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1/24/2025, 2:32:22 AM
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Yeah I fell into the exact same pattern at first. Actually I still catch myself falling into it from time to time. I dunno if you're just venting or asking for advice but either way here's three major tips that helped me:
-Doing a clumsy first draft to begin with and then going back and altering it tends to help the process go smoother. It's easier to edit than it is to write wholesale, and having the entire scene written out (albeit clumsily) can help you shape the events when you go back to edit. You just gotta ignore the part of your brain that tells you you're writing cringe.
-Generally, steady progress over a few days/weeks/whatever will always be more consistent than trying to blast out the whole story in one or two sittings. If you're just starting out, try to go for just a few hundred words a day. If you get past it then great, if you fall a little short that's okay too. Just getting in the habit of regularly putting something out there helps a bunch. And always always write it down if it's good. A fun idea floating around your head you haven't committed to paper might as well not exist.
-The internet era makes this more difficult than ever, but it's always helpful to remember that basically everyone who's good at something started out being very bad at that thing. It's easy to look at authors with 100 fics and go holy shit they're so good at writing, but they had to struggle every step of the way too. Nobody sits down and starts writing peak right away.
Anyway. good luck and my bad for the sperging if you were just doing a drive by vent.
Yeah I fell into the exact same pattern at first. Actually I still catch myself falling into it from time to time. I dunno if you're just venting or asking for advice but either way here's three major tips that helped me:
-Doing a clumsy first draft to begin with and then going back and altering it tends to help the process go smoother. It's easier to edit than it is to write wholesale, and having the entire scene written out (albeit clumsily) can help you shape the events when you go back to edit. You just gotta ignore the part of your brain that tells you you're writing cringe.
-Generally, steady progress over a few days/weeks/whatever will always be more consistent than trying to blast out the whole story in one or two sittings. If you're just starting out, try to go for just a few hundred words a day. If you get past it then great, if you fall a little short that's okay too. Just getting in the habit of regularly putting something out there helps a bunch. And always always write it down if it's good. A fun idea floating around your head you haven't committed to paper might as well not exist.
-The internet era makes this more difficult than ever, but it's always helpful to remember that basically everyone who's good at something started out being very bad at that thing. It's easy to look at authors with 100 fics and go holy shit they're so good at writing, but they had to struggle every step of the way too. Nobody sits down and starts writing peak right away.
Anyway. good luck and my bad for the sperging if you were just doing a drive by vent.
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