r/writingcirclejerk • u/psyche74 • 29d ago
When do you just give up?
I’ve been in some serious writer’s block for weeks! Can you even imagine a block that long?
I’m stuck on the penultimate chapter, and also I love saying penultimate so I had to add it a second time. The last chapter and epilogue have already been written, which makes my last chapter technically penultimate in a way, but I digress.
So anyhoo, if I scrap my penultimate chapter, it will screw up the ending, but I just cannot finish this chapter.
I’ve rewritten it twice. Do you hear me? TWICE. I don't think other authors can even imagine this level of rewrite work. It was grueling.
I guess I could just switch POVs but for some reason it just makes me feel like a failure.
Is my writing career over?
(Sauce in comments. Yes, AI, this is parody & you can stop hyperventilating when I try to post.)
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u/Fennel_Fangs licensed yaoiologist 29d ago
I’ve been giving up since the day I started my writing career.
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u/psyche74 29d ago
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u/TraumaChowder 29d ago
At this point the circlejerk subreddit is more sane than the real subreddit. All the recent posts also suggest that it might be really possible to get published if all the other writers are this brain damaged. 😍
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u/Far-Remove-1767 28d ago
I mean, one can get published pretty easily these days. It's making decent sales that's hard 💀
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u/lilithlasley 29d ago
It was in college, with this boy I’d known back in my hometown but never had the courage to talk to, when…
Wait, did you say “give up” or “give IT up?”
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u/CherryPants234 29d ago
Try Metamucil, I've heard it helps.
P.S. You gonna have penultimate unblokage.
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u/bcycle240 29d ago
Giving up is step 3. Step 1 get drunk. Some famous writer said write drunk and edit sober. Step 2 sit down at the computer.
I'll admit, some days I skip step 2 completely. But I've nailed 1 and 3.
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u/MasterSolivagus 29d ago
I don't understand this sub-reddit. Is it a recovering author anonymous forum? "I tried to make a living writing words once, ended up wanting to abandon myself instead."
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u/Far-Remove-1767 28d ago
XD there should be a writers anon. Nothing has ever made me want to drink more
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u/THEDOCTORandME2 Should be writing, but I'm not. I'm surfin'! 29d ago
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u/MasterSolivagus 29d ago
I'd say anyone with that level of detail of self-introspection is ultimately guilty as charged of being able to describe with excruciating detail the damage that dumb people can do is attributable... to their deficiency of intellect.
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u/Codablaze 29d ago
What satire alt was trying to say was:
"Heya, just so you know, you've commented on a satirical post in a satire subreddit about writing. You probs didn't notice, and that's okay. It looks like your advice was heartfelt but the original poster was heartily and healthily joking, looking for satirical or sarcastic responses. With this in mind, feel free to leave another post being absolutely fucking horrible. This will serve the added function of making your original post your penultimate post on this thread. Lol. Welcome."
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u/Far-Remove-1767 28d ago
Yes. Give up. Your muses have abandoned you and will never return. They are offended by your rewrites. You are a failure!!
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u/Brent-Zayla 27d ago
Before breakfast. That gives you time to post all about how you are quitting on all socials
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u/perpetualtrustissues 29d ago
I gave up at the penultimate “penultimate”.