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When I write a paragraph after a week of running away from my WIP:
WRITERS WHEN THEIR CHARACTERS DO THINGS THAT ARE OFF THE PLOT 😭😭
I don't even do outlines anymore, but this still happens. Planning means nothing; never has.
Writers planning on spending their weekend on a writing spree, brainstorming ideas, editing their manuscript and coming up with the most amazing plot for their story.
The Couch which they usually laze on:
"Am I a joke to you?" 👁️👄👁️💅
Writers finding out that they actually have to write their book, not just fantasize about it.
*Screaming in S.O.S 😭😭😭
Reblog if you're a writer who re-reads their own work for funsies.
Writers when it's time to write the story no one forced them to come up with in the first place 🙄
“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it
ON POINT!
i've said it before and i'll say it again. writers are always told to 'show, don’t tell,' but sometimes you just have to tell. no one needs a poetic paragraph about how the sky is an emotional metaphor for your protagonist’s angst when you can just say, 'he was sad.' trust your instincts. you know when to show and when to tell.
When you get that random, sudden burst of inspiration to write and you're in the bathtub like: