Don't you hate it when ...

[TarnishedPenny]

Anonymous leaves a scathing comment noting things that make it obvious they didn't read the entire story.

“Passer pour un idiot aux yeux d’un imbécile est une volupte de fin gourmet.” Georges Courteline
or
Being seen as an idiot in the eyes of an imbecile is a pleasure of the finest order.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

You re-read a story you wrote for the umpteenth time and all the same spots make you cry - again...

Savage Daughter

 

[WhiteTailDarkTip]

You have a brilliant idea for a segment but there's no way that you can twist the rest of the narrative to allow it

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

You have a brilliant idea for a segment but there's no way that you can twist the rest of the narrative to allow it

Dream sequence...

 

[WhiteTailDarkTip]

I have used dream, or dream-like sequences in my material, but I balk at stretching the narrative too much

 

[Djmac1031]

Don't you hate it when...

... you spend months on a story. It's the final part of a much longer Saga you've been crafting. It's the hardest thing you've ever attempted, and as you put that final edit on it, you believe deep in your heart It's your best work.

But then reality sinks in: It's part 3 of a much longer story. It's also interconnected with stories a friend of yours has written in this shared universe you've both created.

Oh, and it's in Sci Fi / Fantasy. And it hardly has any sex.

And you finally understand that you'll be lucky if more than ten people read it.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

You're writing a story that takes place in the Nineteenth Century.

One of your characters is "Miss Abigail Barlow".

Your fingers will not type that. They type "Ms. Barlow". Every. Single. Time.

-Billie

 

[StillStunned]

You're writing a story that takes place in the Nineteenth Century.

One of your characters is "Miss Abigail Barlow".

Your fingers will not type that. They type "Ms. Barlow". Every. Single. Time.

-Billie

I had that exact problem writing my Writing Exercise snippet the other day.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

You get 22K words into a story and realize you don't know your MCs last name, or if they even have one, and you need it right now.

 

[StillStunned]

You get 22K words into a story and realize you don't know your MCs last name, or if they even have one, and you need it right now.

When in doubt, call your MC Hammer.

 

[MiaBabe23]

Plots and characters from two different stories start encroaching on the other

 

[Bamagan]

When in doubt, call your MC Hammer.

The sign of a true pantster.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

When in doubt, call your MC Hammer.

Hmmm. Steve Hammer could work, except it's not a noir crime drama about a sleazy PI in LA or San Francisco

 

[pink_silk_glove]

When in doubt, call your MC Hammer.

It's just Hammer now.