Sophia Redwood

@starryrubyskies Awe, thank you so much, you legend!!! :D

sghakhfakdf this is really late but i'm happy you've been doing good! keep on writing, i'll be cheering you on :D

Awe, thank you and salutations legend!! It has been a hot minute!! I’ve been ignoring this account for too long, but I definitely HAVE been writing. (Somewhat.) This year has been such a large writing journey and I really need to post about it soon. I’m doing well, thank you!! I hope you’re doing well as well :DD

Awe!!! This brightened up my day so much, thank youuuu!! And you’re so welcome for the follow :)))

@starryrubyskies JAVSJDBB THIS, YES, SAME

@Sophia_Redwood ...did I ghost write this???? THIS IS LITERALLY ME. I can sit down determined to do something that takes less than thirty minutes and then spent three hours on it because I periodically keep daydreaming about scenes-

Okay I expected at least one person to relate but the amount of people who experience this along with me genuinely shocks me, hahaha yessss

Aaaa, thank you!!! This is a compliment I’ve never gotten before! Much appreciated :D

oooh i see! my day has already ended, i'll probably be going to bed soon ( maybe around 1 am lol ) that's really great! i'm glad to hear that! 
            
            and np! <3

Hahaha don’t worry at all! Salutations! I’m doing well- I mean, just woke up to your follow, hahaha! Today’s barely started and it’s already great. 
            
            Awe, thank youuu!! You too!!! 

@Sophia_Redwood Yayyyyyyyyyy, we love progress

@starryrubyskies omgggg imma enjoy my time while it’s here lollll

Hooray for writing! LOL 
            Felt that though in the procrastination. Lemme tell ya, it gets worse senior year lmao. I believe in you though!

I’ve written all night long, once, on a church trip, when I was finishing #FKT’s final round, and was readying #TOMB. I think it was coming up on an hour and a half when I finished #FKT, and then I continued on another 45 or so minutes with preparation for #TOMB. When you have a story in your mind and you can see the end, it can fuel you to lay down all else you’ve been preparing for in the meantime and write to your utter heart’s content. The Quarantine has certainly been a damper on motivation, I’ve found, for many writers. Even with all the time now given to me, I know that I, personally, have found it difficult to once again enter the moments of joy found in writing. What helps is to specify time and dedicate it to writing, while continuing to dwell on the stories you intend to tell throughout the day, so that all the ideas you’ve accumulated will pour out in the time you set aside.

@starryrubyskies Yoooo thank you so much for this!!! 
            
            HAHAHA! I’ve done the contrasting music thing too (but never to your extent, which I find hilarious). There are some songs that just don’t fit the mood at all, but they’re so easy to write with. I’ve written fearful or tense scenes to very calm and happy music before, since the music just melts into the back of my mind and helps concentration sometimes. Other times I can’t use music; it really depends! 
            
            Also, woah, I may try jumping around tabs and writing different things sometime! I’ve never thought of that, but it sounds like something that could potentially help me out. It’s not my attention span that typically fails me when I write, but my energy. I tend to overthink a lot when creating anything, so I have a habit of draining myself very easily... and stressing myself out far more than I should.
            I’ve never really thought about pouring my energy into writing something else instead of obsessing over one piece of work at a time, and maybe I SHOULD try that, because it’s likely a better alternative to stressing and overthinking over one thing, hahaha!! I’ve realized recently that writing (when I’m not freaking out about it) is honestly one of the best ways to clear my mind or to enjoy the moment, and I’ve totally taken that for granted. So when I find a certain area of my writing becoming overly taxing and stressful, it may actually be in my best interest to know when to leave it alone and try something different for a time instead of pushing myself too hard with one passage or idea. I really want to find out if that would benefit me or not!!
            
            Anywayyyyy thank you so much for all the information/advice/potential advice, lolol! You’re a legend!!!

@Sophia_Redwood I don't think I've ever done a writing sprint while...well, keeping in mind that I'm doing a writing sprint LOL. But I will say that the longest period of nonstop writing I've ever done (for TSP I'm pretty sure haha) is probably...two hours? 
            
            If I really want to invest myself into writing, then an essential that I use is always a music playlist of the songs that I love. It doesn't even have to correlate with the theme of the current piece I'm working on (though it works better for some people and sometimes myself!), it just a long playlist of music I can jam with while writing. Bonus if I have headphones plugged in. Plus, sometimes the hilarity of it keeps me going. I once wrote a really dark scene while a super upbeat song played in the background and I was giggling like a madman at the whiplash.
            
            This is...well, really bad for a lot of other people, but because my attention span just jumps everywhere while I'm trying to write, I nowadays often have multiple tabs open with multiple pieces, so if I start to find myself losing interest in one certain piece, I'll immediately switch to another work and pick up where I left off on there. Rinse and repeat when I get tired of that one. Unless I'm super invested into getting a certain work done, I find that it helps separate my productivity into different periods of interest to help me keep engaged in writing. I wouldn't really recommend this though, since some say it's better to completely focus on one work at one time LOL.
            
            Do remember to take breaks while doing writing sprints! You don't want to overwork your brain too much. :D