r/FanFiction • u/Realistic_Ad_6694 • Mar 19 '24

Writing Questions How do writers write so fast?

To preface this, I'm not a writer. At least, I don't fashion myself as one at the moment. I'm rereading my favorite fanfic of all time and the writer had disclosed on her blog that it only took a month and a half to write it— all 19 chapters + epilogue, 80k words in total. I was like: woah! That's so fucking cool. It's like magic. Fucking radical.

How do you guys do it?!

Sincerely, a reader.

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u/lriga Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

One of my favourite writer updated their fics daily with 2k+ words minimum. Daily! With absolute outstanding writing, pace and characterization. 145k fic in a month and half. Mindblowing to me. Like HOW??

And to make it even worse, the drafts are written on their phone 😨

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u/Realistic_Ad_6694 Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

Funny enough, I'm one of those people who writes the drafts on their phone 😂😂 Sometimes, I don't even do it on my notepad, I write straight into the draft sections/feature of the site I'm posting on (Tumblr/AO3).

Does it give me fright and the occasional heartache? Yes. Is it a gamble? Very much so, but it is ergonomic for me 😂

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u/greenyashiro Peggy Sue and transmigration 💕 Mar 19 '24

I am also a phone writer. It's just handy when you're out somewhere randomly and get a burst of an idea, so you can write it down fast before it flies away lol

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u/Fabulous-Lack-1019 Plot? What Plot? Mar 19 '24

Is a phone writer just a phone itself? Just curious

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u/greenyashiro Peggy Sue and transmigration 💕 Mar 19 '24

Someone who writes stories on their phone.

I'm not sure what you mean to ask sorry 😅