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POV: you try rereading your work with a clear and non-judgemental mindset and end up discovering that you can't remember what tf u wrote cause HOW does this trash that I've been bleeding on digital paper for the past two years and have been thinking of scrapping recently actually make sense now unlike what I thought?

i have to stop reading immediately after writing

i'll finish my little short story or chapter or whatever I'm working on and I'll be like oh, i should reward myself with a book. and then i crack open a literary masterpiece and proceed to doubt every sentence i've ever written

me while writing: ah yes, this character should do this, it feels so natural with what they're saying

me while editing: why the FUCK does he lean on the doorway SEVENTEEN TIMES IN THIS CHAPTER

Me when I plan out a story and want to tell everyone

Reblog if you're a writer who re-reads their own work for funsies.

Paras asia kun lukee kirjaa: Ei mainoksia. Ei yhtäkään. Vaan kirja johon voi kadota maailmasta muutamaks tunniks.

Muummoassa tän takia kirjat ei toivottavasti oo katoomassa mihinkään.

Best thing about reading books: No ads. None. Only a book you can disappear into for a few hours leaving the world behind.

This among other things is why books hopefully aren't going anywhere.

if your main character isn’t at least a little morally questionable, are they even fun to write? give them some issues. let them be messy.

Yes, I am writing a deeply vulnerable exploration of the psyche and the human condition.

Yes, I am writing about blorbo getting railed nasty style.

They are the same work. This is not a contradiction.

how am i supposed to go to work when im literally thinking about The Character

okay, yes, I know that comma isn't supposed to be there but I want the reader to take a breath! I want a pause! Stop trying to correct me, I'm trying to control the flow of reading

what they don’t tell you about writing is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHH!!!

people who say 'just write for yourself' (me) have never met the absolute demon that lives in my head (also me) and judges every single word i put on the page. i am writing for myself, and let me tell you, the audience of me is a tough critic. she’s like, 'this sentence is fine but not groundbreaking,' and 'are you really gonna use the word 'suddenly' again? pathetic.' like ma’am, i’m trying my best.

Brainstorming at 3 AM: This will be an epic saga of love, betrayal, and redemption.

Drafting the next chapter: Uh...they eat soup, I guess?

the stages of writing a novel:

denial

bargaining

crying

Imo in order to finish your writing project you need to be unhealthily obsessed with your characters to a point where you question your sanity

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

― W. Somerset Maugham

“Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.” ― Dorothy Day

Writing is 10% inspiration,

90% 'I swear I’ll fix this in edits.'

“I’m writing,” I say as I pace around my room listening to the same song for the 19th time, daydreaming about the general *vibe* of my story.

there are two types of writers.

“this plot has been in my head for 10 years and finally it’s perfect.”

“what if frogs had a secret government?”

anyone else terrified that their story idea is secretly terrible but too stubborn to give up on it?

Okay, how many WIPs do y’all normally have at once? I tend to have 1 main WIP and 1-2 side WIPs.

i hate writing action scenes. WHY ARE THEY SO HARD. do i describe every punch? every duck? every dramatic glare?? suddenly i have no idea how bodies move and it reads like a play-by-play of an awkward middle school fight. 'he punched. they dodged. they punched. he dodged.' HELP.

HOW DO PEOPLE WRITE CONSISTENTLY. HOW. I SPENT 3 HOURS STARING AT A SINGLE SENTENCE YESTERDAY. meanwhile someone out there has written a trilogy this year and i am one (1) typo away from fighting god. send help.

Oikeesti parhaat kirjotusneuvot mitä oon nähny

1. Kirjota ihan vitusti

2. Jos sä pidät siitä niin se ei koskaan oo turhaa tai ajan tuhlaamista vaikka sitä ei koskaan julkaistas

3. Joka kerta kun sä kirjotat jotain uudestaan tai kirjotat jotain mikä ei koskaan tuu julkastuks sä opit siitä, ja opit kaikesta huonosta mitä kirjotat