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lovely anon ♡ · 12mo

gems have you ever struggled with development in any story?? if so, how did you overcome it? because im struggling with one of mine and im this close to end up in tears (not really but im very upset, so it's not far)

hello my love i'm so sorry to hear ur struggling with ur writing :(( but i have definitely been in that boat before! my most precious fic cassiopeia was actually the fic that gave me the most trouble, i overcame this in 2 different ways but they may not be helpful to you in ur situation but basically the first thing i did was distance myself from it a little bit, i wrote a few short things inbetween writing cassie so that whenever i got too overwhelmed with whatever i was stuck on i could go and write something completely different to help shake off any beginnings of writers block

the other thing that helped me a lot was sitting down and really trying to figure out what exactly was making me hate the wip so much, in my case, it was that there was 2 scenes which i didn't feel fit quite right together, it felt like there was something missing between them (partly bcs i felt that the 2 scenes being consecutive meant that the relationship between hyne and hnji was progressing faster than i wanted it to) so once i identified that as being my most major problem (since i have to write in order, i get extremely stuck if i'm not happy with a certain scene that even if i know what happens later on i can't just skip forwards in my writing and come back to it) i went back and thought about what i could add there to make things flow better, i was also incredibly lucky that i had friends who knew all about my au and one of my dearest friends had sketched me a silly lil doodle of my cassie hynsng and that was what sparked the idea for the missing scene and once that had been written i felt confident enough to continue on with the rest

it can be incredibly disheartening to write something and then begin to dislike it, trust me there's a few fics i have posted that you would probably be surprised to hear i didn't like them when i first released them but i think as long as ur writing for yourself and that it's something you enjoy then you shouldn't worry too much abt whether its "good" or if ppl will like it! maybe it might be helpful to reach out to a friend who can read through it for you and then if you explain to them what you think is missing or not quite right they might be able to give you some advice abt it! i find that sometimes even though my friends aren't really writers (which i'm trying to change 😈) they have some really useful insights into how to change or improve things that i might not have thought abt before! and my dms are always open anon, i might not be the most useful help in the world but if you feel like you would like my amature advice then i would love to help you 🥰

good luck and i hope this was helpful to you even a little bit!! 🫶

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