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UNBELIEVABLE: Funny memes writers memesforwriters - The Untold Story
The pen is mightier than the sword. But often, only when it's powered by caffeine, procrastination and a massive looming deadline...
Writers can be a creative and witty bunch. They can also be dramatic, chaotic and a slightly unhinged. We're the type that'll spend hours turning our thoughts into sentences, rewriting them a dozen times, and then reverting back to the original.
We're also the type that will complain about having writer's block, and try to fix it by scrolling through a bunch of hilarious memes. There's a place some of us like to hang out, or procrastinate writing together. It's simply called Memes For Writers. and has almost 100,000 followers.
In our process of character building, Bored Panda has gone through all the posts on the page to select only the best. You don't even need to be a wordsmith to find many of them funny.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 6 hours ago
The fact that I've heard this whole "unalive" BS is slowly making its way even into published writing is scarier than any horror novel
This writer has writer’s block while writing a piece about writers and writing. The irony is not lost on me at all…
If you're lucky enough to not know what that is, think of it as "creative constipation," or when our cup of words hath runneth dry. We're stuck in blank page purgatory. And there are many reasons it might happen. One is that we simply can't decide what to write first.
"Indecision is fear in disguise," explains Dana Shavin in an article for Writer Mag. "This is true not just in writing. Sometimes what feels like poverty of thought is actually FOMO (fear of missing out). You don’t want to work on just anything, after all – you want to work on something deeply meaningful and profoundly resonant."
Shavin writes that if you can’t figure out what that meaningful and profound thing is, you might wonder why you should begin at all. "And so, you remain shut down, seemingly at a loss for ideas," Shavin says.
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Mrreoww 8 hours ago (edited)
In the book Lessons In Chemistry, the dog is an intelligent creature who has a chapter in his POV. The dog also knows lots of complicated English words and can telepathically talk to foetuses. The dog was the only fun character in the whole book; the rest of the book was super cringey.
Neuroscientist and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff believes there are three steps to finding your way out of writer's block. The first, she says, is to continuously collect ideas.
“Capture thoughts as they come in a note app, a voice memo, wherever is easiest for you. When you sit down to write, you’re choosing from a list instead of ideas you’re curious to explore instead of starting from scratch,” advises Le Cunff.
The next step is to make a writing pact: a time dedicated to writing. The expert suggests picking a realistic schedule, whether it be daily, weekly, or bi-weekly, and commit to it publicly. This means telling a friend, announcing it in a group chat or on social media.
“Writing skills and confidence develop through repetition, not through waiting until you feel ready,” she told Inc.com.
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Lastly, and most importantly, she says is to lower the bar. “Write something short. Write something rough. Write something quickly during your commute," Le Cunff explains. "What you want is to keep on experimenting long enough to learn what works for you and what doesn’t.”
Shavin believes that sometimes the best inspiration comes when you let go of expectations, and go with the flow - once you get the flow flowing, of course.
Her advice is to take a piece of paper and write “10 Terrible Ideas,” then see what comes up. These can be ideas for a story, a character, an essay, a project, or whatever it is you need or want to work on.
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Aconitefern 47 minutes ago
Welcome to the bandwagon. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve reread my drafts.
"Then write '10 Even Worse Ideas' and see where that goes," she suggests. "Write fast without editing. Marvel at how you just came up with 20 ideas. Do any of them hold a kernel of promise? Do this several times and see where it takes you."
Shavin adds that often, all you need is to do things a little differently. For example, write in a genre you wouldn't normally write in, or come up with a character that is completely unlike your previous ones. Doing this, she says, gives you an opportunity to see your own work through another lens.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 6 hours ago
Lmao I'd have a LOT to explain if I let my mom read my stuff
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 7 hours ago
I'm actually a serial re-reader. I re-read most of my books multiple times - I've probably re-read all of Stephen King's books at least dozens of times in my lifetime XD To me, it's like visiting old friends. You do know what's going to happen in the books, of course, but if you loved the book originally and like the characters, it's like going back to a comforting, familiar place. Of course, that means you cry and your heart gets broken all over again each time you read a beloved character's deáth - looking at you, Dark Tower series XD
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 6 hours ago
I wonder how do people do this since my brain just adamantly refuses to brain after ~1AM. It's actually easier for me to wake up at 5AM and just write.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 6 hours ago
Congrats, you've just triggered a multi-hour unskippable cutscene
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 6 hours ago
😭 My girl Kris is calling me out. I promise I'll come back one day.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 6 hours ago
[Will Poulter meme] You guys are actually able to stop thinking about writing???
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 6 hours ago (edited)
In my experience, some of the best ideas come from unbridled bull$hitting your way through the story
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David Paterson 7 hours ago (edited)
Um, yes. Add to that the last 5 books I spent years on. Even "self-published" has rejected me.
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Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 4 hours ago
Me spending part of my fanfic planning time fixing the STUPID problems introduced by the side story my favorite character is from (Tui please what happened with Assassin? Why does it contradict everything in the main series about the timeline?)
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 5 hours ago
Yeah, my 1st writing attempt was laughably bad and utter cringe. BUT without it, I would't be here, at a point where my submissions to publishers don't immediately end in a trashcan.
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David Paterson 7 hours ago (edited)
Or the title. Or the blurb on the back page. "Evans" never makes an appearance in the Agatha Christie novel "Why didn't they ask Evans?".
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David Paterson 6 hours ago
— 'Everything in life that's any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening.'
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 5 hours ago
The biggest monkey paw wish ever was all those writers being like "I wish my books could write themselves hahaha!" and then BOOM, generative AI 🥲
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Pawsome 6 hours ago
I've done this, not for creative writing, but for a scientific paper I wrote. I knew exactly how I wanted to structure it, what references to add, how to define the necessary scientific notions, until I actually sat down and forgot everything that I had done so far and forgot all the nice expressions and terms that I had found that would explain my research so clearly. Thankfully my supervisor was there to improve the writing. However, despite all the people who have proof-read it, a stupid typo in the abstract still escaped our notice. I keep cringing when I see it. I guess creative writing must be even harder though because it has to be an enjoyable read as well
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 5 hours ago
If you ever feel that your story is way too unhinged to be truly popular, remember that Hitchhiker's Guide is considered a classic
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David Paterson 6 hours ago
I'm up to ... I don't know, but more than 15 years. Twenty, perhaps.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 5 hours ago
Nowadays, like 90% of books worth a d@mn are indie, as traditional publishers only publish "booktok" cr@p for quick money
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 hours ago
Oh lort. I really thought I was going to become a professional author when I was a kid/teen - and sometimes I find my old notebooks from those days and... whoof. "Cringe" doesn't even begin to cover it XD
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Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 4 hours ago
I write fanfic, and usually I'm the most productive when something is causing me stress. Yesterday I managed to finish a chapter after about two months of negotiating one of my stories, so now I just need to figure out what I'm anxious about, lol. Or I could just keep working on this fic is which the more probable result.
Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 4 hours ago
I write fanfic, and usually I'm the most productive when something is causing me stress. Yesterday I managed to finish a chapter after about two months of negotiating one of my stories, so now I just need to figure out what I'm anxious about, lol. Or I could just keep working on this fic is which the more probable result.
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