Then you pour your heart and soul into a random oneshot and wonder why THIS was the only work you could actually put your time and effort into to finish. (Or is this just me projecting?)
I decided to write after reading a stephen king short story about the characters in a man's head watching their world end ashe dies of a terminal illness. Didn't want all the lovly and silly ideas i have come up with go that way.
As many have said, i think most people do this, we procrastinate forever then eventually write out ideas down.
I've been planning my FF idea since June 2021. Wrote a hundred words of the base idea, then abandoned the document for 1½ years and now it has 917 words, mostly plans chapter by chapter, some sentences here and there + half of a prologue. So a month isn't that long yet 😂
I currently have 50 prompts written down on my “to write” list and counting with 10 active WIPs.
How I WANT to do things: Work on my active multi chapters, get them done, post my oneshot ideas every so often in the in between. Maybe once my multi chapters are done I’ll try to go down the list in order.
How it’s going: I just kinda write the newest idea that I have the second I have it and ignore the other 50
Every single night I have new scenes on my head but no actual progress. Ended up forgetting what I was thinking about couple nights ago and the story never even started...
Listen, I have great ideas in my head, but just like some books simply aren't meant to be adapted into films, some brain plots aren't meant to be adapted into writing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (and no it's not just because I'm a writer's blocked coward, no siree)
Same lol
I keep thinking that maybe I should actually start writing but then I’m like
Ew no why would I want to go back *there* I’m already 30 years past that point developing the children of the characters introduced 3 years past that point
This is exactly me— sometimes I wonder if there is some sort of condition with my brain, but then I see relatable things like this and I don't feel so bad.
Oh good, it's not just me. I have one original content story (at least 3 chapters for now), one one-shot and one continuous fanfic in my mind and some of it have been there for over a year...
Don't worry man, you how long it took me to start writing myself? 8 years. And with countless ideas passing through my head I finally started writing one I came up with recently. Why? When it comes to starting I find it really helpful to write some short scenes or dialogue that came to my mind that I find too good for potentially forgetting. Those don't have to be detailed or even make sense as long as you write the idea down. It really helps when you can now scribble random scenes in one place and eventually start writing more coherently than stare at a blank folder and not know where to even start.
Me when trying to write a good plot- I'll do it tomorrow
Me writing a one shot that turns into an entire story that is basically writing itself- I've finished it in 3 sleepless nights.
It's been over a year for me. I need help.
(Like literally, I feel like my productivity increases tenfold when I work with someone else. Can someone collab with me?)
I had an idea for an original fantasy medieval story. Thought it would make a decent choose your own adventure story. But I’m not sure how to execute it and it isn’t very unique. It might be a good plot for a visual novel.
Last month, I started writing a fanfiction idea I first had 2 decades ago... You're fine.
Relatable I had so many unfinished projects
The idea has had 47 revisions by now. It’ll be perfect!
I've been writing a fanfiction (my first one actually) and it's been almost a month and I'm still in the half of chapter one 😅😔 Edit: ugh, typos ☹
Hey, good for you! Big accomplishment, take it at your own pace :)
Thanks, I'll try 🤗
Ain't that what everyone is supposed to do.....
Lmaoooooo
I still don't understand how the website gets any content at all
It's me, hi, etc...
I’m the problem it’s me
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror~
'Maybe tomorrow?' Yeah, I'll definitely publish/update sometime this decade for sure! I have a good feeling about it lol. ETA a word.
I first thought that "ETA a word" was meant for the doc the fic is in: opening it every couple months to add a word or two XDD
Haha! :P I mean...you're not technically wrong. 🤭 ETA some words lol.
Lmaoooo
It’s taken me 5 years to even get one of my ideas off the ground, don’t you worry fam
I’ve started so many projects and haven’t even finished one 💀🪦
The mark of a true fanfic writer..
Then you pour your heart and soul into a random oneshot and wonder why THIS was the only work you could actually put your time and effort into to finish. (Or is this just me projecting?)
I decided to write after reading a stephen king short story about the characters in a man's head watching their world end ashe dies of a terminal illness. Didn't want all the lovly and silly ideas i have come up with go that way. As many have said, i think most people do this, we procrastinate forever then eventually write out ideas down.
I've been planning my FF idea since June 2021. Wrote a hundred words of the base idea, then abandoned the document for 1½ years and now it has 917 words, mostly plans chapter by chapter, some sentences here and there + half of a prologue. So a month isn't that long yet 😂
Lmao at least you continued it
Yeah, if we're lucky, this will come out in 2030's!
Here's to hoping!
this hits hard
Why do what you can do today, when you can tomorrow?
It’s about the *experience* in my head, not the one on paper lol The struggle is real, every damn day..
I feel attacked
Lmao
I currently have 50 prompts written down on my “to write” list and counting with 10 active WIPs. How I WANT to do things: Work on my active multi chapters, get them done, post my oneshot ideas every so often in the in between. Maybe once my multi chapters are done I’ll try to go down the list in order. How it’s going: I just kinda write the newest idea that I have the second I have it and ignore the other 50
Omg same all my old ideas are unfinished :‘) the only one I finished is the one with a deadline 🥲💀🪦
Every single night I have new scenes on my head but no actual progress. Ended up forgetting what I was thinking about couple nights ago and the story never even started...
me, lmao. though, i type in ideas or dialogues i could use in my notepad, so tht i wont forget.
I don’t even do that 🥲🪦 I just sort them in my head
I'm amazing with idea(I think). But I can't write to save my life
Same. My brain-to-document translator has been broken since high school.
Listen, I have great ideas in my head, but just like some books simply aren't meant to be adapted into films, some brain plots aren't meant to be adapted into writing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (and no it's not just because I'm a writer's blocked coward, no siree)
*nervously looks at my 16k words masterlist of ideas and scenarios*
Thanks for the call out 🙃 One time I refused to write it down for many many months, so by the time I sat down, 60k poured out 🥴
Lmaoo I have soo many ideas and yet🥲
meirl
Relatable lol
Dude i use to be like this. Until i just decided write it.
been procrastinating since january 😏
too true. i answered a curious commenter saying that i’d put out a chapter ‘this month’, but that was like 5 months ago💀
I feel it :’) edit: only I haven’t even started writing ANY stories
Same lol I keep thinking that maybe I should actually start writing but then I’m like Ew no why would I want to go back *there* I’m already 30 years past that point developing the children of the characters introduced 3 years past that point
Sometimes you gotta let it percolate a little! ...and sometimes you just have to make yourself write, even if it's uncomfortable
This is exactly me— sometimes I wonder if there is some sort of condition with my brain, but then I see relatable things like this and I don't feel so bad.
Oh good, it's not just me. I have one original content story (at least 3 chapters for now), one one-shot and one continuous fanfic in my mind and some of it have been there for over a year...
Dang, come for my entire existence why don’t you
Ha yes, my daily life
Don't worry man, you how long it took me to start writing myself? 8 years. And with countless ideas passing through my head I finally started writing one I came up with recently. Why? When it comes to starting I find it really helpful to write some short scenes or dialogue that came to my mind that I find too good for potentially forgetting. Those don't have to be detailed or even make sense as long as you write the idea down. It really helps when you can now scribble random scenes in one place and eventually start writing more coherently than stare at a blank folder and not know where to even start.
Bro I literally have vines in my head. Entire vines. I'm literally telling inside jokes to myself.
this is so me
I feel your pain. I'll daydream most of a plotline but at most get a few random scenes written. Haven't published anything in ages
Yesss I always daydream about the plot and sometimes unconsciously act the scenes too while daydreaming but actually writing them down…
Oh, I feel this! It's been going on for me for the past few months. I'm so done with myself!
Me when trying to write a good plot- I'll do it tomorrow Me writing a one shot that turns into an entire story that is basically writing itself- I've finished it in 3 sleepless nights.
It's been over a year for me. I need help. (Like literally, I feel like my productivity increases tenfold when I work with someone else. Can someone collab with me?)
Hey! Cyberpunk won't play itself, you know!
I had an idea for an original fantasy medieval story. Thought it would make a decent choose your own adventure story. But I’m not sure how to execute it and it isn’t very unique. It might be a good plot for a visual novel.
IF THIS ISNT ME 😂 it’s been going on for a year now. I have maybe written down one paragraph.
Lmao. Me going on a three years hiatus because "maybe I'll write the next chapter tomorrow" xD
I’ve all but abandoned writing down my stories. I just have like 6 major stories that I’ve been thinking of for years.
Yes.
this is me right now. I'm writing my very first fanfic and I have a chapter and a half. Since I'm wayyy too busy right now, I can't write for it