halodiscent · 3mo
hi toni, idk if it’s that u can’t write bc ur tired or ur tired bc u can’t put ur ideas in words. but if it’s the latter i suggest just writing down gibberish with no regard to punctuation or grammar or correct sentence structure or any of that. it’s like ur outlining but not really? ur just brainstorming in a doc or in notes, or even by hand. u could also observe by reading smth from someone who’s written a similar idea and see how they executed it, not saying u should copy them but yk just for a bit of inspiration if it’s a common troupe or tag or smth. also u could brainstorm with a friend about it, oftentimes talking abt our writing with someone makes us come up with new ideas to fill in the gaps, in case ur stuck somewhere. also this usually happens bc u have high expectations so try to lower them AND DONT READ BACK AS U WRITE just dump everything down and go back to read a day later or smth. hope this helps!!
hi hi hi! thank u so much for taking the time to send this, it really means a lot. ^^
i would say it’s a mix of not writing because i’m tired (i’m a part time uni student, i also work full time in front of my laptop and it is killing my brain little by little), and writing itself feels more tiring because i haven’t done it in a way that felt fulfilling (ie, how i feel after writing it, kudos or not, feels proportional to the effort and time spent doing it). because i’m tired i don’t write, and the longer i think about writing and how badly i miss it without actually doing it, the more dreadful and frustrating the idea of sitting down and trying to write becomes.
but your point about just writing without a care for grammar and punctuation and structure is really good! i do tend to get carried away by outlining to the point i find it hard to go back and Rewrite Things Properly, but i think i’ll keep trying to find some middle ground where i’m writing more than just planning what to write but in a carefree enough way that i’m not killing myself over every little sentence. i hope that’ll make me feel better and make things seem easier in general.
sorry for the mini essay. thanks again for ur message ^^
