Discussion You Know You're a Fan Fiction Writer When...

...when you've had too much coffee and are anxious to post anything, but forcing it only makes it worse.
...When you want to add a post to a Kanera story, but feel guilty for skipping the battle you added as a cliffie to the first post.
...when Will Byers of Stranger Things is begging you to make him stronger, but your attention span is paper thin.
...when you are rereading your last drabble thread and you want to expand on a few of those ideas, but...
...when you're wondering when would ever use the emoji.
...when...

 

I use that one pretty often.

 

TV channel runs a clip compilation of monster movies, and a millisecond clip of Lex in the original Jurassic Park, has you thinking she would be perfect for Snoke's niece!

Your work-in-progress update, is a tantalising 390 words short of your preferred minimum word count.

 

Writing deprivation sets in after a week too focused on work and RL.

 

Yep. Same here.

 

...you're wondering how to get it all out of your head by writing a romcom type of fic, because you're too scared to write an original story.

 

You are about to go to bed and a minor Xanatos-plot suddenly appears in your brain. *less sleep to come *

 

When you wanna do a DDC of your RP OC and you HAVE TO bring Kanan & Hera into the mix. Because.

 

..when you refuse to slow down, despite accidentally slicing open one of your fingers....

 

...when you discover that incredible annoying typo in something you already have posted, and it's continuing to annoy you the rest of the day.

 

It did. But the story is posted another place too.... And besides, typos are embarrassing. *still annoyed at myself*

 

I've done that with something I posted years ago, and yes, I still fixed it!

 

...when the male perspective comes easier than the female in your latest love connection.

 

COME AND HELP ME.

I'm not kidding. O_O

 

...when, after a week or so of watching drama on twitter, you're wondering how to work in a reference to a politically-motivated and shallow enmasse boycott into story. (It would totally make sense in-story for Stark Industries to suffer some kind of fallout...)

 

...when you get more inspiration for your main OC, from your own stupidity.

 

....you get into Mush Mode and you just have to keep writing Kanera mush.
....you know @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha will squee over that.

 

Yes, I will.



What is it when you're reading someone else's great!!! Ezra-fic, like it's not Raissa's, but you wanna insert the Blaynes in there anywah? That's because. They're established characters already.
So when the lines between fanon and canon get blurred, it's genius time!

 

You get no sleep because you are busy creating sequels in your own fanon for your characters' offspring *dozes off on my keyboard*

 

....when your elaborate May 4th plans keep getting put off because of rewriting one of your old-but-popular fics.
....when you spend your entire Sunday afternoon writing and forget whatever else it was you were supposed to be doing.

 

When you have more plot bunnies than you can count bouncing around in your head.

 

Post that already or I'll burn myself alive.

Rethink your life.

EDIT: In case my humour does not come across here - I'm kidding.

 

...when a certain green skinned Twi'lek has gotten under your skin, but you're still wondering what to write.