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Oh yeah, I get this feeling. 

Me: I wish there was more fics or fanart for this rarepair! I also wish someone could make some more content for this tag!

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Me: I mean, I could do that myself. Or I could continue lamenting my lack of content and never do the thing. 

Me: Yeah, second option it is!

Also terrible is this feeling.

Me: Oh man, I started this thing as a hobby and and now I am just over halfway done!

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Me: Welp, time to abandon this for the next year or more until the guilt kicks in!

Me: Wait, you mean there are people out there who don’t abandon projects they genuinely enjoyed for no apparent reason? Unrealistic. Blocked. Get 20+ hobbies you give up on in 

Me: Wow... I kinda like this fic. I hope the author comes back and updates it someday.

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Wait. I'm the author.

FML.

hugely underdiscussed variable in the summer-lover versus summer-hater debate is region.

reblog this and put in the tags: where you live, which season you prefer, and why

<3<3<3 Amazing art! (Trash goblin x Fancy~⭐) supremacy!

average he/they and their crazy he/it

the most fun thing about being a fic author is when you know what’s supposed to happen but when you go to write it you realise that, for the event to be plausible, you need to add another 2k of development and establish like six extra things before you can even get to the scene you need to write, and by ‘most fun’ I mean fuck everything someone take this fucking story away from me I’m on strike

for as much as I love all the different John Doe interpretations, I still think the funniest thing would be if John was given a choice of physical form and he went “I guess ill just go with what I’m used to???” And boom now Arthur has an identical twin

how do i write when i have adhd and cant even outline the first three chapters:( i always get stuck after three, get bored, and never come back. any advice ?

Writing with ADHD (by a writer w/ adhd)

1. Consume caffeine and/or do cardio for 30min before sitting down to write. Listen to music, a themed playlist perhaps. Do not log onto the internet or have any distractions nearby (books, pets, clutter, food, unfinished projects). Keeping a dohickey like a stress ball around or even a lightweight dumbbell is a decent proxy when your brain craves distraction. Chewing gum can also help you focus.

2. Don’t outline by chapter, I cannot get farther than five or six when I do that. Outline from beginning to end, but make sure to have a middle! Write a synopsis of what happens and break it into chronological chunks. Only outline by chapter once you’ve got a general outline of the whole story, and even then only outline a couple chapters at a time.

3. Write whatever comes to you, but keep it in order in your document. You want to write how your character discovers a secret, but you know that’s not until chapter 20. Write it anyway and title it chapter 20. Do this with every scene you’re inspired to write, then slowly fill in the gaps. If that proves difficult, it’s okay to make the reveal chapter 9 instead and connect everything with [and then this happened] so you’ll know to sew it up later.

4. However short or long the story ends up being, finish it. You can set a goal of 30 chapters, but if 10 is easier finish by chapter ten. Come back (much) later, reread, and add any new ideas you come up with. A short story is sweet! A novella is nice! Train your brain to write longer passages until it can achieve a story of the length you want.

5. (optional) Outlining is for people who can focus, just start writing somewhere and figure it out along the way. I had a very general outline for my longest novel, but mostly I made everything up and ignored it. Maintain focus, know your end goal, and even if you stumble there and take some shortcuts it still counts. Any messiness can be improved in future drafts.

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