At the core of all my writing advice is the same motto: JUST DO IT
DO THE WRITING
DOES IT SUCK? THAT’S WHAT EDITING IS FOR
IS IT CHEESY? THAT’S WHAT EDITING IS FOR
IS IT SILLY? WE NEED MORE SILLINESS IN THE WORLD, FUCK IT MAKE IT SILLY.
NO ONE WANTS TO READ IT? BULLSHIT, SOMEONE ALWAYS WANTS TO READ IT, I FUCKING WROTE ABOUT AN ALIEN BABY AND PEOPLE READ IT, YOU JUST GOTTA BELIEVE.
Tag: writing
My biggest writing problem is that I can’t seem to make myself understand that a first draft is just a first draft.
i started writing original fiction because of a comment i got on a house md fic i wrote when i was 12 years old. someone said “this is out of character, house and wilson would never act like this.” so i thought, “if i make my own characters, no one can ever tell me they’re out of character, because i decide,” and i started planning my first novel. now i’m 23 and i’ve written 4 novel-length works, i have a degree in publishing and i work at a literary magazine, largely because someone insulted my house fanfiction. follow your dreams.
me: (writes fics in my head while running)
me: (writes fics in my head while driving)
me: (writes fics in my head while brushing my teeth)
me: (sits down to write a fic at my computer) I got nuthin
Me, when I have 12,395 things to do and no time to fuck around: Man, I have the perfect fanfic idea!
Me, when I have absolutely nothing going on: Meh.
Me: *gets story idea*
Me: This is so obvious and clever it practically writes itself!
*later*
Narrator: It did not write itself.
writing fanfiction
when you have the PERFECT ROMANTIC SCENE ALL ENVISIONED AND EVERYTHING but then your fingers be like “he look into eyes. hot darn.”
the two rules of writing fanfic:
1) oops, my 200 word drabble turned into a 8 chapter disaster
2) oops, my planned 8 chapters is stuck at 200 words
FRIEND: Are you getting a lot of work done?
ME: I changed the title of my manuscript in Word
reblog if you’re currently writing a book or if you someday hope to write a book.
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