Why does my balls ache?? Answer me!

[casuallychilling]

Just kidding,
Authors out there...... who has actually at least finished a novel or had written one with over 100 chapters.. I just got questions. (Actually I feel like this isnt the right place to ask this but here I am)

How do you stay consistent?? Or better yet, what makes you unable to be consistent??


While writing your current novel do you get sometimes different ideas for a novel and you can't help but imagine and write it? Like I currently have a novel I'm writing yet in my mind there's a different story I also would love to write, because of that I currently have 4 novels written all unfinished. If so is it good or bad???


Last question..
What do you look forward to when you're writing a novel?? The audience? The money? The story progression? Me, personally, whenever I write I always look forward to certain scenes/scenarios/situations I could write like for example, at chapter 10 the mc is already d-rank and I'm looking forward to when he gets A-rank but these are scenarios in my work that will only happen a hundred chapters later at least, and unfortunately, I always never make it to that part, cause you know... I'm inconsistent. And I think it's because I always look forward to what will happen in the future that I ignore the present and because of that I think I become inconsistent.. What do you think??

Anyways for those who give their thoughts, Thank you~~

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Or better yet, what makes you unable to be consistent??

Real life stuff.

What do you look forward to when you're writing a novel??

Money.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Just kidding,
Authors out there...... who has actually at least finished a novel or had written one with over 100 chapters.. I just got questions. (Actually I feel like this isnt the right place to ask this but here I am)

How do you stay consistent?? Or better yet, what makes you unable to be consistent??

First, I changed my attitude about writing. Yes, it's just a 'hobby' but I want to finish my hobby. So, once I get bored or tired of my story, I take a break (month or two) then go back and write.

Second, I plan my stories. Yes, I already know what direction my story will take even before I wrote the first chapter of the first volume.

Third, and related to first, I always impose a deadline whenever I write my manuscript. One month is maximum, before I stop writing to take a rest. The reason is, if I can do it now, why do it later?

And I also read before that once you set it aside for later, tendency is, you'd keep editing forever. So I write down in one month, edit, then release it to the online wilderness.

While writing your current novel do you get sometimes different ideas for a novel and you can't help but imagine and write it?

Yes. Plenty of times.

Like I currently have a novel I'm writing yet in my mind there's a different story I also would love to write, because of that I currently have 4 novels written all unfinished. If so is it good or bad???

It's good. But wallow in for too long, and you'd lose sight of your other work. My suggestion is, if you got another idea, write it down then set it aside for later use. Or you can insert it to your current work.

Last question..
What do you look forward to when you're writing a novel?? The audience? The money? The story progression?

The fact that I'm finishing something, and that my readers enjoy my work are accomplishments for me.

Me, personally, whenever I write I always look forward to certain scenes/scenarios/situations I could write like for example, at chapter 10 the mc is already d-rank and I'm looking forward to when he gets A-rank but these are scenarios in my work that will only happen a hundred chapters later at least, and unfortunately, I always never make it to that part, cause you know... I'm inconsistent. And I think it's because I always look forward to what will happen in the future that I ignore the present and because of that I think I become inconsistent.. What do you think??

You can't help but get excited to get to the exciting parts, and it's normal.

However, in doing so, you'll lose focus and might end up messing an otherwise good narrative. Best way to counter it is to stop, take a breather and then return to your work. Or, write it down, don't release it yet, take a break, then reread.

Usually by that time, you'll have an objective view of your work.

Anyways for those who give their thoughts, Thank you~~

Welcome.

 

[Sully]

Aw man. I was hoping this wasn't a shit post. I was ready to unload a bunch of medical suggestions to help your balls ?

 

[Deleted member 58005]

Aw man. I was hoping this wasn't a shit post. I was ready to unload a bunch of medical suggestions to help your balls ?

Got one for blue balls? Not that I have em, but I was curious

 

[casuallychilling]

First, I changed my attitude about writing. Yes, it's just a 'hobby' but I want to finish my hobby. So, once I get bored or tired of my story, I take a break (month or two) then go back and write.

Second, I plan my stories. Yes, I already know what direction my story will take even before I wrote the first chapter of the first volume.

Third, and related to first, I always impose a deadline whenever I write my manuscript. One month is maximum, before I stop writing to take a rest. The reason is, if I can do it now, why do it later?

And I also read before that once you set it aside for later, tendency is, you'd keep editing forever. So I write down in one month, edit, then release it to the online wilderness.


Yes. Plenty of times.


It's good. But wallow in for too long, and you'd lose sight of your other work. My suggestion is, if you got another idea, write it down then set it aside for later use. Or you can insert it to your current work.


The fact that I'm finishing something, and that my readers enjoy my work are accomplishments for me.


You can't help but get excited to get to the exciting parts, and it's normal.

However, in doing so, you'll lose focus and might end up messing an otherwise good narrative. Best way to counter it is to stop, take a breather and then return to your work. Or, write it down, don't release it yet, take a break, then reread.

Usually by that time, you'll have an objective view of your work.


Welcome.

Very much appreciated and noted~~~~~

Aw man. I was hoping this wasn't a shit post. I was ready to unload a bunch of medical suggestions to help your balls ?

Yikess, but if it makes you feel better then fire away~~ Who knows? Maybe I wasn't joking haha

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Got one for blue balls? Not that I have em, but I was curious

Try the blue waffles instead.

 

[Deleted member 58005]

Try the blue waffles instead.

Are they blueberry flavored?

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Are they blueberry flavored?

I dunno though. Haven't tasted it yet.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

If you really want to know how to be consistent then push yourself. Quoting the famous first line of Nichijou, "if you don't have any motivation then how do you get the motivation to become motivated? Well, you just do it."

Everyone does this differently and none are technically wrong. For myself, I found a time of the day that I would normally rest, usually on my work break or when I was about to go to bed and I would just write. Forcing myself to write a minimum of 800 words a day for over a year allowed me to nearly complete my main story. Now, I'm in the process of finishing it as well as one of my other stories.

 

[Ymadthepirate]

damn baited

 

[BenJepheneT]

Since all the important shit has been said by others, I can only provide the more niche advices here.

Consistency can't be cheated. You have to sit yourself the fuck down and put some words in the docs file if you wish to go somewhere, that is true. However, simply forcing sentences with an empty, unplanned head is just as fruitful as shitting on a canvas and calling it a job well done.

The harsh truth is that for some authors, consistency doesn't translate to quality. Just as there are different personalities for each one of us, every author has a different way to write out stories. Some are just talented enough to think and do on the spot. I am not that guy. I am that fucker who has to plot out the entire story along with interjecting notes and dialogue flowcharts to even start a chapter out, lest it falls into disarray and becomes a mess not only structurally but in prose and grammar too.

I have my days when nothing seems to click, and there goes my writing streak. Even if I hit 500 words, I just end up binning the thing, as it's forced. When your hobby starts to feel like a quota, you'll naturally see how paramount love and passion is to a product of creative labour.

What I recommend is that instead of focusing your productivity into one avenue, spread it out. Hit a milestone everyday, but not necessarily in writing alone.

Aside from writing, I also dabble in sketching cartoons. The way I apply consistency throughout my creative process is by aiming for a goal for either one of my interests. Either I manage to finish a page of my comics, or I hit a certain plot point in my series. Or I finish up a pin up. Or I polish up a fight scene. I will try to finish up at least one task each day, and consider that a creative job; not necessarily well done, but a contributing effort, at the very least.

One tip I can provide is to try and set your daily productivity quota as subjective as possible. Instead of "500 words a day" think "one scene a day" or "one character interaction a day". Numbers are a hard-set limit to chase, and in a medium as varied and flexible as writing, setting a hard cap word count everyday is just counter-intuitive and possibly even diminishing to one's writing prowess. In order to reach that 500 word mark, you might start to pad it out by overly describing stuff or adding unnecessarily fluff to your prose, birthing a bad habit of inflating your word count and leaving just a bloated, unpleasant reading experience for your audience.

The aforementioned subjective goals do just the opposite. It doesn't negate the possibility of bloating the word count, but it does lessen the encouragement. Through a flexible, arbitrary goal, you can write freely with brevity without the stress of hitting a hard cap limit each day, making the daily productivity count just that one bit easier to reach.

TL;DR: Working hard isn't everyone, neither is working smart, so try to work efficiently that caters best to your conditions and abilities.

 

[Sully]

Got one for blue balls? Not that I have em, but I was

It's a pretty understudied condition, so there aren't many "remedies" per say. The easiest way to get rid of something that you believe is "blue balls" would be to achieve orgasm (either through sex or masturbating) and ejaculate. If pain persists however, it is probably something else completely unrelated to "blue balls"

 

[Deleted member 68927]

Since all the important shit has been said by others, I can only provide the more niche advices here.

Consistency can't be cheated. You have to sit yourself the fuck down and put some words in the docs file if you wish to go somewhere, that is true. However, simply forcing sentences with an empty, unplanned head is just as fruitful as shitting on a canvas and calling it a job well done.

The harsh truth is that for some authors, consistency doesn't translate to quality. Just as there are different personalities for each one of us, every author has a different way to write out stories. Some are just talented enough to think and do on the spot. I am not that guy. I am that fucker who has to plot out the entire story along with interjecting notes and dialogue flowcharts to even start a chapter out, lest it falls into disarray and becomes a mess not only structurally but in prose and grammar too.

I have my days when nothing seems to click, and there goes my writing streak. Even if I hit 500 words, I just end up binning the thing, as it's forced. When your hobby starts to feel like a quota, you'll naturally see how paramount love and passion is to a product of creative labour.

What I recommend is that instead of focusing your productivity into one avenue, spread it out. Hit a milestone everyday, but not necessarily in writing alone.

Aside from writing, I also dabble in sketching cartoons. The way I apply consistency throughout my creative process is by aiming for a goal for either one of my interests. Either I manage to finish a page of my comics, or I hit a certain plot point in my series. Or I finish up a pin up. Or I polish up a fight scene. I will try to finish up at least one task each day, and consider that a creative job; not necessarily well done, but a contributing effort, at the very least.

One tip I can provide is to try and set your daily productivity quota as subjective as possible. Instead of "500 words a day" think "one scene a day" or "one character interaction a day". Numbers are a hard-set limit to chase, and in a medium as varied and flexible as writing, setting a hard cap word count everyday is just counter-intuitive and possibly even diminishing to one's writing prowess. In order to reach that 500 word mark, you might start to pad it out by overly describing stuff or adding unnecessarily fluff to your prose, birthing a bad habit of inflating your word count and leaving just a bloated, unpleasant reading experience for your audience.

The aforementioned subjective goals do just the opposite. It doesn't negate the possibility of bloating the word count, but it does lessen the encouragement. Through a flexible, arbitrary goal, you can write freely with brevity without the stress of hitting a hard cap limit each day, making the daily productivity count just that one bit easier to reach.

TL;DR: Working hard isn't everyone, neither is working smart, so try to work efficiently that caters best to your conditions and abilities.

I have to disagree with you, having a quota gets things done. As someone who puts more emphasis on the characters than the over describing, I have to tell you that you can have a quota and not fill your chapters with filler. My quota is 3k words (Because I had two projects in the past 14 days I did 5k words, but I won't recommend it.) 3k words for me are three chapters, or, three episodes. Stretching the episode to a bigger point is something I learned not to do, as people tend to call such chapters walls of text. With daily updates, I add 2 chapters to my backlog every day. Which is why now I have five stories to update, six starting tomorrow.

I do use an outline, but I use it after the writing is done. It is more of a note-taking for me. As a pantser, I guess I am your complete opposite. Still, I complete my stories. Those that are dropped, just two, so far, as I revived one on demand, are few and far between.

 

[BenJepheneT]

I have to disagree with you, having a quota gets things done. As someone who puts more emphasis on the characters than the over describing, I have to tell you that you can have a quota and not fill your chapters with filler. My quota is 3k words (Because I had two projects in the past 14 days I did 5k words, but I won't recommend it.) 3k words for me are three chapters, or, three episodes. Stretching the episode to a bigger point is something I learned not to do, as people tend to call such chapters walls of text. With daily updates, I add 2 chapters to my backlog every day. Which is why now I have five stories to update, six starting tomorrow.

I do use an outline, but I use it after the writing is done. It is more of a note-taking for me. As a pantser, I guess I am your complete opposite. Still, I complete my stories. Those that are dropped, just two, so far, as I revived one on demand, are few and far between.

I guess we have different goals for writing in general. Though I wish for people to read my stuff, I don't write for others. I write to my satisfaction. Believe me when I say I can comfortably hit 10k a week if I put my mind to it. I know that because I've done that. The result, however, is a pile of unpolished bloat whose editing process cuts so deep that I ended up going for a rewrite instead. Like I said above, every author has a different way of writing a story. You work well with your nose deep in the grindstone. I work well with my nose deep in coke, jotting down notes on spunk-tainted paper before blitzing on a docs file once every three months. Having a quota gets things done, yes. Keyword done. I want well-done. A quota doesn't provide well done for me.

I may not finish all my series in this lifetime, but I can at least die without regrets knowing I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished up till then.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

I suspect it is the fact that one of your balls was replaced with a very tiny subcutaneous bee hive. That would explain the ache as well as that odd buzzing sound. I suggest putting some butter on it.

 

[lambenttyto]

no

 

[SakeVision]

I don't, and I wish I could come back to writing, instead of being depressed.

Or maybe I wish I wasn't depressed.

At any rate, shave your balls.

 

[Deleted member 86291]

Just kidding,
Authors out there...... who has actually at least finished a novel or had written one with over 100 chapters.. I just got questions. (Actually I feel like this isnt the right place to ask this but here I am)

How do you stay consistent?? Or better yet, what makes you unable to be consistent??


While writing your current novel do you get sometimes different ideas for a novel and you can't help but imagine and write it? Like I currently have a novel I'm writing yet in my mind there's a different story I also would love to write, because of that I currently have 4 novels written all unfinished. If so is it good or bad???


Last question..
What do you look forward to when you're writing a novel?? The audience? The money? The story progression? Me, personally, whenever I write I always look forward to certain scenes/scenarios/situations I could write like for example, at chapter 10 the mc is already d-rank and I'm looking forward to when he gets A-rank but these are scenarios in my work that will only happen a hundred chapters later at least, and unfortunately, I always never make it to that part, cause you know... I'm inconsistent. And I think it's because I always look forward to what will happen in the future that I ignore the present and because of that I think I become inconsistent.. What do you think??

Anyways for those who give their thoughts, Thank you~~

click bait!!!! arg I was actually curious, you have a talent for good hooks~