#writers brain

[bipolaritysucksbutslaps]

brb gonna daydream about writing fanfiction for several hours without actually writing a single word

[deanscherrypie420]

i need more tumblr friends to yap about SPN and Criminal Minds with. send help- I feel like talking to people helps me get motivated to write ya know?

[words-like-poetry]

Sometimes I’m like: ohhh I have no clue what story to tell and I’ll never have any ideas again

Also me: *writes down 20 ideas some random night when I’m definitely supposed to be long asleep*

(And then proceeds to post it on tumblr instead of finally getting some rest)

[byoldervine]

Tip I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Writing My WIP

Act structures work. I started writing Byoldervine after I'd done a bunch of fantacising about the kind of story I wanted, but I never actually structured it out. I still stand by my plotting scheme of plotting out five chapters in advance so I have the space and time to work through things and make adjustments as I go, but because I didn't create an overarching structure to the story I've got a bit of a pacing problem where I'm now cramming everything into the end when it could've been paying off much sooner

Luckily this is a problem that can be handled in the editing phase easily enough, and I've structured the last parts of the story so I know what's still left to go, but it still would've been helpful to have set it out in advance; it would also make the plotting sessions easier too

[melancoliaenpalabras]

Y Quiero escribir

Y desearía que las palabras fluyeran de mi boca Que mis pensamientos fueran liberados a través de mis suspiros En vez de esconderse detrás de una mejilla mordida y una mirada nerviosa Desearía poder escribir de la manera mas poética y elocuente Que cuente historias con delicadeza y una rima regalada En vez de tropezarse torpemente contra la yema de mis dedos,  Anhelando salir pero simplemente siendo demasiado complicadas como para redactarse Quisiera que escribir se me diera como naturaleza, pero la verdad es que me complica la existencia  Y cada pieza que escribo requiere mas tiempo que la ultima ¿Qué es lo que me bloquea de expresarme?

[cosmicawg]

All my pain. And it was just only chapter one....😔😔

[rookie-chenford]

Can someone remind my brain that it’s bad to come up with a story idea at 11 o’clock at night, when I have to be up at 6 a.m., and then decide to write the idea down so she doesn’t forget but then decides to start writing because the idea is flowing and “it won’t take me that long” but she’s an hour and a half into writing when she realizes she has to be up in 5 1/2 hours

[logankisseswade]

that feeling when you as a writer feel like a God and you wanna work on several story ideas but then you remember that even God rested on the third day

[peyton-warren]

Accurate

[only-when-i-write]

Yesterday I stalled all day and only sat down to write very late and after I obviously exhausted myself w/ wanting to write but not doing it. Stressed me out and got me nowhere • Today I started right in the morning and had to give up bc I just couldn’t get into the text. Guess I’ll give it another go, spend the day relaxing (this time for real I hope) and write later today. If I am putting out another insane word count later I am going to scream tho

I want a fucking manual for my brain. Is this too much to ask? Or a sort of traffic light system? Red-yellow-green go? Look we are not on speaking terms we need another form of communication

[onceuponalightyear]

All is uneventful this night this far (we don't use the q word here!)...

*opens computer*

*opens recent fanfic wip*

*stares at blank space where my brain skipped over a chapter to write something emotional and heartbreaking*

*tries to figure out how to connect it all*

*tries to figure out how to connect it all*

*tries to figure out how to connect it all*

*tries to figure out how to connect it all*

*tries to figure out how to connect it all*

*keyboard mashes*disifjdiieja. Jdieijxj

Ah yes... That'll do.

[0starry0shark0]

the writers block is writers blocking

[neverenoughmarauders]

I posted a chapter that I knew I wanted, but I couldn't figure out why and I could feel that it lacked the 'so what'. But eventually I decided to let it go. Today I was discussing it with my husband who very clearly picked up on the same thing, although phrased something like: 'who was the chapter about?'

So I launched into a looooong explanation of what the various elements represented and what I wanted to tell with the chapter. He then had the AUDACITY to ask me why I hadn't put that more explicitly in the chapter. Well, obviously because...

I HADN'T REALISED ANY OF THIS UNTIL I TOLD HIM

Honestly... Does he expect me to understand why I write stuff?!

[just-french-me-up]

this is a PSA for fic writers who haven't updated in a while :

there are fics out there I'm subscribed to that have gone double digit months without updating.

rest assured the moment those babies catapult an AO3 email my way i'm dropping from the face of the earth to sink my teeth into them

i'll wait, and so will your readers

[trick-r-treat421]

Pretty sure I just came up with the ending for The Worst in Me.

Don't worry there's plenty I have planned between now and then though.

[charbroiledchicken]

reblog if you're a writer but would rather drink straight cyanide than show any of your family members your work