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Nearly forgot about this soundtrack. New workout music, unf.
"Wow had no idea this was even a thing. Well off to go research" Here Lies Tanako 5/10/2021 Rest In Peace Tragically lost to the rabbithole of the furry fandom. [image]
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Dropping mine here because I'm currently doing tons of edits and could use some input. I'm aware that the book cover is trash and that the story is occasionally preachy / political.
I know the feeling, missing when I was young and my storywriting was completely unhindered by any fear of its possible flaws. But no matter how shitty you might think your first drafts are, you're always getting something out of it even if - in the end - your series doesn't get adapted into somethin…
I'm a sucker for philosophy and themes. I like authors who have big and controversial things to say about reality, things I can compare and contrast with my own opinions. Characters can sometimes espouse ideas, but I prefer to see the plot advance according to the author's understanding of the world…
You're all very right. Really needed to hear some of this. Especially the parts about paying/asking for a sketch first, and the possibility of a revision. @artamazon I ended up with this, after some messing around with it, [image] I'm satisfied with it other than his eyes being the wrong colo…
Checking out these resources now. Creative AI and Hero Forge look promising. I think I'll be messing with these a bit. Might try the Sims idea as well. Hadn't thought of that. Thanks bunches!
So I meant to get a book cover drawn for me a long, long time ago. Sometimes I see artists that could fill the role of doing a paid cover for me, but I get hesitant because I have a problem. I can't visualize my protagonist as well as I'd like to. I have a vague idea of his features, his hair, his…
Will, when he's feeling small / defeated / insecure, might wrap his arms around his legs while he's sitting. It's pretty weird, and it probably confuses the reader until the chapter finally comes around when it's explained why he has this habit. It was hard to find a good pic of a male doing it. […
I've got a fist full of money, I'm high at risk There's plenty of ways I couldn't resist Six billion souls and one urge to live I've got a fist full of money and nothing to give That's all.
Wait, I thought 15 was default? I write my stuff in another program and then copy it over to tapas. If I copy a line from tapas over to the program, it shows as 15. I guess that means the font metrics are different between the two?
Yeah, it's been a bit like solving a puzzle for me since reworking an earlier part means another part far down the road that references the earlier part will need to be reworked as well. It's been a slow and drudging process, but the payoff I can hope will be worth.
I went back and took a longer look at the first half of my current work. It was terrible. My original plan was to make small edits here and there, but I quickly realized how fast-paced and shoehorned the romance was. I felt queasy about it. I've been going through and making hard edits everywher…
Agreed. The Chosen One trope implies all the danger the protag goes through is completely innocuous because we know the fated hero can't lose. I know life isn't always fair, I know some people are born into higher status, but I don't want a fictional story centered around inherent plot armor. Some…
"They'll be laughing together in heaven, and they'll be waiting for me to join them someday. Because I believe now... that good intentions can take us there, so long as we remember the dead and the causes they found worth fighting for. If we keep ourselves educated on the laws of the universe, on ma…
Anne's little eyes were stricken wide with shock. She couldn't even begin to understand. The form it had taken... It was otherworldly, no longer the whimsical, friendly apparition she had come to know it as. In its ghoulish grasp rested the unconscious body of her mother. "I told you what we are," t…
She couldn't even begin to register this. It was all too much to take in. Her hand clenched up around the pen on the desk. Her pupils shrunk a size smaller. This time, however, her breathing was steady. Then, “AAAAUGH--!!” The pen was now lodged deep into the shoulder of Varlus, the alien cr…
As a plotter, I don't think it's so much about talent as it is about having messages I want to get through to the reader, and that means working my way backwards. In a way, it's like solving an algebra problem. If I want A + B to equal 30, then I need to take a good look at A and B to figure out wha…
Is the one you're talking about the guy who swatted a bronycon here in the US? That was another boast from the person harassing me. He also boasted about making false sales by pretending to be artists who he isn't.
@arxianfall @Darth_Biomech I've thought about filing a complaint, but my concern was he lives in Germany. He thinks he can get away with these kinds of threats because the US can't touch him. I don't know what the precedent of plagiarism is between people of different countries so I'll be looking in…
@sushy00 I want to believe this as well, that he's just provoking me. I just don't understand why he's been so consistent about it when he doesn't seem to get anywhere. @arxianfall Yeah, I'll be taking tons of screenshots now. The plagiarism threat is pretty recent, happened yesterday. Those a…
He knows the group of people I used to play games with and it's a pretty big group. I keep telling people to block him, but like I said, he keeps making alt accounts. He keeps trying to squeeze information about me out of them. People don't know who he is until he starts up with his crap after he re…
This guy I met a few years ago online started chatting me up. We became friends since we shared some interests, but I later found out he's really messed up in the head. He had a streak of causing people serious problems, namely he boasted about swatting people's houses in the US because he lives in …
I used to have extremely low confidence, like rock-bottom confidence. My ego - which was built around how the world perceives me and the shame I felt from it - was the problem. It was only when I had an ego death that I realized my ego is just a tool to help me get the job done, not the end-all-be-a…
I'm worried people might misunderstand my characters because I sometimes dress them in mental layers in order to deliberately give false impressions from the outset. It helps with plot twists and character development, but I imagine someone unsubbing because they get the wrong idea about a character …
Writing just amounts to expressing my feelings about the world and creating a fun narrative with them. It's also a self-discovery thing. Some people might find my work boring because my characters talk and argue a lot, but in some cases it's really just me trying to think more on things and define t…
I would just make sure the dreams push the story along in some way or contribute to some meaningful event later down the road. I think people would get annoyed if a character had dreams about things that don't lead up to events nor reveal exposition that would explain the personality behind a charac…
Train yourself to step back from what you're in turmoil about until you're in a state to handle it. I know it's way easier said than done, but I try to remember that it's all in my head. My mental suffering is often the result of me being afraid to accept and face reality rather than reality itsel…
Awesome, maybe I could use some harsher critique.