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2 weeks ago
what's up everyone. I'm making this post at 2 AM after a bit of too much coffee and staring at writing and editing it. I've been really guilty of building up a massive WIP folder I just never will post and I've been in a horrible case of "this isn't good enough" or "This is written too much like a novel in tone", and I just kinda need a cheer up.
I sorta feel like with writing I've set my expectations way too high and I can't even do something as simple as sit down and do like, a 3,000 word patroen story without way overthinking it. This sucks. The drawing muse hits but I can't even do like 1,000 words about something I should love without a mental sigh and wanting to just crawl under something.
Huge apologies to everyone *still* waiting on writing commissions. In the future for the next few months, when I get done with these, I'll probably enforce smaller writing commissions of 2-4k, until I feel like I'm back at a point where I *want* to do a 10k epic.
I sorta feel like with writing I've set my expectations way too high and I can't even do something as simple as sit down and do like, a 3,000 word patroen story without way overthinking it. This sucks. The drawing muse hits but I can't even do like 1,000 words about something I should love without a mental sigh and wanting to just crawl under something.
Huge apologies to everyone *still* waiting on writing commissions. In the future for the next few months, when I get done with these, I'll probably enforce smaller writing commissions of 2-4k, until I feel like I'm back at a point where I *want* to do a 10k epic.
sometimes just a break is good but not too long or else it becomes difficult to remember how you normally do it hahahaha
Just huge pain in general. I also just need to chill TF out on side projects and stuff. I seriously have a bad habit of overpromising and overworking.
But just think of it as art with words as your palette and narrative as your bubbles of info that supplement the pictures.
And if you're in a rut? There's no harm in slammin' out some words to warm up your fingers! And, in those uninhibited moments, you clank out some noise from the mine-walls, sure, but some of what trickles out is gold! That can always help you to find ideas for a proper draft, on top of killing some of that over-tight formality.