Nothing I write ever satisfies me anymore...

[HappyVainGlory]

I know it's almost the end of the year and I shouldn't be having these thoughts. But, I just really wanna vent about this to other writers.

Yeah, exactly what it says, I'm satisfied with the ideas and the plot I've outlined, but I always end up dissatisfied whenever I create a chapter. Due to this I just have a bunch of unfinished chapter stowed away on my drafts folder.

Yes, I know the first things I write aren't supposed to be perfect, I know it's supposed to be bad. I've told myself that when I published my first story, and it worked fine up until a few months ago.

Now however, whenever I look at what I've made I go " the fuck is this shit?!". Then I proceed to close my laptop to fuck around and do something else.

Is this writer's block or just me being a lazy arse? I'm really just confused here. I just wanna enjoy reading what I write again.

Well, if you're writing stuff to read, it's an uphill battle. Someone else brought it up but I'll repeat it and say that your skills in writing won't match up to your idea of good writing for a while.

I personally got over that by just adopting a mindset of writing for the trashbin for a while. Basically, you explicitly write stuff you know is trash to get it out of your system. That way, you stop caring since you know and accept it won't be your best work.

Funny thing is, that tends to make good stuff appear.

You could also just start trying to enjoy the act of writing for the sake of it. Like trying to find fun in making sentences. Though if you started writing to read a story of your own, that might be hard to do.

tl:dr: Stop caring and start writing trash.

P.S. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

You're writing too much and not EXPERIENCING enough

This. I need to touch more grass but the pandemic still a bitch.

Take those chapter fragments and take a look at how they start. What do they all have in common? Why are they unsatisfactory? Is it b/c they're repetitive? Is it b/c they're this or that? Whatever it is, note that down. Then write a chapter that is completely different from those chapter fragments and see how it goes.

In other words, this is the time for you to experiment with your writing and see what you come up with. If you're having trouble, read other writers' stories and see how they do it, then imitate how they do it. This is the perfect opportunity to get yourself back in the writer's seat.

This can work, might try it out.

Ya'll need masturbation. Sometimes it takes a bit of self-love to accept your flaws so that you can say, "Aww, it's not too bad. A bit of change here and there, right, perfect fapping material!

Lmao this line and the blurb under my name...

Oh, you were working on a Christmas special? Well, there's your problem right there.

Writing a seasonal holiday special of any kind means changing up your writing style and the tone of your writing, which means it's going to clash with the rest of your stuff. That's definitely going to have a sense of "wrongness" to you as it just doesn't seem to fit the rest of your writing.

I don't think I would like anything I was writing if I was trying to write a holiday special either. That would be one of the reasons why I just don't do things like that.

No I'm not, I'm just sad I'm not able to. Holiday specials are usually something I consider non-canon, I've planned one months ahead but obviously none of my stories were ever written to the point where I could go through with it.

*hugs*

I'm not satisfied with how much free time I have now that I have a baby. I hope that will change when I send him to school, if the pandemic is over by then.

Well, if you're writing stuff to read, it's an uphill battle. Someone else brought it up but I'll repeat it and say that your skills in writing won't match up to your idea of good writing for a while.

I personally got over that by just adopting a mindset of writing for the trashbin for a while. Basically, you explicitly write stuff you know is trash to get it out of your system. That way, you stop caring since you know and accept it won't be your best work.

Funny thing is, that tends to make good stuff appear.

You could also just start trying to enjoy the act of writing for the sake of it. Like trying to find fun in making sentences. Though if you started writing to read a story of your own, that might be hard to do.

tl:dr: Stop caring and start writing trash.

P.S. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Yep, it's just hard for me to accept trash I write, specially when a lot of people see it. Hmm, now this reminds me of a project I abandoned midway, might get back to it.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Oh, you were working on a Christmas special? Well, there's your problem right there.

Writing a seasonal holiday special of any kind means changing up your writing style and the tone of your writing, which means it's going to clash with the rest of your stuff. That's definitely going to have a sense of "wrongness" to you as it just doesn't seem to fit the rest of your writing.

I don't think I would like anything I was writing if I was trying to write a holiday special either. That would be one of the reasons why I just don't do things like that.

why would you need to? I did a Christmas special once and i didnt have to change anything having to do with style or tone. Tho really i didnt make it too chistmas-y. Just a few rounds of eggnog and such. Gift-giving.

Do you mean it wouldnt fit in a dark tragedy type of thing, for example? Because holidays usually ARE pretty "merry". Heavy into family, togetherness and good cheer. Wholesome and all that

*hugs*

I'm not satisfied with how much free time I have now that I have a baby. I hope that will change when I send him to school, if the pandemic is over by then.

cherish the days when your baby cant walk and get into shit. Keep all point and sharp things away from it, leave nothing small, and consumable on the floor or within reach, and please, for the love of god, DO NOT LET IT START EATING BATH TOWELS. When that baby starts teething, its gonna wanna munch on everything. My niece started munching on bath towels and the like, eventually she started biting and pulling at the threads and eating them. Now i have to pull four inches of thread out her ass each time she shits.

Remember to change their diapers often, too, and use powder...lotta parents take their damn time with things like than and then their kids get rashes and cry cuz pain and i wanna smack the fuck outta their dumb selves. Like, YOU sit in your own shit all day and see if you have a good time. See if you dont start getting bumps on your ass. Smh and they wonder why their kids keep crying. I've raised five babies cuz my bro cant control his cock, and lemme tell you, woman...ya gotta think of everything for them. Every baby cries for a reason, all you ever need to do if figure out what that is. Process of elimination. Bottle? No. Diaper? No. Wants toy? No. Ah, it's gums hurt! Gotta bust out the Orajel

 

[Motsu]

As usual. Next thread!

 

[RepresentingCaution]

cherish the days when your baby cant walk and get into shit. Keep all point and sharp things away from it, leave nothing small, and consumable on the floor or within reach, and please, for the love of god, DO NOT LET IT START EATING BATH TOWELS. When that baby starts teething, its gonna wanna munch on everything. My niece started munching on bath towels and the like, eventually she started biting and pulling at the threads and eating them. Now i have to pull four inches of thread out her ass each time she shits.

Remember to change their diapers often, too, and use powder...lotta parents take their damn time with things like than and then their kids get rashes and cry cuz pain and i wanna smack the fuck outta their dumb selves. Like, YOU sit in your own shit all day and see if you have a good time. See if you dont start getting bumps on your ass. Smh and they wonder why their kids keep crying. I've raised five babies cuz my bro cant control his cock, and lemme tell you, woman...ya gotta think of everything for them. Every baby cries for a reason, all you ever need to do if figure out what that is. Process of elimination. Bottle? No. Diaper? No. Wants toy? No. Ah, it's gums hurt! Gotta bust out the Orajel

We use towels under the high chair, under his potty, and pretty much everywhere else we expect messes. My nipples were leaking at night for a while, so we were sleeping on towels, too. Thankfully, he hasn't shown any interest in chewing them and has four teeth now. We leave lots of silicone teething things out for him to chew whenever he wants. We did pull one of my hairs out of his ass one time, though!

We get most of his poops in the potty, but sometimes we miss them, and then we wash his butt thoroughly. We used some butt paste in the beginning before we started putting him on the potty, but now we find that we really don't need it. His butt is rash-free because we take really good care of him!

Also, we don't use bottles. Well, we did for a little while because my milk came in late, but it's all nipple now! Read my Lewd Poems for my breastfeeding parodies! I sing to him while he suckles :)