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Chase Holland's avatar

This is a very generous post. Allowing us, your readers, to see inside your process is always so appreciated and really inspiring! πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

Thank you for reading! :)

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Sarah Zachrich Jeng's avatar

Ugh I've TRIED on multiple occasions to have a Writing Notebook (usually after being inspired by writers like you who make them so pretty) and I can never keep it going longer than a couple of weeks. I tend to be a multiple-spreadsheets-and-google-docs kind of drafter which works but requires dual monitors, lol.

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

honestly, whatever works!!!

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Liesl's avatar

This peek at your Writing Journal is fascinating, and I especially like seeing the ways that you bargain with and reward yourself for getting work done! What a great idea.

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

haha it really becomes quite unhinged! but whatever works, ya know?

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Laura Marie Meyers's avatar

Why is the Writing Shawl instinct SO REAL! As a kid, I had my sister's old baggy sweater that made me feel like an '80s teen movie heroine, and I swore it made me look Artsy/Very Writerly?

Anyway, obsessed with this. Thank you for sharing!!

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

omg YES I can visualize this baggy '80s teen movie heroine. If I ever had a shirt that slipped off my shoulder a la Flashdance I was like whoa look at me being SEXY! Thanks for reading!

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Cath's avatar

I love the behind the scenes making-of featurette vibe! Now all I need is the annotated director's audio!

I'm very interested in the new Special Pen quest! The Sharpie Pen is delightfully bold but does have to be used basically entirely upright. I mostly use a G2 because I've learned to hold my hand off the page over the years, but it's certainly not ideal.

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

I need a pen made just for me the way guitarists get custom guitars just for them lol. That's my only goal now.

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Pamela Rodriguez's avatar

Living for this live performance of "Hello Cold World." Miss Williams can do no wrong.

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

Truly she's magical here.

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Destiny Soria's avatar

I used to swear by the BIC Velocity 1.6, but then my friend introduced me to the Paper Mate Ink Joy Gel 0.7, and I realized every other pen is garbage and never looked back.

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

Oooooh you know what, I think I've heard other people also say good things about the Ink Joy! I need to try that one!!!

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