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On Writing for Yourself and Not for Notes
AKA How to Enjoy Writing for the Sake of it
Get off social media! I know it’s tempting to blabber on about a WIP to get those hella cool notes, but doing so only reinforces that writing’s only fun if it gets you attention. We all need that boost now and again, but too much of it will whittle away your self-reliance. Close your laptop, leave your phone in a different room, and sit down with a notebook if possible and if you need to. You’ll get to know what enthralls you personally about your story.
Don’t write for an audience for now. Tumblr likes to do this thing where it says “blah blah blah X is problematic in media” and while it’s well-intentioned, internalizing too much of this can make you feel like you’re trying to write through a maze and constantly failing at it. Forget about your audience–you can flag and catch problematic stuff in edits after tossing it to the betas.
Remember what made thirteen-year-old you lose their mind? Yeah, write that. Once you’ve let go of writing for an audience, you won’t worry about being “cringey” anymore, and that’s when things start to get real good and real fun. You don’t have to show your writing to anyone, or even tell them you wrote it, so just go buckwild! Trust me, it’s so liberating.
Your inner critic is useful–but not now. Shut that bitch up! Your job when drafting is to make something. If you did that, you win, so your critic’s opinion is worth squat here. However, if you try to fight her {I always envision mine as some bitchy middle-aged woman lol} she’s just gonna get louder. So tell yourself you can be as critical of your writing as you want during edits. You’re not working for perfect, or even good right now. You’re working for existing.
Remember that this is a process. Companies like tumblr are investing a BUNCH of cash into getting you to stay glued to their platforms, and if you’re a creator this might manifest in your feeling like you need to live your creative life online. You don’t. But retraining your brain isn’t easy. Remember that divorcing yourself from the validation of online noise takes work and time and a lot of discomfort and redirecting, especially for folks like me who thrive on routine. And don’t discipline. Redirect. Negativity has no right to be in your creative space ♥️
it’s easy to forget, so I’ll remind y’all: you can make fantasy versions of anything. yes even things you might not think about. like soil types. I am thinking of fantasy soil types right now
i need to hire someone who can speak to cats to explain to Shams and Noor that they are supposed to be predators. I’m trying to introduce toys that emulate prey (with sound/smell of course so they can track it) so I can get them to play hunt but they’re just like. *pats toy lightly with paws* ‘hmmm interesting. i dig. a friend perhaps?’ and i’m like nooooooo it’s your prey you’re supposed to chase it! i try to look it up on youtube but all videos are for if the cats are *disinterested* in play but they’re very interested! just in a very polite manner lol like i’m introducing stuffed toys for them to cuddle with
*Oblivion guard voice* Excuse me sir, are you alright? I - by the Divines. This person’s dead.
i was kidding at first with the oblivion guard quote but, the fish is battery operated to flop around and when i turned it off to charge the battery they were both IMMEDIATELY concerned that it stopped moving. when i turned it back on they were like, oh thank god. it doesn’t even entice them to chase it. it just makes them feel better to know it’s alive and kicking apparently??? shjdgsjdhd they care about this fake fish so much what the fuck
me: violence? care for some violence sir?
shams & noor: hmm… what is this
me: a fish! a prey! to bite and kill! to chomp! to-
shams and noor: to… to have and to hold? to love and cherish? a friend in time of need? a cuddle partner to brave the cold nights? a trusted comrade? and someday… if the fates are kind… something more, perhaps?
me: no!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm silent on here, gomen.
I'm on WordPress though, under the same name. Hoping to put up some snippets of original works.
writing should be fun.
make oc playlists. spend hours on moodboards that have no purpose. write self-indulgent fluff that’s never going to be published. scribble three lines of poetry in the back of your history notebook. draw fanart of your own characters. write stupid dialogue that your publishers might hate. start new wips that you might never finish but write those three chapters that make you happy because if you don’t write them, who else will?
writing shouldn’t always be about “will publishers like this” or “i have to reach this word count” or “how do i get the most likes”.
have fun with your writing.
Please tell me I’m not the only one?
I hate my writing personally. I think it’s cringe and terrible which makes me spiral. And then I see comments like this which give me the motivation to pick back up my pen. So so so much love that my heart can’t bear it.
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OH MY GOD.
I ABSOLUTELY FUCKIN ADORE THHIS FIC. YOU MADE EVERYONE SO HUMAN AND YET SO LOVELY AND FJGZAHFSDKDGAKXHDKFJFLGKDLGdkcjlzhslshxkxbskxbskebxodbfoffnd
PLEASE CONTINUTE THIS ASAP I JUST. LOVE YOUR WORK SO DAMN MUCH OMFG
idk if anyone will find this useful, but this is how i go about planning my stories. i mostly write fantasy, so that’s what this is most applicable to. but it could work with other genres too.
so there’s three major components to a story: the characters, the plot, and the world. creating them individually is the easy part, but they all connect and affect each other in different ways. (like you can’t have a character who loves peaches and eats them every day if they live a peasant in a region that doesn’t grow peaches, for example.)
so i created a cheat sheet to help connect all three components together.
1) the world creates the characters.
this is related to the peach example above. the characters should be a direct result of the environment they grew up in and the environment they currently live in.
2) the characters are limited by the world.
also related to the peaches. characters can’t do anything outside of what the rules of their surroundings and universe allow, such as eating peaches when they’re not available. this also applies for magic users. they can’t have unlimited magic, so keep in mind what you want out of both the characters and the world when creating magic systems.
3) the characters carry the plot.
we’ve all heard it before: “bad characters can’t carry a good plot. good characters can carry a bad plot.” but we all like a good plot anyway. try to make sure you’re not giving your characters too heavy or too light of a plot to carry.
4) the plot pushes the characters.
if nothing in the plot happens, your characters will remain static forever. if you struggle with plots, try starting with what character development you want to happen, then go from there.
5) the plot depends on the world.
you can’t overthrow the evil government if there isn’t one. think of what your world needs most and what your plot is centered around, and fit those two together.
6) the world is changed by the plot.
even if your plot is centered around something most of your world would call “insignificant”, the world will still experience some change from the plot. either the evil government will be gone, or maybe that one teacher is now way more careful about keeping an eye on the test key. either way, the world will be different from now on.
final note: usually people will be able to write one or two of the components with ease, but don’t know where to go from there. i personally can’t write plots, but thinking this way has really helped me actually make a story out of the world and characters because i looked at what i needed from what i had. i really hope this can help you too! happy writing!
tl;dr this is a cheat sheet to help anyone who struggles with writing one or two of what i consider the three major components to a story.
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I stg the only people liking this should be ones who didn’t read the second sentence
accidentally liked it because i just automatically do that and got so pissed off.
When the scene isn’t turning out like it’s supposed to but at least you’re writing
My story idea in my head:
My brain once I open the Word Doc to write it down:
Writing is...
Writing is a delicate thing. It’s the tweaking of sentences that aren’t quite right until you have something that sings off the page and glows with the energy of things done just so. Writing is a brutal thing. It’s the deletion of thousands of words that no longer have a place in the story you set out to tell. The details that don’t fit anymore, entire characters sent back to the waiting room for a second chance elsewhere. Writing is a tedious thing. It’s sitting up past midnight, trying to implement a plot twist that’s coming out all wrong, with your bed calling out to you, but you can’t lose this thread, not now. Writing is a miraculous thing. It’s making something out of nothing. It’s sharing your thoughts, now organised in a way that others will understand, after nurturing it first. It’s the Big Bang, with the writer at the centre, ideas and words spilling out in a never-ending expansion. And it’s you. It’s you saying, “I am here.” It’s your story. Thank you for your voice.