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Lillian's avatar

Creating a Pinterest board for the novel I’m working on has been one of my favorite things! It’s amazing how you can tune in to the overall vibe of a story by creating a visual story through a board. Great writing as always!

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jc 💌's avatar

i agree!! being able to see my stories come to life through pinterest boards has always been an incredible source of inspiration. and thank you, really 💌

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Yes! I always use Pinterest to vision board for my novels, and it's so helpful! I also use it for short stories and visual writing prompts! If you use it intentionally it can be such a great tool, rather than a distraction! Thanks for this JC :)

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jc 💌's avatar

yes!! i totally agree - when you use it with intention, it becomes a really important part of the process. love that you use it for short stories too 💌 (i still struggle with those since i can never stick to short word counts hahhaha)

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izzy's avatar

i woke up this morning wanting to write a book and this was exactly what i needed to start. thank you for this, it was very helpful! would love more posts geared towards writers :)

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jc 💌's avatar

this makes me so happy!! i wish you the best with your book (and your pinterest boards too) 💖

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hero williams's avatar

Yes super interested in the notion post. Also i feel like this spoke to my soul!!! 2 of my favorite things, pinterest and novel-writing, love it

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jc 💌's avatar

i'll work on it, then!! thank you so much for reading :))

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Carly Bush's avatar

I’ve been doing this for years and it’s so effective! Creating moodboards and playlists totally counts as writing.

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jc 💌's avatar

omg i love creating playlists sm too... listening to the playlist while daydreaming about your story? top-tier

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Nyia's avatar

thank you!!! brilliant advice, time to go create 🏃‍♀️💨

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jc 💌's avatar

yayyy wish you the best with your writing 💌

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Hannah Cao's avatar

as a writer i agree <3 pinterest is a part of brainstorming

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jc 💌's avatar

it truly is!!

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aari's avatar

exactly what I needed to get back to fleshing my story out

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jc 💌's avatar

this makes me so happy, i wish you the best with your story!!

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𝔢𝔪𝔪𝔞's avatar

Pinterest girlie forever and always, loved this! Would also love a post on Notion although my issue with Notion is that I spend way more time designing pages than the pages working for me, if that makes sense.

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Emily Loveall's avatar

Yes I love these ideas! The visuals can be so inspiring 😍

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Franes B.E.'s avatar

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to create a board for my novella

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Rabia <3's avatar

I got so giddy when I realised you’re both Pinterest and kdrama girlie!! Just finished when life gives you tangerines and the amount of inspiration I left with is incredible. I want to start creating Pinterest boards for writing pieces but I just know I’ll get too absorbed and procrastinate actually writing :,)

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Reagan Young's avatar

pleasssssseeeeee i need a sapphic, competitive figure skating, enemies to lovers story in my life !!

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M 💐's avatar

I’d love a post about the notion :) I love using Pinterest! I really struggle to visualize things so having physical pictures is really helpful when writing

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kaja jean's avatar

wowowow I love this so much! I use pinterest for my writing too, but hearing your enthusiasm for it makes me that just more excited to go back to the boards and expand them when i'm feeling stuck! you wrote about this in such a lovely, elegant, and concise way-LOVE! thank you jc!

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elma's avatar

i LOVED this!! i’ve been on the fence about using pinterest to help with my fiction writing but this has definitely motivated me. i’d also love to see a second blog where you talk about your creative process!!

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