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R D Scott-Taggart

@rdscott-taggart.bsky.social
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Official Bluesky account of author R D Scott-Taggart. Current WIP - fantasy/romance. 🩷💛🩵(she/her) 🚫NO AI🚫

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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Loving all your answers honestly 🥰 And very interested that it seems to be a far more nebulous concept than I was expecting! (I was thinking people would be telling me: “has to be 70,000 words before they kiss to count,” “love confession over halfway through- at absolute minimum,” etc. 😂)
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Question: What qualifies as a slow burn? 🤔 Does it have to pass a certain amount of words? Chapters? Books? And then does it stop at the first kiss? First time sleeping together? First love confession? When they officially become a couple? Opinions please!! #writingq #writesky #writingcommunity
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So, uhh… other than two chapters I did a couple of days ago, I may have just plotted my entire sequel in a single evening 🤯 Not sure how it happened, but I’m pretty sure I must have entered a fugue state 😂
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kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .
ALT: kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
So I’m working on beta stuff currently, and have prepared an application form, post-reading questionnaire & TW list. What am I missing? Is there something I’ve forgotten? Or questions I need to make sure I include in the forms? Triggers I’ve maybe overlooked? Gimme the deets!!
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy Pride!! Want to share/participate in some fun, queer book stuff this month. Anyone got any prompts, snippet shares, etc, they’re taking part in? #writingcommunity #writesky
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
QT with a fictional character who is eerily similar to you.
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a woman wearing a hat is standing in a field with a tree in the background .
Alt: Jane Eyre bbc adaptation
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I’m stressed.
Text: Authors trying to write a synopsis. Image: Michael Scott having a bad day.
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The vibe, the fmc, the mmc, and the author ✨ #writesky #writingcommunity #writingq
The vibe: castles, cathedrals, and vampiresThe fmc: 1830’s dresses, amber eyes, curly black hairThe mmc: 1760’s clothes, platinum hair, ice blue eyesThe author: alt/goth white woman, in her  early 30’s, with bright green hair
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Oh no. We’ve reached that stage of my mum asking if I want her to read my book. Thought over certain scenes and may have said no a bit too fast 😂 #writingcommunity #writesky #snippet
Valeria forced her heavy eyes open as his shadow covered her lids, noting the glistening layer of sweat coating her skin, just in time to watch him suck his drenched fingers.
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
What would be your best, most vital advice when it comes to beta readers? I’m almost at the point of needing them and have never had them/been one myself, so need to know anything and everything!! #writingcommunity #writingq #writesky #booksky
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My brain trying to edit today 😩 #writesky #amediting
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a heartbeat line on a black background with a light coming out of it .
ALT: a heartbeat line on a black background with a light coming out of it .
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
People coming to you specifically for writing advice on certain topics they consider you talented/experienced in is such a joy and confidence boost 🥰 #writingcommunity #writing #writesky
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Amid weddings and kidnappings, vampires try to thwart ghostly ritual. Describe your WIP(s) in exactly 10 words each. #WritingPrompts #WritingQ #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Writers! What movie/TV scenes vibe with scenes in your novel?? Here’s four of mine: #writingq #WritingCommunity #amediting #writesky #booksky
Darcy hand flexBTVS Smashed ep. Spike staring up at Buffy, surprisedAtonement. Robbie staring at Cecilia when wet at the fountain, and her clothes are see-throughPOTC. Isla De Muerta
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Writing buds: what’s the most interesting thing you’ve discovered during edits? A funny mistake, a paragraph you’ve no recollection of writing, etc. Mine is finding what I think may be the perfect tagline already written in the prose 😁 #writingq #WritingCommunity #amediting #writesky #booksky
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
#writingq Do you have actors/characters/stock images/etc, saved that give off vibes of your MC and LI? If so, I wanna see them! Here’s mine 🥰: #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #booksky
Melissa Barrera with wavy hairLee Pace as Thranduil
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
‘I will not just watch while you lie here in agony. Not when I know I can help.’ My sweet girl just wants to do what she can to help everyone - even if it gets her in trouble sometimes 😬 #WritingQ #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Finally finished my first round of editing notes and there are… uhhhh… a lot! 😂 Better get cracking I guess? 😩 #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #WIP #writesky #booksky
A very full notebook
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Had to share something romantic for Valentine’s, so here you go! (There was way too much to choose from and it was so hard to find a section short enough to fit 😫) #WritingCommunity #amwriting #ValentinesDay #snippet #writesky
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I want to share some sort of romance snippet for Valentine’s (I am writing a romance after all) but I’ve no idea what to share. Any ideas guys? #writingcommunity #valentines #amwriting #romance #snippet #writingq
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Editing is certainly interesting. Every chapter’s notes gets longer and longer - gonna need a whole notebook by the end 😂 #writingcommunity #editing #amediting #wip
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Blues: royal, powder, and ice. Lavender. Honey gold. Moon silver. Blood red. Jet black.
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Right guys: after a few days’ break, I’ll be diving into editing my first draft tomorrow. So I want to know any and all of your editing tips! Pretty please! 🙏 #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #writesky #writingq
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
After 6 months of writing, I have a completed 1st draft 😭 I’ve never managed it before, so to be done in half a year, in the middle of huge upheaval & heartache, is insane to me. I can’t tell you how proud of myself I am! Now: Editing😬 #WritingCommunity #firstdraft #amwriting #writesky
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It really depends on the people she’s surrounded by/environment she’s in. With her family she shrinks away and freezes, but with the new family she makes they make her feel safe and confident, so she’s more likely to stand up for herself or take action. #writingcommunity #writingq #amwriting #wip
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Yay! An excuse to share the moodboards of my sweeties! ✨ Far too in love with fictional people I myself created 😂 What about anyone else’s characters? #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #amwriting #moodboards
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Can you frame every single piece of even slightly positive feedback you receive about your work? Or perhaps - should you? 😂 (I swear I just want to print out every comment and stick it to a huge notice board!) #WritingCommunity #amwriting #WIP #feedback
I'm not much of a fantasy reader - but this is beautifully written! Xx
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Fellow writers! Where does the climax of your novel take place? Mine happens inside an island cave. Vibes of Isla de Muerta, but imagine no gold, pirates or moonlight, and a lot more candles! #writingq #writersq #WritingCommunity #amwriting
Picture of Isla de Muerta interior from POTC
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
My #wip is a touch of both - exactly as it should be. #writingcommunity #amwriting
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
#writingcommunity #writingq
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year to this little writing community I’ve discovered! I hope to meet more of you in 2025! 48 chapters and 182,477 words managed this year. What’s your tally? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #WIP #writersq #QOTD #NewYear2025
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Not shared anything in a while, so here’s an extract about the origin of snow in my #WIP to round out the day ❄️ #amwriting #writingcommunity
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas to my #writingcommunity !! May you all get inspiration, agent interest, and publishing deals! (Fingers crossed anyway!)
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
She was kidnapped from her wedding by him 😬😂 #writingq #writingcommunity
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
She tried to breathe through her mouth instead, but upon feeling her stifled breaths against his palm, the man removed his other hand and pushed the cravat over her mouth as well. #writingq #writingcommunity #WIP
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Neutral Plotter with a bit of Lawful Pantser mixed in #writingq #writingcommunity
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
if you see this, do it if you want 🫡 Name: Becki Pronouns: she/her Height: 5'11" Sexuality: Pan Sign: Aries/Taurus cusp Piercings: 6 Tattoos: 7 Fav Colour: 💚🖤💜🧡 (the Halloween palette) Fav Drink: Monster Fav Food: Cinnamon Rolls, Cheesecake, BBQ Fav Animal: Dogs and snakes MBTI: INFJ
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A #writingq for everyone: Is your #wip set in our world or a different one? Mine’s set in its own world, but on a continent filled with countries inspired by real world places! #writingcommunity
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a map showing a compass pointing to the north
ALT: a map showing a compass pointing to the north
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Why not participate in #UnhingedPit a bit even if I’m still drafting? #R #F #NA #W
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
The last two chapters have been… ✨interesting✨ Anyone else with reserved, old-fashioned families pondering this? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #WIP
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Authors! Using a GIF, describe how your current #WIP is going: (Guess what kinda scenes I’ve finally reached in mine 😂) #writingcommunity #amwriting
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James Mcavoy Sweating GIF
ALT: James Mcavoy Sweating GIF
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
So many new followers! Hi everyone 👋😁 Here’s a #writingq for all of you: Is there a theme/plot point that always seems to come up in your stories? Fairly relevant given the current climate, but mine always seem to feature women killing their abusers 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 #writingcommunity #amwriting #wip
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
It’s #snippetsunday and I want to see some cool sneak peeks of what you’ve been working on lately! Here’s mine, from a fun, slightly weird, chapter I just finished 😁 #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingq
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
#writingcommunity #writingq Is your main character fundamentally a good person? I’m biased, but mine is the sweetest. All the negativity she’s experienced in her life has only made her kind 🥰
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
In pictures or gifs, where do your main characters meet? Mine meet in a dark, dusty crypt 😂 #writingq #writingcommunity
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Probably crime? Though I’m sure I could find some way to make it a bit more fantastical - like a werewolf is the murderer or something 😂
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Thought it’d be a good idea to share a vibey moodboard of my #wip over here as my first real post 🥰🖤 #writingcommunity #workinprogress #romance #fantasy #vampire
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R D Scott-Taggart @rdscott-taggart.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Hey fellow authors, who wants to do a follow for follow? I’m trying to find my place in the writing community over here, so this could be a good way to do it? Follow me and I’ll follow you! Let’s be buddies 🥰 #WritingCommunity #amwriting
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