A (rough) recollection of author notes I’ve read in the last few years:
-I’m currently in quarantine for the next two weeks, so expect another chapter in the next few days
-A colleague died so I’m wine drunk and writing this, don’t know where it’ll go from here
-sorry this is late, I spilled iced coffee on my laptop so I had to rewrite the chapter
- “I’m projecting” or “this is my therapy” (written on gods know how many angst, trauma, hurt/comfort, hurt/no comfort, chronic pain/illness, mental health struggles, tragedy/MCD fics)
-I lost my job, so that sucks, here’s another chapter
-I *insert any painful injury or illness* and I’m a little loopy on pain meds, so please excuse any typos or mistakes
-I haven’t slept in three days and this is how I’m coping
Sometimes you are going through a really awful time and writing is the coping mechanism that works right now.