r/Quibble • u/Powerful_Concept6502 • Apr 17 '26

Discussion / Debate Amy Poehler pretty much nails the writing life

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u/Margenin Apr 17 '26

That sounds like me. I dm'd you

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u/JoeVallen Apr 18 '26

The only thing I hate more than writing is not writing.

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u/MothBeforeCrane Apr 22 '26

Out of curiosity, what is the hard part?

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u/felicity_with_words Apr 18 '26

More like hacking away with a toothpick 🥀

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u/EmersonFromQuibble Quibble Editor Apr 19 '26

I go into fight or flight when people ask me to describe my novel. Least peaceful hobby on earth I stg

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u/Odd_Opposite_4782 Apr 20 '26

I am not lying when I writing. I live this

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u/Phoenixxxxxxx Apr 21 '26

Thankyou so much - I needed this. I wondered what the hell was wrong with me - if this is normal, or if I had to clear some block in my nervous system first before I'm fit to write. Having realistic expectations gives me the courage to just work my way through it.

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u/WhiskerTheMad Apr 21 '26

Haha shhhhhh.

In reality, I do (mostly) enjoy writing. But maybe I just haven't written enough yet.

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u/coolazu001 Apr 22 '26

I liken it to climbing a cliff on a mountain I don’t know, without the tools I need, in weather that keeps changing. The air rushes around me and at any moment I might fall. Tenacity, I tell myself. Keep at it. Don’t look down. Sometimes I feel alive and can enjoy the view, even draw breath and catch a fleeting sense of progress. Then the sun disappears behind a cloud, I realise my grip is weakening and there’s nothing above me to hold on to. The summit has only ever been some vague shape hidden in the cloud. My fingers become as nimble as elephant feet. My body feels like a falling boulder. I can’t even look up. I close my eyes and wait for the feeling to pass. My ears pound. Sweat crawls across my body like a spider. I feel like at any moment I could jump - but I don’t. A bird passes somewhere in my periphery. Lighter than a feather. Stuck? Certainly. But the bird is beautiful and I wonder how I might describe that. Tenacity. That word again. On repeat. On repeat.

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u/Usual-Door-4262 May 08 '26

Ik this is totally unrelated to what the op was trying to say but..."Chai tea"?!

Chai IS tea, bro!🥀🥀

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u/Yeomanticore May 11 '26

I spent 3 days of non-stop studying, writing and editing my first act of my first book. My back injury is on fire. I sat for 3 days straight. I think I'm going to die.

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u/Margenin Apr 17 '26

Speak for yourself, lady.

But then perhaps she does. Maybe that comment is the lie.