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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 20h

Really loved the process, thank you so much for the commission!

Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For me it's the word 'but'. I noticed a lot of it during editing, and now I have to mentally keep myself from overusing it

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

probably going to be editing myself, at least until I get to where I'm happy enough to be sure it's good enough, and it's going to need some developmental stuff, but mostly line level. The first draft is pretty rough.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I may be wrong here, but I always thought that bi meant that gender plays a part in the equation of attraction, while pan meant gender is not a factor in determining one's attraction to another. My experience with people I know identifying as either is that they're decently interchangeable though.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm really looking forward to editing to be honest, but I usually take some time off writing before I do that, just to let the ideas and the story fester in my mind isolated from the exact words.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I always wonder why companies don't just print this kind of product into the ground. They don't earn anything from the secondary market, right? So why wouldn't they just print enough stock to reach a wider audience?

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I wrote 2334 words today, and with it, I've reached my word goal of 80k and all of the scenes I planned. THE FIRST DRAFT IS DONE!!! I am ecstatic. Thank you everyone who has followed me on this journey! Now to edit it... in a while. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I wrote 2761 words today. Of what I wrote, the first scene was far longer than the second, but I shall pay it no real mind. Scenes should be as long or as short as they need to be, not as a wordcount instructs them to be. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I wrote 2539 words today. Today was a busy day for me, and I almost thought I wouldn't get to put words to page. Yet I've found staying in my rhythm of writing makes me feel better than worrying about not having written. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Giving up was never an option, even if there was nothing to be salvaged, which I doubt, I've already spent so much time on it that I'll see it through to the end.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wrote 2323 words today. In the story, it's basically wrapping up loose ends by now. I do feel a kind of melancholy that the process is almost over, regardless of the quality of the writing, I've enjoyed the process, like I always do. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wrote 2414 words today. While I'm very happy about coming close to finishing up this draft, there is a kernel of doubt in my mind that it's maybe not all I wanted it to be. I just hope I can squash that feeling during editing. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I wrote 2596 words today, currently writing for the climactic fight at the end, and I'm enjoying writing it. Basically a spiritual successor to the first fight scene of the novel. It's very fun to explore these kind of things for me. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh come on, everyone knows that the T-rex is the biological ancestor of the automatic sliding door.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wrote 2660 words for my first draft today. I wrote two scenes, but wasn't really happy with how the second would lead into the ones I'm writing tomorrow, so I rewrote a bunch of that one. Really like the new version way more. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

By no ways am I saying I haven't been enjoying the process, but there's really nothing like wrapping up a story with a nice little bow.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I wrote 2565 words today. If I keep up the pace I've written with today, I should be done with this first draft this time next week, really enjoying all the progress I've already made, and looking forward to the end of this draft. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote 2107 words today, around 1.4k of which were for the last scene of the second act, and the rest are the outline for the 3rd act. At 60.842 words (75%), I am now at the part of the draft that was the entire reason I started writing! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wrote 2527 words today. I could probably write more, but I refuse to do so today. The last scene I wrote is quite emotional for me, actual tears. I want to hold onto that feeling, instead of just skipping to the next one. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not anytime soon likely. Currently just making my way through the first draft, and I still have a bunch of stuff I'd likely want to touch up after that myself. So probably not anytime before summer next year.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mostly the fact that I still wanted to explore a lot of the world of my original novel, which will be self-published later this month.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Currently at 56297 words in my document, though there are a few sentences in there describing future scenes. That's about 70% of my goal for the full first draft at 80000 words.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Anything more than 0 is a step in the right direction! You'll definitely get where you are going eventually.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I wrote 2535 words today. While I'm happy with the general shape of what I've written, It will probably need a lot more polish before actually being anywhere close to publishing. But I'm willing to do that work. Eventually #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I wrote 3638 words today, which is quite a bit higher than my usual goal. I was really looking forward to writing the next scene, so I just went and wrote some more. And I'm still creeping closer to that coveted third act. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wrote 2409 words today. A little fewer than I'd like, but still two scenes in total, and I didn't want to stretch those any longer, I often do feel like I should give my writing more time and space to breathe, both on and off page. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I wrote 2574 words today. Not much special to note for this part, besides the fact that I've overestimated the amount of scenes I need to communicate this part of the story, so I'm really looking into what to do with all this space. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I wrote 2401 words today for this draft. It's coming along really nicely. Even though I like the parts I'm writing right now, I realize some stuff in the beginning needs to be rewritten. Luckily for me, this is the only first draft. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I wrote 2476 words today, still reaching around the 2500 I usually set out on writing each day. Finally getting to the part of the story where they're traveling to the location of the third act. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Also remember that tropes are in a lot of different works not really because of writers chasing a certain trend, but because they're widely applicable and they work.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I guess I simply want to say that instead of apologizing to your audience for using your tropes, or the way you write, or even the cadence of character, you should embrace those little flaws inside whatever it is and just run with it.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Even plot armor could be so cool if it's incorporated in the story through anything more than a meta-level wink

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Or acknowledging that the third act breakup came out of nowhere to at least one character

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm not even necessarily talking about stuff like satire. I'm talking about telling us all about the unreliable character's exploits instead of showing us

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I absolutely love when an author uses the downside of a writing convention to their advantage. Always shows me that they've got an amazing grasp on whatever genre and structure they're writing. #booksky #writingsky #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'd probably describe it as an urban fantasy story with adventure and romance elements

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Honestly, I'll likely put it aside before returning after a while for the preliminary edits. I usually find that some time not working on something while very much thinking about it gives me a better view on what I eventually want it to be.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I wrote 2515 words today for my first draft, bringing me to a grand total of 40175 words, and with that, I'm halfway done with this first draft! It's coming along nicely, and I really like where the story is heading #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Definitely the first in this case, they're very much not happy with the relationship at first. Their focus is very much on their individual survival rather than this actually being any kind of romance, at least at first.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I wrote 2328 words today! Let me share an excerpt of what I wrote today. "Nothing, at all. Nothing and water. The air holds only silence, and the valleys are pierced by all, yet there is only absence, as far down as can be." #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm back to writing for my first draft, having went through the edit of my first novel. Wrote 1433 words today, and was honestly dreading today's scene, but a lot of time to think about this one while I was checking the edit helped a lot! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Every time someone says life is too perfect to not have been designed, I think of how Siboglinid Tube Worms lose their entire digestive system, THEN GROW A NEW ONE, when they undergo metamorphosis from larvae to adult

A collection of siboglinid tube worms around a hydrothermal vent

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yes, the POV character is human, and they have to try to dance around this relationship while avoiding that which will get them condemned to a fate worse than death, so basically the usual

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

for an additional check of this, I've ran through some pictures I've taken on my own phone, and I've gotten a number of false flags. While I don't want to give money to AI, I also don't think a website that can be fallible like this should be the only evidence you need before starting a witch hunt

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you for your concern, I just tried to verify your claims with the character isolated from the background, and it says it's likely real. I very much understand the want to scrutinize for these things, so if you think it's definitely AI, please provide me of some other details that may prove it.

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