i’m just imagining if fic writers streamed like artists do
a blinking cursor on an otherwise completely blank word document
red squiggles everywhere because your laptop doesn’t recognize any of the character names
an endless trek through thesaurus.com trying to figure out the word that’s on the tip of your tongue that you just can’t remember
typing a word, deleting it, 20 minutes pause while you try to come up with something better, then giving up and retyping the same word
doing a quick google for research purposes and then accidentally ending up 30 articles deep in wikipedia with a new found expertise on Polish trade practices during the 1800s
giving up halfway through the chapter and making PLACEHOLDERS IN ALL CAPS CUZ YOU CAN’T BE BOTHERED TO FIGURE THIS FUCKING PART OUT RIGHT NOW
deleting entire paragraphs
panicking and frantically hitting ctrl+z
an endless string of G’s because you passed out on your keyboard at 3 am