Writing Problems - Tumblr Posts - Page 3

... So my iloud is fulll and I cant look at some of my notes in obsidian, the files are shown in finder but it isn't opening in obsidian.... ooooof

Truer words have never been spoken 

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I feel attacked

Writers be like: And then I actually had to write it, ya know? And it was so hard. I thought the scene would never work out.

And other writers be like: But it turned out good, right? I hope so. Writing can be so hard sometimes.

And then some more writers pitch in with: Wait, you actually write?

And normal people are sitting there like: If writing is so hard, why do you do it?

And writers be like: That’s not how it works. We don’t call the writing. The writing calls us. Sometimes it’s hell, but the writing demon summoned us to be the writers, and we cannot refuse the call.

But the writers are also like : I refuse the call every other day.

And folks, that’s just what writing is

Even a sentence counts

when you finally write more than one paragraph in a writing session: 

Apparently, I thought I would be able to do NaNoWriMo, but guess what. After 6 consistent days of writing, I fell into the hole of fanfiction, and didn’t write for 4 bloody days. Which explains why I wrote at 3 am, trying to redeem myself. 

And then, yesterday, I wrote some more, BEFORE, I went to my other WIP to not just WRITE BUT ALSO EDIT. 

In conclusion, I am thriving even though I’m supposed to be taking my exam now

I think my brain has started autocorrecting me and it's doing as bad a job as actual autocorrect.

I'm trying to write something fluffy and romantic but I keep writing "bride" as "bridge". It happened again just now as I was typing this. Why does my brain keep thinking about bridges?

I would like to announce

That I got no writing done yesterday

BUT

I thought about writing.

*round of applause*

Remember, the phrase "write what you know" is confusing. A lot of people bang their heads on walls because they haven't had the opportunity to experience the world.

Instead "write what you feel, know what you write."

You feel upset or angry? Chanel it into a tale of dystopian rebellion and do research on different uprisings throughout history.

Joyful and inspired? Imagine an invention in the 18th century that some mad scientist makes to save his family and look into the science that could potentially make it realistic.

Take what you feel as the basis and then build on that.

Just a reminder -

DON'T EDIT WHILE WRITING

Fastest way to never finish what you're working on. Get it all out on a page and then edit it.

If you're not sure how to do that, make all the text the same color as your page so it blends in. You won't be able to see it as you write, therefore you won't be editing as you write.

I got halfway through my WIP yesterday and yet it feels like I got nothing done because it took me all day. Wild.

As someone who LOVES outlining, I reached a point in my WIP where the thing I outlined just didn't make sense anymore, so I wrote what I thought did and then went back to the outline.

Outlines are a guideline, but don't be afraid of the doors they open.

The number of 'starts to' and 'just' I deleted from finished works could fill up a solid three pages right now.

I need better vocabulary.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel (finishing my work) and suddenly the train (my brain) has slammed on the breaks (stopped producing thoughts) and now I'm stalling (watching YouTube)

I got an idea!

*gets distracted*

No, I need to write down the idea so I don't forget.

*forgets that I wrote down idea*

rinse and repeat

I FINISHED MY FIRST DRAFT.

My brain has stopped forming words. Thank god it's done because editing is so much better than a blank page. The word count is not high but that's because it's not prose it's a script.

But let this be some motivation. I hope you all also finish whatever you're working on!

How sacrilegious is it to actually USE one of those cute notebooks we writers buy instead of just hoarding at them? Asking for a friend.

In all honesty, I hate when people say "oh you could be writing instead of complaining about your writing" or "do you even like writing if you complain so much?"

I LOVE writing. I love reading other people's writing. I love editing pieces. And so what? I eventually get my things done. I'm not getting paid for this (even if I was though I'd complain and oh well).

Sure, it can be a little too much sometimes, but if me complaining is the most annoying thing that can happen to you then damn you're living a good life.

Ever had a moment when you're brainstorming/daydreaming and you don't like the way the plot has played out in your head so you gotta mentally rewind the action and it's basically a VHS tape in your head until you get to a point you do like it and then you gotta re-do all the action in whatever new way you wanted but then mentally save it like a file on a computer in your brain and hope you remember long enough until you get to a notebook or something to jot it down?

I love my brain and the worlds, characters, and plots it creates.

I also hate my brain because it will never shut up, never rest, never take a break. It's exhausting sometimes.

Sometimes I feel like a turtle.

Slow, nothing done, taking so long...

Then suddenly I'm at the end wondering how the hell I got there.