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Currently writing a nostalgic, comfortable novel that falls apart to remind you what’s missing in todays society. Apparently I feel deeply about small comforts and big silences.
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"Listen" @wipsnips.bsky.social #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips #Whispers #Nostalgia

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I dove deep into the opinions of Ai in writing. Having Ai write a story is wrong, yes. People using Ai for proofreading makes sense to an extent I feel. I’ve seen editors on YouTube try to tear people down for it. Interesting. #writing #writingcommunity #aiwriting #booksky

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“A clear mind, unhurried steps, handwritten words and a quiet life seems to be a sinking luxury to society. Maybe ‘keeping up with the times’ just isn’t for me.” - Elsie Marin

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"I don’t know the language of the past, but I’ve been whispering it anyway. My fingers hover over typewriter keys like they’re a map I was never given." - Elsie Marin #ElsiesJournal #OldSoul

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Writers keep turning the “wise old prophet” into an 18-year-old suburban kid with no life experience… then call it innovative writing. Creativity is important, but please make it make sense!

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

I honestly believe 2000’s teen movies taught boys that women would throw themselves at them just for existing. Clueless men wrote these scripts and it worked… Respect didn’t sell, so neither did effort. #teenmovies #popculture #unlearning

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“The scent of popcorn once meant magic. A broken memory of trailers dimming, hearts racing, stories about to begin. Now it sits still, wheels untouched, like a forgotten usher to nights that felt bigger than they were.” - Elsie Marin #bookquote #nostalgia #popcorn #cinema #ElsiesJournal #retro

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

They once held entire worlds in plastic shells. Hours replayed, remembered. Now they sit quietly, like old friends waiting for someone to ask about the past. #nostalgia #poetry #throwback #90s #writer #booksky

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been trying to figure out how to define my writing style and I’m at a loss. ‘A writer of quiet books with loud emotions’ is the closest I got but it still doesn’t sit right. #writer #author #YAfiction #booksky

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Just finished another revision session. The first 3 chapters finally feel air-tight. Such a great feeling when it all clicks into place. The importance of patience! #writerscommunity #writing #yanovel #progress #keepgoing

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

“A memory came back today. Uninvited, but gentle.” - Elsie Marin #booksky #nostalgia #bookquotes #journal #ElsiesJournal #gentle

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“I can see when something was once loved. The spine of a book. The edge of a sleeve. A person, trying not to speak too loudly.” - Elsie Marin #journal #writerscommunity #booksky #thoughtful #ElsiesJournal #melancholy

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"The wind sounded like it was trying to remember an old song. I stayed still so I wouldn’t interrupt it." - Elsie Marin #booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal #peace #poetry

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"I think the world ends in pieces. Not with fire or flood, but with people forgetting why quiet moments ever mattered." - Elsie Marin #booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal

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"People don’t sit in silence anymore. I miss the kind of quiet that felt like company." - Elsie Marin #booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal

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"There was a moment just before the rain started where everything smelled like home and endings." - Elsie Marin #booksky #writerscommunity #ElsiesJournal #journal

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

"Give" today! This is my WIP of the main location in the first few chapters of the novel. I hope you all enjoy. 📚🏛️ #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingSprints

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

My novel sounds over-complicated, yet it’s easy to follow: “A coming-of-age psychological survival thriller set in an emotionally sterilized dystopia. Four unlikely friends cling to memory, connection, and the warmth of chosen family as the world forgets how to feel.” #WIP #writerscommunity

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

I'm late! Only just came across this 😅 My antagonist isn't a person. It's an Ai project gone wrong. It becomes self-preserving. It begins to force certain agendas on social medias, billboards begin to have strange wording. It believes that human emotion is a virus, so it aims to suppress it..

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Has the word “content” been completely tainted by tech guys and influencers? Like I don’t appreciate any of my work being called content. It implies that my work is a part of the bland algorithmic system. Maybe it’s just me 🤷‍♂️ #artist #writers

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

I'm trying to find the right community to follow on here but I'm struggling. I tend to write character-driven phycological thrillers. I like my stories to start with comfort and nostalgia then pull it away slowly. Can someone direct me to some pages.. PLEASE!? 😅 #writerscommunity #BookSky #novel

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Some of us just wanted to write. Not be part of a regurgitation machine.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Modern poetry often feels like it’s more interested in impressing itself than in reaching the reader. I still enjoy it. I just feel that there’s a fine line between introspection and self-indulgence. No shade to poets—some just seem a bit lost trying to prove their talent. #poetry #writerscommumity

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