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You ever so excited to sit down and relax with a story, realize you've caught up to the latest chapter, want to see what happens next--

then realize you don't just have to wait for the next chapter

u gotta write it first

Author Rambles

Holy heckballs, I'm excited about this next chapter of Leaking Spark to release, but also DAAAAMN. This one got away from me. It's gonna be a loooong one.

I'm not sure who is struggling harder to stay on track: me or Soundwave 😂

Me: okay fuckers here we go the scene i want to write is--

Soundwave and Butterfly: * busy talking *

Me: --hey no stop that i need you to be driving

Soundwave: * pulls over and parks *

Me: --HEY NO THAT'S NOT THE DESTINATION

Lazerbeak: * exists *

Me: *screaming in confusion because the 22 pages of writing i just wrote contain exactly zero sentences of the scene i sat down to write but it's okay because this is good too and we'll get there maybe probably someday*

this fucker has a way of taking my intentions of drawing certain plot aspects out for later, looking at them, then casually using his logical processor to pop the bubble on it early and then i have to deal with figuring that out fuck

Author Rambles

when you foaming at the mouth to write but your head hurts and everything hurts and you gotta get other stuff done too

next chapters might be a bit in coming out, got a lot on my plate this month and my energy is loooooow

here have this mesmerizing and beautifully engineered robot hand to admire

“The hardest thing about getting started, is getting started.”

— Guy Kawasaki

“Socks are well-pressed, toenails are shortened, plushies are arranged according to size, expiration dates of the canned food are checked, days up to Christmas are counted, flowers are deadheaded … I guess, now must write.”

— Mimi Gaisser

Asexual Writer Problem #1

Knowing the story needs smut but having no idea how to write it

options for when you no longer like a fic you wrote

Orphan it. By adding it to the orphan_account on AO3, you remove your name from the fic and from the comments (if you replied to them). The work is removed from your account and from your stats. You will not see future stats or comments or kudos on that work unless you click into the fic yourself to investigate. You can no longer edit or delete the work after you orphan it. You can not get the work back.

Add the fic to an anonymous collection. This will remove your username from the story and from the comments if you choose to reply, but you will retain ownership of the work and still be able to edit/delete/orphan it in future. You can also regain ownership at any time by removing it from the anonymous collection. 

Add a disclaimer or other author’s note to the top of the story explaining how you feel, or what’s changed since you wrote the fic. 

Edit the fic. Either make changes to the existing story on AO3 or create a new story and include something in the summary or an author’s note that says you are rewriting your own work. You can even link the two together in a series or with the inspired by function. 

Delete the fic. While this will sadden readers for whom it might be a favourite story, this is always an option. Your Archive is your own, and you can control which of your works remain on the internet.

Remember that you wrote that fic at a time in your life when you felt a certain way or had a certain skill level. There’s no shame in that. You had to start somewhere to get where you are today. ❤

I'm so stressed out with all the editing left I have been close to quiting a couple times already... Dude... I don't know when I'll be officially back but it won't be tomorrow. I'm sorry.

Me rn.

i wish i could scoop out all the words and stories inside my head with a butter knife and spread it onto a document and that was it

Jump fic is being killed by the rules and so probably will me my account. Please make sure you have the View mature content on so you don't miss my posts.

me, the motherfucker with over 50 abandoned works in progress: i have an idea

If I could find a community to help motivate me to write my book and give me opinions and ideas, I’d die happy. After writing the book, of course.

I know where it eventually goes. I know some of the steps to get there. I’m not sure of the start nor the rest of the steps, and that’s part of why I haven’t worked on it in forever. It also doesn’t help that I’m scared it’s too much like the series I’ve read and loved, or my characters are too plain or too typical, or that it won’t end up right.

You think a few years would be enough to get at least some idea, but nope!

Writing is hard.

So I am writing a story and I have this character right? Well it just so happens that on my bus, there’s a kid with that characters exact name and looks????? And it’s not a common name either????

please remember that it’s okay to use popular tropes and clichés in your writing. just remember to make them your own, and put your own kinda spin on them. 

don’t let yourself be stopped by what other people say you can or can’t do when it comes to writing. you are allowed to write about whatever you want, regardless of how popular it is in mainstream media. 

edit: obviously, this doesn’t apply to harmful stereotypes, which is incredibly important that we do not write about! (thank you to @stormypaint for the reminder in the tags) 

inspiration has struck, and harry addams will be getting a new chapter. of course it happens at the most improper time. i have finals to study for and wrap up my last semester! of course, every time i'm stressed about school or anything remotely related to that i bury myself in fanfiction — either reading or writing it, wtf?

*cries*

Putting my problems in meme format

Putting my problems in meme format

The best worst thing is finding a fandom you WANT to write for, but are so far behind and/or not sure how to begin the source material that you kinda just stare at it. Like yes, I wallow it that. I don't know how to fit the remaining flakes of my soul into making something for these people, but I wish to offer it. Yet I can't, because I couldn't tell you what the flippity-frick is going on with it.

It is once again 3am.

To the maybe five people who read my Gut n Idyll Au:

This next chapter is so long. I’m not sorry, because I’m running out of lyrics for the chapter titles, but I do feel the need for the warning.

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Not a single soul:

Me: I know the reproductive biology of several dozen reptiles, horses, cats, kangaroos, foxes, wolves, humans, and several other species including fictional ones like Naga and Kitsune!