What would you do after you've completed all your goals?

river121693 2022-01-27 04:27:41 UTC #2

I’m not sure I’ll ever run out of story to tell, but I definitely wouldn’t force any ideas. The thing that’s driving me is the desire to tell this story, so I wouldn’t be motivated enough if I force it.
Ideally, If iI make enough money, I’ll go on a hiatus until a new story comes up
Or Maybe I can work on a show or a film adaptation of my work 🤭

KiabIce 2022-01-27 04:29:36 UTC #3

Feel proud I finished all I wanted to tell and draw.

Take a vacay like somewhere tropical

Relish in my success.

DokiDokiTsuna 2022-01-27 05:50:35 UTC #4

I feel like this is kind of a weird question for me, and maybe some others might feel that way too...like it kind of assumes that my 'identity as an artist/writer' is more of a means to an end than an intrinsic part of my lifestyle. ^^;
Not that there's anything wrong with that-- for many people, writing stories and/or drawing comics is just a hobby that makes them happy, that they might easily move on from someday. And that's natural and okay...but it's not everyone.

I think the day I don't have any more stories I want to tell is the day I no longer want to exist on this earth. Like, even if I don't want to take the time to polish them up or even write them down, I think I'll always be making up little scenarios and characters and thinking 'oh, wouldn't it be cool if x, y, and z". It's just something I do; something I've always done.
Asking if I might someday be 'finished' or if I might have to force myself to continue because I'm 'attached' to it...it's like asking if I'm 'attached' to consuming food. I guess technically yes, but you're phrasing it as if there's a sensible alternative...?? ^^;;;

I guess to actually try to answer the question (basically, what I would do if I wasn't a storyteller) there are other hobbies I have that I'd probably default to-- composing music, for one. But I also think I'd do more critique. Film, literature, theater, video games; you name it, I'd analyze it. ^^
Basically, my brain has two modes: if it's not creating/putting things together, it's taking them apart and trying to figure out how they work. The main reason I don't do a lot of critique now, even though I enjoy it, is because I'd rather focus on my own stories...without them, I'd have all the time in the world~

AmandaJ-art 2022-01-27 05:59:04 UTC #5

I've always loved writting and that isn't going to change. Even after I finish writting the stories I have right now. I will just come up with never and better ones as I get older.

Maybe I would get tired from working on things all the time, but then maybe, just maybe I'll make less stories and try to relax. But let's be real here. What is relaxing anyway? I don't know of such a thing.

TheLemmaLlama 2022-01-27 06:14:03 UTC #6

That's fair! I guess the reason I'm asking this question is because for a long time, I thought I was like you (but with math; doing math was an intrinsic part of my lifestyle and I'll always be looking at new concepts and thinking 'oh, wouldn't it be cool if x, y, and z'.)

But I realised that after I've learnt the thing I really wanted to learn/'answered' the question I've been wanting to understand this whole time, I'm just not as passionate about math as I used to be, and it's taking me a lot to admit I'm just continuing my studies because I'm attached to my identity as a mathematician.

And there's little reason for me to believe it won't happen with my stories as well; I'm not really passionate about storytelling, I'm just passionate about telling the specific stories I have in mind and if I ever finish telling them, I'll no longer be interested in storytelling.

I hope so too. A part of me envies people like you :')

nayrnixon 2022-01-27 06:47:39 UTC #7

Not sure I would ever run out honestly. I have three webcomic series made right now and I came up with three solid ideas last week lol. If the well ever ran dry, I would just let myself live and move on. But that probably won't happen I think. I've been telling stories for years and I've never ran out of them.

smokesalty 2022-01-28 06:48:24 UTC #8

I always get new story ideas and inspiration, so I will probably continue making comics/writing books for years and years. I'm always thinking up new ideas and I always have something to be excited about.

I have specific stories I know I NEED to tell because they are my passion projects. However, any idea that is developed can have the potential to turn into a passion project.

In fact, my current comic started off as just an idea I thought was cool but not too passionate about until I started writing ideas, coming up with character concepts and getting inspired. Now it's a story I NEED to tell because I love it so much, and I'm even writing sequels and prequels because I love the characters.

For me coming up with stories isn't out of necessity for my identity, it's just because being a writer and artist makes me happy.

And completing my goals doesn't mean I won't come up with new ones! If I've completed all the stories I want to tell, I'd start brainstorming new ones.

sc101 2022-01-28 06:55:55 UTC #9

tries to not to sound like a depressed fucko

TheLemmaLlama 2022-01-28 07:38:20 UTC #10

Maybe that's the difference between you and I; I don't actually enjoy the process of creating, I create because I have stories I NEED to tell, to the extent that wading through the process is just a price I have to pay for getting my story out to the world. So it's pretty unfathomable to me why someone would deliberately subject themselves to the process of creation if they didn't have anything they really wanted to create, unless they were clinging onto their identity as a creator (which I do relate to). But if you actually enjoy the process itself, that definitely explains things :]

Fellow depressed fucko here, no judgement :]

Breezy 2022-01-28 12:05:52 UTC #11

What even is this thread? I want to meet the person that has completed all their goals, shake their hand, and then brag to all my friends about how I met them.

TheLemmaLlama 2022-01-28 12:11:31 UTC #13

Technically, someone who has no goals is someone who has completed all their goals :]

Breezy 2022-01-28 12:15:47 UTC #14

Is someone who has no apples a person that has eaten all their apples? Nope. Because they might have not eaten any at all. This is a false equivalency and I won’t stand for this level of sarcasm! 🤣 But I might sit down for it.

TheLemmaLlama 2022-01-28 12:23:30 UTC #15

Yes.

refuses to elaborate further

leaves

VibrantFox 2022-01-28 13:04:04 UTC #16

probably still coming up with random ocs and lore for the hell of it

i'm always coming up with one random idea or another whenever i'm inspired or i get into some new piece of media so even if i did complete all i set out to at this current point in life i'd still be making other things even if they were more or less devoted in terms of detail

like i don't think i've got any goals now so it's less that i've won anything i think but more that there's no way i can fail since...i'm not really doing anything. which imo is fine coz i can enjoy creating freely than feeling held by some form of obligation to anyone but myself and the best part is i can set the bar wherever i want so if it's curb high i can take a step and call that an accomplishment lest i trip n fall but like...i think that's just losing track of the metaphor

Kelheor 2022-01-28 13:16:18 UTC #17

Ahahahaaaaaaaaaa

It's not even all of them

TheLemmaLlama 2022-01-28 13:36:04 UTC #18

~~not with that attitu-~~ AAAAAAAAAAA HOW DO YOU DO THE STRIKETHROUGH TEXT D':

(Props to you though XD I've only got 4 :P)

Kelheor 2022-01-28 13:37:59 UTC #19

it's [*s]text[/s] without *

ar-ninetysix 2022-01-28 14:01:01 UTC #20

Suppose I did I accomplish everything storytelling for myself. I don't doubt that I'll run out of ideas at one point, I've accepted that. The obvious move to make if I still wanted to be a part of the comic world is to become a helping hand in someone else's comic. Hypothetically, if I am so accomplished, I just think it'd be nice to help out creators just starting out.

I've said many times before on the forums, art's not my thing, and writing is just something new I picked up.. music is what I've been doing for years, babyyyy I could also just keep doing that, whether that's commissioned music or stuff I just wanna put out into the void. Or I could both.. do music and be someone's mentor on the side. If I could manage it, that'd sound fun~

EverydayWonderlander 2022-01-28 14:31:30 UTC #21

I've never considered that.

If I one day complete all the original stories that I currently want to tell, I suppose that I'd be satisfied for a while. But I would probably just hop over to my personal/fandom accounts and keep making things, because I can't not make things. It drives me a little bit too insane to not be putting something together, or not be drawing, or not be otherwise creating.

Assuming money isn't a problem, I would likely be the cranky old man who uses his little space as a farm. Maybe sculpt dolls again and work with fiber. Also, Legos !
If I do have to care about money by that point, then I'd probably do commission work like some others here have mentioned. I wouldn't mind doing comic covers.

Shanny8 2022-01-28 14:44:34 UTC #22

I definitely will not run out of goals; the current stuff I'm working on isn't my only ideas...once I finish the comics that I'm working on I will move to the new projects.