#wip problems

[darklesmylove]

me ten seconds into writing a new chapter with no outline or coherent idea as to what comes next:

#writing #writer #writers #writeblr #writers of tumblr #writing problems #writer problems #writing humor #writer humor #writeblr humor #writing meme #writer memes #writeblr memes #fanfic writers #fanfiction writer #wip problems #1k

[welcometololaland]

seven sentence sunday

i wasn't planning to post anything this week, mostly because i feel like that little dandelion strung out in the breeze and at an impasse about what to write. stuck on everything right now! trawling my google docs like What Next?! and complaining to anyone who will listen. if someone knows the answer, hmu.

also, thank you to everyone who has given me feedback on alta, that also keeps me going like a man in a desert searching for water and i owe you all my non-existent firstborn.

this is from call me (by my name) - my most recent project with @rmd-writes, which seems like the only thing i CAN write at the moment:

In another universe – one in which Carlos was a braver man and TK was a little less prickly – Carlos might have asked him to dance. He wants to ask him to dance, wants to watch TK move in time to the music, or out of time, perhaps. He wants to hear TK's laugh and watch the way a flush rises on his cheeks. He wants to touch TK accidentally and then maybe with more purpose, drag him into a bathroom stall and kiss him breathless. He doesn’t even know if TK is into guys. He just has a feeling, and an inescapable attraction. In reality, he wants TK to be into guys. More specifically, into Carlos.

leaving an open tag because it's late and i have no brain cells <3 but if you take up this tag, please tag me back so i can read

thank you for encouraging me: @carlos-tk @rmd-writes @carlos-in-glasses @strandnreyes @kiwiana-writes @tellmegoodbye @alrightbuckaroo @lightningboltreader @sherryvalli @inflarescent @orchidscript @heartstringsduet and @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut and @louisii-reyes-strand for the inspo saturday tag.

#seven sentence sunday #writing problems #wip problems #911 lone star #tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #call me (by my name)

[jamietarttsnorthernattitude]

How many words is too many for a one-shot? Is it 10,000? 15? 20? Or do I measure it with my heart like I do with any recipe that calls for garlic?

#because this one shot is already at 5700 and I am only done with 1/10 of the comfort #maybe less #writing questions #writing #wip #wip problems #writing problems

[iknowwhattosaynow]

THE Step by Step Process for Updating your WIP! Guaranteed to never fail!

Open your editing program of choice.

Crack your knuckles. Stretch your neck. Grab a drink.

Open the document to be updated.

Pick up your phone, check your e-mails, scroll insta for a minute.

Open the outline of the document to be updated.

Type 'Chapter ___' in your heading style of choice.

Open Tumblr.

Type a snarky post about the never fail process for updating your WIP.

Profit.

#fic writers #fic writer problems #fanfiction writer #fanfic writer #writer problems #wip problems #wips #procrastination nation #roughly only 3500 words to go before it's postable #writing problems #writers #writer probs #fanfic probs #fanfic writer probs #can you tell i want this to get reblogged #because it's facts

[afewproblems]

"...Right,” Steve sighs tiredly, it's laughable really, just how wrong he and Robin had been. 

All that time he thought they were growing closer, that Eddie had been his friend, all those small moments over the last few months were nothing. Just two people with vastly different expectations of what they meant to one another.

Me @me

Why am I like this

#sneak peak #steddie #steve harrington #stranger things #eddie munson #wip problems #part three is a journey right? #writing problems

[sleepystawbie]

Me: I worked on my WIP

also me: you opened the word document and added an apostrophe

Me: I worked on it

Also me: fuck you

#strawbin’ #💤🍓writes #writers block #wip problems

[storyofmychoices]

Looking at all my WIPs and wondering what the problem is and why I can't finish any of them:

#writer problems #writer #writers of tumblr #writing #wip #wip problems #dani rambles #taylor swift #wip-wipeout-weekend #writer's block

[hazelmaines]

I could blame this just what i needed update delay on plot related reasons, but no, it's way more embarrassing. Here's a preview of chapter 15: heaven is a place on earth 👀✨

#my fic #wip snippet #wip problems #haladriel bible camp au #actual plot incoming in ch 16 though

[fayes-fics]

When is reprimand coming out and the one after that? No rush❤️

Hi there! 🧡

So that is a great question… that I don’t know the answer to exactly. I’d like to say this week, but I’ve been struggling to write the more emotional pieces lately. Portrait is also suffering that fate. I know the wonderful @eleanor-bradstreet has been waiting a while for more Double Bind and I can only humbly apologise.

Reprimand is about two thirds written, but it’s much longer (and more emotional!) than I envisioned, so I’m struggling to get the balance right on it. Succour, the next fic in that series, is also partially written and I have an ending planned and not yet typed out.

I don’t bank content for release. The minute it’s complete, and ideally checked over, I post. Basically I’m very behind and feel a lot of guilt about it, as I’m a slow writer and miss deadlines (eg birthday requests), even when given plenty of notice. I wish I had more time to write and indeed was quicker at it. As much as I can, I try to write in the order I receive requests and I’m still working my way through those received in 2022 even though it’s now April. I know, I know, that’s awful. Again this ask has become a blanket apology lol.

Anyway, thank you for your message and I hope that helps explain! I’m so happy you are enjoying this series enough to ask, it’s so appreciated! 😁🧡

#faye answers #wip problems #apologies to my requesters #apologies to readers

[izupie]

When you absolutely definitely mean to work on your current wip, but SOMEHOW something new just happens to come out instead.............

#I was looking through my instagram videos and this one still makes me laugh #I never posted it to tumblr so here you go lmaooooo #wip problems #you all know what Im talking about right #its izupies face

[i-am-your-lunch]

Do I go through the extreme detail of describing my rosestarkillerchaser's accidental first date which they wont realize is a date or just briefly describe it and get onto the actual plot?

#wip problems #rosestarkillerchaser #james x regulus #regulus x barty

[welcometololaland]

INSPIRATION SUNDAY/SATURDAY

nowhere near as iconic as @iboatedhere but thanks for the tag!

(taking a break from ALTA to write my collab with @rmd-writes because I'm once again on struggle street - WHEN WILL THE PAIN END?!)

show me what you're working with @rmd-writes @strandnreyes @reyesstrand @reyescarlos @heartstringsduet @lovesgalores @goodways @lightningboltreader @katiesharms @celeritas2997 @basilsunrise @queen-saltyfries @marjansmarwani also @liminalmemories21 I'm adding you come back

#inspiration sunday #inspiration saturday #unprofessional services #wip problems #tarlos

[jamietarttsnorthernattitude]

I want to go to bed. But my brain is telling me to keep writing but when I ask it what to write it’s like lol girl you figure it out.

#maybe I shouldn’t have spent the day bouncing around between writing 8 different scenes #I thought it was working well but now they are all blending together #I did write 2k words for the day though #and the fic I wrote the most for is up to a ridiculous 13k #lol it was not supposed to be this long #writing problems #writer things #wip problems

[asimperingswannsong]

Back in my cubicle of doom after 3 days of glorious freedom and I’ve settled into the middle of what appears to be a multi-part Brienne fic while I debate whether to continue the debauchery of Jan Stevens with a follow up to the Silent Type…an attention span greater than that of the average goldfish would be helpful but oh well 🧐 la da dah 🫠

#focus #adhd much? #my fic #wip problems

[onboardsorasora]

Me: Ao3 is down so I guess I'll have to.... write.

*compulsively checks one more time and sees that it's back*

Me: fuck writing!!! What's a plot!!

#ramblings #fic rambles #wip problems

[runner-owen]

When you're working on the WIP outline and suddenly there's smut

#you were not part of the plan where did you come from #I had to figure out a way out of it because it's waaaaay too soon for that #wip problems #writeblr community #writeblr #writer problems