Recent content by anactualchad

I also have a pretty bad habit of using "just" to emphasize just about everything.

Whenever you think about people leaving needless comments like that, just put your head down and write more. We don't have the luxury of time to worry about those opinions! Here's a relevant screen-grab from a little book I picked up some years ago:

That's funny. I stopped using Google Docs because of how long it took to load in my tab sometimes. For a while I was using WriteMonkey which is very light weight and has some cool features https://writemonkey.com/

I used to hate Word but found out they have a pretty simple outlining tool built in that has made all the difference for me.

I spent a pretty long time (years) thinking about writing and reading about writing more than actually writing. I often would abandon ideas due to decision fatigue like you have described. Your post sounds familiar to me in that way. But eventually you're just gonna have to find the courage to...

I pretty much agree with everything already stated above but I'll throw in my three cents: The other day I found that I tend to write in present tense while planning out the story. "Claire goes over to the end of the street, and what she finds is..." etc. Somehow it's much easier for ideas to...

I made a playlist for my current WIPs, and it was really helpful when I was devising the world and the characters. I hand picked every song to fit the themes of the story or to match with one of the characters. But now I'm kinda sick of it and end up just listening to something else while...

I used to read a lot of fiction to find a way out of my sadness. Ended up turning to "optimizing" myself instead. Proper bed time, destroying social media, getting enough words written every day, learning not to follow negative thoughts... It's insane how much these little things can put your...