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[yournewkeyboard]

Are split keyboards a gamer thing?

while you can use them for gaming and there are at least 2 I know of that are marketed directly to gamers (the Dygma Raise and the Kinesis Freestyle Edge), I think split keyboards have their own unique niche of fans at this time. There are the gamers, but then some use them for programming, and others (like me) use them because they need something ergonomic to type with. I can totally see them catching on in the gaming scene though.

[fixyourwritinghabits]

I have this issue with writing where I start a project that I'm really excited for then loose interest. What are some things I could do to get more interested in my work.

Identify what it is about your process that makes you lose interest in the project. There isn’t really a one-size-fits-all answer to this question, but here are some questions for you to consider: 

What about the project sparked your excitement in the first place? Why does it no longer excite you? 

How far into the project do you get before losing interest? 

Did you plot too much which has sucked the joy out of writing?

Did you plot so little that you get frustrated and give up? 

Did you just get Shiny Idea Syndrome and want to work on something new?

At the end of the day, you will need to decide for yourself how important is it for you to have a finished work and commit. Figure out what it is that makes you lose interest, and come up with a solution to combat it. 

It can take time and tinkering to come up with a process that works for you, and your process will change as you develop as a writer (I’m still trying out new things with every WIP), but the end result will be worth it! 

[arotaro]

What is voidpunk

Please see here and here. 

[prokopetz]

How do i be a prince

Wear a hat.

[aesterea-archived]

i often hear people talk about giving people unique way of speaking, but how exactly do you do that?

… do you mean characters? i’m assuming you mean characters.

some of it is in context, not the characters’ actual speech. you can comment in narration how someone’s voice is rich and deep or light and tinkling or rough and loud or soft and soothing, etc. etc. it helps form specific voices in the readers’ heads. i mean, yeah, anyone’s voice can be any of those things at different times but some people’s voices are always soft, or always tinkling, or always rough.

in speech, people have quirks. some people stammer more than others (”do you— er, would you— i mean— could i trouble you for…?”). some have more tendency than others to repeat themselves. everyone has a few words or phrases they say too often, usually unintentionally (a few of my own are “awful” and “kind of” and “oh my god”). most people have a few catchphrases, which are said intentionally (like ”thats right, folks” or “serves you right”). some people have greater tendency to ramble, some put in a lot of unnecessary words and explanations (”there was this one time when i went out to this house— it was my friend’s house, who i met in high school, we’ve been friends for a very long time—but yeah, so when i went to his house…”). some are concise (”once, i went to an old friend’s house and…”). some like to swear (”aw, fuck, man, let me tell you about this one goddamned house”). some are eloquent (”what an atrocity” versus “this is terrible”).

and there are a lot of other factors that go into unique speech but it helps if you yourself can really hear it in your characters’ unique voices.

[theforbiddencandy]

I'm going to try being a DM for the first time, and I'm having my mom play with me. But I still need to write a campaign. Any idea how to do that?

Hello! Now that I think about it, I reblogged a really good post on my main blog (link to the post) were Kiel Chenier comes with some really good advise for new dungeon masters. Hope that post will help you and good luck ^^

[princelymlm]

Do you know any discord servers for mlm that welcome minors?

Personally I don’t but that’s mainly because I’m not really in any discord servers at all other than ones with friends for work purposes. If anyone knows of any feel free to reply/reblog/send an ask!

[creatingthewritelife]

How do you come up with scenes in a story?

I’m so sorry this took me so long to get to, I had some other things going on the past couple of weeks so I didn’t get to post and I wanted to give this question some thought and write it as a full post which I wrote up seperately right here. I hope you don’t mind that I posted it seperate from this ask; it was just easier to keep it organized that way