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There's a conversation happening more and more in our society: how people can become addicted to sex.

But this conversation is mostly reserved for men, and because we spend so much time tearing women down for reading erotica fiction, we don't consider the implications of how this material can become addictive too.

On top of that, whilst we accept men watch pornography, we can’t seem to accept women want to indulge in it via a different medium.

This isn't a discussion about the crime of addiction, it's a discussion about a human desire that can become addictive, and how, as usual, it's only a certain part of the human population that gets privy to be a part of the conversation.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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Today we're continuing with discussing the Twilight and 50 Shades series, and this time we're discussion an aspect of what the books did well.

Each western country has their cherry-pickings for where they like to set their stories. Twilight and 50 Shades, however, broke that norm. And Twilight, in particular, did something I haven't seen any other fantasy series do: include a culture that is very much overlooked and ignored in western art.

Which is a trend, I am still waiting to take off.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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To wrap up season 2, we are going to explore Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey in depth from a perspective of what can creative writers learn from these two series that become a phenomenon across the world.

Today’s episode is tackling an issue that a lot of people probably don't want to talk about and admit, and that is the underlying sexism in the publishing industry.

We are not just going to be acknowledging and speaking about this, but we're also going to be having a look at how this had an effect on the reception of these two stories because they were written by a female author.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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Some may think that when you’re at the tail end of a writing a novel, that things will suddenly get easier and fall into place, but that rarely is the case. There are always those little adjustments that need to be made, and when you’ve been working for so long and hard on a piece of writing, it can be very fatiguing to have to make those micro-decisions.

In today’s episode, we acknowledge this struggle, why it’s so taxing on our mental energy, and tools that can be incorporated to assist.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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The world constantly tries to tell us what is important to us, or at least, what is meant to be important to us. But what's important to us has to come from within us, otherwise the importance we try to put onto something is just a fake attempt to fit in.

If your creative work is important to you, that means it's important.

No questions asked.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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As an avid reader, I keep coming across the same story lines in books. And most of those story lines focus on a romantic partner rather than a friendship.

Today, we're discussing this phenomenon where fiction writing is causing us to devalue friendships and add to the loneliness epidemic across our world and why creatives should instead be focusing on friendships in their creative work.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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Whilst in the process of redefining the format for my third fantasy novel, I have learnt a new valuable lesson when creating stories: embrace the chaos.

As someone who likes structure and planning, that can be really hard. But if it means keeping my mindset in a healthy state, then I think it's worth learning to lean into this state of flow.

Side Note - While editing this episode, I was not in love with the content. The beginning felt a little long winded, and I was a little frustrated with myself for it. I am not saying this to defend the quality of this episode, but to illustrate a little 'behind the scenes moment' whereby, I had created something and it didn't meet my own personal standards, but I still hit publish anyway.

As creatives, I think it's really important to get comfortable with putting something out there even if we don't think it's perfect. Because otherwise, that perfection can hinder us and prevent us from creating altogether.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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Today I am reviewing five novels and discussing why they're opening chapters don't hit the mark. No, I'm not naming names, but yes, they're all bestsellers, which I suppose just goes to show that even the so called 'best' have issues.

This naturally, opens up a space to question the difference between a best seller and good writing, which does get touched on during this episode, amongst other various things like a technique you can use to discern what you actually want in your story.

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

Visit bookishfeat.com for more details.