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It’s similar to Scrivener (which I LOVE I’m just too cheap to buy a license) but it’s a markdown text editor that’s free and open source. I edit as I go and once I’m reasonably satisfied, i post it on Substack, usually in the middle of the night. I SHOULD give it a final once-over and send it to trusted reviewers in Google Docs before I publish and I’m planning to start doing that; I just get too excited!
I will often go back and read it over after publishing and continue to make little tweaks based on my own observations or feedback from my brilliant friends, like I’ve done with my recent first installment of my serialized autofiction story, Love Roses: The First Hit, which is a contemporary gothic fairytale about Wendy‘s journey through a gritty Neverland with her Lost Boys… I replaced initials with names lol. I promise I won’t do something that big again I guess that’s why people edit 🙈
I will often go back and read it over after publishing and continue to make little tweaks based on my own observations or feedback from my brilliant friends, like I’ve done with my recent first installment of my serialized autofiction story, Love Roses: The First Hit, which is a contemporary gothic fairytale about Wendy‘s journey through a gritty Neverland with her Lost Boys… I replaced initials with names lol. I promise I won’t do something that big again I guess that’s why people edit 🙈
Dec 23, 2024
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how creative work is crafted is so interesting…
most of my writing starts of as a stream of consciousness-esque voice memo—
which i then transcribe (structured as one long paragraph, the same way i spoke in the voice memo) into my notes app,
from there, said notes, subsequently become the first draft structure,
of what eventually ends up being published;
this is exactly how i wrote my most recent newsletter about the underground music scene:
the underground is surfacing
most of my writing starts of as a stream of consciousness-esque voice memo—
which i then transcribe (structured as one long paragraph, the same way i spoke in the voice memo) into my notes app,
from there, said notes, subsequently become the first draft structure,
of what eventually ends up being published;
this is exactly how i wrote my most recent newsletter about the underground music scene:
the underground is surfacing
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🧦Start a blog. Or a newsletter. Or a love letter.
I have always been a little shy when it comes to sharing my writing and I decided this year keeping essays and entries in digital files wasn’t enough anymore. So I started Briella in Bites! You can read HERE if you want! Or don’t! No hard feelings! :D
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📖not only do i have two sizable papers due, but i decided to post on my substack (not so subtle plug for lesbiankeeping)
i've never been a strong writer, but i find that pretending that i like to write leads me to actually liking it
Apr 8, 2024
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It lends a reflective and wistful tone to written communications imo…
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My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌
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