#writer rant

[jedibinx]

I know that some people think fanfiction is a waste of time and is not real writing, and that's fine, but don't then come to me and tell me I should think that because the fact of the matter is, the only thing stopping me from falling into an abyss that I will never return from, is my writing.

Nobody actually knows just how close I am to that edge, but I have a writing schedule and unfinished stories and people who have used my writing as their own way of helping themselves in their own lives so nobody tell me its not real writing when it is literally the one thing keeping my mental health buoyed just enough to keep the air in my lungs.

If that ain't real then nothing is.

#ao3 writer #ao3 fanfic #ao3 shenanigans #writer confessions #writer rant #käärijä

[nextinline-if]

my goal was 20k words today and I only got a little over 8k. it was supposed to be a relaxing day at home but I had to go out multiple times and got interrupted repeatedly.

UGHHHHHH.

Anyway, I'll post a dev blog either tomorrow (Sunday) night or Monday to show the progress toward completing chapter 2 coding and writing.

#writer rant #if I don't get the other 12k tomorrow im going to be immensely upset lmao #going to sleep early for once so I can get up early and get started #finally figured out a coding thing though so that's good! #mini update

[flamingpudding]

When you try to write or edit a previous writing... but all that's happening is one good damn song of a fandom you ended up deep diving because of markiplier years ago playing in your head on repeat for days now and you haven't even gotten the time to watch the movie yet but have seen countless clips that it feels like you have...

Five Nights of Freddy's I curse you for being such an earworm banger and disrupting my dpxdc writing!!!

#writer rant #fnaf music man #it sticks and wont leave me alone #also that other song? #that playws when bonnie tried to signal and freddy is vibing? #it makes me remember that damned clip and caused me to laught during work several times now when the raidio played it #not yet getting strange looks tho #still waiting for it to happen while i hum fnaf

[hellfire--cult]

im trying to recover my love for writing.

I've noticed that for the past few weeks I've been very attentive to the notes I get, to notes other people get, comparing my work with those other people and belittling myself for it.

That is why I am posting one shots right now. I am writing whatever comes to mind, whatever fixation I have and just put it into words.

If I wrote it it's because I wanted to write it. If I wrote it, it's because it felt right to do so.

I force myself to post it without the pressure of 'will people like this?' 'Will people interact with it?'. I am trying to not think about the interactions, of just getting my shit together and love my writing like the first time I started doing it.

I am trying to adore my writing and my work despite the lack of reblogs or likes. Trying to push aside the feeling of 'Shit, I worked so hard for this and it didn't do good.' or feelings like 'I thought people wanted this and now they are not even interacting' and all of those thoughts make me doubt my work so much.

I know I am not the only one in this, so just know that it should not bring down your love for writing. If you wrote it, it just meant you wanted to do so. The notes don't matter.

Write because you want to. Not because you need to.

Sorry for the rant, just wanted to voice my thoughts out and feelings I've been having for the past week ❤

#roe rants #sorry for it #but i've been feeling so blue for this #to all the people that show me love everyday #i thank you so much from the bottom of my heart #writer rant

[eleanore-delphinium]

So I have (dark) plans. I'm thinking of making a series or a collection titled: The 'What Ifs' of Death. It explores DamiRae but if someone actually dies permanently because I realized, I use the pit as a crutch and I resurrect them using it on multiple occasions.

The common denominator in this plan is that there is DamiRae and obviously they are not endgame (unless you count them not marrying anyone else as endgame but that won't always happen) and they likely won't be mentioned as much but it is undeniable that they are a thing. I'm just sharing this to inform you guys. And to separate actual death from my other compilation of DamiRae fics in my A03 so that those who don't like seeing someone die permanently, will not be put through that. Also, because I ran out of tags for that compilation of stories.

And I have about 5-10 ideas floating around in my head already. One of which, makes me cry every time I write it. And all of the ideas just festering in my mind and it is bothering me.

When will any of these be posted? Who knows? But just keep an eye out on the titles so you guys, who don't like this stuff, can steer away. Don't worry I will add warnings.

I do ship them, I know I make them suffer more often than not and some might think I don't ship them, but I really do.

As a writer, I want to challenge myself and try to understand what would they do when placed in a certain situation and therefore, test my understanding of their character. Which is why I have (I hope) varying stories.

I want to be able to write their nuances and have different stories to show that. While also expressing their story in a way that makes the audience react. And yet, somehow, still capture their essence.

Yet, I'm sure, there will be those very out-there ones.

As a writer, those are a few of my goals.

And with DamiRae being part of DC, making it all happy sounds impossible to me.

Well, that concludes my small rant. I hope this doesn't make you guys unfollow me or hate me, but I would understand if you did.

#damirae #damian wayne #raven #robrae #demonbirds #damian al ghul #rachel roth #dcamu #damian x raven #robin x raven #teen titans #fanfiction #romance #angst #plans and ideas #writer rant #writer thoughts #dc #dc comics

[apolline-lucy]

are people still interested in reading novellas these days? there’s no way my wip will be over 40k unless I replot everything and add some useless drama

i know the publishing industry doesn’t favour novellas but if i self publish maybe i’ll still have readers. i do read 30k fanfics myself after all

#writer rant #wip #writer ramblings #fantasy writers #writerscommunity #writerscorner #queer writers #queer author #queer books #novellas #lgbt writers #indie author #indie books #lgbt books #author community #writing community #writing #writers supporting writers #indie writer

[justabigassnerd]

I hate to be that person but this needs to be said:

this morning I woke up to this comment on my recent fic

now I’m not stupid I know everyone is allowed to have opinions on things like a saying in my family is literally ‘opinions are like assholes, everyone’s got one’

but to come onto my blog and criticise me for which version of Reacher I choose to write is not okay with me. I’m not hurting anyone and I figured something like this would happen.

I’m not saying all this to be a dick or anything I just want to be able to put my foot down and establish boundaries bc I am writing about Tom Cruise’s Reacher and respectfully want to not get comments about how Alan Richardson is better (I haven’t even watched the show nor do I particularly care to tbh)

(also in the books Jack Reacher is 6ft 5 so if you’re gonna bring the books into this at least do it right y’know?)

#justabigassnerd #justabigassnerd rambles #justabigassnerd rants #personal rant #writer rant

[killergirlfuria]

some people don’t know how fanfics and using tropes in them works fr

that if someone wrote a fic with the same tropes at them, they MUST have mined theirs for content, they couldn’t have come up with it on their own

you guys okay? is this some new fad? do you need help?

#writer rant #fanfics #tropes #seriously I'm worried are you guys okay?

[theresidentfullmoon]

Petition to add writing/writer nights to the list of activities to do together alongside movie nights.

#writing #writers on tumblr #writer things #writing memes #writer #writer memes #writers and poets #writer rants #writer rant

[chaoticgoodthief]

This Is Funny. Laugh. I Said Laugh.

Soo... I write fanfic, as most of you that know me are aware. Lately, I've been getting into The Stanley Parable stories. Here is a summary of my efforts to write a coherent story with my two favourite blorbos:

Me with Stanley (as someone who loves little chaos gremlins with Issues) : *pats fondly on his head* Yes, good boy. That was an excellent plot idea honey. I'm sorry it hurts. I promise I'll make it better in the end. You're doing so well just hold on a little longer there.

Me with the Narrator (as someone who struggles with writing dialogue) : *tugs harshly on his tie* CAN YOU NOT SHUT UP FOR TEN MINUTES AND LET MY WRITE MY DILLY DARN STORY?! YOU ARE HOLDING UP THE PLOTLINE!!!

Yes, I actually find Stanley a easier protagonist to work with. Yes, I'm aware how ironic that is.

#the stanley parable #tsp stanley #tsp narrator #my writing #my fanfic stuff #writer rant #protagonist struggles #irony at its finest #send help #to be fair though #I enjoy programming (on Scratch. I'm not THAT good) #so as a novice programmer I can definitely still relate to the Narrator #he's just a really hard protagonist to write #and a hypocrite #I should stop tagging now

[snootlestheangel]

Writer stuffs

Anyone else get so incredibly obsessed with their own work, as in like they are just foaming at the mouth because of a world and characters they created??? Getting so obsessed it's almost taking over your own desire to fangirl over fictional masked men of another's creation?

Yeah, me too. Anyways, don't mind me! Just creating an entire ass island in minecraft for visual representation of where my dragon OCs live...

Is anyone curious about my original work or nah? Might make a separate blog for it is there's enough interest but idk

Might just spam this same blog with ramblings of my work cause it's crawling out of its grave like Ghost.

#cod mw2 #gaming #minecraft #writing #writer problems #writer ramblings #writer rant #snootles rants #snootles ideas

[simpingwriter]

I rewatched the Mandela Catalogue

and now i accidentally got an idea for an AU where you/us/me (Amelia to be exact, because only Original Characters are allowed in this household) are something like a hunter similar to the Winchesters...but only for Alternates/Demons(?). And we swing in to help the canon characters against the alternates, each individual we save we take into our Alternate Hunting Team.

And bonus: The real Gabriel survived back then. Barely. With about 10% of his former strength he was the first to "join" (it was him recruiting her) our/Amelia's Team, forming the currently only real force capable of fighting against these demonic distorted bitches.

It would 100% be either a Mark x Amelia or a Davis (Thatcher) x Amelia because i am incapable of writing without shipping shit while doing so :)

But keep dreaming for now, folks, my ass is currently busy fighting the big bad COVID plus i will NOT start new shit without at least managing to bring my MHA Story to a certain point!

#The Mandela Catalogue #Writer Rant #Author Rant #possible AU idea #yes or no? #the Mandela Catalogue x reader #the Mandela Catalogue x oc

[winglesswriter]

Writer rant

I know nobody will read this but I have to get it out of my system and hope it will help at least a little.

I’m struggling with my WIP, have been for days, weeks maybe. I know (or hope at least) that when I get through this transitional chapter, it will all get easier rn, but I feel totaly blocked. I’m trying to just bullshit my way throught the part and leave it to my editing self to figure it out, but every time I sit down to write, my mind revolts. I’m very low on motivation and mental energy, but I can’t wait for it to be better because every day I don’t write I’m eaten by guilt.

I just need some kind of push. Some spark of inspiration but I think my muses are hybernating.

#if anybody has some advice or at least words of support i'd appreciate it #writer rant #writing is hard

[verypinkcat]

I've been writing out my splatoon oc these past couple days, even having a (small) short story in the works...Don't know if I'll post that here or something but whatever.

Being a writer has its ups and downs

Pros:

Visualization and breathing life into a scene/characters

Descriptive elements, fleshing out your characters to be recognizable just by their mannerisms.

Having spurs of energy to write and draft

Cons:

I have too many ideas

It's like. 1 am and I literally wrote like a few paragraphs of people painting the ground (Yes it's splatoon, how'd you know?)

Running out of adjectives

Did I mention it's 1 in the MORNING??

*looks at my unfinished projects*

#splatoon #splatoon oc story #writer rant #writer #i should go to bed #splatoon 3 #why is my brain the way it is #adhd lets go #god i wanna post my short story so badly #rant or something i dunno man

[bli-o]

my least favorite writing trope is solidly when a villain is presented, you get an idea of what they’re about, the author establishes scales of their power, intimidation, etc

and then the author JUST KILLS/DISCARDS THEM AND REPLACES THEM WITH SOME OTHER FUCKER WHO’S ONLY ESTABLISHED THREAT IS THAT THEY GOT RID OF/IS MORE THREATENING THAN THE OTHER GUY

and then all the fucking stakes in the story are changed so automatically that the tone whiplashes so hard you dont get time to readjust and get a feel of the new threat before they’re already defeated

EXHIBIT A: Tigerstar and Scourge from Warriors

First arc tigerstar is such a well developed villain, you actually understand whats at stake if he were to win, you have developed your view on the character, and then FUCKING SCOURGE, SOME GUY WE’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, KILLS HIM AND HES THE NEW VILLAIN NOW. SIXTH GRADE ME WAS SO SO PISSED. idfk shit about scourge’s backstory because i stopped reading after i finished dawn of the clans(the only series from warriors that I actually enjoyed) but it doesnt really matter because your average reader wont have read his backstory by the time they get to the last of the first arc. And then scourge dies after we’ve hardly met him??? I mean. ok i guess. Damn the first arc was so good and it fumbled the bag so hard

EXHIBIT B: Queen Wasp and The Breath Of Evil from Wings Of Fire

queen wasp was such a good villain. I hated her so much, the culture of the hives was so well developed within just the first book. She was so well established as a legitimate threat. They even began fighting against her.

THEN THE DAMNED BREATH OF EVIL SUDDENLY APPEARS AND ITS THE VILLAIN NOW?? Its sort of threatening I guess, because it can do mind control, but wasp already had that. She literally used it. The mind control idea would’ve been so much more intimidating with wasp backing it but tui just had to turn the car around and change the stakes from defeat dragon racism -> EVERYONE’S GOING TO BE MIND CONTROLLED

thats not to say either of these characters wouldn’t have made for threatening concepts, but they just were never fleshed out. Especially not like their predecessor, who’s potential was just entirely fucking wasted and the payoff to their defeat was just so disappointing.

if you wanna change the stakes, do it right people, please. For the love of god.

#writer rant #writing pet peeves #wings of fire rant #Warrior cats rant #Rant #Reading rant #Writing rant #Annoying tropes #Im actually pretty fond of these two series #Warriors not so much #Sorry #blios rants

[apolline-lucy]

I just finished writing my first novella at 31k words and it feels good!!!! I think this is my best first draft yet… I usually tend to overwrite, but not this time :)

#writing community #writing #writer community #indie writer #novella #writeblr #100 days of writing #sapphic #wlw #contemporary fiction #writing a book #writing poetry #poetic #writer rant #writer ramblings