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writing isn’t hard it’s just emotionally devastating and time-consuming and requires full body possession by an idea

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Thought this might help others who struggle when writing. I know I get in my head too much.

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Some days writing a single sentence feels like squeezing toothpaste out of an almost empty tube

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the problem with starting a WIP based on a vibe and 6 loosely connected characters is that I know exactly where we are, why we are here and who is involved but I have no fucking clue what actually happens

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okay, like ... technically im supposed to start writing today. but...... im so sleepy. and also im supposed to be getting books today. and clear sticky notes for annotation purposes.

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“this chapter you wrote is really good!”

thanks, i wrote it in the middle of a mental breakdown.

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Me (through gritted teeth, head in my hands, eyes bloodshot): I love writing:)

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I'll be watching you...

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Uhhh....

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CAN MORE PEOPLE PLEASE KNOW WHAT THIS IS

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aroaces ready to come out: let's go gambling

[almost no media representation] aw dang it

["you just need to find the one"] aw dang it

[getting told to get therapy] aw dang it

[less visibility than other queer people] aw dang it

["I couldn't do that, that's such an important part"] aw dang it

[marriage and children being standard/expected] aw dang it

["that's gonna be such a sad life"] aw dang it

["that doesn't exist, quit your bullsh*t"] aw dang it

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Writing is honestly so chaotic. I'm either lazy as hell and don't write for weeks or I'm suddenly spiked with adrenaline and write like a machine fueled with noodles and coke.

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You don't need a reason why you want to write this story. It's in your head. So write it. Share it with the world, share it with no one but your closest friends, or nobody at all.

Write for you.

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i feel like crying (not because anything’s wrong. i just wrote a scene where two characters hold hands in silence and somehow it says more than dialogue ever could)

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i wrote 70k words in two weeks. was it hyperfixation? was it mania? was it a desperate attempt to escape reality by crafting a slightly worse one? yes.

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Some days you’ll write the best line ever. Other days you’ll write “[insert scene here]” and close the doc.

That’s okay. That’s normal.

Writing takes time.

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The inconsistency of writing is fucking with me right now.

Sometimes I write for eight hours straight, then I can't type a single word for a month.

Sometimes I write as though I have been possessed by some kind of divine being, sometimes I literally become illiterate and have to look up every second word.

One day I love my characters, the next I decide how to kill them off — which gives my writing motivation only a temporary boost, but I'll take what I can get.

In the distance, my readers sob for updates and my heart bleeds for them... meh, I still can't be bothered to write right now. I'm kinda bored, though.