Get Your Words Out!

Use your words.

Last line: Somewhere, a cat shut its eyes, and slept, unaware of the events unfolding. #writingprompt

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List of 48 books, starting with "Very Clever Baby's First Reader" which was an eight page humorous card-sized book which came out in 1988, going on to "Massif", which is a 100K words long SF novel out in September 2026.

Every now and then when I think I'm not making enough progress on a book, I look back at my list of published books and consider that I've had this same thought with every single one of them. (Even the short or very short ones. Getting them right takes time.)

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this is my first time participating in GYWO and ive only written 12 days so far but!! that’s 20% of days! of all days this year!! which is WAY more than i would’ve written without @gywo.bsky.social. so thanks yall im stoked to keep going ❤️❤️❤️

Yay! We're so happy to have you 💖20% is definitely nothing to sneeze at! 🥳

google why must you do this to us 😭

Honestly, I think it has. We had a couple people with a kit of trouble last month.

Fuck, I love writing. The feeling of getting a scene just right? Getting those emotions on paper (well, screen) and nailing it? 😩👌 genAI could never.

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Starting now: write 250 words on a new story. #writingprompt

Write a 250-word description of your main character. Focus on who they are beyond physical appearance. #writingprompt

A headshot of someone wearing a pair of red glowing goggles in the dark.

Write a story inspired by the picture. Reply with a sentence from the story! [Photo by roman raizen on Unsplash] #writingprompt

Write an advertisement for a vacation destination at an active volcano. #writingprompt

Write a story with a puzzle, a star, a bell, and a candle. #writingprompt

I'm going to say this again in case you haven't heard this one: I was a talented writer and it did *nothing whatsoever* because I hadn't put in the work, and I put in the work for ten years (subtracting the bit where I had to quit for my mental health) to write Witchmark

talent alone could *never*

There is no Saturday for you. Go write your book

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Write a story that has something quiet, hungry, untraceable, and/or splintered. #writingprompt

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Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing