Struggling Writers’ Daily Den: rant, share, complain, ask, daily progress thing (Part 2)

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I don’t care about being the best. I just want to be remembered, and people enjoy my work. But he’s right about not overthinking. And to make something 100% you. (And it’s Bow as in bowtie, not as in bow btw).

What do I love enough for my art to become the procrastination itself? Good question. I’m NOT doing intermittent fasting because it would be madly unhealthy for me to do. I can drink more water, though.

This guy has inspired me to make something specific, honest, and interesting Even if you write a story like that for no reason other than to read it yourself, it’s still an accomplishment. Its something that makes you happy.

Yeah, I agree with that ‘don’t say X needs to happen point’ point. But you still don’t need to write a novel’s worth or unfolding events, as most people think. (This isn’t aimed at him btw)

A novel and a story aren’t always synonymous. We have all been brainwashed to think that it is because of the toxicity of the publishing industry. That’s why we have romances that could be 125-200 pages long because twice that. For no good reason, to meet the capitalistic standards of the mass consumption machine that rejects true art.

It’s the same with the music industry. Even talented artists are being made to make “TikTok songs” for hooks that are forgotten about tomorrow, instead of something organic, and unique that can stand on its own two feet.

“Play don’t show” is interesting, but yeah, you wanna involve the audience. You need to build the tone, and you need to show the family dynamics. But on the other hand, I could care less about big themes, and having my work “seem deeper than it is” because I write for the everyman (not that the everyman can’t understand deep themes), but I’m more straightforward and that’s alright also.

But yes, we need to make MORE than content. MORE than a fad. MORE than just money in the bank. AI will never be as good as we are, in any way, shape, or form. Everyone wants to be noticed and get famous on TikTok and sell multiple millions of copies of their books, but you need to make stuff that you don’t care to get seen for practice too. You do need to practice the craft.

And yes, you can do second projects and not overthink things. That’s a great idea. Not everything that I am gonna write is gonna end up on Wattpad either or even published. I do need to screw about with ideas, and write something ‘special’ and let the creative juices flow.

And what he said about workshopping and networking is right. How else is anyone gonna see your stuff if you wanna be noticed and don’t go about doing those things, how are people gonna know who the hell you are and what you’re writing?

Consistency is also important, yeah. I suck at that, oh well. I need to focus, haha. Maybe, working on things will keep me focused without a strong plot.

Love the people you love (myself jk? :wink: Maybe, maybe not but you are your biggest fan on earth lol) and make art. Yes, very important :wink: But you can make it simple, and interesting. You don’t have to be a pretentious, insane prick about it either. I like simple, but interesting and that’s what I do best.

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Not sure if relevant, but this is the first scene I thought of when I started watching the video.

PS. Why did that tech genius not have a fail-safe plan? At least emergency manual releases for the doors, or a few FN P90s stashed around human-only bunker areas…The FN 5.7mm round is designed to penetrate NATO standard Kevlar armour, so a rogue Ava shouldn’t be much of an issue for it…

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Yup! I think everything the guy in this video is saying about Jackson Pollock is what the guy in the other video is saying about how to write. ( ˆ◡ˆ)۶ ٩(˘◡˘ )

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I need to rethink Anjan’s story a few more times and the overall story in general. So, I feel like the story could do better as some adventure or something.

I rather not have this story take place in one location. I need to it to be in different locations that make sense to the story.

So, I am going to have to rethink Anjan’s story a bit more.

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Wish I had seen this last month when I was going through an artist/creative person identity crisis :stuck_out_tongue: But I somehow figured this out myself.

I’m usually at the stage where I think “I’m just gonna do what I wanna do because when you love your work, it seeps through the work and people can really tell if a work was created by someone who loves what they made”.

But a few months ago I was trying make a job out of every hobby I thought I could do and was overstretching myself or something and trying to do what people would want and stuff. I was wondering, am I an illustrator or writer or artist or designer or WHAT???

I decided to not push my hobbies into money-making businesses. If it happens to make money, good. If not, I won’t stress about it. I need hobbies which are just things that I have fun with and create whatever I feel like.

Writing is fine. Writing has always been my fun job that I enjoy stressing about :stuck_out_tongue:

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Who do I go to for feedback on poetry about death?

I could post it here, but I don’t want to trigger anyone. It’s hinting at things.

It’s not related to anything going on in the world right now, but it could be interpreted that way, which is why I’m hesitant on shoving it into people’s faces when they never asked to see it.

So…that’s the struggle with writing dark poetry.

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Power aside, does Ava have an infinite energy machine inside her? If not, well, she needs to find a safe place to charge.

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I now have maybe a chapter and a half to write but my brain has said no. It’s cool. I’ve still got 3 days to finish it before the new year (though I probably won’t) :joy:

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I wonder if the tv series Humans, or the manga / anime series Ghost in the Shell, covered that question. I’d assume Ava’s power system is as advanced or compact as her brain.* So Ava could go a week or a month without recharging (if Ava needed it).
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I need to do some live writing sprints whether old or new.

I am wasting time. Regardless of if I didn’t do the zero draft, I need get started on this story and make sense of everything later.

Well, saying that I am wasting time is a tad dramatic! I have all the time in the world, but I want to use the time I have for writing the actual story’s chapters.

I miss working on the actual story and its bothersome wasting time taking notes and doing things before writing.

So, I could kill two birds with one stone.

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H’m I see. I just have to wonder such questions with stories of robots going rogue, because it’s not like with organic life where they can just sleep and eat to regain energy to survive.

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Earlier, I was working a bit on the characters that will be introduced in the story, in terms of the main characters.

So, I got Anjan, Caimys, Vamir, Karidas, Salisara, and Lhoris as the main six or mostly the first five.

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Miniaturized cold-fusion reactors, or something similar, would solve the issue of recharging. The robots could generate their own power forever.

In the Battle Star Galactica TV series, a method of identifying a ‘human’ Cylon (infiltration unit) was such ‘humans’ never needed to rest. Yet these robots were also organic enough to bear human offspring. Well, this was the case for some female human-Cylons. There’s a similar scenario with the 3rd Generation female robots in the anime series Armitage III.

Oh, an interesting anime that covers the fading lines between (friendly) advanced robots and humans is Time of Eve.

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Jey and Tony are arguing in my head. They would be great characters for a story, but they don’t have a plot, what do I do? I could do character studies, but there needs to be something else going on too. Same with a slice of life, and also a lookback over their relationship kinda story.

They’re a couple. Jey works in IT, and Tony works as a bouncer in a nightclub (he is ex-military, but he’s completed his service). They got married in Vegas, and live in Texas now. Tony is from Texas and Jey is from Miami.

What can I do that’s not really ‘romance-heavy’? It’s a bit stereotypical having a gay couple do romance, and be all about romance and those sorta things. None of them are really into drag, or things that are traditionally associated with ‘gay men’.

Jey is a nerd, and he likes food. He cooks sometimes, and he used to be decent at wrestling before he left for Texas. He also likes listening to music and socializing at the bar, and he’s gotten into knitting recently. He’s softer than Tony, but not overly feminine. He’s more jolly, and sanguine.

Tony likes to work out, and he’s pretty handy, and good at fixing things. He likes music as well, but he’s not very social (he will go sometimes with Jey out drinking and their friends). He likes to read sci-fi books (and mainly nonfiction), is good at BBQing, and likes to collect sneakers. Tony is more of a logical, serious type.

They do compliment each other, though, in a sorta “opposites attract” way and they do sometimes have arguments like every couple. And they’re also in their mid 30s (36, and 37).

@Akje @NotARussianBot @Qualeshia12 @J.L.O @MatthewJH or anyone else who wants to answer me.

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I’m open to reading dark poetry. I’ve written some myself. What kind of feedback are you looking for? :thinking:

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I banged out three chapters of fanfic and working on a fourth within the last week or so. Still not a single word dedicated to any of my original works and my “6 month plan to self publish a chapbook” still sits there. :laughing: :sob: I’m on a week long vacation and already halfway through. Maybe there’s still hope for me? :see_no_evil:

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Throw the most ridiculous conflict you can think of at them.

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Like what? A fireman having relationship troubles?

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You need to think bigger, like knitting club drama big.

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What happens there?

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