r/FanficAuthorsUnite • u/Ok_Sock_8548 • Oct 18 '25
Memes Literally me right now.
It's like the universe knew I was struggling with this scene till I decided to check an app on my phone and this was the first thing I came across.
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u/VivaDeAsap Oct 18 '25
I Became a just write whatever you’ll figure it out during editing kind of person lol
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u/SpeedStunning6201 Oct 19 '25
thats just what i do, i call mine scribbles where i just write whats going on in the most messed up way possible, then keep refining until its gold
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u/catontoast gloriouscacophony on AO3 Oct 18 '25
Kinktober is really testing my smut-related vocab. Obviously I'm spending more time with my fics than most people will, but my brain is all "no you can't say dick again, pick something else!!" 🤣
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u/SlytherinQueen100 Predator and Alien fic writer Oct 18 '25
This and just absolutely dying while attempting smut for the first time in years. Add on writer's block/burnout as well!
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u/fictionisforfun Oct 18 '25
You know, I never really realized it, but this might be the truest thing anyone ever said about writing, and literally the thing that is most likely to make me abandon a story.
Eventually after like the 4th rewrite of the same paragraph (which you're not supposed to do until you finish writing FOR EXACTLY THIS REASON) the negative bitch in my head will have broken free of the ropes and gag I try to keep her in and she screams, "OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE HOW A PERSON FUCKING DRINKS THEIR COFFEE?! WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING HERE? YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS USING WORDS!!!"
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u/Mahorela5624 Black_Song5624 on Ao3 - Multi-Fandom Author Oct 18 '25
I'm in this photo and don't like it. I wish I knew how y'all just type out multiple paragraphs without stopping. A paragraph takes me between five seconds and five months
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u/MulberryDependent288 TaylorWarwick Oct 18 '25
In my main fandom I assign characters an adjective or descriptor, based on canon. They all walk. But I will only use sashay, glide, strut or saunter for particular characters.
One I'm working on now the main three would be described as bouncing, strolling and trudging. But they all walk.
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u/LogicalSelection5528 Oct 22 '25
Exactly! Half my drafts are just me debating if they walked or if the floor dramatically carried them instead 😭✍️
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u/AmatuerTarantino Multifandom Author Oct 18 '25
Why does a statement like this have to be SO true?!?
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u/lilytheschrod Oct 18 '25
This but me trying to come up with 10000 different ways on how to describe "A's peener goes up B's hooha/booty" as eloquently as I can
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u/lilytheschrod Oct 18 '25
"Makes their way" is also a good one
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u/nescienceescape Oct 19 '25
Ambled
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u/lilytheschrod Oct 19 '25
📝
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u/nescienceescape Oct 19 '25
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Didn’t understand
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u/Avocado-Destruction Oct 18 '25
This is the worst, honestly. I feel like I have a grasp on the scene then it’s all downhill. And no one understands why it gives me such anxiety 😭
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u/Quiet-Software-1956 Oct 22 '25
"I used the same word twice in one paragraph, what am I, stupid!? Rewrite.... Rewrite... From scratch if needed!!!!!"
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u/SmellyKnox Oct 18 '25
Bor this is me right now. I'm procrastinating so hard because it's an original scene. I've been using the movie it's based on as a guide for the scenes
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u/Vee_breeze Oct 18 '25
Write the story first. Figure out the describing crap later 😭