Writersdarkeststar - My Existence Is But A Passing Thought

A reminder to write whatever the fuck you want.

You want to write three pages describing your opening sceen and the colour of your protagonist’s eyes? Go for it. You wanna skip dialogue completely or not introduce your characters? Do it!

I find I get too caught up in thinking about how my story should look like or how it should be interesting — or how much I should describe things.

But you know what? Who cares! Write a fucking essay about the colour green! Tell us about that flashback that describes the side character’s motivations! It’s YOUR STORY and who cares if it doesn’t please some imaginary reader? You can edit all the extra bits out later.

Have fun with your story and write what you wanna write. Idk man, I feel we take writing a little too seriously on here when it comes to having fun and enjoying what you write. Worry about it being good when you’re editing.

Disclaimer: obviously this does not work for everyone. Do whatever the heck makes you happy.

Did you ever disassociate so hard when someone randomly started talking to you that you can feel your world going from story mode first person screen to conversation mode third person screen? Asking for a friend

This is better than anything I can do.

I can feel the pain and frustration seeping from my form at the mere memory of this.

Being a writer is lying in bed at two am, waiting for sleep, only to be met with two new characters, clarity for a plotline, and an entire scene concept for a novel that isn’t your current project.