💬 Little Writing Victories

Share your tiny wins as a writer with us

Writing can be lonely— this we know! But also, there aren’t always people in our lives who understand what we are doing. They don’t understand the many highs and lows that can happen in just one writing session. Or why sometimes our own writing makes us cry or why we fight so damn hard to fit in time to write at all. We might not have people in our lives that we brag to about all the little writing wins or tiny victories.

Like when you get a new story idea. Or when you figured out a new way into a scene of dialogue. Or when you finally know what to name your main character. Or when you aimed to write 500 words that day, but you ended up with 750. These moments often aren’t celebrated or overshadowed by goalposts that feel more important, like publication, getting an agent, or selling your book. And while, of course, we all strive for those things, we also have to spend the majority of our writing life in the small moments—word by word, paragraph by paragraph, page by page.

So, if you don’t have anyone to brag to today, let’s share our little writing victories with each other today and start the week off with a feeling of accomplishment. No matter how tiny <3

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How it works

1. Go to the comments and introduce yourself. Let us know what genre you are writing in or what kind of project you are working on ✍️

2. If you have a Substack, briefly tell us about it and add a link 🦋

3. Share your writing win, no matter how big or small (seriously, anything that you are excited about) 💎

4. Comment on someone else’s! Let’s spread the love. 💕

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I’m honestly so excited to read your comments. Be as absolutely nerdy as you want to. We are all writers here, so we get it!

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