writing culture is not having a beta reader so you reread the chapter until your eyes bleed and you can’t figure out if it’s good or bad anymore

writing culture is projecting your disorders on your blorbo and when the commentors go “you portray ()’s character so well” im like thanks its my mental illness

writer culture is being too embarrassed to proof read your writing because then you'd....you'd have to READ...oh god I can't even say it...YOUR OWN WRITING 🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢

Writer culture is rereading your old fics because you're actually a genius and what you wrote is still good many years later

writer culture is only being able to write on your school provided computer because the website restrictions (mostly) keep you from getting distracted

writer culture is being excited about writing sth holiday theme and releasing it on that holiday while knowing full well that the chance of u reaching that self-imposed deadline is 0.01% (just trying to get in the christmas spirit is all)

Writer culture is having to write an entire trilogy for a character that only appears once or twice in your story - but keeps forgetting where the protagonist is when you left off.

writing culture is reading a book and then suddenly your story gains like three traits from the book you just read

Writing culture is being able to read somthing and tell what kind of books the author reads

writer culture is getting those bot comments that say they're gonna report you to the police and laughing about them because they commented that on a fluff, no archive warnings apply, fic that is literally just two boys kissing and cuddling

Writer culture is writing a story, not knowing how the FUCK you finished it, slightly starting to plow through the mountain of self-doubt you had built up and then someone wants to read it and you crumble.

Writing a one shot at 3am and posting it and having zero memory of doing it, but waking up to people saying they loved it and asking where the sequel is.

Writer culture is the internal panic you feel when someone asks what you're writing 😐

writer culture is regretting to have thrown the old stories you made as a kid in the trash can… sigh.

Write culture is giving yourself anxiety writing suspense even though you know how it ends.

Writer culture is forgetting all your vocabulary the second you open a document and end up described weird words and asking for synonyms to google

writer culture is loving your characters a lot and putting said characters through lots, and I mean LOTS, of trauma. So much so that irl these guys’ therapists will need therapy. And not regret anything because you can always say “they’ll get over it” and be right.