What A Precious Basket Case - ⋊OOᙠ ⊥N∀ᴚ

do you guys have lives or-

I DON'T GET IT

Like, what the fuck. I think to myself "wow, I've gotta be careful, having two different books on Wattpad to update weekly, I've gotta be sure to stay on top of that" (it used to be three, but I finished my social media fic which continues to be my most popular one and god that's annoying) and THEN I see these madlads who upload like three books a day and I'm????

Are y'all okay? Do I need to call someone? Like, is someone holding you in a basement, chained to a computer, with nothing but a focus playlist to listen to as you work? BLINK TWICE IF YOU NEED HELP

I don't get it. I try to understand it, I really do. I have THREE different writing blogs if you count this one. I have a ship blog on Tumblr, an xReader blog on Tumblr, and this dumpsterfuck for my OCs. I update each constantly, and that's not even counting my original writing that I won't share with anyone until I die. But like??? Even I have limits. I have stuff I do for fun outside of writing.

Half of y'all are in SCHOOL. How???? I'm taking school online (praise the lord herself, I don't have the time for people) and applying for jobs and already have to constantly remind myself to update shit. It's October 3rd and Kinktober is already kicking my ASS. That, balanced with personal time with my partner, hanging out with friends, and gaming for fun, I don't always have time for writing. And that's okay because life is life and I do this shit for fun.

But like, y'all update nonstop and I'm concerned. On one hand, I do think you get better at writing with practice, but on the other hand I think forcing yourself to churn out so much content to fill your quote just produces crap. Hypothetically, I can write a full chapter in under an hour. But like, it's not going to be a good chapter? That doesn't give me time to reread, edit, double-check my outline/timeline, etc. I'm not saying y'all are half-assing this shit, I'm just concerned you're not giving your stories the proper love they deserve. At the very least, your hands must get tired. Carpal tunnel is a BITCH, and I know that from experience.

Because I get it. I have a CONSTANT slew of ideas coming in and out and in and out and in and out of my head like there's no tomorrow. I'm constantly mapping out new ideas for OCs and stories. Like, CONSTANTLY. And I enjoy it! I enjoy creating new OCs and crafting their stories. It's fun! But that doesn't mean I have to start writing and posting every single one as soon as they come to me. Hell, I spent weeks debating the idea of just having three stories going on at once to update.

Basically, pace yourself. Please. Don't burn out and learn to hate writing/creating just because you were so desperate to please a crowd at a young age. it's dumb and pointless. You can create for other stories in the background and like,,,,, not post them yet. Or at all. I have stories I'm never going to share. And I'm happy with that.

Create to create, not to post. Y'all are seriously scaring me. Make some friends or something. Get a life. Good god.