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Lost in the Internet
I think the main problem is the fact that when I have time, I tend to start derping around the internet instead of writing. x_X
I'm glad I'm not alone on this.
I think the main problem is the fact that when I have time, I tend to start derping around the internet instead of writing. x_X
Imma second on saying that grammar and punctuation are two biggies for me. I could never get the hang of them; even though people are kind enough to post links in their reviews that are to help me, nothing ever seems to stick.
Motivation is also a big thing (as a lot of people from the Fanfic Mafia may know...).There were just too many times when my motivation to write or sometimes do much anything at all was completely dead. I've gone months at a time without writing anything, but there are also times when I can get 10-20 pages of writing in a day (like I did yesterday ^_^.
Planning is also a big weakness of mine; another reason I may stop writing for months at a time is that I start thinking, "Shoot, where was this supposed to lead to?" or "How was I supposed to resolve this, again?" I found that writing an outline for my fic certainly helps with that, but even then, there are certain loose ends that are difficult to tie up and niches that can be hard to fill.
I'd need people to actually comment on it and liking it to keep writing after a certain point.
That actually bothers me to a degree, personally. Some times I upload a chapter that I feel I worked extremely hard on, and then won't find any comments for it for a long time. It almost makes me feel like my hard work is unappreciated.
I adore writing, but my biggest barrier is my anxiety disorder.
I spend tons of time daydreaming and fleshing out my ideas, characters, plots, settings, themes, etc. For instance, the story I just began writing has been cooking in my mind for literally eight years. The hard part is putting it down into words. My brain tells me that it has to be perfect, and that if I write it down and it's not exactly as I pictured it in my mind, or I don't get across exactly what I had intended, or it's not entertaining, then I'm a failure and I've wasted all the painstaking effort I've put into the story every step of the way so far. I've spent hours drawing maps, characters, and Pokémon. I've bulleted stories for every town, event, and some routes. I've planned every gym leader in my region as well as the Elite Four, and many random trainers as well. And I spent about a week straight choosing 400 Pokémon to make up my region's Pokédex, 64 of which are Fakemon I've created myself.
Of course, none of this effort guarantees that I've done a good job, which is what I'm constantly reminding myself. I fear that putting my story out there will shatter my illusion that all this work and planning has been worthwhile, or that it's the product of any innovation or talent at all. So, I've finally started, but I had to work hard to fight my fears and put my work out there, and will have to continue fighting like that. In a way, it feels good; I'm hoping that the good feeling grows and grows, and my anxiety lessens, as time goes on.
I think my biggest thing in my case is time investment. Unless I'm writing a shippy drabble, which I can and have done in just a few hours (blank page with no ideas to Drabble thread literally), I'll be hesitant to work on a chapter. Just by temperament, I'm someone who needs his free time to just be a vegetable and although writing is a hobby of mine, it is work to me as well.
I think my biggest thing in my case is time investment. Unless I'm writing a shippy drabble, which I can and have done in just a few hours (blank page with no ideas to Drabble thread literally), I'll be hesitant to work on a chapter. Just by temperament, I'm someone who needs his free time to just be a vegetable and although writing is a hobby of mine, it is work to me as well.
Another thing is...er well I actually think is going to be hard for me as a writer is writing real romantic moments...as opposed to doing little Pokemon-anime friendly romance tidbits like blushing. I've never actually been in a relationship before so I don't know how well I'm going to do in writing the somewhat more romantic chapters of my shipfics.