The Staircase of Writing a Short Story

Submitted into Contest #91 in response to: Set your story in a library, after hours.... view prompt

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Fiction LGBTQ+

A/N: Hmmm...what the heck is this story? I dunno. I actually wanted to write something like for a whileโ€”a short nโ€™ sweet, simple little list of writing steps but with some fictional meat on its bones to make it a storyโ€”and when the right prompt popped up, I jumped on the chance and wrote it in two days :) So yeah, this is a bit weird and another attempt at 2nd person, enjoy!


๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ: ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŠ ๐š™๐š•๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ & ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š•๐š–


You sit on the rusty bench outside the library. The sky is dimming by now, the last trickles of people walking out of the closing building. Itโ€™s nearly 6 pm, but youโ€™ve got all day. Or rather, all night, because writers love avoiding the sun and staying up late typingโ€”or getting up early if theyโ€™re that determined. (Which you arenโ€™t, duh.)

So youโ€™re in no rush. You sit there, watching, listening, like introverts tend to do. Your locks of gold-brown hair fall in front of your thick round glasses, escaping from your messy bun.

The air gets cooler and cooler until almost everyone is gone, the dark, chilly evening sky clouding over. You pick up your thermos of steaming chamomile tea and sneak behind the library, taking out the key the librarian has gifted youโ€”scrawled with your name, Cellani Brightโ€”and slipping into the library after-hours.

Once in, you take a deep breath, inhaling the musty scent of thousands of words of literature. But you have work to do. You weave between the shelves of books until you reach the back of your second home, a cozy carpet in front of a crackling fire left up just for you. You pull a desk out of a closet and position it in front of the fire, drawing the blinds shut and grabbing a fluffy spinny chair too.

You plop down in the seat, pulling out your slim silver laptop and opening it on the table. You open a Doc and take another deep breath, laying a blanket from your backpack across your lap. Itโ€™s dim except for the warm fire, shadows painting the shelves of other writersโ€™ works. You have peace in your favorite setting. Which means itโ€™s time to start writing.ย 


๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ ๐š๐š ๐š˜: ๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐š– ๐š๐š’๐š–๐šŽ, ๐š๐š. ๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐š™๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š’๐š—๐šย 


All-about-writing articles always underestimate the thought and heart and restless commitment (not to mention sleepless nights) that goes into every short story, every poem, every novel. You giggle, thinking of that Buzzfeed post a few weeks back, which the author mistakenly titled โ€œThe Steps of Writing a Story Storyโ€. More like a staircase instead of just steps, you smirk to yourself.

The white of the blank Doc almost taunts you to write, but you have absolutely no ideas. Obviously.

Restless, you stand up and start pacing, seedlings of ideas in your mind not good enough to grow into plants. You run your fingers across the spines of classics, thinking how though youโ€™ve done this so many times before, itโ€™s always hard to think of a brand-new plot. You try to draw inspiration from your own life: a 19-year-old demigirl named Cellani taking a gap year after high school, perfectly content with a dog and a laptop.

Hmm. Maybe your main character could be around your age. What kind of story would it be? Your favorite genre is realistic fiction, but you like mixing it up and doing different types of realistic fiction. You keep pacing, back and forth, through the dark shelves, and you decide this short story will be romance.

So whatโ€™s it about? Could it be a fantasy romance? Maybe this girl is a princess of some other world and has an arranged marriage with someone, except obviously she doesnโ€™t want to be with them, so when her new prince declares war she plays both sides and still meets up with her real boyfriend in another kingdom. Nah, thatโ€™s totally clichรฉ. But sometimes clichรฉ plots with a twist are goodโ€ฆ

Ugh. Writing is fun, but itโ€™s hard when you have no ideas. You donโ€™t feel writerโ€™s block, exactly, more like a writerโ€™s pebbles. You want to write, and you feel all inspired in the light of the fire, but you have zero idea what to write about.

So you turn to your go-to writerโ€™s block cure: get the genre you want to write, infuse it with a controversial topic you love to show your support to, and create a handful of characters each having a few of your traits so you can write them well. Then a smile spreads across your face...


๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ: ๐š™๐š’๐š— ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š™๐š•๐š˜๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐šŠย 


So once you have an idea, youโ€™re still not ready to type. If youโ€™re a planner, at least. Smirking, you slide back into your chair, adjusting the flannel blanket across your lap and breathing in the heat of the crispy fire. You hover your fingers over the keys of your laptop, and write the premise of this short story: Itโ€™s an LGBTQ+ romance, with that clichรฉ love triangle with two boys and a girl, except that the girl realizes sheโ€™s asexual and adopts and gets a dog and cat instead and the two boys fall for each other, all while the three of them are struggling to find what college they want to go to and what major or minor during their gap year before college.ย 

You grin wider, pushing a strand of hair behind your ear and taking a slow slurp of your double-tea-bagged thermos. YOU HAVE AN IDEA, VICTORY!!!!

The clock reads 7 pm, and now you have a solid start to build on. Time to plan a little further: Creating your characters, adding all the traits and hobbies that make them 3D. Youโ€™ll learn more about them as you write them, of course, but you need a start to expand on.

So whoโ€™s the girl? All the characters are 18 or 19 as well, but youโ€™ll be able to write her more fluently. You love names ending in โ€˜iโ€™ like your own, so maybe...Emmi? Nah, a bit boring. How about...Ammi? Ammi Jimenez?

Yeah. Thatโ€™s it. Sheโ€™ll be a writer and reader just like you, but also a runner. Sheโ€™s kind of a tame, chill character, responsible and determined but also a bit feisty.ย 

You smile. Time for the boys. But picking names for boys is always hard, so you open up Safari and type in Unique male name lists. Of course you browse for way too longโ€”even after you find the right namesโ€”and finally decide on the names Tanix and Kayden for your characters, one bookish and outgoing, one sporty and feminine.

You type all this down and over the next ten minutes, you expand their characters further and plan important events in your plot. Soon youโ€™ve got everyone written: whatโ€™s happening, whoโ€™s there, and what style.

Time for the best part of any short story:

The writing.


๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ ๐š๐š˜๐šž๐š›: ๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š”๐šŽ๐šข๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐šย 


Click click click, the sound of fingers on a keyboard echoes through the library. The moon comes out, silvery light sneaking through the blinds, the eerie peace of silence at night music to your ears. No little sisters bothering you, no parents saying go to bed, just a plan, fingers, and a Doc.

So you keep writing as the hours tick by. Itโ€™s hard to get going at the start; you keep checking texts or Wattpad or Reedsy or reading a bit more of that awesome eBook you purchased last week. But then the story takes off and you find your eyes unable to look away from the screen.

Writing is magical because the world revolves around you, but not around you. You create these other people and control them, yet in a sense they are their own people. At some point in every short story or novel you turn from the controller of this world to the scribe, from the outside looking in, just writing down what happens on its own. You feel yourself immersed in your own words, the rest of the world stopping as you pass between galaxies. You are the characters like the characters are you: each carries a little piece of yourself, whether your beliefs or your ideas, your dreams or your traits.

You become alive at night, fueled by two bags of caffeine and your fingers moving without your input. You reach that point where youโ€™re literally thinking faster than you can type, so your ideas just hang there, on the edge of your mind, waiting patiently for your fingers to catch up.


๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ ๐š๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ: ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š•๐šŠ๐š™๐š๐š˜๐š™ย 


Sadly, while you feel like a goddess typing, a writer with the power of creating worlds and people, your body needs sleep. (You can only run on caffeine and literature for so long, alas *dramatic sigh.*) Stupid body. And your laptop needs energy tooโ€”itโ€™s about to die, and then youโ€™ll be left alone, your ideas bursting out of your brain but with nowhere to put them. (*Double dramatic sigh.*)

Itโ€™s almost 12 am. Youโ€™ve written for hours straight. You grab your warm flannel blanket, extinguish the last dregs of fire, plug in your laptop, and collapse on a beanbag, trying to calm your racing mind. Taking a break in the middle of a short story is basically impossible, after all, but finally your eyes flutter shut and you drift into oblivionโ€ฆ.


๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ ๐šœ๐š’๐šก: ๐š‹๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š” ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐šŒ: ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š—๐šย ย 


You wake up, groggy and tired, but hey, what more could you want than a fully charged computer and a half-finished short story, if one a quarter energy? You roll out of the beanbag with a moan, and basically stay in that half-lidded state as you visit the librarian's desk until your thermos is full again with hot water and three tea bags. (Almost-all-nighters are tough, even for the most experienced and irresponsible authors.)

You relight the fire, do a few jumping jacks, and open your laptop. Itโ€™s 1 am. Youโ€™ve got six hours to finishโ€”more than enough (maybe). You read a chapter of the eBook to get back in the ~CrEaTiVe SpIrIt~, and once youโ€™re done, you feel inspired and are roaring to go.

So you open the doc, skim the 5k+ words youโ€™d written before, and jump write (HEHEHEHE BAD PUN) in.ย 

That magical feeling sparks again, the outside world fading away as you sit grinning in the dimly lit library, and you keep typing until sunlight streams in through the windows. The plot arc rises and falls, characters growing away from yourself and becoming their own people, everything tying together until you finally write the last line through your half-lidded eyesโ€ฆ.

And thatโ€™s it.

Itโ€™s done.

You lift your fingers up and smile at the screen, reading that satisfying last paragraph over and over. A glimpse at the time says itโ€™s 6 am, meaning youโ€™ve got an hour until the library opens. After a whole night of writing with only a few hours of sleep, the 52-page novelette, your beautiful creation grown from the ink of your mind, is done.

You shut your raging-hot laptop and curl up on the beanbag again, falling asleep to sweet silence and shafts of sunlight just starting to emerge over the horizon.


๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—: ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š & ๐š™๐š˜๐šœ๐š


You come back to the library the next day, the librarian greeting you with a smile. You were on first-name terms with her by now, except for the fact that you never remembered names. โ€œHave a fun time yesterday...morning? You were gone before sunrise, but you left your tea.โ€

You gratefully accept the thermos. โ€œAh, yeah, sorry, I was totally pooped and barely made it out before the library opened. Mustโ€™ve forgotten this. And, oh, yes, of course, it was awesome. Just peace and quiet and caffeine and ideas.โ€

She chuckles. โ€œYouโ€™d better remember me when youโ€™re a famous author, Cellani.โ€

You laugh too. โ€œOf course.โ€

โ€œWhat did you write?โ€

โ€œAn LGBTQ+ romance-type thing,โ€ you say. โ€œIt was intended to be a short story but yโ€™know, the plot kinda blossomed into a novelette.โ€

โ€œAnd you wrote it all in one night?โ€

You grin at her, holding up your slim silver laptop and tapping it. โ€œA gazillion hours of writing from sunset to sunrise, yup. Iโ€™m totally burned out now, but hey, it was fun. But this story ainโ€™t gonna edit itself.โ€ย 

That was another annoying step in the staircase of a short story. Once you got the idea and finished the words, you had to skim the story and edit it further. Which wasnโ€™t the best thing in the world.

The librarian gives you a pitiful gaze and ushers you towards the beanbag-chair-ringed fireplace area towards the back. โ€œBetter get to it. Tell me when you post it!โ€

โ€œOf course!โ€ you yip back, making your way to the desk left out just for you.

You open the Google Doc and reread your story with fresh eyes after 24 hours ignoring it. You fix plot holes, correct typos, switch lines and cut enough words to bully the word count under 10k. Since you barely remember anything from yesterdayโ€™s blurry-eyed caffeine sesh, you find yourself immersed in the story all over again, this time as a reader instead of the writer.

You run a final spell-check with Grammarly and finally, you declare the story done. You found the time and place and calm to write a story, coaxed the idea out of your half hour of pacing, and spent basically a whole night writing on an hour of sleep and a lot of tea. Youโ€™re tired, ignored a bunch of responsibilities, and messed up your sleep schedule for about a week (#writerโ€™sdonโ€™tneednosleep), but youโ€™ve done it. And now, as you open Wattpad with a smile, youโ€™re ready to release your little literature baby into the world. :D



April 26, 2021 01:03

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AERinnn! How are you? I'm bored and sick:( I'll help you be less bored if you help me ๐Ÿ˜‹ Am I annoying? I don't want to bother you:( Tis fine if otherwise.๐Ÿ˜ -Ruthy_May

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00:03 May 05, 2021

HIIII Good! Downing in homework eeeep tho, wbu? Ackkk hope you get better soon! Ooh hehehehe at your service XD Naw of course not!

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Yay! So am I. Was your sister's picture not BeauTiful enough to last for your profile picture?

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21:11 May 03, 2021

wow, aerin, i've just been bombarding you with comments lately- but, on that note, where the heck did you get that code-font? i can't find it anywhere-

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22:17 May 03, 2021

lol naw itโ€™s fine, Iโ€™m so boredddd~ Hereโ€™s the font site I use!: https://coolsymbol.com/cool-fancy-text-generator.html (I was also wondering the same thing about YOUR nameโ€™s font...mind sharing a link? XD)

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12:18 May 04, 2021

we're just exchangin' everything, aren't we- here's the link- if the words i'm typing in show up too (they probably won't :d) consider it a spoiler for my next story. ;)

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12:19 May 04, 2021

we're just exchangin' everything, aren't we- here's the link- https://lingojam.com/CoolTextFonts- if the words i'm typing in show up too (they probably won't :d) consider it a spoiler for my next story. ;)

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00:02 May 05, 2021

Tyyy! Oh lol cool hehe XD

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18:55 May 03, 2021

Hi๐ŸŒ

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22:16 May 03, 2021

Hii

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Kat Sencen
22:24 May 02, 2021

๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ

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The Cold Ice
06:22 May 01, 2021

Wonderful story. Keep writing. Amazing write. Wonderfully written. Would you mind reading my story โ€œThe book readerโ€

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13:41 May 01, 2021

Hi! Um, thank you, but would you mind giving me a little more feedback? Iโ€™ve noticed scrolling through your comments that once again, youโ€™re pasting basically the same message onto a bunch of stories without personalization but also asking for a read back. Of course Iโ€™ll read your story but could you please give me a little more specific constructive criticism? Thanks!

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Angel {Readsy}
18:05 Apr 29, 2021

You become alive at night; it's really impressive sentence.

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13:07 May 02, 2021

Thank youuu! <33

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13:33 Apr 29, 2021

I'm the person who rickrolled you . . .

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14:15 Apr 29, 2021

Lol thanks ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™Œ

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14:45 Apr 29, 2021

I mean, I had to, lol

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20:41 Apr 27, 2021

woahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is so cool! Like I've never read any story like this before and I loved it! Honestly it was so genius of you to write about someone writing- g e n i u s This will definitely be a story I'll come back to in the future when I'm struggling with writing! And it only took you TWO DAYS? That is //~f a s t~// I like how detailed each step was, and I'm sure it'll really help people new to writing! Super awesome job with this! I remember once I stayed up till 3AM at this party and oh wow bless my sleep deprived eyes. The...

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22:54 Apr 27, 2021

:O Ackkkkk thank you!!! Haha, Iโ€™ll see you then! <33 ooh yaaas, me be a #speedwriter (temporarily...more like #boredwriterwith2muchfreetime) lol Arpp tyty! And wow lol, 3 am?!?! Pretty sure the latest Iโ€™ve stayed up is 1 am when I was finishing CQ 1. XD <333

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18:04 Apr 28, 2021

Of courseeee!!!! (I just realised I spelled struggling wrong *facepalm*) hahah! Oooop- XD <3333

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Hey, just letting you know Part 11 of the Adapters is out! Unfortunately, you are not featured and the few people that are only have small mentions. This story is revolved around the Battle of the All-Beasts, go check it out! :D

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22:56 Apr 27, 2021

Yeshhh!

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Amany Sayed
13:07 Apr 27, 2021

Ha, I'm a pantser, so I just get into the writing. Imagine writing a novelette in one night! Just a tip for second-person stories- try not to hint at any gender or trait, like glasses, because different people are going to read it obviously. But anyway, I love this! Pretty relatable! Keep writing! (the story I was writing before is done if you wanna check it out)

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23:06 Apr 27, 2021

Hehe, cool! Frr tho, Cellini must be freaking determined to write that much. I write at roughly the same pace but Iโ€™d totally burn out if I wrote for a whole night. Aw, thanks, but I was kinda trying something new this story...instead of the normal โ€œyouโ€™re the main characterโ€, I created an actual character with her own name and backstory but still wrote it in 2nd person. Idk. Ty, you too! (Yaaasss will soon!)

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Amany Sayed
23:27 Apr 27, 2021

Yeah, I write about one thousand before calling it a session, because if I write more I'm forcing words out of me. I see. You're welcome!

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Kat Sencen
04:14 Apr 27, 2021

This was awesome! I loved the idea, from Zetta Grace to Rapunzel to Sashanna the pixie and now to this everything you make is really unique! I love how it went with the prompt! And the content is great too, it is so accurate and an awesome way to write short stories. If this is how you do yours, then no wonder they're so good! My birthday is tomorrow so I can stay up pretty late (its a thing in my family) so I will be on here, though I will be also working on my book.

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23:15 Apr 27, 2021

Thank you so much, Keefe! :D Every time I kind of transition styles I wonder if people are gonna like it, but every is so supportive no matter what I do, so thatโ€™s awesome lol <333 Eeep thank you! HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lord Cassius better give you the attention you deserve >:3 (apologies, I was rereading parts of Legacy early and idk I canโ€™t resist having fun with your name lol). Oooh cool!

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Sam Ackman
03:08 Apr 27, 2021

This was a really cute story! Something we can all relate to written in an interesting way :). Good job

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23:15 Apr 27, 2021

Aww thanks!

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11:49 Apr 26, 2021

This is amazing!!! We all have these kinds of writer's staircases. :) Great job Aerin!!!

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13:15 Apr 26, 2021

Thank you!!! True, true :D Eep thanks!!!!

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Ooh, I love how similar this is to me, but then also how different. Wait... do writers actually spend the majority of their time writing on laptops? To be honest, if I look at it closely, I don't actually know how to be a "valid" writer. I mostly write on my phone wherever I can be; it's a lot more inconspicuous, and it gives me energy. I can even do it while running or anything. And I never write late into the night, because that's when it gets scary and messy. No; I make music late into the night instead, lol. Also, ya'll really open up a ...

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13:18 Apr 26, 2021

Thank youuuu! I mean, for me? Nope. I use my iPad and I donโ€™t even HAVE a laptop (I dislike real keyboards). But of course this is realistic FICTION, so I added some parts that might be more relatable to writers as a whole XD Oooh thatโ€™s cool tho!!! Ohhhh omg I might actually have to steal that, lol. I donโ€™t necessarily STARE into a blank doc (well, half the time I do, hoping words will magically write, but OH WELP) but I usually title it โ€œReedsy short storyโ€, then have no ideas and proceed to sit and stare at the prompt for a bit, then I ...

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Lol yeah... I think for me, I can always get a good story idea out, but it's more just actually creating the draft that sucks for me because while I have periods of pure determination and grit where everything matter, I also have a lot of periods where I just can't stand it all and can't start anything.

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13:25 Apr 26, 2021

Ahhhh true. Often times Iโ€™ll get an idea but never even start it, mEeEeP. XD Ohhh, not to mention the times when I take on a slightly risky story idea (basically anything with a different style or sometimes different format than my normal writing, such as the Zetta Grace trilogy, โ€œTimelapseโ€, or this one) and I get totally immersed and in love with in writing it, but then a few hours later Iโ€™ll read it over or think of it and Iโ€™m like, Bleh, this is so bad, gross, weird, nobodyโ€™s gonna like this cuz I barely like it... Although basically ev...

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Creed .
15:26 Apr 26, 2021

I write on a laptop!

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09:47 Apr 26, 2021

This is so true! However I have a grudge against Grammarly so I don't do the final step and it comes out really weird. Great work! Is this your routine?

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13:20 Apr 26, 2021

Haha, thank you! Ah, yes, I donโ€™t even have Grammarly, but Iโ€™m so sick of all the ads Iโ€™ve gotten (right up there with Honey) I donโ€™t really like it much anyways ๐Ÿ˜… Well...kinda. I fictionalized some parts to make it more intriguing or relatable, such as ~ I NEVER STAY UP THAT LATE ~ I donโ€™t have a laptop ~ I donโ€™t even like tea lol ~ I donut use Grammarly easy XD ~ So far and so forth >:3

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00:26 Apr 27, 2021

Tea is so annoying, everyone likes it but those few people like me and you too, i guess

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TJ Squared
03:08 Apr 26, 2021

very fun story! I like how you basically explained the writing process, but all the while telling your own story, that was a nice touch ;) I liked these few sentences: "Ugh. Writing is fun, but itโ€™s hard when you have no ideas. You donโ€™t feel writerโ€™s block, exactly, more like a writerโ€™s pebbles. You want to write, and you feel all inspired in the light of the fire, but you have zero idea what to write about." Writer's pebbles...I like that XD. The feeling it totally relatable tho! "You are the characters like the characters are you: each...

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13:21 Apr 26, 2021

awwww thank you!!! Yaasss lol, tyy <33 :DD Thank youuu! Aerin

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TJ Squared
14:47 Apr 26, 2021

you're welcome ;)

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09:07 Jun 16, 2023

How did you guess?? The library is a favourite haunt of mine ๐Ÿ˜‰ LOV IT LOVE IT LOVE IT Can't say it enough!!! Can I use the name? Pleeeease? Its such an amazing name!

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19:51 Jun 18, 2023

Iโ€™m glad u enjoyed it!!! YESSS OFC U CAN USE THE NAME

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Zatoichi Mifune
09:34 May 30, 2023

Wow. Interesting and unique style, I love the sub-headings. (Bleeding into the keyboard is the perfect way to describe it). The way you tell it is so relatable and realistic (well, at times not relatable for me; I'm so jealous of Cellani for being able to write 5k+ words in 1 night). Also love the name, Cellani Bright. Wish I could steal it ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜„

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23:06 May 30, 2023

Thank you!! I wish I could write 5k words in one night too, but alas, once my tea runs out Iโ€™m basically done for the night. feel free to use the name I loveeee pretty names I rly appreciate all ur comments!! and also: โ€œ I've seen a few bios, some of them are very tidy some are so messy I have no idea what they even are (I'm talking to YOU Aerin Rebecca.) (Even though I think you've quit Reedy and why would you read this anyway)โ€ I surprisingly did end up seeing that!! Youโ€™re so real for that tho, I genuinely donโ€™t know whatโ€™s going on in...

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Eric D.
03:22 Jul 17, 2021

This was very sweet

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14:15 Jul 17, 2021

Thanks! :D

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Svara Narasiah
14:02 Jun 09, 2021

Hii, read this awhile ago and commented, itโ€™s awesome btw. Anyway I just read your bio and it made me laugh so hard :P Iโ€™d like to help with your boredom XD sooo hi

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17:57 Jun 09, 2021

Thank you hehe! Ack thanks :PP HIII

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Svara Narasiah
07:37 Jun 10, 2021

Lol hii So... what's your favorite color :P Mine's green

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18:28 Jun 10, 2021

RAINBOWWW/yellow if that doesnโ€™t count/hot pink is second- Ooh noice! Hru?

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Svara Narasiah
01:37 Jun 11, 2021

LOL my little brotherโ€™s favorite color is rainbow too ๐ŸŒˆ Iโ€™m fine, but stuck in lockdown :/ I live in Malaysia and numbers are 6,000 a day so we legit canโ€™t go AnYwhErE Wbu?

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20:08 Jun 11, 2021

Yaasss ๐ŸŒˆ Ah, yoikes. Iโ€™m in the US and our numbers are dying down as people get vaccinated (I got my second shot yesterday but Iโ€™m so sick now ooh) so thankfully yuh but sorry-

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