this this this!!

(i mentioned this in my 'tales from the trunk' episode!)

the more you write, the quicker you can spot these 'i like it but nope' ideas -- so now i can trunk stuff with a quickness instead of being at like 60k and going 'hmmmMMMmmm' https://twitter.com/Bibliogato/status/1285255340968357890

i know i talk a lot about how writing is a long weird process of calibration against various things (your past writing, writing you like, writing you dislike, etc)

so it is a nice feeling when you're eventually at a spot where you can save time by going 'HEY NO' early on

i used to have a lot more trouble picking what i wanted to work on next in terms of long-form stuff

now i can kind of look at the outlines i've done, even the ideas, and be like 'yes, you'll work' or 'nope, not you' or 'yes, but you'll take five years' etc

but don't get me started on choosing short fiction because i have like 1300 workable ideas/outlines for stories right now and it is

AN OVERWHELM