if you relate to having an idea for a story for 4 to 8 years with almost zero progress towards actually writing it down, clap your hands
This post kicked down my door, came into my house and publicly shamed me in front of God, my mother, and my cat.
Позначка: writing is hard
well, this fic isn’t going to write itself, but i’m going to wait a bit longer to make sure.
things writers can (probably) relate to
-making the facial expression your character’s making and trying to describe it
-writing entire scenes in your head as you shower and not remembering most of it by the time you get to your computer
-deciding you can’t do something you’ve been looking forward to until you write what you told yourself you were going to write, resulting in you laying in your bed doing nothing
-having two completely different ideas for your story to go in and both seem equally good but you can’t do both and you also can’t choose
-having docs with stories you know you’ll never finish but not deleting them anyway, even if they’re only a couple sentences long
-getting random bursts of productivity that could go towards homework or cleaning your room or writing and you know you’ll only be able to do one
-getting inspiration from the most random things
-writing at inopportune times because a perfect line or dialogue just popped into your head and you have to get it down before you forget it
-“what are you writing?” “……..a story”
– “what do you want to do when you grow up?” “uunnghnnggguughhhhh”
-reveling in the embarrassment you put your characters through
Do you ever find things you wrote when you were little and just really want to die a little?
Me at age 11: “I am a sea of feelings. I am an emocean.”
Emocean underlined three times
11 year old you is a fucking genius
the most fun thing about being a fic author is when you know what’s supposed to happen but when you go to write it you realise that, for the event to be plausible, you need to add another 2k of development and establish like six extra things before you can even get to the scene you need to write, and by ‘most fun’ I mean fuck everything someone take this fucking story away from me I’m on strike
Source: putas666
Reading: hey it doesn’t matter if the author knows every little detail, they can have some artistic liberties and make things up
Writing: if I don’t find the exact shelf life of the average can of ravioli RIGHT NOW I will DIE
btw the average shelf life of most unopened ravioli cans is 18-24 months
Active voice: I will write
Passive voice: Writing will be done
Passive-aggressive voice: I love how you always say you’ll write but never do
reading my own writing: boy, you sure like your commas, don’t you,
I feel personally attacked by this post.
me: I’m so excited to write this fic, it’s going to be good, I love it, I’m so pumped
*writes it in head before sleeping, gets emotional over songs that could fit the story, elaborates background and characterisations, writes lines on phone*
also me, in front of laptop: yeah, but no, I’ve got nothing