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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just finished rewriting a chapter, sat back and thought, 'yup, she's beautiful.' How often does that ever happen? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Might have gotten lost today and fallen into drafting Witchy WIP 2 when I was supposed to be working on OSaSF oopsie #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Searched my in progress draft for 'call' and didn't even look at any other options when this one came up. From OSaSF: #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips #WriteSky

Death gripped the edge of his cloak and whipped it across his chest. He melted into the waves as he took on the form of a black eel. He slithered through the gaps in the branches of the trees until he found himself at the edge of the Starlit Palace. Thick wooden boards lay overhead, creating land for the humans who dwelt there. Death slipped through a gap, grew into a man, and entered through a servant’s door. He expected the voice to call him up into the palace above. But, when it came again, no more than a whimper, it was from below.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The MMC and his LI in this first draft keep running head first into impossible situations that I have no idea how to get them out of and I'm starting to think that no one in this story is looking where they are going. #WritingCommunity #pantser #pantsing #WriteSky

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

From the first draft of OSaSF, which is about a slave boy who has to work with the God of Death to find and free a goddess: #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIPSnips

‘Beautiful,’ he said.
Something rumbled. It took Roseus a beat to realise it was Harber. ‘Kneel,’ he bit out. ‘Eyes down.’
Roseus dropped to his knees. Heat flushed his skin, limbs shaking. His head was light, a strange fog tinging his thoughts. It was from the eyes on him, the way the man had appraised him, the simple note in his voice when he’d said that word. Beautiful.
The man chuckled as he retook his seat. ‘Yeah, I was possessive with this one the first few months. It fades.’ He paused. ‘Though, with one that looks like that…’
‘I’m glad you understand,’ Harber said, and the conversation moved on to other things.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me writing the first draft of a scene in an amphitheatre with no concept of how to spell amphitheatre: #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SendHelp

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You ever finish a chapter and then go to write the chapter summary and it's like... wait, wth just happened? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not sure if I mentioned but OSaSF is an MM romance in which a slave (who was once a prince) must work with the God of Death (who is a merman) to free a goddess and save his people. ANYWAY, here are some 'teeth' ... #WritingCommunity

Roseus tried to dig his elbows into the sand, but Death laid his hand against his collarbone and pinned him. Pale fire burned in Death’s eyes, his lips pulled back over needle-sharp teeth.
‘You tricked me, Little Fish,’ he said, voice half a growl.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Really really really REALLY didn't want to write today, so I told myself I'd just write a paragraph and now I'm 1k into a chapter. That's how writer maths works. #writingcommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yup we went with 'rigging'. From the first draft of OSaSF: #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

As Gorling shrank from view, Harber turned away. Something caught in Roseus’s chest, a snag, a longing. He wanted to stay on the deck, but his feet turned, his body following where his mind wanted to cling to the open sea air. Harber ducked through a low doorway and down a set of steps. The walls were tight, the anemone lights too small to properly light the hall. Gentle chatter threaded through the waves and creak of rigging, preceded by the scent of something baking. They were heading to the mess, and Roseus tried not to think of the last time he was in one.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am once again here to express that I will never not be astounded by my discovery writer brain. How does everything just slot into place like that? How does brain know what it's doing and when is it going to teach me?! #Pantser #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Using 'thought' instead of mental. From the first draft of OSaSF: #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

Roseus dropped to his knees. Heat flushed his skin, limbs shaking. His head was light, a strange fog tinging his thoughts. It was from the eyes on him, the way the man had appraised him, the simple note in his voice when he’d said that word. Beautiful.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

From the first draft of 'Of Starlight and Sea Foam' #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

‘Go to sleep, Roseus,’ Death sighed, so quiet it could have been mistaken for a breath.
The tension bled from Roseus’s body. It should have scared him, how diligently it responded, but all he felt was relief as he finally succumbed to sleep.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

From the first draft of 'Of Starlight and Sea Foam' #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

A thunk sounded, Death’s body jerked as black blood sprayed from his shoulder. He loosed a snarl and twisted towards the threat, one clawed hand still on Roseus. Another thunk, a bolt struck his chest. He grasped for it as the glow drained from his skin. His tail thrashed through the surf, once, twice. He collapsed.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's funny starting this first drafting thing all over again, there are so many parts of it I'd forgotten. Like, how when the plot wont plot sometimes it needs breathing space even when that's the last thing I want to give it. What is your least favourite part of first drafs? #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Did I mention that I changed the LI for mermaid WIP? No? 'Roseus stumbled. His gaze caught on Death, and his heart stuttered. There was a fierce, predatory, look in his eyes. He tapped the floor at his side, the symbol half covered by his thigh.' #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Enjoy it. It should be fun. If it isn't you're probably editing a scene for the thousandth time and it's trying to tell you that it's ready. #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

From the first chapter of the first draft of Mermaid WIP - a mother tells her son about her nightmare: #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

‘You dive before I can catch you, without replenishing your breath. My lungs are screaming, so I know you can't have much left. I'm forced to surface and tread water, too panicked to fill my lungs and follow you. From there, the dream strays. Every time I dip beneath the waves the darkness in the trench grows, until a hand grasps my ankle and drags me down too.’

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

From the first draft of Mermaid WIP (what will he find there!?) There was a smudge on the horizon. It was land, or something like it. Relief loosened his limbs, the heading good enough, certain enough, no matter what he'd find there. #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

One more week of drafting and I'll need to rewrite the first chapter of Mermaid WIP for my alpha readers (Yes I get crits as I go and yes my critique group have read the start of way too many abandoned projects) Do you get feedback as you write or after? #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Currently drafting: With Starlight and Sea Foam 🐚GREEK MYTH X MERMAIDS 📜inspired by the myth of Perseus - not a retelling 🖤a slave x a sea witch ⛓️MMC main POV 💪free a goddess, overthrow the patriarchy #WritingCommunity #fantasy #romance

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Finally unpinned the moodboard for Witchy WIP. A board for my new project is coming 👀 🐚 #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is very loose, but in the first draft of my new WIP, here is the FMC testing the MMC: '‘And I think you are a pathetic little fish. Prove me wrong, pup.’' #Writingcommunity #WIPSnips #WriteSky

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I know I have written too much why choose romance recently because every time I introduce a new character in this story there's a little voice in the back of my mind going, 'love interest?' #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

So this week I've started drafting a mermaid-ish fantasy romance inspired by the myth of Perseus and Medusa and I am EXCITED #writingcommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm going to unpin this beauty soon as I've moved onto a new WIP that I've just finished the moodboard for. I'm going to miss this one! #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Don't flinch. Don't shy away because it makes you uncomfortable. Write the scene. Go deep. Make me FEEL it.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

He is yet to take his revenge.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Can I write an entire first draft without rewriting? I'm going to try! Any tips #WritingCommunity ?

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I can't post #WIPSnips from Witchy WIP anymore because it is with beta readers and if I so much as look at it you know I am going to find all kinds of mistakes #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I cannot express how pleased I am that I've finished draft two of Witchy WIP with exactly thirty chapters #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

From the first chapter of the second draft of Witchy WIP #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

The cemetery widened, sprawling to their left with the cliff on their right. Headstones jutted from the well-kept grass, marked with the names and the spells required to keep the bones quiet. Mourners paused to pay their respects and add ingredients to the spell baskets to help stabilise the magick. Lettie looked out across the headstones, her mother was there somewhere, though her father had never brought her to the cemetery to visit, and Lettie had never dared request it.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It's humid in the opening paragraph of my short story about intrusive thoughts #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

The satin train of Elin’s wedding dress streamed in her wake as her bare feet slapped against the concrete. The midday heat clung to her skin, clogged her throat, or perhaps that was from the tears coating her cheeks. She stumbled to a stop. A glance back the way she’d come showed no pursuit, and she filled her lungs with the acrid London air. She gripped the side of the blue and white balustrade and leaned out. Grey water languished far below, lapping at the base of Tower Bridge.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Going with 'pieces' as my synonym. This is from my short story that combines magic with intrusive thoughts, neither of witch appear in this snip. #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

Elin finished watering her plants and stowed the watering can beneath the sink. She pulled some leeks out of the fridge and chopped them on the counter that separated her from Billie.
‘Are you going out tonight?’ Elin asked.
Billie nodded, her gaze fixed on her game of solitaire and her silence clear. Elin wasn’t invited.
She swept the leeks into a frying pan, dropped in some butter, and sliced the mushrooms. She tapped the knife against the board to dislodge the pieces stuck to the blade.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's wild that two drafts can be so different. In the first draft of Witchy WIP the FMC had a nice chat with the villain before kicking butt. The second draft is... a little more violent. #WritingCommunity #gohardorgohome

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just a hint at the strange goings on in a short story I've been working on #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

Billie lit a cigarette. ‘Not the first time, or the second. But she told me about it. Then, last week we were having dinner, and out of nowhere she stabs a knife through her hand. Her whole body went loose like she’d had the best orgasm of her life. Then that dust was everywhere, and she was gone.’ She blew smoke into the night. ‘It only takes one time. You give in once, and you’re gone.’

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

From draft one of Witchy WIP. I cut this scene when working on draft two. #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

She climbed the stairs to Mariner’s study, paused at the door, and listened. Nothing, no footsteps chasing after her, no glimpse of red eyes. It should’ve been a relief as she didn’t have the strength to refuse him again, but her gut sank when she closed the door behind her. She knocked her head back against the solid wood.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

There's only one spicy scene in Witchy WIP and I thought it'd get cut from the second draft but I can confirm that this time it has survived #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I love when I can post a snip from the short story I've been working on 🖤 #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

Three days after Elin broke her phone, her mother, Mauve, arrived at her studio flat with a replacement. She walked inside, wearing her grey Burberry coat and a scowl. The icy wind clung to her like perfume, chilling each of Elin’s cheeks when she swept in for a kiss. As she perused the space, she unwound her scarf and flicked open the buttons of her coat. Her lips were painted the same colour as her name.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Substituted tournament for 'games.' Bit of a longer one but I had to include the last line! Tea is a very important drink in the world of Witchy WIP and in this scene, Lettie considers it her best form of defense. #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

‘I’m not here to play games,’ he said.
‘Just to waste time, it seems.’
Walters stepped closer so only the width of the desk separated them. She arched her neck to maintain eye contact and allowed the slightest of smiles to tug at the corner of her mouth. His gaze dropped to her lips. It was only for a moment, less than a second, but that was all it took. He was attracted to her. The thought fluttered at her rib cage, but she didn’t allow it to settle.
‘You were almost kidnapped,’ he said, his gaze back on hers. ‘Because Miss Darling allowed a man to stay in post for her own selfish needs.’
‘I’m aware,’ Lettie said. ‘And I am dealing with it.’
‘Miss Morrose, if you’re in danger—’
‘It’s because you haven’t found whatever killed Mariner.’
His expression narrowed, the glare made harsher by the sharp lines of his scars. ‘Fine,’ he bit out. ‘Shall we start with your interview, considering you are clearly well enough?’
‘Gladly,’ Lettie said. ‘But I refuse to engage with you further without something boiling to douse you with.’

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

So I'm going to have to cut a chapter I love because it no longer serves the story now that I've fixed a plot hole. I thought the 'kill your darlings' people were being dramatic but no. Nope. I get it now 😭 #WritingCommunity

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

From the first epigraph in the first chapter of Witchy WIP. Tenuously substituting 'fantastical' for 'sensational' #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

My memory of our time together is like one of those stories they tell you never to write – where strange and fantastical things happen and when all is lost, you wake to realise it was a dream.

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This is from a short story I've been working on when Witchy WIP frustrates me #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

‘Do you still love Jules?’ Billie asked.
She was sat on a stool by the counter with her knees drawn up. She wore a black thong and a loose shirt. There was a towel wrapped around her head and a cigarette clamped in the corner of her mouth.
‘It’s been two months,’ Elin said, as she picked a dead leaf from one of her plants. The windows were open and warm air drifted through the flat. For early spring, the weather was unseasonable.
‘I still love Alice,’ Billie said. ‘If she chose to go, does that mean she can choose to come back?’

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JodieWrites @jodielouise.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Crypts, pyramids, same thing. This is from the first chapter of Witchy WIP. Whilst walking through the cemetery, our FMC, Lettie, wants to know more about the detective assigned to investigate her ex-lovers muder. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

Ava shook her head. ‘Focus on the sending.’
‘I have been, now I require a distraction.’
Crypts joined the spread of headstones. Their heavy doors were barred with metal slabs. Candles burned on the steps with fresh laid bowls of smoking herbs. Guards lingered amongst them. Dressed in grey and black, they were as silent as the graves they watched over.
‘He’s a soldier turned detective,’ Ava said. ‘He used to be stationed in The Wastes. As far as we can tell, he was no better than a bounty hunter.’
‘And? I read a rumour that he was involved in the late Lord Hest’s death.’
‘Well, he garners much suspicion and rightly so. He’s part nightmare.’

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