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Zuha
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May 07, 2023 04:41PM
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👋👋 i can create scenes in my head forever, but as soon as i try to write them it’s like i’ve never written a word in my life
✋🏿 Story of my life.
it’s so annoying too bc i keep having all these ideas for plot and nothing to do w them 😭
✋I want to write so bad but whenever I open google docs, all my motivation poofs away😭😭
If anyone needs writing tips or help for a very affordable price, please let me know.
Bones (Ganon’s Version) wrote: thats been happening to me for like 6 months! i hype myself up when im imagining what im going to write but then when i actually sit down i just."Saaammmee. The struggle is real 😭😭
🖐️ i came up with a subplot and i’m stuck on adding it in to my already finished parts 😭
🙋🙋🙋✋✋✋🙌🙌🙌I decided to do that thing where you just write, like don’t come up with a plan or anything (at least at first you don’t) and you just write, and I was doing really good, I wrote two whole 3-4 page chapters in a small font. But then I got stuck in chapter three.
Oops, I meant 4-5 pages not 3-4 pages. *continues raising hand vigorously while tsking at myself in disappointment*
✋✋✋✋✋✋me bc i just found out the idea i had for a novel was already written by someone and published THIS YEAR.
nooo thats actually the worst
i know it’s awful now i have to brainstorm about something entirely new😭 it’s upsetting because it was based on a niche historical interest i had
jul wrote: "✋✋✋✋✋✋me bc i just found out the idea i had for a novel was already written by someone and published THIS YEAR."
What's the book/idea?
it was going to be about the Dancing Plague of Strasbourg in 1518!
I just want to put it out there that EVERYTHING has been done before. There’s no truly new ideas, just new perspectives. All of our novels we are writing are using ideas/or a trope/or a setting that someone else already thought of. What matters is that we make it OURS and take on a new angle to someone’s previous favorite story!! Personally, I’m writing a fantasy novel currently that takes place in the woods at a summer camp. Has that been done before? Probably a hundred times, but I know my approach and writing style to the story is unique to just my novel!! Hope this helps 😊
yes thank you i appreciate it!i think it’s just the fact that the novel was published THIS YEAR that is a little annoying, but by the time i publish mine it will be a few years in the future so i won’t worry too much
You’re book sounds so interesting, even if someone’s used that idea before!! The world needs YOUR version!! 😁😁
you r so sweeet 🫶 i love the encouragement🩷 thank you so much i hope you have an OUTSTANDING day
If anyone wants advice, I can share what helped me. :DHonestly, when it comes to defeating writer's block, consistency is key. Set time aside for yourself every day (usually half an hour to an hour works for me) and just make yourself write during that time. It can be really difficult at first, especially if you feel unmotivated or uninspired, but if you keep at it, you'll be able to write even without being especially inspired. Plus, the sense of constant progress from working every day helps a lot with motivations. :)
I haven't written in what has felt like years. Every time I try to write, I just die internally.
Uuuuuugh my writing is such a slog right now. I am there with ya!
