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I'm a horror writer living #bradford #cityofculture2025. Are there any other horror writers here? Would love to connect...

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My first attempted at a sestina. First draft shared with my tutor group and the tutor responds with... "I've just read your sestina and frankly feel it is very powerful - actually, I'd tend to encourage you to put it in one of the coming assignments..." Lightning in a bottle ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #sestinas #poetry

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Age yourself with a film you saw in the theatre.

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Post an enemies-to-lovers couple.

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I watched Alien: Romulus last. Really enjoyed; a love letter to the whole saga.

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"No matter how good a movie, you will always be an observer. A book requires you to use your imagination to see and hear the story. In essence, you live within the story and the story lives within you. Therefore, a book will always hit harder." Me, after reading Cormac McCarthy's The Road. 😭😭😭

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I've been rediscovering the writing of poetry this week. It makes a freshing change from fiction and disiplines the craft. #amwritingpoems #poetry #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky

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Pantoums tonight. Rewriting some of my old lyrics in this form.

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Practising the art of the Villanelle today. That's a tough nut to crack with unexpected results on your theme. #amwriting #poetry #form #villanelle

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💖 the average Joe/reluctant/unlikely hero ❌️ the moody cop who solves the case by throwing their weight around rather than actual detective work.

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Creatives tipped to be the next... 🤔 Why be the next something when you can be the first anything?

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Running old manuscripts through Grammarly is fun in a weird, obsessive-compulsive kind of way. I also feel robbed by the editors I hired, considering the number of errors flagged up. 🤦‍♂️

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With everything going on in the world, there has never been a more important time (in the past few decades) to write. Write true. Write free. Write what they don't want you to write. ✊️

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Signed into X yesterday for the first time in about a month. I had lost about 90% of my followers... 🤷‍♂️ If there is no one engaging with me, I figured it was it was time to go. X account deleted.

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Read a push article so flawed and ill reseached I felt complelled to comment. Signed up to page solely to do this. Said article has now disappeared. Coincidence? 🤔

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Post your top 10 games in any order. Super Mario Bros 3 Monkey Island 2 Broken Sword Resident Evil (OG) Marvel's Spider-Man Goldeneye Shadow of Mordor GTA 4 Until Dawn Mario Kart 64 As me again and this will probably change... 🤣

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I may be mistaken, but I think Gremlins 2 was downgraded from a 15 to a 12.

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Increases Mary Poppins. U to PG Temple of Doom. PG to 12 Goonies. PG to 12 Ghostbusters. PG to 12 Watership Down. U to PG Decrease The Terminator. 18 to 15. The Warriors. 18 to 15 The Shining. 18 to 15 Evil Dead 2. 18 to 15 Die Hard. 18 to 15 Which movies have you seen change classification?

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I've always been intrigued by the way the BBFC classify movies. Over the past few years the class of clasic family movies has increased while horror and action have decresed. I'm not disputing the reasoning, I just find it interesting. Some examples.. 1/2

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Please don't. "Hey, Hollywood! Leave our films alone." comicbook.com/movies/news/...

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Spooky goings on in the best-selling novel, Abberton House.

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Looking for recommendations for paperback and ebook formatting software. Available for Windows, preferably free or low cost. TIA 🙏

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Without me constantly shouting about my debut novel, The Great Orme, it's voiceless. I don't have marketing teams or legions of fans. I've got me, my great little indie publisher and, if I'm lucky, a handful of friends. So if you see this, please share & join me on the slide 🖤

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Having your book professionally edited - £700. Still receiving reviews which say "needs editing." - priceless. 🤦‍♂️ #writerslife #writersofbluesky #editing #fiction

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Fictional artist or band you would see live.

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My vibes walking into breakfast the morning after a murder if I was the traitor 🤣 #traitorsuk

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A productive day off from work. Plenty of reading, and world building/plotting/constructing my most ambitious writing project to date. #worldbuilding #herosjourney #dystopian #epic

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Looking for recommendations for paperback and ebook formatting software. Available for Windows, preferably free or low cost. TIA 🙏

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When writing fantasy/sci-fi/dystopian, do you build your world first and find the story within or create a story/character and build a world around this? #writersofbluesky #worldbuilding

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Another rejection of "not the right fit." They've all been complimentary of my writing/story/characters etc, the latest even said the horror industry needs more novels like this, yet still passed. I'm running out of places to submit. 🤷‍♂️ Any recommendations for an #indiepress publishing horror?

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"If you are looking for something fast paced, with great imagery, plenty of chills, thrills and scares and will keep you flipping the pages either until they run out or your heart gives out, then... Shadows Of The Woods is probably for you." Entertainment-UK amzn.eu/d/9tYQsFv

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As a writer in the UK, is TikTok still worth joining for writing promo, or is the party already over?

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Writing an elevator pitch for a new novel idea. Reading it back... wait, isn't this the story of Spider-Man? 🤦‍♂️ Back to the drawing board with that one. 🤣 #writersofbluesky #writerstruggles

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Two more submissions sent out tonight. 🤞#amquerying

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Post your favourite #drwho. Wrong answers only.

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When you have a character named Brian but occasionally type Brain. Spelling error or nickname? 🤣🤣

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If you see this, post a magic user.

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