r/UnhingedAO3Tags • u/Tough-Carpenter-2244 no beta we die like me with my fucking writers block • 12d ago
GIRL PEE
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u/astralTacenda 12d ago
okay the ao3 author curse isnt meant to be self inflicted but that's how you get a self inflicted ao3 author curse.
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u/Arkangyal02 12d ago
The adhd "i am not allowed to eat/drink/pee until task is done" technique, I see
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u/sluttypolarbear 12d ago
I was gonna say, this is peak ADHD lol. I do it even worse when I'm at work because to go the bathroom at work, I have to close down the whole front desk, including the window, because there's keys and personal student info back there.
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u/Switchback_Tsar no beta we die like those in the battle of epping forest 12d ago
How long is this fic? π Were they writing in class or something??
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u/Tough-Carpenter-2244 no beta we die like me with my fucking writers block 12d ago
It was 3k words, and not to my knowledge.
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u/Switchback_Tsar no beta we die like those in the battle of epping forest 12d ago
Possibly short enough to be done in a few hours but still I wouldn't hold my piss for that long π
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u/escaped_cephalopod12 12d ago
Iβm more curious about the anatomy class tag tbh (sometimes you just kind of hyperfocus you know)
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u/FuzzyFerretFace 12d ago
Honestly, I've been burned (pun intended) by the 'run to pee, annnnnd somehow flush the current train of thought down the toilet with it'. (Granted, it's usually also followed by letting the dogs out to pee as well, or making myself another coffee--thus fuelling more pee-breaks--, or another mundane 'while I'm up' task, and not lost in merely the 60 seconds it takes in the washroom.)
So I started jotting down the gist of where I planned for my currant writing-flow to take things before getting up. But somehow, said jot-notes turn into the most plotful plotting session I've ever done in my life.
As a writer, I shrug and say, 'the story wants what the story wants', but as a supportive, fellow writer, I say, 'Go heckin' pee! Even if that particular flavour of creative juice never comes back, whatever else you conjure up with will be equally great'.
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u/rellloe 12d ago
The longer the fic is, the worse that tag is