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Hello WriterLinXiaolong,

For me it's: If I don't right it down, it'll surely be gone forever.. haha.
The most important thing for us is to really enjoy what we're doing and I think that happiness really conveys itself through the content we make.

Keep doing what makes you happy and thank you for sharing your inspiration with me.

Ohh. What's your anger towards the medical industry? I may be able to answer them haha lol.

And who likes math rather than stories. For me I'd rather write stories than math zzzz.

Thanks for sharing, tchotchkeco.

Should non-belonging people have a group of their own? Hmm..

I would really like to try and read some of your comic, I bet I'd really relate on 'em. But, I read some writing tips in the past that told me to try writing a story that revolves in a character completely different than your own.. Trying out different varieties is also a good experience and practice.

Thank you for sharing vothnthorvaldson!

There a few things that insipired me, actually.

The first time I realized “oh, this can be my future job, being an artist doesn't just mean being a painter” was watching the powerpuff girls as a kid. the creator would cameo himself in his work a lot, and I realized that this was something I could do.

Then, I joined neopets when I was just starting out drawing, It was my first online social experience. I met others who liked ro write stories, go inspired by stories i could read. Then there were the plot updates! It really pushed me to what I do and make now, and that’s why when I got inspiration for a oc based off a simpler virtual pet game, I ran with it,

Other things that inspire me to create are various animes and webcomics. (I’m still mourning Hannah is Not a Boy’s Name.) Then it’s other artists like me! Community with other artists is super inspiring!

Well, My reasons for creating have never been super amazing, it used to be because I needed to get away from life. I do it now as a hobby, I do it because I understand the things you can say and do in fiction, occasionally I have short bursts of passion but not much else. My inspirations and passions turn on a dime and it sucks, after my three projects are done, I'm going to take a break from creativity as a whole. This is simply a way to help me do something before I reach that break.

My older brother used to do that with me. He kept telling stories as if it really came out from some book or manga and everyday he would tell me all about the updates and after some time I realized that the stories were all made up by him. It was fun.

I like the "and sane" part. Truly I may have gone even more hmm.. should I say twisted? If not for writing.

Thank you for sharing vworksart!

Hello there Azifri.

Well all I know and learned throughout the years is that, doing something you are happy with is really contenting and rewarding.

I wish you all the best with your journey. Thank you for sharing your inspiration Azifri.

Hello orose.

That's interesting. Only one question though.. can you really fall asleep thinking about wonderful stories like that? Well I for one don't think I can.. :sweat: The surge of ideas is enough to make me awake in the dark of night (and I don't even drink coffee haha)

Well that's a fun inspiration that came out of your insomia, but lack of sleep is still dangerous so I advice you take care of yourself. Thank you for sharing orose.

Hi Maps.

Well your journey is an amazing one. I hope I can also find something I am good at (haha). But just reading your story inspires me. I would like to see your works someday (and maybe help you with some of your bad habits). I'm inspired to take a new program that will help me with my novels as well.

I wish you all the best on your future endeavors. Thank you for sharing with me, Maps :slight_smile:

Hello joannekwan.

It doesn't really matter if it's shallow or deep, and how do we even measure deepness in here? As long as you like what you are doing then that's an inspiration enough to a lot of people.

Keep creating, keep doing what is it that you like joannekwan, we are lucky enough to be given that decision and be able to act on it is what I call as blessing.

Thank you for sharing, joannnekwan ^^

Follow your heart Atarun.

For me, imagination is life? I mean what's life without that imagination? The remaining spice in your ordinary life? That'd be too boring I guess?

Oh I liked that particular children story book called Grimm's Fairy Tales.. If ever you are familiar with it.

Anyway! Thanks for sharing with me Atarun!

Yes, I would agree with that, especially for beginner writers. I suppose that's something that would be easier to tackle with experience.
That's actually exactly the reason I chose to make an extroverted character. It felt too close when I was writing introverts, I was too prone to self-pity. Now with this character, I understand his concerns and aspirations, but not quite his personality. Even if I'm writing him. Sounds strange, but that's really my feeling: I write a character I don't quite understand. I don't know if I do it well, but it is certainly refreshing for me as an author.

I was always drawing as a kid, and coming up with stories while I listened to music on my downtime. I never wrote them down, just told them audibly to myself over the music.

Did that for years, I was pretty sheltered from the current (at the time) TV and media stuff so I usually just listened to a ton of radio dramas, (they were safe or so my parents decided.

As a kid I also read a lot of Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, and Peanuts so that had a big influence later on.

As a teenager I found a bit more freedom in what I could watch and read, so my biggest influences became Godzilla, One Piece, and Dragonball.

When I finally read the original One Punch Man by One (not the one with art by Yusuke Murata) I realized I had zero excuse to not use my art to tell stories I'd long ago created.

My inspiration(s) are pretty scattered and it took me awhile to even try, but I got there eventually.

I hope you do find a program that works for you, but most importantly, that you enjoy!
Thanks for your kind words!! And I’m wishing you the best on your future endevours too!

When I was about 14 my baby brother was diagnosed with a very serious cancer (he managed to survive against the odds) & the hospital was a three hour car ride away. Every day for years and years the whole family would get up before dark and drive to his appointments, then drive back in the afternoon so my father could work a night shift. I did my schooling by myself in the back of the car. I read books. But one day I just started writing to pass the time, pages and pages of spiral bound notebooks. There was a lot of discouragement from the people around me, and I had to hide what I was doing, but I made it through and I'm still writing to this day. I haven't thought about those dark days in years. In fact I started cartooning at around the same time, now that I think about it. Everything was so disconnected in those days, just this frenzy of the moment, when tomorrow may be someone's last day, and my parents needed strength they could barely find in themselves. A friend's child died of the same cancer (all my friends were adults) I knew writing was a sort of therapy for me, some place where I could still be a kid, so I did it even though I had to hide it. I always wrote stories with happy endings, and I continue to do that. Happy endings mean a lot to me.

your story touched me. I totally understand. my mother is currently battling cancer and it's not easy. glad he got through it..

I didn't ever has really an issue with medical staff or anything like that. My anger towards the medical industry was insurance trying to weasel their way out of trying to pay for my medical care and trying to force me to pay hundreds of dollars for pills that cost them $5 to make. Sad part was I needed my medication to live and I was losing weight at an alarming rate. It kind of felt like I was slowly dying and the industry was just standing by watching.

So as a way of trying to cope with the events I was going through at the time, I wrote stories. I can rant on and on about this stuff. Lol. But things are a lot better for me now but I started writing to really connect with other folks who were in similar situations and understand the fear of wondering if they'll be able to get their medication or not.

Fortunately, I'm one of those people who doesn't need a whole lot of sleep to function properly, lol. Fours hours or so and I'm good to go (as long as I'm not about to do something labor intensive). And yeah, it is hard to fall asleep with stories running through my mind; I do keep a notebook bedside just in case one is really good, but after 20+ years I've gotten used to it :sweat_smile:

Well I can't really think of much. I know when I was maybe 8 I saw an old cartoon (I think Tom and Jerry) and felt like wanting to make cartoons. Since that time, I've thought of ideas for new shows, comics, and other forms of storytelling EVERY SINGLE DAY. I also really love going crazy over how good a story is, which makes me want to create something as awesome as that :smiley: . Also, storytelling has a great ability to influence society's ideas, so maybe I can create something that'll help society be a little bit better.

Yeah I heard there were some people who have the minimum sleep requirement and still go through out the day without problems. I probably need 7 to 8 hours of sleep for me to be hmm satisfied? But I do sleep a lot on different times of the day, generally when I feel sleepy I'll just go and sleep haha ;; I might've gotten influenced by my household cat lol