forum mj's writing hell
Started by @Larcenist-Arsonist groupswimming with sharks
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@Larcenist-Arsonist groupswimming with sharks

hi friends this is where i'm going to be shoving pieces of my wip that i'm currently working on for nano and screaming into the void

please feel free to ask questions because they keep me motivated but i just wanted a little corner to complain and bitch but also hype myself up like the god i am

HELPFUL WRITING TIP* get a to-do list and just bullet down all of the plot points you have in mind in chronological order and BOOM it's so much easier to get from event to event. also, it's just fine to skip something if you aren't sure how it happens. odds are, the answer will come to you later. you just gotta keep writing aslkdfj

@Larcenist-Arsonist groupswimming with sharks

2147 words today hehe I think I'm gonna call it here because I am tired

anyways, I've gotten through the first part! the protags have met each other and the deuteragonists have been introduced! MCs powers have been revealed and they're beginning to formulate a plan alskdjf it's all going really fast rn but that is okay because this is a very very first draft and I know that it's a process

@Larcenist-Arsonist groupswimming with sharks

thank you!!! I decided that I was not actually done with writing tonight and I am now at 2586 words akldsf but now I think I'm actually done I gotta get ready for bed

@Larcenist-Arsonist groupswimming with sharks

im back and i have introduced my secondary antags and i love them and hopefully the difference in voice between first pov and second pov are noticeable

hnnnnnnnnnnng i dont wanna do this but i do but i dont want to but i know i have to and im just gonna try to get to 9k today bc im just extra like that

@Larcenist-Arsonist groupswimming with sharks

Alas, I didn't get to 9k last night but I did hit 8k and that's still pretty good ajdjks My goal is 10.5k today and I have nothing going on so nothing should be stopping me

@Larcenist-Arsonist groupswimming with sharks

whoops forgot about that i have no fucking idea how anything happens after this first fight alsdkfj

it's like

  • oo exposition
  • PLOT
  • all the main characters are introduced
  • a little more plot
  • EPIC FIGHT
  • tiny plot
  • uh
  • oh
  • oh god
  • this was unexpected
  • EPIC FIGHT
  • help
  • what am i doing
  • help–
  • PLOT
  • FIGHT
  • OHOHO SHIT GOES DOWN
  • BIG BIG BIG TURNING POINT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH SHIT
  • uh
  • shit
  • hgn
  • WOAHG CANADA
  • PLOT ADN CHARACTERS AND EMOTION
  • hm
  • oh uhm
  • hng.
  • ENDING
  • OH SHIT
  • TEARS EVERYWHERE
  • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
  • SET UP SEQUEL

@Davadio emoji_events

Oh yikes. You can do it!
Something that helps me is to skip this scene and move ahead to something you're excited to write, then come back and connect the pieces later