@ajsaxsmaAj Saxsma

Award-Winning literary writer helping make your novels say what you believe. Advanced writing craft for serious storytellers 📖📖🥸 substack (@ajsaxsma)

card updated Oct 17, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 158 · 1,400,000 likes total

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Engagement13.62%above average

Account summary

@ajsaxsma has 45,900 followers and 510 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 20,524 views and 2,604 likes. Engagement to views is 13.62%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−3.32 pp). Posts roughly 0.3 times a week. An average clip reaches 45% of the follower count.

Followers

45.9K

+12.6K in period

Engagement

13.62%

−3.32 pp newer half

Average views

20.5K

median 4.1K

Likes per clip

2.6K

38 comments avg

Shares / saves

152 / 1.2K

5.9% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.3 / wk

reach 45% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

A character development trick I’ve not seen on this app before #writin — @ajsaxsma

6591:34A character development trick I’ve not seen on this app before #writingtips #fiction #characterdevelopment 711134

We are deeply flawed, needy, frightened creatures and these are the pe — @ajsaxsma

1.3K2:03We are deeply flawed, needy, frightened creatures and these are the people we have to love #storytelling #fiction #books974323

One really simple way to keep readers turning pages #writingtips #fict — @ajsaxsma

4.1K1:53One really simple way to keep readers turning pages #writingtips #fiction #writingabook #beginnerwriter 491915232

He built a system to make sure he can never be out in that situation a — @ajsaxsma

10.7K2:13He built a system to make sure he can never be out in that situation again #storytelling #writing #characters 9633351107

Finding your person doesn’t exempt you from being a human being #story — @ajsaxsma

3.1K1:58Finding your person doesn’t exempt you from being a human being #storytelling #fiction #books #booktok37053587

He does what he’s been doing his whole life #storytelling #fiction #wr — @ajsaxsma

2K2:16He does what he’s been doing his whole life #storytelling #fiction #writing #writingtips1487238

If your character feels like a collection of personality traits, we ca — @ajsaxsma

2.7K1:44If your character feels like a collection of personality traits, we can fix that and make them a little more complicated3591018156

Want readers turning pages? Give them a gap #writingtips #turningpages — @ajsaxsma

2.3K1:20Want readers turning pages? Give them a gap #writingtips #turningpages #writer #storytelling 27458116

There is more than 1 way to break a persons trust #storytelling #writi — @ajsaxsma

7.4K1:57There is more than 1 way to break a persons trust #storytelling #writing #subtext #writimgcharacters352133329

When your partner defines privacy differently than you #storytelling # — @ajsaxsma

31.6K1:42When your partner defines privacy differently than you #storytelling #writing #subtext #characterwriting1.4K12529131

Most writers don’t struggle with ideas, they struggle with where to st — @ajsaxsma

10.6K2:53Most writers don’t struggle with ideas, they struggle with where to start. If you’ve ever felt stuck between projects or1.2K2178648

Over the next six weeks, I’m publishing a series of craft lessons on S — @ajsaxsma

4.8KOver the next six weeks, I’m publishing a series of craft lessons on Substack. They’re fully readable for free. The thin8010314

If your characters feel inconsistent, flat, or “off,” it’s probably no — @ajsaxsma

185.6K2:13If your characters feel inconsistent, flat, or “off,” it’s probably not your plot, it’s their emotional contradictions. 28.1K2541.7K14.1K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 16.2% ER

Dec 5Sep 28Sep 30

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 30, 2026	659	71	1	1	34	11.08%
Sep 30, 2026	1,273	97	4	3	23	8.17%
Sep 30, 2026	4,113	491	9	15	232	12.52%
Sep 29, 2026	10,700	963	33	51	107	9.79%
Sep 29, 2026	3,059	370	5	35	87	13.40%
Sep 29, 2026	2,003	148	7	2	38	7.84%
Sep 28, 2026	2,716	359	10	18	156	14.25%
Sep 28, 2026	2,297	274	5	8	116	12.49%
Sep 28, 2026	7,370	352	13	33	29	5.40%
Sep 27, 2026	31,600	1,373	125	29	131	4.83%
Apr 16, 2026	10,600	1,177	21	78	648	12.04%
Jan 8, 2026	4,820	80	10	3	14	1.93%
Dec 5, 2025	185,600	28,100	254	1,705	14,128	16.20%