We know that moving your existing work into Ellipsus can take a ton of time. (We've been there. 😵‍💫)

So, we’re thrilled to introduce our very first step toward a full-fledged document importer—you can now import any Markdown (.md) file directly into Ellipsus! ✨

If you're working in Google Docs, it's super easy to export your content as a .md file and bring it into Ellipsus. Check out our help center for a full list of what we currently support.

And that’s just the beginning! Over the next few months, we’ll be rolling out improvements—text colors, image embeds, and more granular styling—to make your import experience even better. ❤️‍🔥

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- The Ellipsus Team xo

Writing rule:

Every character who speaks gets their own paragraph. If two characters are talking, each time they switch you must create a new paragraph.

Do not add more than one characters’s dialogue into a single paragraph or it will be too confusing for the reader.

I feel like I'm seeing the opposite of this increasingly in fanfiction (i.e. multiple people's dialogue in the same paragraph, or paragraphs clumped together possibly because the author feels like a single line shouldn't stand on its own.)

Separate that shit! Different character gets a new line, always. Always.

My average writing experience:

"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"

*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*

@impala-dreamer @princessmisery666

Lmao 🤣 every time!!

one of the best fics i've ever read, one that had me addicted to my phone and crying, wasn't even prose. it was a huge, casual, bullet-pointed outline with every detail of an au that the author never got around to writing in full. and it was amazing.

let this be a message to all you who want to write but can't do it "normally": write it! someone out there will eat it up. whether that be poetry, tiny drabbles, or bullet pointed list: your work is always worth it. your art (yes, art!) will alway deserve to have its moment in the spotlight. why? because you made it. even if it wasn't done in a traditional matter, it came from your brain and your creativity and that is amazing.

Collaborative writing is a labor of love. What if it could be easier? 

Think connected drafts, not disconnected files. 

Think effortless version history and control. 

Think in-document chat. 

Far away from the prying eyes of AI and LLMs.

Ellipsus is a new writing tool for people who write together!

Two new features have arrived this week: Comments and Dark Mode! :D

We’re looking for feedback from folks who care a lot about writing.

Check us out, and join the Ellipsus beta.

please please please please reblog if you’re a writer and have at some point felt like your writing is getting worse. I need to know if I’m the only one who’s struggling with these thoughts

I don’t just think it. I know it.

Reblog so everyone can hear what they need.

🦀 Kudos Crab 🦀

If you are scrolling and see Kudos Crab, your fics will be blessed!

You will get good comments and kudos!

You will beat your writers block!

GO AND WRITE!

Correction: my finished works

This ⬆️

Honestly sometimes I see the feedback from betas am like - what was I even thinking?! But that’s why we have a beta I guess 👍🏻

I see shit like this and I feel so fucking seen and I know I’m in the right place!! I just wish I could see all my Mutuals face to face so we could fangirl and brainstorm and 🤤 and fawn and cry and all the good stuff together!!

Reblog the writers’ fortune cookie for luck!

Guys I reblogged this and then wrote an 8000 word story I didn’t even have a solid plan for. Reblog this shit.

Here

I feel.likw I have no choice

Here’s to hoping!

@littlefreya / @the-soot-sprite / @winter2112rose / @ellethespaceunicorn / @captainsy-cookiemonster

It’s worth a shot!!

Don't forget to feed your wip some lines of fresh words today and then let it roam free in your head.

Things that don't matter when you're writing a story:

Things that do matter when you're writing a story:

Writing is so annoying. Like. I have to actually write it for it to exist??? I can’t just snap my fingers and have a completed book materialize??? Who authorized this????

Word prompts to use for doodling or writing

my muse is a fickle bitch with terrible timing, smh

@princessmisery666

Such is the way for me at the moment. 😒

I’m currently the first one 😝

Muses be fickle little assholes 😂

Do a logline for your story (it helps I swear).

Loglines are mostly used in film, I believe, and they are basically one-sentence summaries of the whole flick. They are very much audience/marketing focused, so no spoilers or twists revealed; it's what you tell to sell someone on the movie.

And yeah, I do believe you can do a logline for any story no matter how grand or complex you might think:

(Long sentence, but only one sentence.)

The real value of a logline is that it can help you reveal

what your story is about instead of just what happens in it.

By finding the core of the plot you can deduce (and more importantly, justify) the additional elements that make the story come alive. Does a funny scene fit if your logline is about a dark, revenge story? Could be!, as long as you know why it's there (maybe for breathing room, or to build atmosphere or for fleshing out characters).

It's a great starting point, at least. I'm personally quite skeptical and wary of overrelying on writing equations and formulas to make your story "right". Nevertheless, structure can be phased out whenever it has served its purpose, your story being like the green of a garden that has kept blooming and growing to the point that the pots and walls have been covered by what they have borne.