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Jay Heltzer @JayHeltzer

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Jay Heltzer@JayHeltzer
23 Jan 2024
Just read this passage from “Mrs Death Misses Death” by @salenagodden and I may have a new mantra for creating art. #5amwritersclub #writersoftwitter
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In this month's LOW NOTES, I got shoved into the AI machine and something else came out. Read and subscribe, peoples. jayheltzer.substack.com/p/i-… #5amWritersClub
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In this month’s LOW NOTES, I found the perfect place to less my more. It’s in Houston, Texas. Read and subscribe, peoples. jayheltzer.substack.com/p/th… #5amWritersClub
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In this month's LOW NOTES, I try to apply a year of "Less is More" to my writing desk, and it doesn't go well. Read and subscribe, peoples. #5amwritersclub jayheltzer.substack.com/p/al…
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First VDP of 2026 is tomorrow, building MOMENTUM for the rest of the year. Plus... first details about the annual Journey to Jupiter in-person writing retreat. You KNOW you want to be there... so be there. #5amWritersClub
Jay Heltzer@JayHeltzer
Jan 5
Virtual Donut Parties are back for '26, starting this Friday 1/9 at 5am ET via Zoom. How to build MOMENTUM for a successful year -Repetition -Asking little & big questions of your work -Measuring Success -Celebrating without Slowing Down #5amWritersClub DM for the new link
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Virtual Donut Parties are back for '26, starting this Friday 1/9 at 5am ET via Zoom. How to build MOMENTUM for a successful year -Repetition -Asking little & big questions of your work -Measuring Success -Celebrating without Slowing Down #5amWritersClub DM for the new link
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🧠More. ♥️Less. ✋🏻Some? 🧠It needs more. ♥️But not with unnecessary fluff. Move on. ✋🏻Gimme something, please. 🧠We haven't fully told the story. We've barely filled the scene. ♥️The reader understands. We shouldn't be working this hard! ✋🏻Kinda like this post? #5amWritersClub
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🧠I'm so tired. Not sleepy tired, but so... ugh. ♥️I get it. You wanna write? 🧠Yeah, but... its easier to not bother. ♥️That's no fun. Writing is fun. 🧠Yeah, but– ♥️Hey... don't ever forget: Writing is fun. Doesn't have to be anything else. 🧠 😀 ✋🏻Game on! #5amWritersClub
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♥️The holiday concerts are over. 🧠Halleluyah! ♥️Time to finish with the gifts. 🧠Crap! ♥️But we get to write first. 🧠Halleluyah! ♥️Time to finish that synopsis. 🧠AW CRAP! #5amWritersClub
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🧠It's synopsis time. ♥️I believe in you. ✋🏻Good luck. 🧠The heroine... The night was... ♥️Take your time. ✋🏻You know the story, right? 🧠On a dark desert highway... ♥️That's not– ✋🏻Oh lord.🤦🏻 🧠Who's the MC again? ♥️This may take a while. ✋🏻I'll make more tea. #5amWritersClub
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🧠Its go-time. ♥️Hold on... a few more journal thoughts... ✋🏻We'll be with you in a sec. 🧠... Now? ♥️... 🧠Now?? ♥️... 🧠Now??? ♥️If you don't mind, I need to SCREAM INTO THE VOID AND CAN'T START THE CREATIVE PART TILL I'M DONE, OK? 🧠Damn. ✋🏻Told you. #5amWritersClub
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I predict there's going to be a ton of frustrated Wordle players today. Anyhoo, anyone seen my focus? It was here yesterday. #5amWritersClub

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♥️You really need to finish holliday shopping. 🧠What would my MC want for Christmas? ♥️Most of the good stuff is gone. 🧠Are there any gifts in Chapter 6 of my WIP? ♥️You're running out of time. 🧠Time is a plot problem. ♥️Oy, you're your own plot problem. 🤦🏻🎄 #5amWritersClub
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👀Hey! This best-selling book is like the one we're writing. 🧠Wut? 👀Sweet! It's got scenes just like the ones we wrote. 🧠Come again? 👀Wow. That cool idea we loved... they wrote it much better. 🧠<cry, panic, anger, cry> ♥️It'll be ok. ✋🏻<opens new document> #5amWritersClub
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🧠'26 will have big plans, big changes, BIG GOALS! ♥️What about today? 🧠Let's survive today, ok? ♥️Will we be a different person on 1/1? 🧠Same, but new, cool direction. ♥️So, why wait? 🧠Shut up. '26 is our year. ♥️What about today? ✋🏻Today we edit or die!!! #5amWritersClub
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♥️Please don't look at the news. Let's just write, okay? 🧠It's incomprehensible. 👀We can handle it. ♥️No... yesterday was awful. Please don't. 🧠C'mon, just a few hours of creative work first. ✋🏻<click> 👀... Holy shit... 💔 #5amWritersClub
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🧠What's all this noise? 👂🏻Her name is Mariah Carey. 🧠Is she in our book about the Mississippi Blues? 👂🏻No, she sang this Christmas song called– 🧠I KNOW THE SONG! What's it doing here? 👂🏻Living rent free. 🧠Get her out! 🪗Can I help? 🧠It would be a 🎄 miracle! #5amWritersClub
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👃🏻<snore> 🧠Wha? Who woke me? 👃🏻Did you say something? 🧠Dammit. It's too early. 👃🏻My bad... but don't you get up early to write? 🧠Yeah, but... 👃🏻Well, there you go. 🧠You're not helping. 👃🏻All I'm saying is... 🧠Shut up. ☝🏻👃🏻 ✋🏻Uh, we can't type like this. #5amWritersClub
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🧠How nice, yesterday's unresolved plot problem is still there. ♥️You know what the MC aims to accomplish. Follow your gut. 🧠So many mediocre choices in front of the MC. I'm stuck and uninspired. ✋🏻Hey, what does this DEL button do? 🧠OK, OK, I'LL MAKE A CHOICE. #5amWritersClub
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👀Ooh, click that. ✋🏻No. 👀That news item will incense us. Clicky! ✋🏻No dice. We have work to– 🧠What's going on here? 👀... 🧠<processes dumbass news story> We must wake and prep for the day and you want to read this crap? ✋🏻I tried to– 🧠Back to the WIP, now! #5amWritersClub
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🧠One more Reel... ♥️No. ✋🏻<sigh> 🧠That last one was great. They were cooking– ♥️No. ✋🏻We're waiting... ♥️Are the Reels for your WIP? 🧠Maybe...? ✋🏻Can we get a little help? 👀We're staying closed until you agree to work. 🧠You're no fun. Fine, let's art. #5amWritersClub
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