How do you motivate yourself?

[Lxyi]

@schittwriter

• Draw my characters.
• Edit my characters.

Nice, that’s great that you can edit and draw your characters! I am not that good at drawing hahaha

@schittwriter

Write down dialogues and narrations in notes as they come to mind (I often like to do that whilst listening to music).

Ooh I’m going to try that out

@schittwriter

Read other stories / watch movies that might give inspo.

Yep that really helps

@schittwriter

Command my friends to hype me up.

Lollll

[crazy.redhead]

First of all, you need to distinguish Episode as a hobby or like wanting something. There must be a reason for you to start. Feeling unmotivated to write an episode is much common, trust me. If Episode is your hobby and an escape from reality, then TAKE BREAKS! TAKE BREAKS! If it is like a goal or something (like you want a story of yours to be on app), then again TAKE A BREAK. Don’t quit. For me, when I started, the motivation was people tagging in their Instagram posts and talking about how they loved my story and the fame ofc! (It was all daydreaming.) But now it has changed to something else. I motivate myself to share my character’s story. A character I made and left in between. One last thing, start with a short story. Not like a SERIES or something which will take time. Short stories are much impactful and easy to read and create. So, start with that? And ALL THE BEST Marinette!

[Lxyi]

@Sunset_Shimmer

Just start coding with an idea written down (I leave the gray # notes in my script so if any ideas come to me, I can add them in)

Oh, that’s a really good idea!

@Sunset_Shimmer

Because once I get going, I really get going lol. I can code for hours and finally look up and be like ‘what happened to the time?’

Hhhahahahha I totally get that, happens to me too.

@Sunset_Shimmer

Sleep. It sounds weird but sometimes I dream about my characters or story in my sleep. Next thing you know I’m waking up with new ideas to write

Yes sleeping does wonders to you!

@Sunset_Shimmer

‘Aww, I want to share mines too’ or ‘Ugh, I need to keep working on my story’. Strangely enough it gets me working

Haha I guess it’s motivational.

@Sunset_Shimmer

Another big thing. Try to work on only one unpublished story at a time! I know sometimes when my motivation wanes I get interested in another story I was writing. But I’ve got a library full of unpublished stories which means nothing is ever getting done if I’m giving them all little bits of my attention. Stick to one and go back to it even when your motivation is low.

That is totally me by the way. Thankfully I’m focusing all my attention on one story right now. Thank you so much though!

[Lxyi]

@Stargazer54

I lose motivation, start things and never finish them… etc…

Same here that is 100 percent me!

@Stargazer54

What I’m doing rn is making a general plan for my stories when I have ideas. Because often I have a lot of ideas but not all of them will be good or work out. If I plan them out beforehand on google docs, I can easily take out things and revise things I don’t like anymore. If you code it right away, it’s harder to do this because you work hard on something only to not like it and throw it away.

I did that last time, never finished episode 1 afterwards, so now I make a plan too. It does help more.

@Stargazer54

I’m also accepting that idk if I’ll ever publish something. I’m writing for the fun of it. If I make something and happen to finish it I’ll publish it, but until then I’m kinda just writing for fun.

Same in fact i started coding because I love the idea of interactive stories and sharing my ideas with other people so that’s a great mindset!

@Stargazer54

I’m also a student and am busy a lot of the time. So yeah, it’s definitely hard to write. I just view it as a fun hobby. I try not to be hard on myself when I genuinely don’t have any time for writing.

That’s great , thank you

[Lxyi]

True, that really helps so you won’t feel stressed. Sometimes I have to remind myself not to get frustrated and like “This is just something fun to do, I don’t have to beat myself up for not getting inspired or haven’t updated for a long time or even it’s taking forever to perfect one scene”

[Lxyi]

It’s more of a hobby to me, but it’s also a goal to finish a short story for me. I feel like I take breaks but way too long ones which means I’m getting lazy.

@crazy.redhead

Not like a SERIES or something which will take time. Short stories are much impactful and easy to read and create. So, start with that?

Okay, thanks! I will.

@crazy.redhead

ALL THE BEST Marinette

Awww TYSM!

Btw unrelated: So you watch miraculous too?

[crazy.redhead]

I just watched the first episode and then I left it for some other time because I was in the middle of Modern Family. (I take one at a time.) But I will continue it for sure because of Adrian. (EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE)

[Lxyi]

Lol idk how I ONLY saw this reply! But thanks for answering! That’s awesome and have fun watching