‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍‍ “ it is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live. ” ‍ ‍ ‍‍ — john fowles

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• literally creating a world that doesn't exist
• when the characters just start doing stuff on their own
• "whoops i just wrote x thousand words"
• using language to describe abstract concepts
• witty dialogue that makes my friends go "haha"
• wonderful comments from readers
• boasting about the word count
• using a new word i just learned