# December 2023's Writer Support Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Writing and Content\ **Created:** [December 1, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608 "2023-12-01T05:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![love4tae](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/love4tae/32/220031_2.png) [@love4tae](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/love4tae)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/243 "2023-12-11T23:35:01Z")
Reached my goal for the month!!! Completed whole chapter 4 of [Pushed](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/wip-pushed-thriller-romance-chapter-4-p1-is-finally-here/145221) šŸ˜, I honestly rlly wanna take a break, but donā€™t wanna be lazy so iā€™m going to aim for chapter 5 pt1! **I wanna know tho, has anyone completed their goal?** ---
**Author:** ![Niki\_Christopherson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/niki_christopherson/32/207724_2.png) [@Niki\_Christopherson](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Niki_Christopherson)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/244 "2023-12-12T00:52:33Z")
> [@LiliArch](#): > > I actually _originally_ put \*page\_breaks and \*choices in when I started, to see where I intended to have them (it affects the writing! You canā€™t just put it wherever) EXACTLY. I canā€™t just write up the narrative without including the choices. > [@Omeg](#): > > a world so bleak and dystopian it makes _Warhammer 40k_ look like _Star Trek_ by comparison. _I-who-whyā€¦what_ I want to ask why _anyone would want to read that_, and then I remember the sheer amount of angst-porn the Homestuck fandom wrote, and that I ate it up. So nevermind. TAT > [@LiliArch](#): > > Thought-to-text interface would be great, wouldnā€™t it? I constantly envy the characters who have brain-to-internet communication, like in Cyberpunk 2077, because THE THINGS I WOULD DO WITH THAT. THE _THINGS_. > [@will](#): > > Describe how a car works. > > The point of the exercise is that most people when asked would not get super detailed on the inner workings of a car (either out of lack of knowledge or an understanding that a technical explanation would last all day), and it is largely irrelevant to the quality of a story told about a car. THIS. I saw a post on Tumblr once that said, if youā€™re running into an issue of absuridity, write it out to two levels. The example they gave was: The Vampires need a Safe Place to be during the day. Why canā€™t they be in the sewers? Because there are Gators in the sewers. Why are there gators in the sewers? Because the nuns are raising the gators and throwing them in the sewer to keep vampires out of them. Why are the nuns doing this? Because theyā€™re a vampire hunting order of nuns. There you go, it explains just enough for it to make enough sense for people to not care about the particulars. Two levels of explanation. > [@Novachrome](#): > > Hey everyone its been ages WELCOME! hi. * * * Now that everythingā€™s answered, HI EVERYONE. LONG TIME NO FUCKING POST. So uhhhh, I got sick. REal sick. Fever of 100-102 for 2 days, and fluid buildup in my ears sick. Like, had to take 3 days off work by doctors orders, sick. Like, still not healed, sick. So yeah. This week sucks for writing. Havenā€™t been able to sit up long enough to type more than maybe a sentence. \<_havenā€™t even been able to play my mobile game. TAT_\> Anywhoodle. Howā€™s everyone doing. ---
**Author:** ![love4tae](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/love4tae/32/220031_2.png) [@love4tae](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/love4tae)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/245 "2023-12-12T01:00:45Z")
woah, after seeing everyone getting illā€¦is something going through this thread??? Everyone stop commenting NOW!!! **jkjkjk** šŸ˜† Iā€™m joking!! But get better everyone, Iā€™m seeing, covid, fevers, and more. As a future LPN I advise less stress, wash hands and hydrate most important,for the viruses **keep less close contact.** Other than that stay safe everyone!!! ---
**Author:** ![LiliArch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/liliarch/32/120749_2.png) [@LiliArch](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/LiliArch)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/246 "2023-12-12T01:02:36Z")
It _is_ December. For us on Northern hemisphere, it is to be expected. ---
**Author:** ![will](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/will/32/132033_2.png) [@will](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/247 "2023-12-12T02:14:17Z")
> [@Niki\_Christopherson](#): > > The Vampires need a Safe Place to be during the day. Why canā€™t they be in the sewers? Because they do not want to be covered in human excrement lol. ---
**Author:** ![S\_Missions](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/s_missions/32/207041_2.png) [@S\_Missions](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/S_Missions)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/248 "2023-12-12T03:09:29Z")
Even for those of us that are not there, it rains a lot, or it still gets unusually cold. ---
**Author:** ![S\_Missions](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/s_missions/32/207041_2.png) [@S\_Missions](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/S_Missions)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/249 "2023-12-12T03:28:51Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/249))_ ---
**Author:** ![rfzhao](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/rfzhao/32/214172_2.png) [@rfzhao](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/rfzhao)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/250 "2023-12-12T04:35:53Z")
Disappointed with my progress recently. I can only really get writing done on the weekends, and my weekend is coming to an end with about 1k of new words. It wouldnā€™t be so bad if I didnā€™t have to wait until Saturday to do more! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lady\_Luck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/the_lady_luck/32/212891_2.png) [@The\_Lady\_Luck](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/The_Lady_Luck)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/251 "2023-12-12T04:39:16Z")
Well, I caught covid from my partner, who I live with, and he caught it at work, where he has to be close to people (he works at a home for mentally handicapped adults), so I donā€™t think much could have been done to avoid it. Iā€™m also on immuno-surpressants, so there was very little hope of not getting sick from it, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![S\_Missions](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/s_missions/32/207041_2.png) [@S\_Missions](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/S_Missions)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/252 "2023-12-12T05:53:40Z")
Someone once said the difference between an office worker and a writer is this: when an office worker looks out the window, heā€™s goofing off. When a writer looks out the window, heā€™s working šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Dvalor53](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/dvalor53/32/245903_2.png) [@Dvalor53](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Dvalor53)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/253 "2023-12-12T08:09:18Z")
> [@love4tae](#): > > I wanna know tho, has anyone completed their goal? > [@Dvalor53](#): > > - Fix issues with me demo that have been brought to my attention. > - Fix/fully implement some systems that have been sitting in the background doing almost nothing. > - Editing the new material I wrote during NaNo and some older chapters. > - Finishing fight scenes in Chapter 24 > - Finishing writing my final chapter. Uhhh no. Partials on two of the five. ---
**Author:** ![Omeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/omeg/32/201348_2.png) [@Omeg](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Omeg)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/254 "2023-12-12T08:43:38Z")
> [@Niki\_Christopherson](#): > > _I-who-whyā€¦what_ I want to ask why _anyone would want to read that_, and then I remember the sheer amount of angst-porn the Homestuck fandom wrote, and that I ate it up. So nevermind. TAT You clearly havenā€™t been to the Choice of Games subreddits. IFs full of gloom, doom, misery and red flag ROs sell like hotcakes there. Not that it really matters. I primarily write soul-crushing stories about horrible people in a dystopian setting because I enjoy it, not because thereā€™s a particularly large audience for it. Iā€™d probaby keep going if even literally nobody read those. Itā€™s fun. ---
**Author:** ![MoonlightBomber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/moonlightbomber/32/191503_2.png) [@MoonlightBomber](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MoonlightBomber)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/255 "2023-12-12T09:39:46Z")
> [@love4tae](#): > > I wanna know tho, has anyone completed their goal? Still accomplishing. ---
**Author:** ![izzily](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/izzily/32/240931_2.png) [@izzily](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/izzily)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/257 "2023-12-12T18:04:05Z")
I have achieved 50% of the actual writing goal in that my second chapter is completed. Iā€™d very much like to complete the third also, but itā€™s in a weird spot where I previously wrote a few disparate chunks of it and Iā€™m not wholly sure how the connective tissue is going to work and how much of it there will be. ---
**Author:** ![Havenstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/havenstone/32/198451_2.png) [@Havenstone](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Havenstone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/258 "2023-12-12T18:49:04Z")
Iā€™m feeling the clammy hand of Covid on me for the third Christmas in a row, so that may affect my goals for the monthā€¦ ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![AletheiaKnights](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/aletheiaknights/32/270141_2.png) [@AletheiaKnights](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/AletheiaKnights)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/259 "2023-12-12T18:55:41Z")
Yikes, and I thought I had bad luck as a child always getting a cold on Christmas Eve! ---
**Author:** ![Niki\_Christopherson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/niki_christopherson/32/207724_2.png) [@Niki\_Christopherson](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Niki_Christopherson)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/260 "2023-12-12T20:55:17Z")
> [@Omeg](#): > > I primarily write soul-crushing stories about horrible people in a dystopian setting because I enjoy it, not because thereā€™s a particularly large audience for it. Iā€™d probaby keep going if even literally nobody read those. Itā€™s fun. You know what, Fair. Fair and Valid. You keep on writing your dark shit, my friend, you deserve to enjoy what you write! * * * For the bright side, After a drā€™s note ordering me not to work until the 13th, (aka tomorrow), I feel much better and well rested. Although I need to figure out how to get my fucking meds. TAT However, now my poor husband has it (I told him no kisses while I was sick, and he didnā€™t listen, so now he suffers.) So thereā€™s that. Ugh. On the bright side, at least work canā€™t fire me for being absent. I have a dr.s note! ---
**Author:** ![Fable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/fable/32/200800_2.png) [@Fable](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Fable)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/261 "2023-12-13T04:24:48Z")
Um hello everybody in here, So, I donā€™t really use the forum and sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this but I was wondering if any other writers have experienced a sudden hate of your writing? Like, not the story or writing itself but suddenly everything you write just seems to get progressively worse in terms of quality? I have my story outline done and I was on a roll for a good while in cranking out good chunks of writing and the quality imo was good enough to keep going and edit it later or on occasion pretty good in the first draft. But as I keep going I keep getting so very dissatisfied with what iā€™m writing, what needs to happen or be said is clear in my mind but I can no longer convey it in a way I am happy with anymore. I took a break in order to focus on other things in the hope that would fix it so I could come back to it with fresh eyes; but I barely wrote 200 words today and I hate almost everything I wrote. Has this happened to anyone before? Again, sorry if I posted this in the wrong place. šŸ„ŗ ---
**Author:** ![S\_Missions](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/s_missions/32/207041_2.png) [@S\_Missions](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/S_Missions)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/262 "2023-12-13T04:47:44Z")
Happens all the time (see above.) Some days you look at it and think ā€œthis is crap. It should be better than this.ā€ And then you change some things and it is. But then you get stuck in this ā€œwe can always make it betterā€ loop and nothing ever gets done. Maybe wait a few days and see if you can move on from there. ---
**Author:** ![Eiwynn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/eiwynn/32/221334_2.png) [@Eiwynn](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Eiwynn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608/263 "2023-12-13T04:52:15Z")
Hey Fable ā€“ Welcome to the December Writer Support thread. šŸ’ž This is the right place to post, and many writers, both published and not published, experience feelings like that. You are not alone. I get imposter feelings almost immediately after writing. When I experience these feelings, I usually end up hating what I wrote, no matter the actual quality of the work. During these times, I usually rely on what a couple of trustworthy souls think about the writing, because when I am feeling these imposter feelings, their view is more true than my own. I also keep some of the nice feedback given and reread that too. Another thing that I found that helps is to finish the first copy of my story completely before I do rewriting or changes. Maybe you sharing here will help; I sure hope so. I am sure others will share their feelings and what they do to combat these types of feelings too! Some of the threads of the past also have resources and shared experiences. Maybe if you have time reading past support threads will help. [Previous page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608.md?page=12) [Next page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/december-2023s-writer-support-thread/145608.md?page=14)