#3 one shots rotating in my brain rn

[dubioushonour]

who knew that all I needed to do to shake my brain out of the seasonal depression writing slump I've been stuck in was to binge a cheesy shounen anime in the span of a day and a half

[quigzahhutt]

from the asks game! 🥤 🌿 🥐 -- wiz

yay exciting !!

🥤 - recommend an author or fic you love

oooo so I'm gonna do both because I have a lot of love to share :3

This fic by legolas (zweizimtsterne) has been rotating in my brain for MONTHS since I first read it

I'm lowkey so obsessed with the Alex/Max dynamic of 2020 because there was just... so much tension and like . it was very unhealthy and it makes my brain a little fuzzy. I think this author did a REALLY good job of capturing their dynamic while also making it like, romantic?? idk I'm just obsessed with this fic I reread it at least three times a month😭😭

and then one of my favorite authors rn is peachbellini. idk if they have a Tumblr cuz otherwise I would tag them but I think they do SUCH a great job capturing the likeness of everyone they write; i also just enjoy their writing in general and it's one of my main inspirations for my own work ^-^ (u should check out their sargebon fic never have I ever because it is SOOO GOOD I reread it a lot)

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🌿 - give some advice on writer's block and low creativity

this is tough bcuz I lowkey haven't figured that out for myself😭😭 but something that I think personally helps me is just taking a step back from long form works and just let my brain rest for a while. I also like to do little one shots (anything between 300-600 words) to kinda get my creativity going, but honestly (as annoying as it is) time is really one of the best things to help with block. reading other peoples stuff as well and taking note of things I like about their writing and style also helps me with creativity/inspiration :)

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🥐 - name one internet reference that will always make you laugh

the whole "cant park there, mate" meme in the F1 fandom is still so funny to me😭😭 I quote it almost on the daily it's actually a disease

[trulymadlysydney]

May I ask for some advice IF you can give it to me? (no worries if you can't but I'm shooting my shot)

When writing, how do you stay somewhat focused?

rn I'm writing 3 works (as the inspiration comes tho, not at once) and I KNOW where each one is going to go and I know I WANT to write when I sit down to do it, but still when I open the document, my mind just strikes a blank and everything seems like too much at once (basically I just feel over stimulated for no reason)

Idk why and idk how to fix it but the less I write when I am in the mood to, the more agitated I get

Do you have any ideas? 👉👈🥺 Also sorry if this question makes you uncomfortable!!! That's not my intentions

thank you in advance for reading this ❤️ (I'm going to try and take some anxiety meds because I suddenly thought that it has something to do with it, but I still don't know!!)

I totally get it, It’s really hard sometimes to just sit and focus when writing.  I’ll try and explain my process, but I’ll be honest-- it’s mostly just a routine that works for me because of the way my OCD makes me go about completing things in general lol.  So it may not work for you (and it may just sound completely weird), and I might not be the best person to ask just because it’s very odd and repetitive but it’s the way my brain works.

First I break a story into sections.  Like the big plot points, or any dialogue that I have stuck in my head. Sometimes it’s literally just a sentence (or half a sentence even) and sometimes its a few paragraphs.  Sometimes I force myself just to write SOMETHING there, even if I know I’m going to go in and change it, just so that once I’ve broken the story into sections I can see how many sections there are for me to complete

Again, this is very much just because of the way that my OCD makes me go about completing tasks in general, and there’s a lot of listing and repetition when I write.  So like, instead of forcing myself to just sit and write, I’ll do something like watch one youtube video, then check tumblr, then reply to texts.  When that is over (in that order because LiStS), I make myself write a little bit more in a section. Depending on what time it is, I’ll make myself write up until the clock is at the next number ending in zero.  (For example, if it’s like 8:22, I’ll make myself write whatever I can come up with until 8:30.). So sometimes it ends up being like two paragraphs, and sometimes (say it’s 11:59 when the youtube video ends) it ends up only being a sentence (because by the time I finish writing it, its already 12:00.). Then I repeat the cycle: Video, tumblr, texts, check the time, write until the next 0 number EXCEPT this time I do it with the next section of the story. 

It works because like, sometimes I’ll find myself wishing I had more time in a certain section because I came up with a really good idea, but it’s also nice because you don’t get STUCK in one place for too long and you give yourself a break. You keep moving on with each section, and go in rotation, so that when you get back to a section you wanted to keep working on you know exactly where to go next.

I hope that made sense kaf;dlkf I’m sure it probably didn’t  really help at all but that’s the way my brain works and what works for me when I’m writing! Hopefully it wasn’t too confusing lol