Chad Grayson

an unpopular or obscure trope you love..

a lot of people claim to hate the miscommunication trope, which is often a non communication trope, and yes the story would be resolved if the characters just talked to each other but the reasons they don't feel safe to do so get to the heart of the relationship.

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A Book I read in School I actually loved: A Tale of Two Cities. Not even kidding. This is a minority opinion. What's Yours?

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yeah sometimes you throw everything into the first draft and sift through it and throw a lot out in subsequent drafts.

I was going to make up time by skipping my March vacation entirely and though I've had time off it was because I was sick, which is not really the point of having scheduled off weeks,So I restructured this way. shorter, more frequent breaks.

March 06 - Free Friday

all the text exchanges were turning out too long or lacked context, so I'll talk about how today I decided to reconstruct my writing schedule for the rest of the year after being sick. 6 weeks on, 1 week off, repeat until December. Gives me plenty of runway to write these 2 books.

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ugh *to do. give us an edit button BlueSky!

Craft 101 - Writing 'Filler' Scenes - Chad Grayson A 101 Level Craft question I see all the time! I see a lot of mostly newbie writers asking version of this basic question: How do I write filler scenes, or scenes in which nothing important happens bu...

I weigh in on 'should you write filler scenes?' spoiler alert: no!!But what to instead.

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A white middle-aged man with short dark-blond hair styled into a subtle faux-hawk looks off to the side while standing beside a calm river or pond. He wears rectangular glasses, light facial stubble, a black hoodie over a light blue shirt, and wired earbuds. Three black stripe ear cuffs wrap around the upper part of his ear. Leafless trees and water appear in the background under clear daylight

Minding your own business is an underrated LifeHack.

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what's a unique or unusual hobby you'd recommend to others?

Minding my own business. More people should look into it!

March 5 - any funny typo that totally changed a sentences meaning?

this is not technically a typo but I believe it meets the spirit of the prompt: I was substitute teaching an 8th grade science class and I meant to say organism and I accidentally said orgasm. The kids were, as you can imagine, chill about it (not).

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I've read several of your short stories and Rosewater is currently on my tbr shelf!

my numbers are relatively small but I have three times the followers here.

We really need to have a national conversation about the learned helplessness of the adult citizens of Adventure Bay.

Dedication: For Iris, Axel, Oliver Ginny, and Otto Ruth - I was unprepared for how much I would love you. please don't read this book until you're older..

the Dedication for Valley of Storms. lol..

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Valley of Storms has now been uploaded to KDP and will drop April 2! I did not bork this preorder!

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March 4 - one thing you and your MC have in common.

Kit and I are both disaster queers. It's a feature not a bug.

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Welp, I've reached a career milestone. I've already made enough money this year that I have become perceivable as a business entity by the IRS. yay?

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HOW DARE YOU!

you're right and you should say it.

🥵🥵🥵🔥 definitely

Today's writing included the sentence 'Damn that meddling dwarf!' and I don't hate that.

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that's what Jack thought at the beginning of Titanic but have fun!

March 3 - did any book inspire you to start writing or inspire something you wrote?

I've wanted to write books since I realized books were written by actual people (like age 6?) and it's more like everything goes into the brain and gets mixed together, so it's like every book I've ever read inspired every book I've ever written.

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A middle-aged white man with short, neatly trimmed light brown hair and closely shaved sides stands outdoors in a park. He wears rectangular dark-framed glasses, white wired earbuds, and layered clothing—a gray knit shirt under a zip-up hoodie. He looks off to the left with a calm, thoughtful expression. Bare tree branches, green grass, and a picnic table are visible in the background under an overcast sky.

Sometimes self-knowledge doesn’t arrive as a dream.
It arrives as: “I will never do that again.”

Your no’s are just as sacred as your yes’s. Study them. They’re building the life you actually want.

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March 2 - favorite childhood books

the first full length novel series I really fell in love with (and i read a lot before this just don't remember many of them making much of an impression) was the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. I think these were the first books I bought with my own money (besides comics).

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ugh *secretly. I was not a secretary. go fuck yourself, autocorrect!

well, they both involve chopping things (now I'm imagining a book series about a chef by day/ninja assassin by night)

this is literally my life right now and current WIP and yes, it is amazing!

threads is definitely the home base of toxic newbie writer culture and also ragebait. I deleted it from my phone because it was making me too upset.