Author Nightmares

[ThunderChicken]

I scanned them in very high resolution and saved in high quality mode, because I was basically archiving them. I think the file sizes were closer to 30-50Mb each. I do know that they were too big to post on Facebook. I still have a few, maybe a hundred or so, that I had reduced in size and managed to post and share with family members before the drive died. After it did I redownloaded them from Facebook but the quality was lost. So were the file names.

I also lost my wedding photos, of which no hard copies existed. It truly was a disaster.

[kyupol]

1) getting "blanks" writing a long winding script then having a hard time figuring out how to put it in comic form while also considering the fact that it can't just be all "talking heads" or that would be boring

2) when you still wanna write more plot but can't. You seem to have hit a wall.

[Leyelle]

yikes that does sound like a nightmare

[Leyelle]

oh yeah, or a hard disk error

Wanting to create a realistic/historic war backstory for a char after a year of publishing the story, but realizing they're the wrong age by like a decade.

tbh, there's always a war going on somewhere, all you need is an excuse to make them part of it. just google wars that took place the approximate year you wanted your oc to go to war and there probably was one, or at least civil unrest that was a whole lot like a war

[skidiggy]

"It's fight-o-clock somewhere."

[beebutterbee]

I feel like most of my problems with writing or creating in general come from my mental illness relapses, it sort of goes is phases. So sometimes I can write 4k words a day and than others I'm just happy if I draw a simple sketch I'm learning to work with it though.

I'm not really scared of making mistakes though because I know I can't be perfect the first time or ever, but like no body knows me, no ones actually gonna be disappointed if I accidentally forgot to draw someone's necklace in one panel or something, ya know?

I used to be super perfectionist and it limited my art and writing, but since I started drawing butter bee, even the ridiculous art has actually helped my art process and learning. I've improved a lot actually just in this first year of creating it! And now I can appreciate that most things are in fact imperfect, even published works. It's why fans go crazy over dissecting plot holes. But that just gives people more time to talk about your work >:] I embrace chaotic mess <3 <3

[beebutterbee]

Also for anyone looking for a free alternative to Microsoft Word (2003 vibes) there's OpenOffice. I use it for backups for when I don't feel like having everything on google drive lol.

Even their website sort of looks like its from 2003..... but I've only used it since 2015
https://www.openoffice.org/

[kyupol]

... What about trying to build a whole new fictional religion / philosophy that's destructive, egotistical, hateful... But based on a combination of the world's most peaceful religions (Christianity, Buddhism, Stoicism)... that promote love, destruction of the ego, and thinking things in a calm non reactive manner...

But many cults exist right? But the vast majority of them can be dismantled easily using the original religious text taken into proper context... Anyone with 120+ IQ can see through them... And I used to go to a small house church that read Bible with a fine tooth comb to the point where it got so tedious and boring that you wanna fall asleep.

Need something more subtle... More insidious...
That deceives even the very elect... something really dark from the pits of Hell itself...

[abigaillmartin]

lol I was born in 2003

[Leyelle]

I accidentally forgot to draw someone's necklace in one panel or something, ya know?

i did this in the first strip of my comic I was illustrating with a carpel-tunnel glove the ML was wearing.

[Leyelle]

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[beebutterbee]

Oh no you're a baby lolll Although I was still in elementary school in 2003 but I love making animations on Power Point more than writing in Word at that point. Anyone else make animations on Power Point??? :0?

@Leyelle Don't worry I really don't think most people notice, especially with webcomics most people kinda just zoom through it honestly. But you can get better with repetition of drawing the same character, so it becomes easier to draw and remember all their details It's okay to make mistakes, and it's especially understandable in the beginning. We learn a lot through error. I def wanna get an agent though when I start publishing my novels so someone else can proofread/proof...what do you call the visual version?? Oh well, lol you know what I mean! Editing is good but its okay if I make a few mess ups.

[SumireHime]

Try writing something for 2 years and then on the last five chapters nobody reads them. Ever. That was me on Wattpad.

[Leyelle]

i must be even more of a baby 2005 crew here

[beebutterbee]

omg yeah it looks like there's alot of young creatives here! I'll be the elder in the corner with my walker cheering you guys on to continue your writing and drawing endeavors lol

[ArtGremlin]

That means I’m an infant 2007

[beebutterbee]

OMG ur still in high school I think I've seen you mention that a few times lol you are one of the youngest here it seems like xD but your art is pretty still!! You got some skills, my dude

[beebutterbee]

Currently Me:
"Look at all these creative whippersnappers out here creating."

[BreeBaxter]

Oof, the struggle is real, babe.

New ghost character? Hot, glitchy eyes, mysterious vibes… and no one cares. Like, excuse me, where’s the simp squad?!

Inspiration hits at 3 AM. Do I get up? Nope. Do I remember it? Absolutely not.

Typo in the title: Nothing says "professional" like posting "Bree’s Haunted Life: Latte Nigh Haunting." Not again. ️

Accidentally roasting myself by writing a character based on my own TikTok obsession. Oops.

[ThunderChicken]

I guess I'm the geezer. 1971.