halodiscent · 3mo
oh managing to write as a student and while having a job isn’t an easy feat.. i mainly just consumed stuff bc i was just so tired to sit down and write even when i had ideas, and when i did it was like before classes at 6am or in transit or smth😭 but i applaud u for still wanting to create something in your limited free time. ahh the kudos issue (im pretty much struggling with that rn so i really get u. i wish i could offer help…)
thinking abt writing and sitting down and writing will be a bit less stressful if u developed the idea in ur brain and just wrote when u can (on weekends or short breaks for example) i hope u find a pattern that works for u so that u could get a rewind time from real life by writing a bit!!
i’ve found outlining doesn’t really work for me oftentimes. ofc with longer fics i feel the need to properly outline but it’s mostly me raw dogging it and coming up with stuff on the spot or while going on abt my day and adding it to the notes lol i get how outlining could be restrictive sometimes so yeah try things out when u can!! :)
it really is hard! i think with my job being remote + in tech the fact that i spend 40 hours a week looking at a screen feeling my brain melt out of my ears adds to it definitely. in my free time, the idea of staying inside with my laptop doesn’t feel too tempting. maybe i should try writing at a café or someplace nice… ah idk idk idk. anyway,
i agree with everything else you said, from the kudos thing to developing ideas in my mind and trying to find time to write them to the outlining thing! i think, in general terms, it’s so easy for something we do as a hobby for our own enjoyment to become a little tedious or heavy. for me, i’m a creative, i’m majoring in an art-related, creation-based field. not writing makes me feel weird because i know it’s what i want to do, i know i like to do it, so i feel like i should be able to. but! bills don’t pay themselves.
thank u again ^^ love love love to talk to other people about this stuff. makes me feel like i’m not going crazy hehe
