writing is hard part 87: no more wips

98% of the time I only post a fic when I'm completely finsihed with it: a formula I clearly shouldn't have strayed from. Writing live has only ever turned out good for me exactly one time; I should not have attempted it with 'Mine...?'.. 'It's The End of The World' was a bit of a coup for me in many ways, but it was clearly a fluke. The 30 day challenge is still unfinished, but at least that's just unrelated drabbles that I can pick up at any time with no real issue. Right now I'm at the point where I want to just delete what I've already posted and hope people forget about it. I feel like I just can't put to paper the vision I had in my head, or even just make the story go in any direction. This wouldn't be such a problem if it had stayed in my drafts graveyard, but now people have expectations

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Oyechi #1 Dec 13, 2015 19:00:38

Maybe you just need a break? I mean, I'm literally more or less going thru the same thing atm. I haven't written anything since a month ago bc the last time I wrote was like 20 pages of word vomit.
(I literally read the previous blog posts so I could have an idea)
It's rly frustrating when you check over ur own story to check if it's good or not, if the pacing is right, if the grammar is on point & everything, all those details, but after you've finished, don't look at it literally for a long time. Weeks. Months. I won't say years bc surely by then you'll have improved a lot, but after those months pass, you'll start seeing it in a new light when you check it over. You'll notice flaws you haven't before, yes, but that just means ur improving.
Expectations? Screw them. Do as you always did, continue with the plot you had in mind for the story. Don't let anyone else's opinion affect your story. In the end, you're the one writing it, not them, & if they're not satisfied with how the story is progress, their problem, not urs.
(This sounds kinda agressive but I didn't mean for it to sound like that ;;;;;;;;;;)
Maybe you're already aware of that & I'm just repeating the same thing you've told yourself or something, but I hope it helps you even just a little. If it's worth anything, I think you write lovely stories & it'd be such a waste to delete them. u.u
I hope you feel better.

Goodnight!