Don't you hate it when ...

[Rob_Royale]

You've got the whole day free, with no expectations put upon you, and no distractions, BUT you just don't feel like fucking writing?

Add your own DYHIW where it pertains to writing.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

You have an idea for a great plot twist .. But it only works if someone withholds a key piece of information for no conceivable reason.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

You have this great idea for a story, and just as you get into it, your boss pings you and calls you into a meeting you really don't need to be in.

---Yeah, I have one of those remote jobs where sometimes I don't actually have much to do and can write, or play on this forum.

 

[SimonDoom]

. . . you're half way through a story that you started off being very excited about, and your shoulders slump suddenly and you think, Where TF is this going?

 

[pink_silk_glove]

All you want to do is write but there's this whole real life thing going on?

 

[KeithD]

If that ever happens to me, I'll let you know how I feel.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

. . . you're half way through a story that you started off being very excited about, and your shoulders slump suddenly and you think, Where TF is this going?

Too many times...

 

[TarnishedPenny]

… when I’ve burnt the midnight oil, turning out thousands of words - witty, perceptive, superlatively emotional, crystalline-pure words, a guaranteed Nobel Prize for Literature, then getting up in the morning to find it looks in daylight like something written by the first 999,999 chimps with typewriters.

 

[lovecraft68]

For me its when I am convinced that once, just this once, I am going to write a short mindless sex crazed stroker with zero plot and full throttle fucking, and....a few thousand words in I've given the MC a back story, there's a reason they're conflicted about said mindless sex, and....

 

[SimonDoom]

All you want to do is write but there's this whole real life thing going on?

Life. That little detail. Yes, it can get in the way.

 

[Bamagan]

You have an idea for a great plot twist .. But it only works if someone withholds a key piece of information for no conceivable reason.

That's when you know you're ready for movies and television.

 

[Priscilla_June]

My whole goal this year is to just push myself to write more, prolifically.

Ofc that means Im focusing on that and not the nagging feeling inside my soul trying to eat its way out that I am critical of my writing. We gotta make sacrifices.

 

[SimonDoom]

If that ever happens to me, I'll let you know how I feel.

We're going to hold you to that! Ha.

 

[Gamblnluck]

My problem when I don't feel like working on one of my stories is I come here to AH. I see others being altruistic. or glib in their responses to a serious inquiry to make themselves appear oh so brilliant and witty. When it comes down to how to make a story really work for their audience in a particular category, only a handful are really giving advice.
I guess I am as guilty as anybody. I waste far too much time here reading posts when I could be writing, or to be honest, mowing my yard, trimming my hedges.

 

[crookedletter]

When I have a flash of epiphany about the novel I've been working on for years. The aha! moment I've been waiting for, that will fix everything, turn the stalling work in progress into a well-oiled machine that surely I'll actually finish this time.

... it just means I basically have to scrap everything I have and start over. Again.

 

[gunhilltrain]

You've got the whole day free, with no expectations put upon you, and no distractions, BUT you just don't feel like fucking writing?

Add your own DYHIW where it pertains to writing.

Nobody is paying you, so you're not obligated to write if you don't feel like it. If you really feel guilty, just think about a plot and make some notes on it (assuming you already are considering one).

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

you come up with a clever repartee to a post only to find that @onehitwanda or @SimonDoom have already beat you to it,

 

[Rob_Royale]

you come up with a clever repartee to a post only to find that @onehitwanda or @SimonDoom have already beat you to it,

That happens all the time!

 

[AndersonsBiographer]

My whole goal this year is to just push myself to write more, prolifically.

Ofc that means Im focusing on that and not the nagging feeling inside my soul trying to eat its way out that I am critical of my writing. We gotta make sacrifices.

Me: "Yes, I know it's shit. But plenty of authors actually make money writing things that are shittier, so buckle down and finish it."
Also me: "Nah, need to scrap it all and start all over from the beginning."

 

[SimonDoom]

you come up with a clever repartee to a post only to find that @onehitwanda or @SimonDoom have already beat you to it,

There's no greater compliment than to be placed in good company! Thanks.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

There's no greater compliment than to be placed in good company! Thanks.

No disrespect to all the incredible authors here, but @onehitwanda just may be the best wordsmythe among us. I reread single sentences in her stories again and again just to bask in the beauty of her words.

 

[SimonDoom]

No disrespect to all the incredible authors here, but @onehitwanda just may be the best wordsmythe among us. I reread single sentences in her stories again and again just to bask in the beauty of her words.

She's pretty damn good. Reading her stories, I can almost imagine being a lesbian, and that's saying a lot!

 

[Cali_Love]

. . . ten thousand words into what you think is something great. Sit down and think it can be wrapped up and showered with accolades after being published. Re-read for yet another edit. OMG, it sucks. How did I not see that?! It’s not just bad, it’s terrible. OK, I can fix this. No! It can’t be fixed!

Curl up into a fetal position, some chocolate and margarita(s) within reach.

Try again in a few days or weeks.

Booo!

 

[HeyAll]

Hardest part is coming up with interesting ideas.

There have been plenty of days where I want to write, motivated, lots of time... hard to find the right ideas.

 

[nice90sguy]

...a thread title ends with ellipses. Pure clickbait for me