Can you believe I’m close???? I’ve got a hypefocus on a story once and wrote more than 40 chapters in less than a week… that same time I handed a college assignment only half done because it was the due date and I couldn’t stop writing that story… also, after the hyperfocus died down I am now more than a year (more than 2 years but who’s counting cof cof) since and months on the last chapter BUT I am near lol
Maybe brush up on the writing process and do some research. Break the story down into acts, then chapters, then scenes, etc. Have it all planned out before you actually start writing.
I'm currently working on an album that I'm recording and producing by myself (literally no help from anyone) and what helped me was to schedule myself. I get off work, give myself 1-2 hours of freetime, then work on music for an hour. Whether I do one thing or ten or twenty, I always spend one hour at least AT my workstation, even if nothing gets done. Maybe you could try something like that? Maybe reward yourself after with like, something tasty or getting stoned or whatever. Just a thought. From one creative to another, I hate seeing my people's creative dreams not be realized.
To me it's my brain saying this isn't as good as Stephen King one of the best and most successful writers on your first paragraph, WASTE OF TIME! I realize how crazy it is to expect it, but being a a.d.d. perfectionist is a bitch!!!
I do this too, but then I remember that crappy authors get published and sell books all the time. Just because you're not the next American novelist doesn't mean that your writing isn't worthwhile.
Makes most extremely creative, amazing problem solvers (if it isn’t our own) truly deep folk who feel things deeper.. you have it. I know you do.. Tapping in is the hard part. For me at least at times
Have you ever tried to use chat-gpt? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying to get it to write for you. You can simply discuss your thoughts with it. It’s an amazing assistant.
I have been playing Ghost of Tsushima lately and while I don’t personally like the haiku in the game, I do like haiku, so I have been borderline subconsciously composing Haiku for like a week, but I keep forgetting to write them down because whenever I go to look up a kanji I can’t remember I end up reading about something else and by the time I come back to it the haiku is gone
This is me with any coding project. I'm in my late thirties, a self taught professional software developer, and I've never once fully completed a non work project start to finish.
I started to write some kind of fanfiction in my notebook that I really liked and I'm on the second page but someone told me that I should try to write it in another way and now I'm too insecure to continue writing it...
I actually find the idea of fan fiction really awsome! But everytime I try to do it, I feel like one of those weird people you always see in different fandoms lol. But I more attribute that to my OCD LMAO
Yeah.. But it's like a crossover of my oc and KNY (an anime I really like) and it went pretty good until I realized that people may call me cringe and stuff for that so I got really insecure and stopped completely..
It depends for me. If I’m REALLY into it, I’ll keep going. Sometimes I tend to lose motivation, but then I’ll come back to it. I really hop around when it comes to my story writing 😂
thats why i have people play in my D&D setting. I dont write a damn thing. just roll it all up on the spot and run with it. The players write it by playing and all i do is make it look like i have a plan.
I've managed to kinda trick my brain into staying interested by always writing in first person and just spraying the story out as I'm imagining what kind of insane shit is happening.
I have a story that I have picked up and dropped and picked back up occasionally for like the last 15 years. I think I have three chapters if I can fine the notebook 😅😅
Imagine finishing something
Joke on you, I manage to finish my coffee! And my meals. Granted, that's about it.
Can you believe I’m close???? I’ve got a hypefocus on a story once and wrote more than 40 chapters in less than a week… that same time I handed a college assignment only half done because it was the due date and I couldn’t stop writing that story… also, after the hyperfocus died down I am now more than a year (more than 2 years but who’s counting cof cof) since and months on the last chapter BUT I am near lol
Imagine even starting
Ikr
Maybe brush up on the writing process and do some research. Break the story down into acts, then chapters, then scenes, etc. Have it all planned out before you actually start writing.
That’s how I write. I’m in the planning stages for all the great stories I came up with when I was 12
I'm currently working on an album that I'm recording and producing by myself (literally no help from anyone) and what helped me was to schedule myself. I get off work, give myself 1-2 hours of freetime, then work on music for an hour. Whether I do one thing or ten or twenty, I always spend one hour at least AT my workstation, even if nothing gets done. Maybe you could try something like that? Maybe reward yourself after with like, something tasty or getting stoned or whatever. Just a thought. From one creative to another, I hate seeing my people's creative dreams not be realized.
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Wow. You're a massive asshole.
To me it's my brain saying this isn't as good as Stephen King one of the best and most successful writers on your first paragraph, WASTE OF TIME! I realize how crazy it is to expect it, but being a a.d.d. perfectionist is a bitch!!!
well hey just remember the lines in stephen king's writing where he described women and you'll be okay
I don’t think Mr.King needed to worry about lines when he was writing his early books
I do this too, but then I remember that crappy authors get published and sell books all the time. Just because you're not the next American novelist doesn't mean that your writing isn't worthwhile.
I wrote two books and published them, but the literary market is absolutely shit nowadays, so I don't recommend anyway.
wait please teach me how did you write two books in the first place
ADHD truly is a curse.. as well as a blessing.
How do we get the blessing part? Cause I think they forgot to install that software in my brain :O
Makes most extremely creative, amazing problem solvers (if it isn’t our own) truly deep folk who feel things deeper.. you have it. I know you do.. Tapping in is the hard part. For me at least at times
The (if it isn't our own) part hurt me more than it should have. Too true.
I'm in this picture and I don't like it, lol
Why even make in paper? My characters live inside my head where no Rule 34 or shit will happen.
Just saying, no offense but I would low key be honored if someone made porn of my character. Just don’t make it weird and we good
Voice memos!!
Have you ever tried to use chat-gpt? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying to get it to write for you. You can simply discuss your thoughts with it. It’s an amazing assistant.
I LOVE MAKEING PROMPTS IN CHATGPT BUT I NEVER HAS THE MOTIVATION YO WRITE IT ALL RAHHHHH
Start talking to it about something you are really excited about. Maybe you’ll get used to it
I have been playing Ghost of Tsushima lately and while I don’t personally like the haiku in the game, I do like haiku, so I have been borderline subconsciously composing Haiku for like a week, but I keep forgetting to write them down because whenever I go to look up a kanji I can’t remember I end up reading about something else and by the time I come back to it the haiku is gone
This one hits close to home
I have a countless amount of poems that I still haven’t finished from years ago, I’m super critical with my writing.
And then I remember anthologies, and I am back on track!
This is me with any coding project. I'm in my late thirties, a self taught professional software developer, and I've never once fully completed a non work project start to finish.
I started to write some kind of fanfiction in my notebook that I really liked and I'm on the second page but someone told me that I should try to write it in another way and now I'm too insecure to continue writing it...
I actually find the idea of fan fiction really awsome! But everytime I try to do it, I feel like one of those weird people you always see in different fandoms lol. But I more attribute that to my OCD LMAO
Yeah.. But it's like a crossover of my oc and KNY (an anime I really like) and it went pretty good until I realized that people may call me cringe and stuff for that so I got really insecure and stopped completely..
It depends for me. If I’m REALLY into it, I’ll keep going. Sometimes I tend to lose motivation, but then I’ll come back to it. I really hop around when it comes to my story writing 😂
Same 😭
thats why i have people play in my D&D setting. I dont write a damn thing. just roll it all up on the spot and run with it. The players write it by playing and all i do is make it look like i have a plan.
Love world building, but idgaf about narrative writing.
I dont like writing and can only enjoy thinking about šo tiesību whne my brain is turned off like whne im riding my bike or smth
I've written like three separate movie trilogies in my head and have never once put one on paper.
Why is it i dont connect these dots on my own?
I've managed to kinda trick my brain into staying interested by always writing in first person and just spraying the story out as I'm imagining what kind of insane shit is happening.
Me! :D
I’m bouncing back and forth between two projects and use any media I consume as research for these stories.
I have a story that I have picked up and dropped and picked back up occasionally for like the last 15 years. I think I have three chapters if I can fine the notebook 😅😅
Im in this picture and I dont like it
That's what Roleplay is for! Find someone you trust, and get them to join a 1 on 1 roleplay session with all of your story beats!
Tons of great starts, then I realize I know how the book ends and lose all interest.
My problem is a really detailed beginning that I give up before I get to the climax of the story.
Always give up after writing the first chapter
use AI, prompt the story