#writer problem

[nootcatt]

Writing an outline for a new work and I have the characters, the settings, the concepts, the back stories, the playlists, the rough art work-- everything other than the plot. I have no plot.

[inkedwingss]

about poetry

Good things take time? Sometimes. There are dreadful things that happen for too long, and amazing splits of a second. The amount of time and effort are not the main indicators that something has value.

I was thinking that specifically because of my poems — because I was arguing with myself the other day about how I feel they have no value, even though I'm aware this is the wrong thought to think (and I will always defend thinking and feeling something is a real experience, but not necessarily rooted in truth). But poems... What are these little creatures? It's just that they happen so quickly! They burst from my mind and I type as fast as I can so I don't lose the line. They are not perfect, but they are mine, and they are true, and they are... Valuable.

I cried one day on my way to the coffee shop to see my new friend and give him the poem I wrote for him. Our friendship was two weeks old. The poem took me less than ten minutes to write, and while reading it, he cried. We sat under the sun for about three hours (not the whole day, not a whole life), and then he walked me back to the bridge — probably a five-minute walk.

All of that had immense value. Priceless treasure. It happened fast. It burned my heart forever.

To me writing it's just what I do, something I can't stop doing and I will never stop doing even if I don't ever publish anything at all. I don't struggle to write, I struggle with physical pain/fatigue, my own wrong thoughts, a busy routine and other shit, but writing will happen. At some point in my day, I just have to do it.

So yes, we live in times where things are immediate, and I will always advocate for the slow life, slow growth... I don't believe in rushing the process or jumping stages. It takes time to build true skills even in the creative, intuitive realm. It does! But also, sometimes, things happen fast. Maybe you have a talent, or you practised so much that know it just "comes naturally." Maybe you've been deeply inspired. Maybe your brain is wired that way (@goodluckclove). Whatever it is: what you do still has value even if you struggle to do it, or when you do not struggle at all. Value is within.

I decided to do with this one that was waiting in my draft for the first tag list post. Thank you, angels.

@caustic-splines @hersurvival @icantdance @poetici @informedimagining @thedayoftherae @sablewing @stumbling-through-time @burntblanc @lelestarmy @fairytaleinagem @remnantofabrokensoul

[itsawritblr]

My murder mystery characters who know my plot isn't worth shit and that I have no idea how it's all going to work.

[igotanidea]

I'm a "writer".

Please don't judge me by my search history.

[jolalibrary]

just thinking about them.

those fictional people I made up and fell in love with.

[lynkurosawa]

I always felt lazy to continue my fanfic if someone coment next, is it just me?

[ukit4m4]

★┆ello, ello, hi !! it's finally Friday !! just wanted to say that my requests / asks r open, and I'm willing to take any head canons / short fic requests !!!

[existentialrainbow]

i want to write fanfic for Eleceed but my action scenes always need an editor or cowriter, maybe i'll use it as a practice exercise

[hikarinokusari]

[magics-neptunes-things]

Mh. Do I finish my four stories or do I write the one that just came to mind?

[aengusnatureking]

Little vent, ignore it

Venting, author rant, feel free to ignore it.

As a professional musician and writer for many years, I avoid fans and fandom with every part of me. First, I do not like the word "Fun." It's short for "fanatic," and no, I do not like fanatism or anything related to it. Generally, I refer to someone who likes my job as an "Estimator" or "appreciator." I was convinced that my work and the community around it were fan-free, but lately, I have been working on a peculiar project, and despite how much I love it, I know that I need to stay away from this specific fandom. So I did, which was for the best since much of my character and writing were structuralized and used to fulfil some unreasonable, thirsty desires. I know that sometimes that happens, and it is something I don't care about; I can't. But something happened. A character that I canonically made for representing aromantic and asexual is being erased of this identity. I made this character a sexually repulsed and not romantically interested person. I took time to write him that way, despite everything so many people are going around saying, "Aromantic can date" and "asexual can have sex", and, of course, that they can: asexuality and aromanticism are both spectra. Still, we have not come to this character; he can have sex and can't be in a romantic relationship. How do I know? Because I damn create him that way. I'm the author, for fuck sake, not a bunch of thirsty disrespectful and immature people. If they want so badly to sexualize a not real character, I strongly suggest that they invent one of their own instead of stealing and changing someone else inventions. If they can, not everyone can be a professional author. Even if that's not enough, another college of mine points out an episode he writes on social media. A 15-year-old estimator of this work was talking to an adult fan, and the teenager was trying to explain to the other why what the adult was doing ( some art or fanfiction") was disrespectful because this meant to erase the sexual and rotating orientation of the character. The adult answer was to complain about the authorial work for adults, not kids, and then fuss about how the kids were ignorant and did not understand the character. But the disclaimer is "for the mature audience," and that is not always related to age: in this specific instance, it's being proven to be true. The 15-year-old trying to defend little Aroace representation in media was quite more mature than the adult who could not release their erotic tension in another way than shipping some character. Of course, this is not disrespectful to an imaginary character but to the people who work to make that character and who created the product you're enjoying… Anyway, sorry for the rant. I thank the anonymity that I have here on Tumblr.

[sldlovescartoons]

So, I'm fiddling around with this fic idea, right? For a little post Fionna and Cake adventure with Finn and Simon. With, y'know, Simon getting back to his exploring/researching/discovery roots and Dadding it up with Finn, but I'm having trouble figuring a location. I don't know if I want to use a location visited or glanced upon during the show, or make up something totally new. This shouldn't be as hard of a decision as it is. Maybe I should plunk them in the Desert of doom to explore previously sunken ships and call it a day lol

[delectableworm]

God, drafts are gonna kill me

[jolalibrary]

writing mood: working on something for days, staring at sentences until you’re sure they make sense—to the point you need to walk away from them. getting the piece to ‘perfect’, feeling good about it. only to post / share and find instant errors with it.

[ukit4m4]

so done brah. my first short fic flopped. ain't writing any fic anymore.

[igotanidea]

found it on facebook....

oh, the fanfiction potential here <devilish smirk>.......