally attached to him despite his repeated attempts to distance himself from them. It never works.

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 10h

For #Octember, if Rein had to handle it, he'd be a terrible Santa Claus! ꉂ(˵˃ ᗜ ˂˵) Poor guy would spend so much time worrying whether everyone got the right gift that sunrise would find him halfway through the route, even after triple checking the list! The reindeer would be begging him to go on!

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 20h

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 22h

For this #LitHodgepodge, my answer is a little serious: I require Joe Hisaishi for the atmosphere! If Rein is going to emotionally devastate an audience, I want it done with professional orchestral support! I'd honestly beg Joe to score it. If he says no, I'd cry politely and ask again. ദ്ദി( T ᗜ T )

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh! This #LitHodgepodge is perfect for Rein responses! (,; ⩌ ;,) : ⚰️ Would you rather know when or how you're going to die? Rein: "When. At least then I could plan around it." 🧠 Perfect memory or forget anything at will? Rein: "Perfect memory. There are too many things I'd want to remember."

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Does Rein wear jewelry? Technically, yes. Consistently? Absolutely not. Rein is a painter. Anything that interferes with painting gets demoted to "another day" status and placed on the nearest flat surface in favor of whichever paintbrush he was looking for five seconds ago.(ᵕ—ᴗ—) #AwesomeCharacters

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day! ...Wait. Rain? Rein? Is the sky trying to remind me that my ML Rein wants attention today, too? Did Rein summon a storm due to the similarities in naming conventions? Well, I guess it's true what they say: "When it Reins, it pours!" ꉂ(˵˃ ᗜ ˂˵) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sometimes mercy and surrender wear the same face. This factually applies to both my ML in my #WIP and me right now. My characters successfully swapped out Sleep Factor™ for "TYPE ME, FURAI!" mode. I write this while staring into space in front of my fancy Bean Juice Maker™. ...Rude. (𖠂_𖠂) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sometimes, writing certain scenes requires capturing longing just before it fully forms. The tiny flutter in your chest when your gaze meets theirs. The bashful smile tugging at your lips uninvited. The way your fingers move just before you've decided to reach. ...Yeah. That. (◡ ‿ ◡ .) #amwriting

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恋は8秒

Yukari Hashimoto · TVアニメ「多田くんは恋をしない」オリジナルサウンドトラック · Song · 2018

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If I could summarize my ML from my current #WIP in just a few lines, it would be: Rein moved across the Empire to find a life worth living. Then spent years watching it through a window. (｡•́︿•̀｡) #amwriting #WriteSky #CharacterStudy

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The moonlight greets me from the window. The AC unit whirs and rumbles. Fresh coffee grumbles its morning song, its the scent dancing about my nose. In front of the computer, a new line forms on the bright document. Where has my dark mode gone? ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽ #freeverse #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rein doesn't laugh often anymore. When he does, it's genuine and usually means he's forgotten to be miserable for a moment. Biju laughs all the time! She doesn't have a voice, but her joy is contagious... and Rein is unfortunately very susceptible to it! ( ꈍ◡ꈍ) #AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thursday is here, and that means I get to see the biggest goober alive! ...It's just me in the mirror with eyebags and a terrifying smile. Who needs travel bags when you've got accessories permanently attached to your face...? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Anyway, let's hit the road... and not the bushes! #roadtrip

D.W. from Arthur standing outdoors against a grassy background. The character has a short brown bob haircut with severe dark circles under wide eyes. A troublemaker's grin is aimed directly at the viewer.

Resembles the face of someone who definitely got enough sleep and is making excellent life choices, despite looking as though sleep has become a philosophical concept rather than a biological requirement.

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WritingCommunity For the opening arc of your story, what song fits best? For my current #WIP, this one feels like home! A small, familiar world. A routine, a community, and a reminder that sometimes ordinary days still matter. And that it's okay to want more than survival. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) #amwriting

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Akigami

Gavin Leeper · Akigami · Song · 2022

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Work up the nerve, Furai!" I repeatedly tell myself. ...Sadly though, the nerve to tag has escaped like a cold noodle slipping from my chopsticks into a tasty broth bowl. Still need a little more time, I guess~ I'll try DVPit next round! Good luck, everyone! ♡ ( ∩´͈ ᐜ `͈∩) #amediting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How do I upload escapism software directly into my brain? Between my WFH job, editing my #WIP, and a caffeine dependency that should probably be considered an ingrained trait, I have successfully sideloaded Novel Time™ because a series I love released a preorder! Shion, Nezumi, wait for me! (´▽`ʃƪ)♡

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WritingCommunity, describe your book poorly Young artist receives a free emotional support companion. Hidden conditions and fees apply! ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧ EMOTIONAL OVERSIGHT: Two people with entirely too many feelings accidentally speedrun heartbreak~ Requested refunds have been denied! ദ്ദി( T ᗜ T )

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have reached that stage of editing where I genuinely cannot tell if a sentence is brilliant, terrible, or simply familiar because I've read it 800 times. The problem is no longer the manuscript... It's that I've somehow merged with it! The coffee stains on chapter 19 are canon! ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Only 138 words today! Mainly because I got lost in the abyssal rabbit hole of researching terms and now it's time to sleep... But! Worry not! My characters will be waking me up in the middle of the night to host an emergency meeting and give me my pink slip for not performing to standard! (≖⩊≖) #bed

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Current #WIP status: "Just one more tiny tweak, this sentence sounds strange out loud!" That was 7 revision passes ago... I have become trapped in an editing time loop! A Summer Time Rendering experience, except the monster is my own manuscript. ...The problem is me! ( ◡̀ ̫ ◡́) ✧ #amwriting #amediting

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Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Spoonie Authors Chat for writers who manage spoons, September 28, 2026: Guess what? I'm neurodivergent! Where are all my neurofabulous authors? (Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat!) #WriteSky

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was so focused on revising my manuscript that I forgot to post my daily suffering updates! I face-planted onto my keyboard and accidentally created several new words in the English language. None of which will make Webster's Dictionary proud. Furai is now on cleanup duty. Waow! ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ #amwriting

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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Glaring at my manuscript's word count and mentally panicking because I've reached overachiever levels of text and have no fresh eyes to tell me where I went wrong. Coffee, please become sentient enough to reply when I talk to you! Don't ignore me because I abandoned you hours ago. ಥ‿ಥ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well, my #WIP doesn't really have a traditional antagonist! Mainly because he isn't a traditional MC! My MC is mostly fighting through his circumstances, his fears, and the belief that the future has already slipped through his fingers. So, technically... 'The End of Time'? (·•᷄_•᷅ ) #SongsOfSeptember

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Amphoreus: The Musical PART 2 - NEVER FALL | Rita Kamishiro & WUNDER RiKU

YouTube video by Rita Kamishiro

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Juggling multiple manuscripts is a slippery slope! Trying to determine which flavor of "emotional destruction" I'm in the mood to navigate now that all of the characters in their respective universes have started a full blown riot in my head! So demanding! None of them pay rent! (๑•̀ᗝ•́)૭ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today's plan: Eat macaroni salad with 0% salad Pour extra strong bean juice directly into mug Attempt to write words that make sense Scream at blinking cursor sitting on new paragraph line Lose Inhale Herr's salt and pepper chips Ignore sleep pull Cry Repeat Am I a writer yet? _(:3」∠)_ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1000% agree! My company gave everyone Copilot licenses but I'm still out here powered by coffee, obsessive problem solving, and a neurospicy brain that refuses to take shortcuts! One of my managers asked what prompt I used for a new SOP once... ...Sir Bossman, the prompt was just me! (˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I tend to get hit with writer's block often, so I somehow ended up with three active manuscripts and full multi-book outlines. Honestly, my imagination and insomnia have formed an alliance and refuses to let me rest. Somehow these characters fight for their lives more than I do! (ᵕ—ᴗ—) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As a WFH gremlin, even I get tired of staring at a screen all day. Meetings, documents, SOPs and "traffic cop" duties for messes that absolutely weren't mine 30 minutes earlier! No wonder I spend most of my nights hiding in fictional worlds instead of launching myself off a cliff! (ᵕ—ᴗ—) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Chapter 18 is now standing on a picket line because I haven't fed it enough words! I have doomscrolled YT Shorts for 2.5 hours, alternated between two coffees, a flat coke, and some water that I still haven't finished. But.. I produced 2,039 words?? What sort of wizardry is this? (シ_ _ )シ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I realized I've created characters who don't feel like characters; they feel like people! They have opinions about EVERYTHING and questionable coping mechanisms... Together, they possess enough emotional baggage to qualify as their own mountain range and bankrupt a therapist~! (ㅅ´ ˘ `) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ah! At the start of my #WIP, my MC was trying very hard not to participate in life... He mostly: ♡ Sits on stool ♡ Avoids problems ♡ Ignores feelings By the end, life 100% won the argument! Now he: ❤︎ Sits on stool ❤︎ Accepted feelings ❤︎ Becomes everyone else's problem Progress! ദ്ദി ˉ꒳ˉ )✧ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Every #WIP story has four sides: ⟢The side written on the page ⟢The side the characters actually live through ⟢The side readers interpret ⟢And the side only known to the author, curled up at 3AM muttering: "Everything hurts." "You don't know the half of it." "You're wrong." _(:3」∠)_ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My manuscript followed me into my dreams last night and refused to leave when I woke up. Now I have my #WIP open wondering... Is grief the absence of someone? Or the discovery of how much of your life they occupied? ...Neither I, the manuscript, nor my characters have answers! ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today my friends forced me outside to "mingle with reality." There was food, cold drinks, sunshine, and the horrors of sweat and humidity. It was kind of fun I guess. I also spotted a creature I've never seen before hiding in the grass! Who am I? What is this? I didn't write at all! Σ(°ロ°) #creature

It seems to be a small brown lizard with an orange mouth peeking through bright green grass beside an orange object.

Discovered during a rare expedition outside of my writing corner.

Appears tiny, with round black eyes and a very suspicious scuttle. I don't know what it's called, but it seems to know exactly what it's supposed to be.

It's far better adapted to humidity than I am.

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This sounds fun! Right now one of the tunes on my #SongsOfSeptember list matches perfectly with the climax of my current #WIP! It's FALL by Derivakat! This one gets looped A LOT and refuses to leave the top of my On Repeat playlist! ...It's a good kind of hurt, though! ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀) #amwriting

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Fall - Derivakat [VISUALIZER M/V]

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I have to keep reminding my ML that he IS the protagonist and should be DOING something (like participating in life). He has vetoed me twice, refuses to budge from his stool, and my only saving grace is that my FL is my secret weapon because he "likes" her. (ꐦ • ᴗ •) He still denies it. #writing

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My manuscript has successfully lured me out of a perfectly good sleep with thoughts of the new creamer in my kitchen! I am now sitting in front of my computer listening to the coffee maker and realizing I fell for the world's oldest trap. Sleep is for the weak, Furai. 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜 #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The best thing about being neurospicy is also the worst thing about it... The habit of overexplaining myself because I need to make sure things are understood translates directly into not trusting myself OR the reader enough. They have EYES, Furai! They KNOW! _(:3」∠)_ #amwriting #amediting #audhd

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My computer restarted in the middle of a line edit... Thank goodness for autosave because I would have lost the last shred of my remaining sanity. (ꐦ • ᴗ •) My coffee is now mega enhanced by the flavor of my tears. Painfully delicious. #amwriting #amediting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've been staring at my cursor for the last hour, willing it to move on its own and form my sentences through telepathy. We live in an age where things can read our minds. Why can't my manuscript? Chapter 18 is still on the couch laughing at me. My coffee has failed it's only job! (╥﹏╥;) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Chapter 18 is currently laying across a couch like a Victorian noble being painted after a successful hunt. It has claimed snacks, a blanket, and my last remaining nerve! Meanwhile I'm carrying the entire manuscript on my back and begging it to participate. The audacity of it all! (¬`‸´¬) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I looked up and it was already too late for breakfast, too late for lunch, too early for a snack, and definitely too early for my fifth cup of coffee. Chapter 18 and I are officially getting divorced.(ꐦ • ᴗ •) This chapter is seeking full custody of my sanity! Argh! #pleasecooperate #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Early morning coffee secured and daydreaming about finding an illustrator for character sheets, chapter inserts, and key scenes. They're all so vivid in my head that I forget nobody else can see them. My ability to draw wandered off around 2014 and never returned. Sheesh! (ᵕ—ᴗ—) #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A song on my writing playlist reappeared today, and I made the mistake of listening to it while working on my manuscript. Now I'm sitting here staring at a wall like I've personally been betrayed. Blanket, new coffee, and emotional damage achieved. The psychic damage was at LEAST 999 MAX! (╥ ᴗ ╥)

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Lost in the Stars - Honkai: Star Rail HoYoFair | owolet / vally.exe / HalaCG

YouTube video by HoYoFair

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Self-editing my own manuscript feels like taking a sheet of aluminum foil, crumpling it into a ball, polishing it until it's shiny, and then handing it to an agent with the absolute confidence of a dandelion. (ง ͠ಥ_ಥ)งꕤ*.ﾟ "Behold." "What is it?" "A new novel." #amidoingthisright #editing #amwriting

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My relationship with coffee is complicated. It doesn't give me energy. It gives me sleepiness. However, years of drinking it have apparently trained me to fight the sleepiness long enough purely out of spite. Also, it tastes good. Furai approved! ദ്ദി ˉ꒳ˉ )✧

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💀🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊👻 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Let's have a character appreciation day! Tell me one thing you love about your character! Something that is important to who that are, that you appreciate them for, even at their lowest ❤️ #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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-ˋˏ ༻ Furai ༺ ˎˊ- @furaiyumewrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As I review my work, sometimes I ask questions. ＿〆(。。) Today's question is: What actually makes a place feel like home? The location? The memories? Or the person waiting there? (There is a correct answer, but my manuscript refuses to agree on what it is.) #amwriting #writing

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