#writer's woes

[valiantlyannoyingbread]

good news: i just wrote the best work of my life, with truly some of the funniest and most touching dialogue i've ever written

bad news: it's a high school musical fanfic

#just writer things #writing problems #writer's woes #fanfiction #fanfic #writing #writer #high school musical #hsm #i should be writing my senior thesis #but alas #i have 10000 words of the first fanfic i've written in 3 years #i'm procrastinating #yes it is gay #and it is #chad x ryan #in the year of our lord 2023 #i haven't watched all the movies since high school #shit post #i just had to tell someone

[pherryt]

my daughter kept sending me humans as space orcs and humans are deathworlders posts and that made me start looking up fics on ao3 and now i want to write a Witcher version.

i've been thinking about it for DAYS. already have a (long ass) title and everything but telling myself NO, don't do it. DO NOT start this, you have a ton of OTHER fics to work on.

so of course i just spat out 350 words. i don't even have a PLOT, wth. Just two characters i know i want in it.

why am i like this?

#writing #writer's woes #i should be writing OTHER things not this #and i don't even know if this is something that will amount to anything other than blurbs

[scifrey]

I left.

The USB KEY.

With THE most UP TO DATE VERSION.

OF MY NOVEL.

PLUGGED INTO MY.

WORK COMPUTER.

#writer's woes

[nimata-beroya]

When you're writing and you want to kill a character because it would make the chapter shorter and easier to write, but you can't because you need him for exposition dialogue

#writer's woes #writer's problems #writer's life #ugh! #i've been stuck on this scene forever because of that #mare writes star wars

[lordmomohismomoness]

Life would be so much easier if all the plot lines I think of would just write themselves

#fanfiction #dramione #zutara #writer's woes #things i want to do but have no time for #do i really need to sleep? #writing

[nervousladytraveler]

I just spent the last hour updating, clearing caches, deleting data, and closing many of my emotional support open tabs, so now everything is faster and I can write without frustration or delay.

And now I have to get dressed and go to work.

#writer's woes

[ailec-12]

Me wanting to write all the stories

vs

Me being so burnt out by life I can't even pick up the pen

#u.u #Writer's woes #<- I should make this a tag #I know (hope?) it'll pass #but when? #*

[captainleviswifee]

Is it just me or I write one chapter draft, polish it. See that its good. Come back to it to see flaws, polish it. Rinse and repeat. It just never ends! Ffs.

Praying I get to finally publish a chapter tomorrow.

I keep revising things to no end 🙏

#writing #levi ackerman fanfiction #levi ackerman #attack on titan #fics #fic stuff #writing rant #writing rambles #writer's woes

[mysteroads]

Writer's Woes

I can't wait until I'm done with my current My Hero Academia WIP. Don't get me wrong, I adore my current WIP, but I'm excited to take a crack at my first original MHA League of Villains AU!🎉

..... I should probably actually, you know... plan how it ends.😅

#just wanted to share #my writing #fanfiction #my hero academia au #my hero academia fanfiction #writer's woes #league of villains

[deckof-dragons]

Choosing to listen to the Ultrakill soundtrack while I write was a mistake because all it did was make me want to play more Ultrakill. I only managed to write 3 paragraphs. Big oops moment on my part. The soundtrack's so good though.

#deck speaks #writer's woes #ultrakill

[commehter]

Tui and Zu-Ozai's Life Changing Field Trip

I started the current arc of SToFLO thinking it would be a fun/interesting diversion for 2-3 chapters, but it took that long just to confront Hama and its only kept growing from there. I'm actually starting to get irritated with myself for how long it's dragging out. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels on something that should be more concise, but every time I think I'm getting close to the wrap up I realize there's something else about the situation needs to be addressed (because Hama is a problem without a good resolution) or a character decides to have feelings over it. That would be fine on its own, but I'm starting to doubt my grasp on Tui's character and that's causing all kinds of issues.

Tui is a spirit. Tui is a spirit with human memories messing with her head. How human should I be writing her as a result? How much emotional whip-lash can I really get away with giving what amounts to a spirit of serenity dealing with PTSD of all things? Tui. Tui, I created you from the barest threads of canon. You're practically an OC. How are you giving your author this much of a headache?

The core of the problem is actually Hama, of course, and she's not even conscious at this point. I started this arc thinking I knew what was going to happen to her, then worldbuilding happened and suddenly those old plans were infeasible. There's no way the characters involved would allow it to happen. So, here I am, scrambling as much as Tui and Zu-Ozai are to find a solution and everything is getting messy. Because Hama is horrible and makes an enemy of everyone she meets while having successfully guilt-tripped a great spirit into trying to save her.

I'm not sure if Hama got a nat 20 or Tui rolled a 1, but either way, this campaign has officially thrown a wrench in my storytelling plans and I'm irked with my characters.

I'm going to have to workshop some things more than I'm used to doing, including going back to make sure Tui isn't vacillating too much in her motivations. I can only use "non-human emotions/motivations" and "spirity reasons" to hide so much of a hack job. I need to take another look at Zu-Ozai, too. He has plenty of reasons to be feeling all sorts of conflicting emotions, but it needs to be brought back to something at least semi-cohesive at some point.

Anyway, back to untangling the mess I've made for myself. See y'all next chapter. If things go well on my end, it should be out in the next few days.

#commehtating #actual blog post #the spirit tale of fire lord ozai #writer's woes #complaining #fanfic #fanfiction

[intrepidmare]

don't you hate when bitches think about a piece of dialogue or description or something that it's perfect, but don't write it right away, and when they sit to do just exactly that, their brain comes in blank?

I'm bitches

#writer's woes #writer's life #i should've written it right away #but now i don't remember #writing is hard

[ijuststareatstuffhereok89]

I need some one shot ideas, people. Smut, comfort, angst, crack, you name it, just hop over and shoot me an ask.

Just gotta be Loki, Bucky, or Steve-centric. Nothing too intense, but the more creative the better.

#writer's woes #fanfic #loki fanfic

[texasbeanwrites-stuffhere]

#writing #writer's woes #writer's life #twitter

[nervousladytraveler]

Hey writer friends, I've been having trouble posting my end of chapter notes on AO3 lately. I see them entered properly and I know I haven't used up my character limit but they aren't showing up complete when I post. I've never had a problem in all the years I've been using AO3 and posting notes.

The fic I'm working on is pretty research heavy and I now have 2 chapters worth of notes that I haven't been able to share.

Any suggestions?

#lucretiassister #ao3 #writer's woes #I need my notes

[cellard0ors]

Ugh.

Trying to finish Fin but I hate it?

I don't necessarily think it's TERRIBLE I'm just very meh about it...

#hackearney #my writing #writer's woes