When your character says something awesome.
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When I realized that my main character is basically Schrödinger’s cat on a large scale.
(And here’s a bonus, thanks Exploding Kittens.)
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That moment when you reach the end of the first draft and the two characters who had begged you for a romance decide that they just want to be friends.
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Remember when I listed 10 Things Not to Say to a Writer? Here’s #11: How’s your novel going?
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When a reader tells me they will always ship my favorite in-story couple:
(True story.)
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When you finally put the last pieces together and realize what your Muse has been trying to tell you all along:
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After writing over 2,500 words in one day:
And then, realizing I had to throw out almost 1,000 of those words because I’d gone in the wrong direction AGAIN:
And then, having a friend help me figure out how to keep most of what I’d written (and only throw out 372 words):
So, you know…nothing new.
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When I put in a clue that readers aren’t going to catch until a re-read:
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