OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBwS66EBUcY

 

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1. Jumping on board a story train only to discover it wasn't what it seemed.

2. Telling something emotionally draining only to hear someone wants more shipping action.

3. Wanting to discontinue but no this story needs to be told.

4. Forgetting the plot line because you haven't written for a while.

5. Writing a tear jerking master piece that'll never be discovered.

6. Digging your brain for fluff but ending up with nothing.

7. Not knowing what to say to 'update soon.'

8. 'This sounded so much better in my head.'

9. Trying to come up with the perfect plot description.

10. Writing more than one fic at a time and losing your mind in the process.

11. Balancing life and fan fiction.

12. Waiting for comments that'll never appear.

13. Advertising to readers that'll never appear.

14. Knowing you're broke in real life and on AFF.

15. Wondering how to cutely tell pushy readers you will have their bias run over with a truck if they don't shut up.

16. Reading a super amazing fan fiction and reflecting at your hot mess.

17. Having an idea but forgetting it at the most inconvenient time.

18. Having problems with aesthetics.

19. Having problems with AFF editor.

20. Getting a new idea for an on-going fic but no place to squeeze it in.

21. Coming up with OC names that don't exist in abundance.

22. Not knowing whether to update too quickly or too slowly.

23. Having time to write but no inspiration.

24. Having bottles of inspiration but no time to jot it down.

25. Being realistic in a fantasy fic.

26. Trying to come up with an 'A/N.'

27. Hating your OC because she's an idiot.

28. Suddenly preferring your villains because of their sheer evilness.

29. Wondering what your bias would think if they ever stumbled across your fic.

30. Proofreading but still ending up with mistakes.

31. Getting emotional writing an emotional scene.

32. Striking that 'complete' button and losing all purpose in life.

33. When someone asks for a sequel. 0.o

34. Finishing a sequel and thinking 'never again!'

35. Using a layout that just shouldn't exist because it's hella complicated.

36. Forgetting how to spell after 6 pages of typing. 

37. 'Where do comments come from?'

38. Wondering if you should deactivate because no one would miss you anyway.

39. Reading your old fics and thinking, 'the hell was I thinking?'

40. Reading popular fics that all have the same plot and wanting to write one too, but hating it after the first few pages and redrafting it into something else.

41. That moment of realization when everyone hates the character you spent a colossal amount of time building.

42. Shipping the wrong couple and losing your readers.

43. Forgetting your demographic.

44. Not knowing how to reply to comments because they're so rare.

45. Finding a plot hole in your plot and panicking.

46. Describing food, weather, emotions, love, etc.. in a poetic way.

47. Researching for your fic although no one will notice.

48. Thinking you'll never write stereotypically but having a cliche somewhere along your fic.

49. When the pace of the plot becomes slower than expected.

50. You have a decent fic but where have all the good readers gone?