100 Relatable Writer Things
(Courtesy of the creative writers from the Kacchako Discord server. We suffer together fam.)
doesn’t write for 84 years
starts a billion things, no time to finish or update
daydreaming about writing
thinks about writing in shower, has no writing utensils
about to fall asleep, sudden motivation and inspiration
stuck at dayjob, pure, unadulterated motivation and inspiration
arrives home too tired to write
sits down at computer to write, spends two hours on the internet doing everything except writing
listening to music and it slows your writing to a snail’s pace.
accidentally write the lyrics instad of dialogue
your Internet sucks and you can’t connect to Google docs for a day.
trying to write angst only to slowly turn it into fluff
you remember you have pets and wanna cuddle them over writing
you have a carefully written plan, that all of your characters are ignoring and start going in directions you are unprepared for
your characters do what they want, fuck u
you realize you wrote a plot point too early and then mash the delete button.
you bingewatch a sitcom and plan all of these everyday aus and don’t write any of them and demolish ice cream in the dark instead
you stare at your screen after doing nothing for an hour and the whole time you are internally screaming.
you open your story document and suddenly realise the bookshelf in your room needs alphabetising
you look back at the manga for reference but end up just rereading the manga
you fantasize about your characters and blush because they’re so attractive
you realise you’ve been making weird expressions at your screen while you’ve been typing
the people around you have also noticed.
people wonder if you are okay in public settings writing angst
you brainstorm amazing ideas for your fic as you sleep but when you wake up you don’t remember shit
having idea bouncing buddies to help with your au and end up creating a separate au
finding somewhere to write smut where nobody will accidentally look over your shoulder
you write smut in public but you’re so tired that you don’t care who sees anymore
doing dumb shit like “bakugou looked at bakugou” and publishing it
you finish writing a chapter and look over your outline only to learn you skipped doing a scene.
try to quickly edit things, end up combing through chapter again
lots of picture refs for characters
forgetting your time scale while writing. how much time has passed? idk man
writing a one shot that becomes a 20k multichap
hitting 4k a chapter and crying it’s not enough
hitting 19k a chapter and thinking, “maybe I can do more.”
wondering if word count its too short/long
intending to write an epic slow burn and dropping it two chapters in for another idea
having a fully written arc expecting 10 chapts but with editing it becomes 7 chapts somehow
wanting to write a slow burn but getting so excited to get to the big part you just say fuck it
having so much of an au build up that you are excited for that it unintentionally becomes slowburn
intending to write a serious fic but you don’t want to put the characters in any more pain than they canonically are so you turn them all into major goofballs
OR character didn’t get enough pain canonically and it was supposed to be funny story
writing angst and pain because you’re a masochist
love watching readers cry
taking pleasure in watching them cry
blasting meme music in your ears as your readers scream at you about breaking their hearts
teasing spoilers bc you want validation
running from rabid readers
sometimes you write for an hour and have done 500 words. Other times you blink and 3k words are suddenly there.
having a decent steady schedule or becoming spastic update qween, there is no in between. Bonus points if you do separate fics like this
watching a movie, inserting characters for yet another au
taking polls what to update next
never listening to the polls you create
making a schedule and sticking to it. Your fans think your organized but it’s more like controlled chaos.
motivated to do something but what?
literally buying a journal with goals and a tentative update schedule so you can keep your ass in check
not using said journal bc lazy
having monthly updates but writing more than half of it in the last week.
WHAT THE FUCK DO I TITLE IT
can someone edit my stuff pls
writing the title of the chapter and then nothing else that day.
write, no edits, only write. Cry
setting a day to respond to comments. forget
stare at comments with awe and fear
wordvomit, keyboard smash
kudos are resurrected life
holy shit a bookmark???????
holy shit someone recced me
wanting to share but don’t want to be annoying
surfing tumblr for writing refs bc your english sucks
does this sOUND NATURAL THO
is this too descriptive or not enough?
how do i describe this place i’ve never been to
have i used [blank word] too much?
said is too plain, but they’re not doing anything but sitting and talking
does this smell description sound too fanficcy?
how would you describe a <____> hitting the <___> floor?
how do i describe violence accurately
how many followers/readers will i lose to this
what does <___> pain feel like?
compare yourself to other popular writers
what are you writing has several word docs open
googling stuff that makes you sound like a murderer for rESEARCH
staring at your phone praying someone reviews it soon
how do i write texts or IMs
having that one follower who always comments
BONUS: Is it truly finished or am I just sick of writing it
turnnoffyourmind
jbbartram-illu
baratheonpilled
theartofmadeline
origamiaround
snowghoul
kianamaiart
stormborns
dededos
