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@bl-mitchum
Hi everyone! This is my first post here, but I am working towards building my online presence in anticipation for my debut novel!
A bit about myself, I am a passionate writer with a hyper-fixation on Victorian Era London, old literature, and late 2010s aesthetics!
Editing my draft right now and thinking, “If the author mentions the color of this man’s eyes one more time, I’m going to rage quit.” Except, I’m the author. I’m going to make myself rage quit.
I always had crushes on the robot characters in shows like that because I related to them and I've been informed that relating to characters that have trouble expressing their emotions or understanding social cues is a sign of autism
May I interest you in a Him?
Data is what I wanted when they said AI was a thing because I was a simp for him and I am going to be honest, Data would never endorse what’s happened to robots in real life
I always had crushes on the robot characters in shows like that because I related to them and I've been informed that relating to characters that have trouble expressing their emotions or understanding social cues is a sign of autism
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I’ll get all hyped up seeing a job posting like, “looking for a proofreader,” and then click on it and it’s for training AI. Look, I want to do this full-time but I’m not that desperate. We’re in the bad timeline for sure.
You may be thinking, “B.L., did you get any writing done during your hiatus from social media?”
Hahahah… no. But, boy, I thought about writing a lot.
Well, here’s to the new year. The goal’s to be a little more consistent lol
I hate that my most poetic lines are always about the stupidest things.
“I am an oasis of love in this desert, and yet there is not a soul whose thirst needs slaked!”
(Lamenting about the fact that I can’t pet squirrels.)
I love making smart characters, they’re my favorite to write. Unfortunately, they’re written by me, who has a brain operated by a goblin with a joystick.
My coffee addiction isn’t that noticeable. I just get headaches, can’t think straight, and become lightheaded when I forget to drink a cup. I think that’s just normal authorial behavior!
How do you deal with the feeling of stress of wanting to try a different thing as an experment; but its feeling like too much, making the idea feel stupid? (Eg. A PB author wanting to do a small graphic novel)
Hi there, anon! Thanks for the ask!
For me, I like to look at it in a way that hones my craft either way. Writing comes from experience and there are lots of ways that stretch that creative muscle. I actually do this a bit. When I hit a roadblock with one project, I start a small side project to keep the creative juices flowing. That way, no matter how I look at it, it’s a good investment.
Not only that, but you have pursue what you want to pursue with writing or you won’t pursue it at all. So, if right now you want to pursue a side project, you’re not dropping your craft, you’re enhancing it.
Think of it like a side quest in a video game. Sure, the side quest might not further the main story line, but it sure will get you a great set of armor to make the end game run more smoothly!
Writing is one of those things where I sometimes have to remind myself that I love it. Like, yes, most of the time I’m exhausted because of it and I whine about it all the time, but my life would be worse without it. So I guess in that way it’s sort of like parenthood.
One day, I will be older than the characters I’m writing for because time moves faster for me than it does for my characters. This is what causes my acid indigestion.
Rating my characters: He’s a 10 but he’s a detective that could have you figured out in a minute even though he has zero clue about what’s going on in his own life so he’s smart but lacks self-awareness on most levels.
it’s a canon event.
Sorta stuck between wanting to throttle my first draft because it’s not perfect and I know I’ll have to go back through and rewrite it and acknowledging it must be bad before it can be good.
Coming back from hiatus after weeks of radio silence: Hah. Consistency? I’ve never heard of her. Anyway, yeah, the writer’s block goes brr
