why is writing sooooooooooo hard to do??? // 6 funny things us writers deal with

WORD SPRINTS and what its like to do one

Never heard of a word sprint? Basically you get two or more people to write from a certain time to another set time (generally 10-20 mins long) and then you compare word counts to see who wins!

AND DOING WORD SPRINTS OR WORD WARS OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS they're intense.

It's like you get the message "GO" and you slip into your document and you know what the worst thing ever is? HAVING TO START A NEW CHAPTER oh gosh. It's the hardest thing ever.

The most I've ever done in a 20 minute long sprint was a little over 1k - and hahaa I think I was mentally impaired after that. Generally, I get 300-500 in 10 mins.

NOT WANTING TO WRITE 

oh boy oh boy is this me like yes it is and I'm such a bad writer - IDK how many times I say this "I DONT WANNA WRITE" because you know why? there is so much pain involved in it really! I would much rather be one of those people in the movies who voice records their book. legit.

But then Sarah is like COME ON YOU GOTTA WRITE so I do and it isn't as bad as I remembered it

SUDDENLY NOT KNOWING HOW TO SPELL ANYMORE or talk for that matter

After my 11k day back in November, I went downstairs and I could not, for the life of me, hold a conversation. I was like this;

"Can you...watch..i mean get..some..blueberries." and each word was painful to get out

Or spelling? I don't know how often I see that red squiggly line and I'm like "*deep blush* I TOTALLY KNOW HOW TO SPELL THAT hahahahhhahaaaa......"

BEING UNABLE TO FIND A TITLE FOR YOUR NOVEL

This screams me -- for my last book "for who he was" I legit didn't have a title until WE DESIGNED THE COVER. I'm not joking - and I didn't even really come up with it. *dies* I basically threw some words at Sarah and she was like "uhmm..how about 'for who he was?'" and I'm like YES LETS DO IT #mylife

LEGIT FEELING LIKE YOU'RE GONNA DIE 

there is SO much pain in writing. Like real blood, sweat, and tears. Building characters is my favorite thing to do for sure, but then after you've got that done, you have the hard work to do. I MEAN THOSE PLOT TWISTS YOU LOVE IN BOOKS?? the author was probably pulling his/her hair out while writing it. 

also IDK about you, but I have cried while writing my own scene in a book which is really kinda weird????

PLOTTING VS NOT PLOTTING 

Okay, so I declared myself a planster, because I like some plot but a lot of it, I prefer to just write as I go....which can really be a problem sometimes, but there is a sense of freedom there too which I really need! (also woah that was a run on sentence sorry i'm rushing this post so i can go write hahaha) 

so for camp nano this month, I've got character profiles, a pinterest board (private hahah sorry!) and a page of "plot" but really it's just a lot of words about the people. I'm at 20k now so I think it's working??

In July camp nano though, I plotted WAYYYY more and haha I think that really paid off. guess we will just call this an experiment *laughs* 

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Also btw i cut my dad's and brother's hair last night *hyperventilates* talk about scary also HAPPY HUMP DAY we can make it to the weekend XD

HOW MANY WORDS DO YOU GET IN A SPRINT?
EVER CRY FROM WRITING SOMETHING??