If you're anxious, stressed, or fearful of backlash, this thread is for you

Yorth

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From my private talk with other authors, I understood one thing. We're all stressed, anxious about our craft. We fear our scheduling deadlines more than any ghost or demon. Criticism hits us like a truck, and we're secretly M because we somehow always ask for it.

The problem is that even though you experience all this bs, there isn't a clear outlet to vent or express your anger. That's why I made this thread. Rant all you want my fellow authors, Shesmu(Yorth) here will listen to ya!
 

MrDarkness1234

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No shit man.

I nearly quit my story for while just to take so time to figure out how the hell I'm going to do this and also IRL things with drawing a day thing.

So when I comeback I want almost everything to make sense and also I'm just working on my grammer a bit more even tho a lot of people say alot flack about my Grammer.
 

MrDarkness1234

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And also trying to put out a schedule for my novel is really hard since I have things in real life that keeps me back alot
 

CupcakeNinja

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From my private talk with other authors, I understood one thing. We're all stressed, anxious about our craft. We fear our scheduling deadlines more than any ghost or demon. Criticism hits us like a truck, and we're secretly M because we somehow always ask for it.

The problem is that even though you experience all this bs, there isn't a clear outlet to vent or express your anger. That's why I made this thread. Rant all you want my fellow authors, Shesmu(Yorth) here will listen to ya!
Speak for yourself, pleb. This Venerable Self fears no deadline for i update as whim takes me. Nor do i give thought to the words of little men jealous of this Great One's glory.

This God is a different existence from you mere mortals.

I honestly dont get the fear and anxiety tho, seriously. I feel perfectly confident in my writing. If anything some people just dont like the style i use, but even then i know a lot of other styles so i never feel like I'm bad. It's just that i know people have their preferences and that the style of writing i chose simply wont click with everyone. Which happens no matter what style yo u choose or story you write. So i never worry about it.

My advice is to smoke a blunt. Or watch some porn. Weed and porn can fix anything. They're like duct tape that way
 

LWFlouisa

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I could be a lot less stressed in some places if they didn't have a nepotism epidemic.

I'm talking tit for tat "you give me a positive review, I give you a positive review" levels of corruption. Or in some cases, I vote on your book, I'll for yours. In such cases it's no longer about how good your book is.

But knowing the right people.

Or in Wattpad's case, please, fix your ranking algorithm. My Cyberpunk novel shouldn't even be on the same list as a How To Train Your Dragon fanfiction.
 

Assurbanipal_II

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I could be a lot less stressed in some places if they didn't have a nepotism epidemic.

I'm talking tit for tat "you give me a positive review, I give you a positive review" levels of corruption. Or in some cases, I vote on your book, I'll for yours. In such cases it's no longer about how good your book is.

But knowing the right people.

Or in Wattpad's case, please, fix your ranking algorithm. My Cyberpunk novel shouldn't even be on the same list as a How To Train Your Dragon fanfiction.

Do ut des

Do ut facias

Facio ut facias

Quid pro quo.

Already the Romans how it worked. :blob_reach: But it shouldn't be relevant in the big picture.
 

Assurbanipal_II

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Speak for yourself, pleb. This Venerable Self fears no deadline for i update as whim takes me. Nor do i give thought to the words of little men jealous of this Great One's glory.

This God is a different existence from you mere mortals.

I honestly dont get the fear and anxiety tho, seriously. I feel perfectly confident in my writing. If anything some people just dont like the style i use, but even then i know a lot of other styles so i never feel like I'm bad. It's just that i know people have their preferences and that the style of writing i chose simply wont click with everyone. Which happens no matter what style yo u choose or story you write. So i never worry about it.

My advice is to smoke a blunt. Or watch some porn. Weed and porn can fix anything. They're like duct tape that way

My friend, your diction makes me curious what outstanding opus of literary significance your prolific creativity has already produced? :blob_popcorn: Can your work rival even the idiot perhaps?
 

mrsimple

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Ya know that overwhelming feeling you get that makes ya wanna say, "There's so much I want to talk about," but then ya struggle to think of something? That's what I'm going through with this thread.

I've been sleeping so much, trying to ignore everything, but I can't. I want to finish my stories before it's too late. I even put up in my profile when I'll have something uploaded, just to motivate myself to get this shit done, but then I'd go through the difficulty of reading over my own work and grow a headache so powerful that my behavior becomes antagonistic. I've come online to distract myself from real life, and now that life has become this powerful, I feel it battering me down until it's impossible to ignore. So I sleep. I don't know how much more I can take of this.
 

BenJepheneT

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the best thing about writing is that one day you'd get self-doubt and existentialism but the next you'll feel like you have the best idea known to men and are just mere years away from exploding into the scene with a scorch mark in history

i hold on to these feelings. ill never feel sorry for my writing or be anxious over it. as long as i knew ive done my best, i can sleep well at night, knowing im doing at least something to reach that dream
 

LostinMovement

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I guess the key to overcome anxiety is to embrace the mindset of writing for yourself. Just stop thinking about what others would think or the negative comments you might receive or how simple your work might look in comparison to other writers. Just write what you want to write, however way you want to write it. I mean if I keep thinking and worrying, I won't be able to write anything or finish anything for that matter.
 

Zoey

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Ya know that overwhelming feeling you get that makes ya wanna say, "There's so much I want to talk about," but then ya struggle to think of something? That's what I'm going through with this thread.

I've been sleeping so much, trying to ignore everything, but I can't. I want to finish my stories before it's too late. I even put up in my profile when I'll have something uploaded, just to motivate myself to get this shit done, but then I'd go through the difficulty of reading over my own work and grow a headache so powerful that my behavior becomes antagonistic. I've come online to distract myself from real life, and now that life has become this powerful, I feel it battering me down until it's impossible to ignore. So I sleep. I don't know how much more I can take of this.
I don't have any special words to make you feel better but do know that there are people that care for you. :blob_reach:
(Sorry if I'm overstepping any boundaries)
 

mrsimple

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I don't have any special words to make you feel better but do know that there are people that care for you. :blob_reach:
(Sorry if I'm overstepping any boundaries)
I appreciate it. But that is also just it, there is no getting better for me. I've been on a timer for over five years and it's about done.
 

Walk

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Honestly,

Damn all that rubbish about fear and whatnot. I've sat on the idea that I'll cook up a story one day only to be in front of a computer (counting Mississippi or something) and couldn't put anything together for myself. I figured, "Hey numb**ts, why not (I dunno) write for others to see right now? Criticize right now? Advise you right now?" ... You know what? I feel a lot more refreshed.

Suffice to say, if there's going to be even one person to read what you wrote, the story may be yours, but it is no longer for you.

That's my motivation.

If you can't be motivated enough ... go eat ramen with someone.
 

BenJepheneT

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Damn all that rubbish about fear and whatnot. I've sat on the idea that I'll cook up a story one day only to be in front of a computer (counting Mississippi or something) and couldn't put anything together for myself. I figured, "Hey numb**ts, why not (I dunno) write for others to see right now? Criticize right now? Advise you right now?" ... You know what? I feel a lot more refreshed.

Suffice to say, if there's going to be even one person to read what you wrote, the story may be yours, but it is no longer for you.
If you can't be motivated enough ... go eat ramen with someone.
i love you and your energy. we should probably meet up at a Family Mart or smth
 
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