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If you’re interested in joining a great, inclusive, supportive writing group, check this out! I've been a part of it since almost the very beginning of my writing life.

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okay, what are your current top three audio dramas right this very second? no pussyfooting around it, fire them off right now. explanations as to why only if you really feel like it.

makermeagan

Midnight Burger, The Amelia Project, Dear Liisphyra

(there's so many good sci-fi ones!)

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I’m begging you to write for yourself.

“But readers don’t like—“ who cares?

The only reader of your story that you should care about is yourself.

Do you like your story? Yes? Then it’s perfect.

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I am going to take a deep breath and just remind you:

Writing is messy, even for the best authors. It's supposed to feel a little uncomfortable, exhilarating, freeing, natural, and terrifying.

It's supposed to inspire you and feel like a too-heavy backpack.

Sometimes, you're going to love being a writer and sometimes, you'll feel so disconnected, you'll wonder if you were ever a writer to begin with.

Give yourself room to make mistakes and hate your work and return to it with renewed confidence that yes, you will get 1% better next time.

It's what we're all going through. Let's speed up the growing process a little by accepting the entirety of it.

astridhoff03

❣️❣️❣️

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theliteraryarchitect

Writers: It’s Okay to Experiment and Be Weird As Fuck

With so much writing advice out there telling you what to do and not do, it can be easy to forget that writing is an art, and there are no rules in art.

Yes, learning about different writing techniques is great. Developing a language to talk and think about writing is important. Absorb everything you can. Reading, studying, and practicing are integral to improving your writing. Obviously, I run a writing blog, so I believe in the power of increasing your knowledge about writing and literature.

But don’t forget that, in the end, you can do whatever the hell you want to. Experiment. Have fun. Play. Follow your instincts. Break the “rules.” And don’t listen to anyone who says that no one wants to read weird, nontraditional writing. They do.

For most of my writing life, I’ve kept my crazy, experimental stories hidden away, because it seemed like anything I wrote that wasn’t a straightforward, traditionally-structured story with a main character and a plot wasn’t appreciated by readers. But guess what? One of my weird-as-fuck stories won second prize in a contest this fall, and when I asked the editors why they chose it, they said they liked it because it wasn’t like every other story in the submissions pile. It was different. It was weird. It took a risk. And for that reason it stood out from everything else they read.

It took me years to quiet the chorus of conformity and embrace my weird side. Don’t let that happen to you. Get wild. Write whatever you want. Do it now. We need freaks like you, or we’re all going to whither and die of boredom. Give us everything you’ve got. We need it. We need YOU.

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misterpseudonym

hey. HEY. artists. writers.

take your TIME

misterpseudonym

saying it again for myself. there is no ticking clock. there is nobody breathing down your neck. this passion project is going to come out how YOU want it, in a way that makes YOU satisfied

take your time

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So, I've been getting a little obsessed with solo journaling rpgs lately, which of course means I desperately wanted to make one, and I actually did this time!

I was craving something short, so that's what I made. I needed something more manageable, and I really wanted to experiment with writing poetry. I think I succeeded.

So here it is, in it's very rough state. If anyone is interested in play testing I'd love to hear all your thoughts, and see what you do with it!

A Writer's Retreat

(a solo journaling rpg)

By Meagan T.

Premise: You are in need of a creative outlet, but you just can't seem to find the time and energy to do that in your day to day life. So you book a hotel for a week alone to get back to your passions. Writing for a week straight will be good for you.

Character creation: Randomly generate 2-3 adjectives and base your character's personality on those. Now how would they answer the following questions?

What are they planning to write during this week?

(music, poems, short stories...)

Why are they on this writing retreat?

(escape, unmotivated, lack of direction...)

What is their goal for this writing retreat?

(rest, build skill, reconnect with self...)

You can add whatever else you want for your character, but this is all you should need.

Rules:

This game lasts 7 in game days.

You can write 3 times a day. Morning, afternoon, and night. Each day has a theme and you need to use a random word for each time of day combined with that days theme.

(You can use a random word generator, or have someone think of a word, or blindly point at a word in a book, etc.)

Write an entry based off of the daily word theme and the random word, while staying in character.

Day themes:

Day 1: environment/place

Day 2: feeling/touch

Day 3: sound

Day 4: scent

Day 5: memory

Day 6: slow

Day 7: new/return

#writing retreat solo journaling rpg #my wrtitng #solo rpg #writing #writers #story inspo #playtesting

prinnay

Celestial tango

#art #cool art #story inspo

haveyouplayedthisttrpg

Have you played DELVE : A Solo Map Drawing Game ?

By Anna Blackwell

DELVE: A Solo Map Drawing Game is a map drawing game that puts you in control of a dwarven hold as you discover the horrors that lurk below. The zine has everything you need to generate natural formations, forgotten ruins, enemies, wyrd magics, and ancient monstrosities. It has a simple turn-based combat system, rules for building your hold and optional challenges for a harder experience.

Inspired by games like Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, DELVE aims to capture that feeling of building and protecting a fortress in an unforgiving subterranean world.

All you need to play is, a pencil, paper (preferably 1" grid), and a deck of playing cards.

Have you played ?

Yes I have played it

No but I've read it

No but I've heard of it

Never heard of it

Voting ended onJul 27, 2024

makermeagan

This game looks so cool!

A Game Of Digging Too Deep

#solo rpg #drawing #zine #art #cool art

wildxwired

How fucking annoying is it when you feel so restless with creative energy but you can’t decide what to do with it and when you finally try to create something it comes out shit so you just give up and sit there being all creatively annoyed and jittery.

lianabrooks

1 - Decision Making Fatigue is a thing. --> Make a list of possibilities. --> Use a random number generator to pick something off the list. --> If you hate the idea cross it off and generate a new number. --> Continue until you either find a project or cross off the whole list. --> If you cross off the whole list pick a random short story prompt, write for five minutes, and call it a good work day.

2. Yeah, of course your rough draft sucks. It’s supposed to. --> Let it suck. --> You can fix it in edits.

3. When you’re stressed you aren’t unbiased about your work. --> Don’t judge your work while your are actively working on it. --> Remember to drink water, take your meds/vitamins, eat something, and get sleep. --> Double-check to make sure the restless creative energy is not displaced emotional worries over something else. If it is, displace with intention and let the worries go into your work. You shouldn’t keep stress in your head, put it on a page, or canvas, or in a carving, or a meal, or something. Get it out and let it go.

4. No work is ever wasted. --> All time spent planning and creating is useful in some way. --> Failure means you tried, which is good. --> Try again. Fail harder. Fail better. --> Keep going until you like what you’re making.

5. Love yourself enough to allow yourself to not be perfect. --> Seriously. --> If this is a struggle I highly recommend seeing a doctor or therapist about depression. --> Because you are dang lovable, my friend. You rock. You do great things. I’m proud of you.

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Now in your mid teens, you forgot all about the monster under your bed. One night though, it wakes you up saying “You’re not safe. You need to get out of here”

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The city’s heroine was unmasked, only to be revealed it was a homeless 17 years old girl under it.

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An Elf couple leaves their child with a Human teenager to babysit while they go on a date. When they return the Human is middle aged and the Elf child now sees the Human as their parent.

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“Adrien, dear, can you help your old man with the decorations?” I call, struggling with the weight of the box.

My oldest, Adrien, comes rushing up to the attic with a spring in their step. I find myself jealous of their agility, not for the first time. They’re in their early forties and sharp as a whip, but they still have the youthful glow and energy of a teenager. Of course, that’s par for the course for elves really.

Meanwhile, their all-too-human father has greying beard hairs and a bad back. Life is cruel. Ah well.

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