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authors how do you deal with feeling unmotivated while writing a story? i’ve been writing my story for a couple months but literally haven’t gotten past the first chapter because i’ve been feeling either unmotivated, discouraged because of how slow i’m working or just tired because i only work on it late at night for an hour or so. between school and work and everything i just feel kinda stuck because this was originally supposed to be just a fun project but now it feels like a chore that i want to stop doing. but this is really bad bc i’ve started developing the habit of picking something up and putting it down halfway through but i rlly wanna finish this story. any tips or even just words of encouragement? (i could lwk just be burnt out 💔)

so i joined reddit about a month ago because im writing a story and i thought it would be good to get other people’s opinions and keep the preferences of the majority in mind while writing. in the first month it felt sort of like a peak in the community and now we’re in a drought. do yk what i mean? the community seems less involved. idk how to explain it but ill be scrolling through posts and there will be posts with people asking genuine questions or promoting their stories and all they get it 5 upvote and 0 comments. like where did everyone go? it was such high involvement a couple weeks ago. what happened? has anyone else noticed this or am i just going crazy???

would readers hate me if my limb overlays don’t match the character? i know that a lot of people are bothered by this and i completely understand but as a new author it’s very time consuming and slightly difficult for me to do different limb overlays to accommodate for skin tone customization. i put a disclaimer in customization that’s states if a reader changes skin tone it will not match limb overlays but i just wanna know if this is something that will make people stop reading my story? if it is… *sigh* i’ve got some work to do

hey gang so i posted about a week ago asking for ppl to send me their characters for background characters for my club scene bc im too lazy to make my own and the randomized characters all have like neon green hair and they just look out of place but literally only 2 ppl sent me theirs (AND IM SO GRATEFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH I RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE YOU TWO!!) but im hoping this post finds more ppl bc my scene looks bare and sad. and ofc I WILL GIVE CREDIT IF YOU WANT IT. but pls help a girl out of the goodness of your heart. 🙏💖

pls don’t cremate me in the comments i come in peace but for me personally, friends to lovers is SO MUCH better than enemies to lovers WHEN DONE WELL!! one example that comes to mind rn is Anyone but You by Janine della Cruz (SHOUTOUT JANINE I LOVE YOU JANINE!!!) but yeah idk. most of the enemies to lovers i’ve read feels rushed and like one minute they’re like “RAHHHH i hate you” to “I LOVE YOU LETS HAVE A HUNDRED BABIES” all bc the MC wore smt sexy and the Li was 1% nicer or smt like that. but friends to lovers it’s so cute and bubbly and fun and i just wanna prance around a garden and twirl my hair and kick my feet. ig its also bc with friends to lovers there is usually playful banter and THATS MY SHIT you don’t even understand. i ATE loki up in Anyone but you. anyways yeah idk lmk what you think!!!

i need some background characters for my club scene (so cliche i know but idgaf). pls help bc i don’t wanna make my own. I’LL GIVE CREDIT DONT WORRY MY BABIES!!! (but only if you want it). anyways this would help sm and THANK YOU MWAH

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so i’ve been writing an f1 romance story and i was wondering if anyone would be interested in reading it or am i just wasting my time??? i feel like f1 or just racing in general isn’t super popular on episode so i’m worried that if i do end up publishing my story ill only get like 2 reads and one of them is me 💔i rlly hope this finds the right ppl bc if no one on episode likes f1 i might as well just roll onto the floor and cry (i’m a bit dramatic… can you tell?)