Sylvia N. Gould

@AJ_Myth Hi! Hiatus books are ones that I don't intend to abandon necessarily, but will not be working on in the foreseeable future.

@AshBlazer awww I appreciate you taking time and replying... I understood... the more we let us out there exploring, reading, watching...we get the flow...
            
            Got it ...Thanx a ton!! Btw Happiee New Year!! Happieee writing!

@AshBlazer Hi sorry for the late response! I even went through all the posts on here a few days ago and when I came back today, there were fresh posts that didn't show up earlier that are from a month ago... So, sorry I missed it earlier!
            
            Anyway, it's a mixture of both. I might be watching a movie, listening to a song, or reading a book and inspiration will hit me. Either something I wish happened to the characters didn't happen and I'm motivated to create a story in the same vein but with how I would want it to play out. Or it's because I'm inspired by the vibe and I get a strong need to also write a story like that. And I mean that's a big generalization of how my brain works with these sorts of things, but for like my Christmas book "A Bachelor for Christmas" it was around Christmas time and I was reading small-town Xmas books full of festivities. I loved that vibe. But I knew I needed to mix it up and was also really into reality shows at the time. I had always thought it would be interesting if a contestant fell for someone in the crew instead of the bachelor she was supposed to be falling for. Those two muses melded together and that's how the book was born!
            
            As for random ideas, there's no rhyme or reason to them. But yeah, I have several notebooks as well as random notes in my phone's note app with just little snippets of an idea. If I'm struggling with inspiration, I'll often flip through those and one might strike me and I'll flesh it out into a proper story idea.
            
            I hope that all helped in some way. Good luck with your writing and I'm happy to answer any other questions!

@sylviaNgould thank you so much for answering!! This advice honestly helped a lot. Thank you so much!!!
            
            Well wishes
            
            Inês 

@louines689 Hi, I'm so sorry it took me a month to reply! I have been offline due to holiday obligations and then from just recovering from all the stress.
            
            Anyway, I find going in with the mindset that this writing is for me and no one else, makes my writing better. Putting this weight on myself to write to an audience with hopes of striking it big and making money causes me to stress and put writer's blocks in front of myself. However, when I do have that mindset, I also find myself less driven to actually sit down and write. The way I combatted this was finding accountability without the weight of other people's expectations. So I told myself I would post a 1k word chapter on Wattpad every weekday. And that got me to write more often. At the time I also didn't have any followers so I was just throwing things out there for myself really and if someone stumbled over it and read it, then great. Admittedly, as I did get discovered and received more and more readers, I got too deep and overwhelmed by maintaining a certain degree of consistency. It killed my creativity, which is something I'm still actively trying to recover from.
            
            Long story short, I don't know the secret formula yet that allows you to write freely while staying motivated with the hopes of making money off of it. I do feel strongly about writing for yourself though. Writing for others always had me second guessing my work and comparing myself to other books.
            
            As for sounding "better" or "proper", I'll be honest, I'm not the person to ask. There are some grammar or storytelling rules I simply don't agree with and I'll write the way I think sounds right. So, I'm a big supporter of bending rules as needed and finding your own voice. You'll find that voice by writing as much as you can and by reading books from a variety of authors. You'll eventually find what feels right to you and allowing yourself to write like that will just make writing overall easier.
            
            I hope that answered your questions!

@JayDEvers Hi, I subscribed back! Thanks for following me :D

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@Celeste_Dragonmist :D 

YAYYYY (im gonna binge read this so quick then im gonna cry when I’m done lol)

@Celeste_Dragonmist Hi! I don't know when the next one will be posted as I'm no longer restricted by deadlines. My hope is that I will at least get the manuscript to Wattpad before the end of the year. However, it will absolutely be posted on here as it is still a Wattpad Original, just not a serialized one. I can say that I'm currently fleshing out the outline and have the story more or less mapped out--though, I'm not gonna lie I keep going back and forth about the ending but that may be a game day decision honestly. Anyway, it is in process! It will take a bit longer because I have to have it fully finished when I submit it to Wattpad--previously I was writing chapters as chapters were being posted. However, that does mean it can be binge read and no more waiting week to week when it does get posted!