What traits are often belonging to a writer

[Ilikewaterkusa]

I am creating this forum post so that you know what traits a writer has. And before someone goes, “W-well you can’t group all writers into one group and just generalize them like that! They are all individuals.”
To any person who will cope like that, don’t you know that’s literally how your beloved science is conducted a scheme of generalizations to serve the general public in general cases.

Writers tend to be introverts, who usually write as a means of expressing or venting. Writing is therapeutic to them. Writers usually tend to be largely unorganized and have very little time to themselves. Writers sail the world of writing in two modes, a fanatic and a laze around. Young writers are generally working class, while older-middle aged writers work in corporate, white collar jobs. Younger writers generally seem to be more edgier and are more ideological in their works. Often having a clear dogmatic doctrine expressed in their work. Younger writers usually tend to not write characters but rather foam archetypes such as the “hot bad boy” and “sheepish officer worker woman”

 

[Ymadthepirate]

Arrogance or low self esteem

 

[Minx]

The love to procrastinate, always.

 

[Deleted member 57675]

Imagination

 

[EternalSunset0]

Personally? Reading at the comments so far...

Yeah, I do have low self-esteem. I'm an introvert through and through, but I do get noisy when playing video/card games or being with weeb friends. I don't write to vent though, but I do write to "make myself feel useful" in that at least there's something I can show and look back to tell myself "see, I did something productive." Again pointing back to the self-esteem thing. It's also my way of fishing for interaction (which is why my series is so heavily similar to stuff I like and thus can talk about for ages) and I've made a couple of friends that way.

I'm almost thirty, but I don't consider my job corporate. I do teach. I think I fit kusa's mold of younger writer more though, since I do use archetypes, and my story has an idealistic tone, and even the endgame conflict has shounen anime messaging, although nowhere as cheesy as the nakama power things they do... mine has more to do with fate/accepting the state of the world things. You know, pseudo-philosophical BS that light novels often do to pretend they're smarter than the usual shounen.

Hope that's enough contribution to the thread lol.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

Arrogance or low self esteem

Why not both

You know, pseudo-philosophical BS that light novels often do to pretend they're smarter than the usual shounen.

I don’t please give an example

 

[AnonUnlimited]

I tend to feel most writers think they’re more intelligent than they really are.

 

[T.K._Paradox]

Oh! Oh! Pick me!

Putting on a façade of false confidence through ego or humor to to glaze over the imperfections that might be be pointed out.

Superiority, inferiority complexes or possible both.

Crippling anxiety or a strange amount of boldness about personal or deeper topics.

Flighty airhead or strict story planner

'Just wing it' or ' the story is always released on time'.

Pseudo-Philosopher that got his information from reddit or the modern Aristotle that took shit posting as a Minor in college.

Mr. Knowitall (whether this is true or not depends on the person) or the memey savant.

Serial killer level niceness or abrasive asshat (with a heart of gold, sometimes).

The fetish collector or internet Puritan

Doesn't read forum rules or is a rule Nazi.

Either quite young or is in their thirties.

This is generalization yes whilst you may not fit into all or any of these stereotypes it is trend that I noticed people tend to fit into these boxes even if it is a milder form of some.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

Oh! Oh! Pick me!

Putting on a façade of false confidence through ego or humor to to glaze over the imperfections that might be be pointed out.

Superiority, inferiority complexes or possible both.

Crippling anxiety or a strange amount of boldness about personal or deeper topics.

Flighty airhead or strict story planner

'Just wing it' or ' the story is always released on time'.

Pseudo-Philosopher that got his information from reddit or the modern Aristotle that took shit posting as a Minor in college.

Mr. Knowitall (whether this is true or not depends on the person) or the memey savant.

Serial killer level niceness or abrasive asshat (with a heart of gold, sometimes).

The fetish collector or internet Puritan

Doesn't read forum rules or is a rule Nazi.

Either quite young or is in their thirties.

This is generalization yes whilst you may not fit into all or any of these stereotypes it is trend that I noticed people tend to fit into these boxes even if it is a milder form of some.

I have a stroke understanding what you are saying

 

[HappyVainGlory]

Perpetual lack of time.
Obsession.
Probably undiagnosed mental ailments.
Probably self-induced mental ailments.
Poor health.
Imposter syndrome.
Perfectionism.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

Imposter syndrome.

Sus

 

[EternalSunset0]

I don’t please give an example

I feel some vibes from Classroom of the Elite and Oregairu. Those types of shows. Not LNs, but some in Death Note and Eva, too. Mahouka does that with its complex explanations, too. Mileage may vary, but it's when I feel the writers throw out religious imagery or philosophical, paragraph-long ramblings or monologues to make things seem smarter and more complex than they really are or needed to be.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

I feel some vibes from Classroom of the Elite and Oregairu. Those types of shows. Not LNs, but some in Death Note and Eva, too. Mahouka does that with its complex explanations, too. Mileage may vary, but it's when I feel the writers throw out religious imagery or philosophical, paragraph-long ramblings or monologues to make things seem smarter and more complex than they really are or needed to be.

It’s just that they are chunnibyous

 

[Macha]

The belief that private ownership of property promoted greed, and blaming capitalism for society's problems.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

The belief that private ownership of property promoted greed, and blaming capitalism for society's problems.

The first part is wrong. But that second part is really fucking correct. End cultural capitalism! End the bourgeoise cultural influence!

 

[T.K._Paradox]

The belief that private ownership of property promoted greed, and blaming capitalism for society's problems.

Ah yes my favorite character arc in writing development... Socialism.

Also as writers don't we technically own the means of production? (This response is a damn joke and not an actual question).

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

Ah yes my favorite character arc in writing development... Socialism.

Also as writers don't we technically own the means of production? (This response is a damn joke and not an actual question).

Yeah but we don’t exactly have the financial means to continue such production

 

[RavenRunes]

Disillusioned introvert

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

Disillusioned introvert

Disillusioned with society?

 

[RavenRunes]

with EVERYTHING
but mainly with the fact I don't have £150m to play with