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30 Comically Spot-On Tweets About Writing, Reading, And Everything In Between, As Pointed Out By This Author
Back in the earlier days of the internet, there was this very popular meme—Sudden Clarity Clarence—which was used for many things, including taking a jab at all the English majors not having jobs, and hence being the sole reason why there are so many language purists online.
Well, believe it or not, majoring in English is anything but a waste of time, thank you very much, because of just how much the world relies on language. And being a writer is probably the most traditional way to go.
Image credits: CartridgeSave Images (not the actual photo)
It is also a pretty hilarious way to go, as pointed out by writer Alexander Pennington, who has been dedicating himself to making hilariously spot-on remarks about the life of a writer in the form of text and memes.
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#1
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
*glances at giant pile of unread books* I feel very called out right now
TailsFangirl03 2 years ago
In my family there seems to be a book hoarding trait. I hoard books, my dad hoards books, his dad hoards books...etc, etc.(probably)
Cat Chat 2 years ago
My To Be Read collection on my Kindle. Somehow doesn't stop me from buying more.
Me. Just Me. 2 years ago
Scrolling through the endless library of books on my kindle.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
If I don’t read a book for a long enough period of time, I just donate it, unless it’s sentimental.
Just a ray of f'ing sunshine 2 years ago
I can't do that! I may want to rea
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Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
Exactly, I would rather die than let anyone I know read my stuff.
Helena 2 years ago
ooooo the writers on bored panda should start a writers group. It has anonymity and most everyone here are good people.
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Exasperated Side Character 2 years ago
That’s why if i ever published my story it would be under a false name
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Hahahahaha... Let the guilty be named, shamed and blamed. I'm a writer. You give me weapons; I am going to use them.
#3
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
I have real conversations with imaginary people and imaginary conversations with real people
Adashimalover 2 years ago
My mother said that's likely why I like to write and read since it puts my unknown thoughts and feelings into words
#4
Mad Dragon 2 years ago
Are you sure? Or have you just not gotten around to it?
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3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
Raise your hand if you are part of a procrastination 🙋
Austin Sauce 2 years ago
I was actually going to write a book about procrastination… but I never got around to it.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Me, taking a month to write a transition that makes sense… in the prologue.
O-O 2 years ago
I once wrote the epilogue to a book and prologue to its sequel before writing - i still haven't written it
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Ahhhh... The countless edits. The unwillingness to throw away any -- just in case. Story 1. Story 2. Story A2 Story B2 Story AA1... Etc. Etc. Etc...
Christof Irran 2 years ago
What Liquid Plumber is to clogged drains, tequila is to writer's block.
Unfeathered Chicken 2 years ago
This is me!! I’ve wasted 179 double sided papers all hand written of first drafts.
Elizabeth Tayler 2 years ago
No, they are not wasted, just material for future use.
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Alexander Pennington is a young adult fiction writer and founder of the founder of the Aspiring Writers United Facebook group. Over the past several years, Alexander has been frequently dropping some knowledge and truth about what it means to be a writer. Except there’s a twist.
While everything that Alexander said in those tweets is completely true—as a 15-year aspiring writer myself, I can attest to it—it is done while channeling irony, satire and everything else under the comedic sun.
But it all only accentuates the beauty of being a writer: nothing really comes without a little bit of blood, sweat and tears, and if anything, personal experience gives food for thought. And food for the story.
#6
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago (edited)
I changed one character’s name three times in just the prologue… (current name is Asha but I’m still not sure about it)
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Ignacy 2 years ago
Trans people 🤝 writers 🤝 expecting parents: spending much time on baby name websites
ACE PIRATES 4 THE WIN 2 years ago
Me using baby name websites to look for a new one for myself but knowing I’ll never have the courage to actually change it 🫠
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A gay cat man 2 years ago
yeah... my friend saw what i was looking at and said "whos the father"
Adashimalover 2 years ago (edited)
Ngl I had a hard time convincing my friends there was no father (I was surprised it took a while since I'm a lesbian and out of the closet) I'm also in middle school
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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Also, is sci-fi writers are constantly googling ‘made-up planet names’ ‘made-up animal names’ ‘made-up scenery names’ ‘fantasy name generator’
O-O 2 years ago (edited)
i just translate random words in greek or latin for species and planet and magic objects that will ruin their lives
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Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
I can guarantee that this is true in my case. I think I'm on baby names .com at least once a day.
Devil'sAdvocate 2 years ago
I feel extremely called out here. *coughs* Im pretty sure google thinks I'm having quintriplets
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Another thing: When I was playing The Sims seriously I was more often looking for names then when I was actually pregnant.
#7
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
This is the reason why I have never written more than three chapters. My inspired moments last about 30 minutes, then comes 5 months of nothing
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I also have the opposite problem in that it sometimes takes me 200 pages to just get to the point.
Laura Lett 2 years ago
Or getting the words in my mind, on paper. And having it all make sense. That's my biggest problem.
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
NOPE. The writing is wonderful, especially when in F L O W... But now, writing a precis for the back or front of your book. Compressing your story in one or two paragraphs to grab the attention of a wandering, wondering reader (never mind the book cover) , make a sale, get the review...WHAT THE ACTUAL FUUUUCK!
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago
Thesaurus is good, but there are more famous dinosaurs
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ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
And hating all synonyms you do find. And coming up with one that says JUST what you want, but the red line underneath indicates it doesn't exist. Using it anyway, thinking reader will understand CONTEXT. Being notified by Kindle that you have a "spelling error"... Marking it corrected. Only to find, months or years later -- it does exist. It's an obscure word. You've used it perfectly. Hmmm...
GFSTaylor 2 years ago
I accidentally acquired a matched dictionary and thesaurus years ago - actual hardback books - which live on my desk and serve me well when writing. One of the best things you can do to improve your vocubulary is to read a lot, especially older books. They don't have to be highbrow - Agatha Christie, Miss Read, Josephine Pullein-Thompson and E F Benson all wrote enjoyable novels with a wide use of vocabulary and expressions.
PopscotchM 2 years ago
Something I have genuinely googled: "Synonyms for green". my personal favourite was "viridian"
PopscotchM 2 years ago
for anyone interested, I have also googled synonyms for "idiot" and "jar"
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Incompetent Pigeon 2 years ago
Or, "what should I use instead of the phrase, 'she died a devastatingly short death.'"
Electra Smith 2 years ago
I end up double and triple-checking word definitions for simple words like 'excited' because I have to make sure I'm using it the right way but then I feel dumb.
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Yeet_girl360 2 years ago
Okay, so I'm writing my very first manga. I really wanna show my family, but I want to add some stuff in it that they might not like (not any inappropriate). . Idk what to do!
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Write for you. DON'T show your family. Worst mistake. Show like-minded people. Leave "family" out of it until you make money. THAT always changes their mind.
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Pinkcorgi(Undercover panda) 2 years ago
When my grandma asks about my writing and all I’ve written recently is YA romance…
Cat Dragon 1 year ago
Oh I have a lot of ideas that somehow combine romance, comedy, action-adventure, and fantasy. They forever remain in my mind bc I ain't gonna write all that
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
I literally have a paragraph in my main WIP that's just me venting about transness and internalized transphobia. If my family saw that they'd freak out
Meaghan Stewart 2 years ago
As someone who writes fanfic and told my husband, who then proceeded to abuse me and call me a cheater before ultimately divorcing… would not recommend unless 100% sure.
aZZy_d3Lta (they/them) 2 years ago
"what do you write?" "ok so i'd have to explain all of eddsworld and/or sonic to you, explain shipping, and for you to be cool with it. because i write fluff on ao3."
Cat Dragon 1 year ago
Same for me except instead of eddswold whatever that is and Sonic, it'd be cassette beasts and why everyone but circus performer must be shipped.
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
It's the worst when someone in your family talks about a stranger, acquaintance, neighbor who wrote a book in hushed tones. "They're an author." And you, whom they know have written SEVERAL that are acknowledged to be good -- they shrug their shoulders. Cause you are just YOU, to them; you've shared a bathroom growing up, done chores. You're "family"... *Rolling my eyes till they hit the back of my skull*
Adashimalover 2 years ago
My family better get cool about me having a gl obsession and about me knowing a lot about mental health and manipulation real quick cause that's half of what I write
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Rodney McKay 2 years ago
Not yet, maybe, but give science a little more time to perfect mind reading.
3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
When I sit down to write %90 percent of that time is spent mindlessly staring at my keyboard imagining the scene and trying to form the right words
Alexander’s content can be divided into two kinds: just tweets and memes. Both equally hilarious, though.
Many of them point out the hardships of writing—everything from lack of intrinsic motivation to just not liking your own writings.
One stems from lack of immediate reward. After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day and getting that legal tender and subsequent sense of dopamine isn’t fast in the writing world.
The other, however, is a bigger hurdle because it’s more of a vicious circle. You hate your own writing, hence you don’t enjoy what you do, hence you start losing hope, hence you quit and then keep hating yourself for not writing. You can add a few other complications (like anxiety or ADHD) into the mix for good measure.
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Adashimalover 2 years ago
Don't forget the 15 changes to make once you actually start writing it all
Stary_cat 2 years ago
Also me planning 20 different books to write while I can’t figure out how to finish the 2nd paragraph on the book I’m writing
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
Yep. Also the author's the person who knows how the story ENDS. And so, the story is really about how the characters (who feel like people you know or are a part of you) GET THERE. Some of my characters I HATE. Some I love. I've written scenes that broke my heart, wrung me out. And then, there are the characters who surprise you. One of mine fell in love with the heroine when he was supposed to be the bad guy. So I had to find another. ;)
ForestMaker 2 years ago
*raises hand* Good to see I'm not the only author on this post.
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Lea Panthera 2 years ago
What do you call a person who makes sequels to her favorite movies in her mind(aka me)
ThatOmniCapybara(she/they) 2 years ago
For me it's the next... hold on, let me count... the next nine sequels to my book... I have worked on the book since late june/early august of 2022. It's nowhere near being finished and yet i know the ENTIRE SERIES and every detail in it...
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GhostlySnail 2 years ago
I have a story I’m writing. I have no plan for the plot, just letting it play out and watching as it dissolves into chaos and plot holes. I’ve tried several different ideas, none of them go anywhere. But I can’t give up because I love the characters so much and it would hurt to abandon them
Load More Replies... Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
It's just that daydreaming is so much faster and easier aaargh
Austin Sauce 2 years ago
I consider myself a musician even though I’ve never gotten all those tasty licks out of my head, so…
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Or if you want to write a certain story but a loved one is the same age - the heroine's daughter in BLOODPACT - when my daughter was the same age I would now release the story until she was grown. Same as NOCTURNAL the teenager. Waited until she was past that age. You wait until your kid is past the danger stage, then you write the story. It's not mere superstition. There are bands who died in a plane crash who wrote songs about a plane crashing. Better be safe than sorry. The story can wait. My kid takes priority.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Re-reading the pages of torture you put your characters through, worrying that they’re boring, worrying that JK Rowling already did it better…
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
I never "put my characters through torture." Their character and decisions determine what they will go through.
Load More Replies... Pinkcorgi(Undercover panda) 2 years ago
The hitting save thing is the worst!!! I wrote 5 pages one time and loved them - was so proud of them - only to realize they didn’t save 😭
Linda Avey 2 years ago
I finished writing a book in the late 1990s. Immediately after, my computer crashed, I had to reinstall Mac OS and it erased the whole book. All I had were pieces of a very rough 1st draft on floppy disks.
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Ah. The early days of Microsoft - when you learned to save after every few minutes as you risk the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. Then Google docs came out which saves automatically for you and I've never looked back. Hallelujah!
Christof Irran 2 years ago
What about rent and money for bills and food? Or rather, the absence thereof?
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
But it was so pretty! And had little boxes for dates and a table of contents and attached pockets! I had to buy it and put it in the drawer-of-disappearing-things
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
3) write very important information on one page of one of the notebooks, then forget both the important information and which empty notebook you wrote it in
A gay cat man 2 years ago
i have 99 notebooks and writing in them could solve 100% of my writing problems. like I'm ever gonna write in them
Gwen 2 years ago
The trick is to find a style the works for you, and the pen that feels just right to go with them.
Load More Replies... ACE PIRATES 4 THE WIN 2 years ago
I own soooo many notebooks and every one of them is completely blank
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
I love handwriting, I hate the fact that I want to change a word in every single sentence after I wrote it
Yeet_girl360 2 years ago
I have a whole drawer of almost empty notebooks. Just outlines of stories.
Austin Sauce 2 years ago
I envy the person with enough initiative to even start hoarding notebooks.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
My story is my baby… f****d up, confusing, messy, and sometimes makes people give me funny looks… but I love it unconditionally.
O-O 2 years ago
I feel like it might be just me who does this but you know your inner monologue, whenever i create a new character they get added to that so my brain goes in their specific voice exactly what they would say at that moment. So my mind is just a mish mash of all the characters with incomplete stories i have created
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago (edited)
I'm actually an editor, so I'm 90% merciless and 10% sensitive as hell lol
Amber.exe(She/They) 2 years ago
I'm a fanfic writer and I'm on the verge of finishing it or deleting it...I'm so far in it but the end is so far away
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Half true. I wish I were a "cruel, merciless editor". I am the one who edits, yet keeps all versions.
But there is also some positivity to be had in these tweets. Many writers find these frustrations relatable, which only communicate that it’s hard for everyone, so you should push on.
Besides that, it’s healthy to be able to laugh at yourself and your predicament. And once you’re done with that, there also tweets that keep it real, serving as a reminder that, all jokes aside, we can still do it. Like this one, which says “every bestselling author started as an amateur writer who didn't quit.”
A fine balance of everything.
#16
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Make that more than one and you'll be accurate. Especially make it a conversation you've overheard. LIGHTBULB!
#17
Austin Sauce 2 years ago
No one ever thought less of Kobain just because he was inspired by Meat Puppets and Pixies. We recognized his influences and appreciated his own flavor he brought to the table.
Madeline Tracey 2 years ago
Inspiration from other books or movies are okay, right? The movie Sweet Tooth practically conjured up the story I’m working on right now
jdtimid123 2 years ago
I like the idea that the first draft is written for you, the story you want to read, the next draft is the one you do for others.
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
What if my story is unbelievable. I mean, look at me. Do I look like I've been dragged backwards through HELL? No? Well it's because I MADE HELL PAY! But I've the story. So believe it.
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
The thing is: I hate my writing. I like it when I write it, 20 minutes later I'm hating it already
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Unfeathered Chicken 2 years ago (edited)
I don’t quit… I just have 74829288482 first drafts that I all throw out without even reading
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
As someone from 50 years in the future, I think yes! Also, watch out for flying sneks
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 2 years ago
"Every bestselling author started out as someone who struggled to explain to the I.R.S. that they REALLY REALLY REALLY didn't make any money this years. And the year before. And the year before that..."
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Lemme get the lemons 2 years ago
I FINALLY got time to write more of my book, waited three months for this, thought whoo gonna actually start! Most of the time I just ate cheese to be honest
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
If you start, you will finish. It's weird how that works. Keep great snacks, water, etc NEXT TO WHERE YOU ARE WRITING. Turn off your phone. If the internet distracts you, write on a tablet or something that doesn't go to the internet -- or use Google's offline mode. But manage yourself. Tell yourself you'll ONLY write 600 words. Before you know it, you have 1000 words or more. Don't edit. Just let it flow. 1000x 30 days or 30 active writing sessions and you have 30,000 words. When I was younger I could write 10,000 words in one day.
ThatOmniCapybara(she/they) 2 years ago
I have to stop reading this. It's too correct, I can't stand it. This article physically hurts.
#20
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
I tell my bf about most of them and he actually likes them way more than I do lol
Load More Replies... Alexander is also the man behind the Aspiring Writers United Facebook group. It is a dedicated community focused on the love of reading, writing, and promoting aspiring writers with advice, materials, and inspirational content. As of now, the community is comprised of 130,000+ members and counting.
Besides this, there’s also a podcast that provides much of the same—advice and discussion on writing, and, of course, there’s Alexander himself, who has well over 80,000 followers on Twitter alone, with a presence on Facebook and Instagram. Oh, and there's also his book.
#21
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
Every single time I read some great book. On the other hand, sometimes I read some published book and think "I can do better than this."
Beruthiel45 2 years ago
I'm sometimes really shocked that what I borrowed from the library was ever published in the first place, because it's actually terrible. I think I should have been an editor in my past life, because I'm extremely pedantic and I'd have fixed all those lousy books. Continuity issues, spelling, grammar, i'm your go-to picky reader. All those wasted years reading books without being paid. Hangs head in shame.👩🦳😉
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ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
NOPE. I am in awe of great writers, true. But I would not be a writer if I didn't think I am very good - or great (*knock wood*). I draw, but I don't put that on sale. I sing, but I don't do it for money. If there is a part where I am merciless, it's in assessing my gifts.
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fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
I actually do have a really good vocabulary, I just don't use it regularly and it mysteriously disappears whenever om trying to write. The only time it actually gets used is vocabulary tests.
3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
Yes! I know what a word means, but everytime I go to write it, I start to doubt and have to google it to make sure.
Load More Replies... crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Not meeee I use so much word. The words are big and very fancy. I am write
Pixel Coulon 2 years ago (edited)
I once wrote a sentence then realized I wasn't sure I knew what one of the words meant, so I googled it just in case it doesn't mean what I thought it did.
jdtimid123 2 years ago
I'm great at reading complex stuff, with "hard" words. Its trying to remember the words exist when I'm writing that gets me. Out of sight out of mind I guess, lol
Electra Smith 2 years ago
This is almost word-for-word what I said in a comment a bit further up.
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Brocken Blue 2 years ago
Me too! How did all of our self portraits end up on the Internet? I’m so confused 😂
Load More Replies... Madeline Tracey 2 years ago
My grandpa has been begging me to finish a story I partly wrote in second grade and he refuses to stop asking
Elizabeth Tayler 2 years ago
Good for Grandpa, obviously it was good so keep going!
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Unfeathered Chicken 2 years ago
Y’all actually took time out of daydreaming to buy a pen?!?!?
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ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Hahahahahahahaha. The thrill of the first write. The agony of the first read.
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VidGam4 2 years ago
I write the most in depth stuff for assignments but it takes me SO LONG.
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
NOPE. PLEASE, PLEAASE, PLEAAAASE make a coop and read all my stories. I don't care if you recognize yourselves. In fact though, your narcissists' a*s selves probably imagine you're the "good guys" if you've been villains in my life. But then tell all your friends. And their friends and their friends' friends! Help a writer make a dollar.
Adashimalover 2 years ago
I have my friends reading my books and they like them. Some of them don't really enjoy reading but find all of my books interesting so it boost my confidence
Pinkcorgi(Undercover panda) 2 years ago
Im really lucky because I have friends that love reading what I write and I never end up feeling judged or exposed
#26
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
You know what, I'm feeling way better about my struggles after this, amazing to know I'm not the only one
#27
Nightshade 2 years ago
Time to unleash my pain- I self-published a book, it went through so many drafts, and now I can’t look back on it without feeling that it was terribly written.
#28
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago (edited)
But what if I just telepathically transmitted my vague idea to everyone in the world?
#29
Lemme get the lemons 2 years ago
Me: I've written for hours I must have at least half a book by now! What I've written; once upon a time
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
I feel like our usernames, in a very weird way, kinda match
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
How have your sales been going? Or Google: "We'll give you $500 in advertising credit ... Provided you spend $500 first."
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Unfeathered Chicken 2 years ago
Like obviously the monster under my bed should’ve finished it for me
SH Holmes 2 years ago (edited)
I have found that energy drinks do not help with my writing.
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
I envy people who have so many ideas they don't know what to focus on first. I get a solid idea for a writing project once in a blue moon.
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A gay cat man 2 years ago
all three of them at once is called depression! time for some homemade Prozac! /s
RedPepper 2 years ago
Yes, it looks too much to polar disorder for my taste. My mood switches between: "My story is great" and "My story is awfully bad" all the time.
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
You go through all three moods in the morning and have a cup of coffee (or whatever starts you off.) Get to writing. Take a break after 600 words unless you're in F L O W. Eat, drink, do jumping jacks, go potty (DO NOT TURN ON TV) and then GO BACK. Try for another 600 words. DO NOT EDIT. The only exception is if a certain event has to take place BEFORE something you've already written. To trick yourself WRITE OUT WHATEVER SCENE you feel is missing. CUT and paste and put it where you think it should go. DO NOT EDIT. Pysch yourself up to do the same thing at least 3 days in a row. Your story will begin evolving, at first, without you even realizing it. FINISH YOUR BOOK before editing, or you will find yourself mired in constant edits. Finish it. Then leave it alone. Start or outline something new. Or work on the book cover ideas. Write the precis. The book blurb. Then do a quick edit for the obvious flaws and typos. And then, do a quick read. That will tell you all you need to know
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Unfeathered Chicken 2 years ago
The more I think about a book I wanna write, it becomes like reading the same book multiple times so I think it’s boring but nobody else does
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
I kinda have the same problem, the more I think about a story and develop it in my mind, the harder it is for me to begin, because I'm so ahead of it
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Elizabeth Tayler 2 years ago
As soon as I figure out the ending I get bored & start brainstorming again.
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Lemme get the lemons 2 years ago
And then at the end when people say 'huh what was that'. I just feel like uuuh...*PUNCH*
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Guys, some self-protection tip: when someone is arguing with you and suddenly goes silent and look very slowly away from you, you’re about to be punched or slapped across the face 😁
Load More Replies... Beruthiel45 2 years ago
Never ever tell anyone your story idea before you publish the book. Plagiarists are Everywhere! 😱 Plus, once it's published you can brag.
InfamousBerry34 2 years ago
But I'll never finish it so it will never be published! When will I be able to brag then?
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Ridiant 2 years ago
I maintain that the only thing better than a name that somehow links into the character is a name that directly contradicts everything about them.
Jesse 2 years ago (edited)
Yup, one of my friends' OCs is named Viola... and HATES classical instruments (edit: spelling)
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
50% of my character names are carefully chosen after extensive research. The other 50% are bulls****ted on the spot.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago (edited)
I solved this the easy cheat way. Give a randomiser algorithm a list of first names and surnames. Tell it to offer ten combinations. delete any friend names that come up on the suggestions. Done.
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
*Will Poulter meme* You guys actually know what you're doing 50% of the time?
TheNerdyGeek🤓 2 years ago
More like 100% actually writing but not knowing what you’re doing when you’re writing it
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Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
Also true for me. Had a three book series planned out in my head, had the characters fleshed out, had the villains fleshed out, had all the basics of the plots fleshed out as well as how all three plots would interconnect. For as far as writing character profiles for one character then promptly forgot everything I had thought up for those books.
Elizabeth Tayler 2 years ago
This is why I also have to have a notebook to jot down random points, if I don't I will have forgotten where I was going with something. Then you spend hours just trying to remember what you had already created!
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What do you think ?
Beruthiel45 2 years ago
As an old person who has learned a heck of a lot through experience let me offer one piece of advice. Cast not your pearls before swine. The only ones whose opinion you should take heed of are those whom you yourself respect as writers or as genuinely sincere persons who are honest and also kind.
Parmeisan 2 years ago
Also: Don't change something just because one of your readers says you should. I can't tell you which advice to take or not take, but readers will actually have *conflicting* opinions with other readers, it is actually literally impossible to please everyone. So while I do recommend taking a good hard look at everything they tell you - *especially* the things you find yourself immediately defensive about - you ultimately need to write for yourself. Until you have an actual editor/agent/etc at least.
Load More Replies... Yeet_girl360 2 years ago
Hello pandas, what are you writing about? I'm writing a manga about a girl's deadly secret family origin. (And a slenderman story I'm procrastinating on.)
ginny weasley 2 years ago
Collective farm life in the 1930s Soviet Union. Got an article and a monograph out already, got a book chapter in a compendium that will come out in November, still editing the full book manuscript. Been in progress for about 10 years, but that is fine
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ginny weasley 2 years ago
So glad I write non fiction. No need to be creative or invent names, just lots of research and organizing. Love the research bit. Editing is my least favorite, But it gets done. Having deadlines helps too
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago (edited)
I promise you this is true: aged about 13, I wrote a story about three women who could be hired for various roles from an agency. A year later, Charlie's Angels appeared. It's also true that I had a discussion with a friend about a board game where one answers questions in order to get to the end (I'd misunderstood what the game Mastermind was about). A couple of years later, Trivial Pursuit came out. I think someone's hiding under my window...
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Steven Wright: I'm half way through writing a book. I've done the page numbers, now I just have to fill in the rest.
ginny weasley 2 years ago
So reading the tweets and comments I get the impression fiction writers try to write stories from start to finish. Is that true? It seems like it causes a lot of hang ups and is definitely NOT how non fiction writers work. We usually write the conclusion second to last and the intro dead last. I think being able to jump around if a chunk of writing is frustrating you really helps keep the process moving.
Wintermint 2 years ago
It definitely depends on the person. Some people have an ending already planned in advance, some people have a bunch of ideas and then try to figure out what order to put them in, and some people make stuff up as they go along. With creative writing you have the freedom to do it whatever way you want to!
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Salty.Hag 2 years ago
I've been trying to get a working vintage typewriter to start writing and now that I have it, it's collecting dust. All the words are in my head i just can't get them on the paper. It's safe to say this post is correct about everything. Lol
RedPepper 2 years ago
You probably just haven't found for the right media to write. Typewriters or computers don't work for me, I need a pen and a B5-sized notebook.
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sofacushionfort 2 years ago
I was in a writers group in 2015-ish. Learned 2 things: 1. Writers may struggle or excel at plot and character in terms of depth and development, but theme is often no more than a wafer-thin chip on the shoulder. 2. They want praise, no constructive criticism (I point out that does don’t have antlers - am met with glare of death)
ginny weasley 2 years ago
fyi female reindeer do. Santa's crew would be all ladies.
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Beruthiel45 2 years ago
As an old person who has learned a heck of a lot through experience let me offer one piece of advice. Cast not your pearls before swine. The only ones whose opinion you should take heed of are those whom you yourself respect as writers or as genuinely sincere persons who are honest and also kind.
Parmeisan 2 years ago
Also: Don't change something just because one of your readers says you should. I can't tell you which advice to take or not take, but readers will actually have *conflicting* opinions with other readers, it is actually literally impossible to please everyone. So while I do recommend taking a good hard look at everything they tell you - *especially* the things you find yourself immediately defensive about - you ultimately need to write for yourself. Until you have an actual editor/agent/etc at least.
Load More Replies... Yeet_girl360 2 years ago
Hello pandas, what are you writing about? I'm writing a manga about a girl's deadly secret family origin. (And a slenderman story I'm procrastinating on.)
ginny weasley 2 years ago
Collective farm life in the 1930s Soviet Union. Got an article and a monograph out already, got a book chapter in a compendium that will come out in November, still editing the full book manuscript. Been in progress for about 10 years, but that is fine
Load More Replies... ginny weasley 2 years ago
So glad I write non fiction. No need to be creative or invent names, just lots of research and organizing. Love the research bit. Editing is my least favorite, But it gets done. Having deadlines helps too
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago (edited)
I promise you this is true: aged about 13, I wrote a story about three women who could be hired for various roles from an agency. A year later, Charlie's Angels appeared. It's also true that I had a discussion with a friend about a board game where one answers questions in order to get to the end (I'd misunderstood what the game Mastermind was about). A couple of years later, Trivial Pursuit came out. I think someone's hiding under my window...
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Steven Wright: I'm half way through writing a book. I've done the page numbers, now I just have to fill in the rest.
ginny weasley 2 years ago
So reading the tweets and comments I get the impression fiction writers try to write stories from start to finish. Is that true? It seems like it causes a lot of hang ups and is definitely NOT how non fiction writers work. We usually write the conclusion second to last and the intro dead last. I think being able to jump around if a chunk of writing is frustrating you really helps keep the process moving.
Wintermint 2 years ago
It definitely depends on the person. Some people have an ending already planned in advance, some people have a bunch of ideas and then try to figure out what order to put them in, and some people make stuff up as they go along. With creative writing you have the freedom to do it whatever way you want to!
Load More Replies... Salty.Hag 2 years ago
I've been trying to get a working vintage typewriter to start writing and now that I have it, it's collecting dust. All the words are in my head i just can't get them on the paper. It's safe to say this post is correct about everything. Lol
RedPepper 2 years ago
You probably just haven't found for the right media to write. Typewriters or computers don't work for me, I need a pen and a B5-sized notebook.
Load More Replies... sofacushionfort 2 years ago
I was in a writers group in 2015-ish. Learned 2 things: 1. Writers may struggle or excel at plot and character in terms of depth and development, but theme is often no more than a wafer-thin chip on the shoulder. 2. They want praise, no constructive criticism (I point out that does don’t have antlers - am met with glare of death)
ginny weasley 2 years ago
fyi female reindeer do. Santa's crew would be all ladies.
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