Writer's Regret

[onetrueking]

You ever feel this after you've already committed to a plot line you're working, or even after you've already finished the work?

I'm having a massive one now. I've been writing my fic by hand, consumed 3 whole notebooks for the past month on this, and suddenly, I have a gremlin of an idea that requires me to scrap everything and start over.

Fuck me.

[HopeForTheWitch]

This is how I end up with a thousand WIPs with each 3-4 variations (somewhat exaggerated), because I always get this

[onetrueking]

Truly, gremlin ideas are the bane of my existence. I don't want to make a new WIP. My very narrow brain coils can only entertain one hyperfixation at a time.

[BigDaddy69]

You ever feel this after you've already committed to a plot line you're working, or even after you've already finished the work?

I'm having a massive one now. I've been writing my fic by hand, consumed 3 whole notebooks for the past month on this, and suddenly, I have a gremlin of an idea that requires me to scrap everything and start over.

Fuck me.

Sounds like the beginnings of an AU of an AU.

[Monsterio]

i guilt myself into finishing everything i start and it's counterproductive tbh but i'd rather do that than live with a library of unfinished ideas. that would mess with my wellbeing.

[Peril]

You ever feel this after you've already committed to a plot line you're working, or even after you've already finished the work?

I'm having a massive one now. I've been writing my fic by hand, consumed 3 whole notebooks for the past month on this, and suddenly, I have a gremlin of an idea that requires me to scrap everything and start over.

Fuck me.

I think that's the issue with creating based on hyperfixations. At some point everything becomes a bore, has flaws, whatever. You only finish material if you stick out and rewrite it as many times as you feel is necessary. You need to stick with an idea past the honeymoon period - it's the only way to succeed.

I see this a lot with writers, really, all types of content creators. They have one story/product they wrote in a furious fit of passion, and they believe it's the only way to create. It's low-key self-sabotage, because those people then have like 340 WIPs, and nothing's ever done, but you see them writing all the damn time.

I genuinely believe people need to stop romanticizing the idea of writing only out of hyperfixation, you'll never get anything done. You'll find yourself looking back at like 3 finished products you're proud of after 300 years of writing

[HopeForTheWitch]

I think that's the issue with creating based on hyperfixations. At some point everything becomes a bore, has flaws, whatever. You only finish material if you stick out and rewrite it as many times as you feel is necessary. You need to stick with an idea past the honeymoon period - it's the only way to succeed.

I see this a lot with writers, really, all types of content creators. They have one story/product they wrote in a furious fit of passion, and they believe it's the only way to create. It's low-key self-sabotage, because those people then have like 340 WIPs, and nothing's ever done, but you see them writing all the damn time.

I genuinely believe people need to stop romanticizing the idea of writing only out of hyperfixation, you'll never get anything done. You'll find yourself looking back at like 3 finished products you're proud of after 300 years of writing

This is unfortunately true, or at least, it rings true for people with brains like mine: people who jump from shiny to shiny and rarely look back at old works and only then to cry about how it wasn't bad, where is the rest, why does it not write itself? I blame ADHD-brain for the lack of focus, but tbh, once I get bored of a project, the idea of having to keep working on it makes me nauseous As much as I'd like to push through that phase until I regain interest, I just can't get myself to do it.

[Peril]

I think that's the issue with creating based on hyperfixations. At some point everything becomes a bore, has flaws, whatever. You only finish material if you stick out and rewrite it as many times as you feel is necessary. You need to stick with an idea past the honeymoon period - it's the only way to succeed.

I see this a lot with writers, really, all types of content creators. They have one story/product they wrote in a furious fit of passion, and they believe it's the only way to create. It's low-key self-sabotage, because those people then have like 340 WIPs, and nothing's ever done, but you see them writing all the damn time.

I genuinely believe people need to stop romanticizing the idea of writing only out of hyperfixation, you'll never get anything done. You'll find yourself looking back at like 3 finished products you're proud of after 300 years of writing

This is unfortunately true, or at least, it rings true for people with brains like mine: people who jump from shiny to shiny and rarely look back at old works and only then to cry about how it wasn't bad, where is the rest, why does it not write itself? I blame ADHD-brain for the lack of focus, but tbh, once I get bored of a project, the idea of having to keep working on it makes me nauseous As much as I'd like to push through that phase until I regain interest, I just can't get myself to do it.

The only thing I've found to be effective was entirely giving up on making things until I encounter something so impressive that I feel compelled to actually create, and then even the process feels fresh, because I haven't actually made anything in ages

If you stopped writing for a month, and watched others do it, it might seem way more exciting.

[HopeForTheWitch]

I think that's the issue with creating based on hyperfixations. At some point everything becomes a bore, has flaws, whatever. You only finish material if you stick out and rewrite it as many times as you feel is necessary. You need to stick with an idea past the honeymoon period - it's the only way to succeed.

I see this a lot with writers, really, all types of content creators. They have one story/product they wrote in a furious fit of passion, and they believe it's the only way to create. It's low-key self-sabotage, because those people then have like 340 WIPs, and nothing's ever done, but you see them writing all the damn time.

I genuinely believe people need to stop romanticizing the idea of writing only out of hyperfixation, you'll never get anything done. You'll find yourself looking back at like 3 finished products you're proud of after 300 years of writing

This is unfortunately true, or at least, it rings true for people with brains like mine: people who jump from shiny to shiny and rarely look back at old works and only then to cry about how it wasn't bad, where is the rest, why does it not write itself? I blame ADHD-brain for the lack of focus, but tbh, once I get bored of a project, the idea of having to keep working on it makes me nauseous As much as I'd like to push through that phase until I regain interest, I just can't get myself to do it.

The only thing I've found to be effective was entirely giving up on making things until I encounter something so impressive that I feel compelled to actually create, and then even the process feels fresh, because I haven't actually made anything in ages

If you stopped writing for a month, and watched others do it, it might seem way more exciting.

See I'd do something similar, but I get anxious and restless whenever I don't write. It's my [sparkle emoji] special interest [/sparkle emoji]. It's why I have a hard time justifying games to myself, even though I spend just as much time staring into space so like, it's not like I'm missing out, but mental gymnastics and all that.

[onetrueking]

You ever feel this after you've already committed to a plot line you're working, or even after you've already finished the work?

I'm having a massive one now. I've been writing my fic by hand, consumed 3 whole notebooks for the past month on this, and suddenly, I have a gremlin of an idea that requires me to scrap everything and start over.

Fuck me.

I think that's the issue with creating based on hyperfixations. At some point everything becomes a bore, has flaws, whatever. You only finish material if you stick out and rewrite it as many times as you feel is necessary. You need to stick with an idea past the honeymoon period - it's the only way to succeed.

I see this a lot with writers, really, all types of content creators. They have one story/product they wrote in a furious fit of passion, and they believe it's the only way to create. It's low-key self-sabotage, because those people then have like 340 WIPs, and nothing's ever done, but you see them writing all the damn time.

I genuinely believe people need to stop romanticizing the idea of writing only out of hyperfixation, you'll never get anything done. You'll find yourself looking back at like 3 finished products you're proud of after 300 years of writing

It's surprisingly less about hyperfixation waning (which is usually my problem), and more about shiny new toy in the form of my favorite silver-haired fuckboy Rhaegar. My attention span is pretty shit, but it has been quite constant with writing what I'm writing now.