The Dexter Guide to Writing

Finishing a chapter


Realizing you can make writing a career


But your friends will be like:


Remember not to write ‘perfect’ characters



“Did you sleep at all last night?”



The emotionally and socially crippled author



WRITE. Everyday. Even if it sucks. Even if you don’t want to. WRITE.



At a bar: "I’m an Author, currently working on my latest novel, it's a tale of…"



When people ask how you are, but you’re stuck in the world you created.



Seeing others on social media while you’re busy writing



When you are no longer writing, but marketing & you have to sell yourself



Plot twists!



When a main character turns out to be evil




Meet-cute characters




Will-they-or-won’t-they romances



Meeting new characters that aren’t integral to the plot



Unnecessary characters




Meeting your muse




But your muse is more like:




Getting ready to kill characters




Leaving your crazy readers like:




and other readers like:



Doing the above step too often builds a reputation




Starting a chapter with sudden sex and nonchalantly transitioning

Praise be to the beta reader

Hell hath no fury like an editor scorned