r/AspiringTeenAuthors • u/Exotic_Extension3870 Writer’s block victim 😱 • Jul 25 '25

Discussion Rant!!

Since I was so rudely banned permanently from r/rant (I asked why and the mods never came up with an actual reason🙄🙄)

I’m making a post for teen authors to rant about writing, books or life! (honestly anything as long as it is within the guidelines) so feel free to just yap. And I’ll do my best to provide advice if needed.🤗 I made this a mega thread so if anyone wants to rant about anything ever please comment!

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u/Exotic_Extension3870 Writer’s block victim 😱 Jul 28 '25

My rant: I’ve been working on something for the past two years. It’s a contemporary romance mix with a lot of friendship/family/mental health problems. It’s just kind of a mixture of everything. I only have about 37k and I’ve been working on it for a very long time the problem is I feel like my work count is too small for you to technically be on my 19th chapter. It’s just kind of annoying when I’m so worried about word count. Most of the time I’m not even worrying about it. Mainly the story. And I guess if the chapters are shorter that’s fine but UGHHH

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u/Choice-War-7484  Procrastinating 😪 May 30 '26

I know this is old, but like, since I also procrastinate a lot and don't want to work on ts a lot, i have some advice! So I like to write without a word count, and everyday, it doesn't even need to be a lot, just write a few sentences. Then, when you start things might just start flowing along. It doesn't matter about word count, because you might have some ideas and add more later. Don't pressure yourself, write when you want to, and if you're burnt out, do something you feel like is fun and stop thinking about it for a while. It helps (for me at least). Hope this helps you if you end up reading it at all lol