Thinking About Writing vs. Actually Writing

Go outside, they said. It will help you feel inspired, they said.

#writing

[TheZetaKai]

Step #1: Write something.
Step #2: Edit it until it's worth reading.

Do not skip step #1.

[valhatan]

He touched grass, stone, river, stone in a river, flower, and water. *All in the same day.*

[somnvm]

write the plot? excuse me? how about I construct extremely spicific vibes in my head instead of actually even giving the main character a name.

[alfonzog]

I love how these Blank vs. Blank videos start off with just the most raw dialogue for three and a half minutes straight

[timurtimak]

The blinking cursor is the reason why the character can't write it all down.
It distracts, it diverts and shows us the passage of our short, fleeting lives with its every blink.

[sourcegear]

This skit should win a nobel prize, not for literature, but for peace.

[zacharymackellar]

I find it ironic, that I came here to procrastinate writing.

[ItsYaazhii]

Staring at the screen after writing "The" gotta be my favourite movement 👌

[dudethedude]

The thoughts about what you'll write: Entertainment
The actual thing you write: Generic

[tmd_]

You know a joke is good when you know exactly how it's going to end but you laugh all the way through anyway

[asturianix]

Worst part is that 99% percent of my writing is:
"I dont like this prologue...
But I dont dislike it enough to change it".

[shidenkai]

My thoughts usually only goes as far as 0:05

[joshuasims]

No need for a novel, you've written a masterpiece here. I'll call up the Nobel committee.

[blueface]

The hardest part isn't usually even coming up with Ideas, it's remembering them all and then somehow piecing them all together in a way that makes sense. Also as soon as I start writing my grammar goes out the window

[subaru]

I love reinventing the modern equivalent of the Odyssey through patchwork shower thoughts only to lose them all the moment the towel hits me.

[BarokaiRein]

Brandon Sanderson: "You guys have time for thinking?"

[sapphmapper]

To be fair, Carboniferous period animals should be used more

[LordJazzly]

Actual trick: If you are this guy, and you can _talk about_ your story ideas way more easily than you can write them down - buy a voice memo recorder, or a note recorder, or whatever they're called, and take it with you on these walks. If you can't afford one, and you have a smart phone, record voice notes on that. Looks goofy as hell, but if it lets you capture these ideas when you have them, so that you can actually access them later when you're in a better position to write - business people do it, musicians do it, no reason a writer can't do it too.

[Jimboy]

I think that one major factor that explains the distance between thinking about writing and writing for real is the simple fact that when you are thinking about writing you are doing the fun part of the job, you are putting the plan into place, you are creating the story and it's foundations.

When you are engaging in the actual process of writing you're doing construction work, you know what you are doing so you don't end up being surprised by the things that work. What you do end up being surprised by tends to be annoying busywork like rewrites and thinking about the wider narrative has to accommodate them.

TLDR actually writing is the boring and time consuming part of a job that requires 80% of the work and gives 20% of the results.

[nellym]

My story is so phenomenal that I literally have no words to describe it.