Tam's Inn

onetrueking wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:47 am

Peril wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:10 am

onetrueking wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 3:04 pm 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

Not the first time Rhaegar has cucked another man (even as an idea).

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.

onetrueking wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:47 am

Peril wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:10 am

onetrueking wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 3:04 pm 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.

Peril wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:04 pm

onetrueking wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:47 am

Peril wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:10 am

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

Not the first time Rhaegar has cucked another man (even as an idea).

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.