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[JoshRaed]

When you say specific trauma do you mean there should be a specific medical diagnosis he can be given? Or do you mean something else?

[SoftWonderBun]

Josh enough. Just enough please. We have gone over this and over this. This is a conversation we had weeks ago when I linked the PTSD article. Just write the draft, make the comic and move onto the next thing. You're in school, just focus on that right now.

[JoshRaed]

I don’t have plans to be making the comic anytime this year. Instead i’ll be drawing and writing and gaining experience with this stuff so I can make sure i’m up to task before I finish the story draft. Before the fifth I will finish the draft, for the rest of february I will work on writing short story drafts (and catching up on that trauma research), and after that I will go back go my comic script and novel with fresh eyes the perspective of a beta reader, and research, and edit it again. Then I am going to make second drafts of all those short stories, then i’m doing a second preptober so I can basically do nanowrimo in june. There will be a bunch of mini comic things and maybe a real comic but a small one, then I’ll start the comic sometime next year.

[Kelheor]

Try writing something you know about for starters you will spend all time procrastinating over stuff you have no idea how to do and there's small chance you will do it well from the first attempt, especially if you're not putting any research in it.

[JoshRaed]

Even things I know I still don’t feel confident writing. Like I wrote about two gay autistic characters and still didn’t quite get where I was going with it or how to do it right. So I did research into the subject.

[KSlinger]

You get life experience from living life. There isn't a way to cheat time. Just like if you haven't been a police officer for 20 years, you won't have 20 years of policing experience.

You suck at writing people because you don't understand people.

How do you understand people? Be a person. Get a job. Get fired. Take public transport. Travel. Make friends. Lose friends. Fall in love. Cheat on someone. Get cheated on.

You know the answer, why are we discussing this?

[JoshRaed]

Sorry. It’s just that i’m home all day aside from a few hours of class per week, and don’t have friends or anything, so this is kind of a major change.

[PapaDom]

Joshi boy,
shouldn't you focus more on your studies? I mean having an education and getting a decent job from it seems kinda~ important.

(Also, did you do some roleplaying? Like BEING that character and think how they would act in the situation?)

[KSlinger]

I'm sure it is. You should talk to your family about making steps toward independence.

[JoshRaed]

shouldn't you focus more on your studies? I mean having an education and getting a decent job from it seems kinda~ important.

My studies are fine right now, and I have less assignments to do this week than there are days of the week.

[JoshRaed]

Thank you. I'm going to look into the behaviors of CPTSD and stuff.

[JoshRaed]

Watch interviews and documentaries.

Do you have any to recommend? Like what documentaries and interviews did you look at, and do you know any that would apply to thinks like CPTSD.

[KevinReijnders]

My guy, you are allowed to use google

[JoshRaed]

And I am. There are multiple videos on the subject in my tabs. I'm just asking for more recommendations so I can see as much as possible on the subject.

[JoshRaed]

(Also, did you do some roleplaying? Like BEING that character and think how they would act in the situation?)

No. Did you say to? I don't remember it and I can't find it.

[KevinReijnders]

Did you say to?

Do people have to tell you to do this? When writing, don't you automatically imagine yourself in the proverbial skin of the character, try to think and act like they do?

[JoshRaed]

No I'm asking because it sounded like he mentioned it before.

[kyupol]

There's all sorts of discords and message boards out there. Even the NEET Hikikomoris manage to get some form of online community going on. Been in those spaces.

All they talk about is anime, video games, and random memes (90% of the time) the occasional deep discussions on philosophy and the meaning of life (10%)... and the occasional rant on how much life sucks and it spirals into nihilism, efilism, anti natalism, and atheism, then the occasional Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist gets banned or voluntarily leaves.

Being alone with little to no friends ain't so bad. More time to meditate, enjoy nature, and draw my webtoon.

[PapaDom]

I never said that. Cause I thought it was kinda obvious since most of us do it. And personally, I don't like to respond to every thread you make since it's either the same question different wording or step by step process. And I hate repetition. Joshi boy just do it. You don't need us to tell you what you have to do nor that we should hold your hand during your progress.
Just do your thing, see what works, where to improve and work on the next thing. That's why trial and error exist. Nobody is perfect.

[JoshRaed]

I was going to. Sorry I should’ve specified that.