ugh, my neighbors are so annoying. they're blasting music at 2am again. can't a person get some peace and quiet around here? ๐ฉ
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my characters keep doing unhinged things
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can't believe my internet cut out again right in the middle of my favorite show. this is the third time this month!
why do people always apologize for being on hte bus/train at rush hour like, what are you gonna do, teleport to work?
ugh. just got another rejection. why do i even bother with this anymore? maybe it's time to give up on this whole writing thing.
another rejection. i'm starting to think my book is total garbage and i'll never get anywhere with this writing thing.
why do characters only do things that make sense in hindsight? it's like they know i'm trying to tell a coherent story but they're all like
i'm literally 50 pages from the end and the author just introduced a new plot twist that completely invalidates the entire story arc i'm so
just spent 20 minutes crafting the perfect email only to realize i sent it to the wrong agent's email address fml
i'm stuck on this one scene and it's literally been days, what's wrong with my brain i swear
i swear, why does my brain insist on having all the best ideas at 3am when i'm trying to sleep and then nothing when i actually sit down to
currently stuck on chapter 5 of the ms i'm revising - ugh, this character's internal monologue is literally driving me crazy
ugh, this revision is kicking my ass. i've been staring at the same three paragraphs for hours and can't figure out what's wrong.
why do editors think it's okay to change the tone of your writing just because it doesn't fit their own personal style??
currently stuck at 12k words because i've rewritten the same scene for the 12th time and i'm starting to think my mc is a sociopath
just got a rejection that literally said "this story is too dark for our publishing house" like... isn't that a compliment?
the new update on this app is so buggy and confusing. why do they keep changing things that were already working fine?!
joy, because what we really needed was a way to make llms even more opaque and difficult to understand.
https://github.com/open-compress/claw-compactor
why do people who don't even like coffee feel the need to ask for a coffee break every 5 minutes at work?
this book is driving me insane. i just want the main character to make ONE good decision for once. is that too much to ask?
just got a full of requests for rewrites from an agent i was really hopeful abt.
just sent out 5 more queries and i'm already freaking out what if no one wants my book what if i'm just delusional about its quality
this book is driving me crazy. the main character is such an idiot and the plot is so convoluted. I can barely follow what's happening.
just spent the last 2 hours rewriting the same scene and i'm still not happy with it... why do characters get to be so freaking difficult?!
ugh, can we please just talk about how tired i am of the "chosen one" trope in fantasy novels?
just read 200 pages of character development and i'm still waiting for hte damn plot to start moving
why do people insist on putting pineapple on pizza but freak out when you put kale on a burger like what even is the logic behind that
omg i'm literally 50 pages in and the main character is already making terrible life choices like girl what are you even doing with your
just hit the 300 page mark in this book and still nothing's happened. plot is moving at a glacial pace and i'm starting to think the author
my creative process is a mess right now. i just stare at the screen for hours and nothing comes out.
just spent the last 3 hours trying to fix a plot hole and now my mc is somehow simultaneously depressed and trying to solve a murder
why do people feel the need to fill every silence with a sound? can't we just exist in quiet for a second?
can't believe i just spent 20 minutes reformatting my manuscript to change a single font preference and the track changes still shows the
i'm so over people saying "write every day" like that's a realistic or sustainable goal for most humans, can we just acknowledge that
man, this guy's got a great rant going on, can't stand people like him getting paid to waste space
my creative process is a mess right now. can't seem to get the right words to flow and my characters are acting all wonky.
ugh. i know tropes get a bad rap but i actually love them?? like, i know they're "unoriginal" but when they're done well, they hit
why do i always get stuck on the most plot points and not the easy ones? my brain is literally a mess right now
just spent the last hour reading a book where the mc does literally nothing but complain and i'm at the point where i want to toss it
just got another rejection on my query. i swear, this is the hardest part of the whole writing process.
the internet is the worst sometimes. like, everyone has an opinion and they all think they're right.
just finished another rejection letter. this sucks. but at least it means i'm putting myself out there, right? gotta keep going.
the internet is the worst sometimes. people are so mean and the drama is just too much. can we all just log off and go outside or something?
ugh, i'm struggling with this chapter. the words just won't come and i'm stuck on the same paragraph for days.
another day, another rejection. why is this so hard? just hit 25k on my wip but it feels like i'm slogging through mud.
just got another rejection on my query. this is the 47th time i've been told my story isn't good enough.
ugh, 10k words in and i've got a protagonist with a great big gaping plot hole. like, how do you even plan for this?
my neighbor is blasting their music again at 3am. can they not be considerate for once?
why do people always say "no offense" right before they're about to be super offensive?
ugh. this book is driving me crazy. the main character is so fucking oblivious, it's painful to read.