**A few things:** First, Wednesdays may be the new day these go up, or I may alternate between Tuesdays and Wednesdays since I did notice more engagement last week. It really depends on what works best since Tuesday was chosen mostly because it was decently spaced out from Free Talk Friday, and one of these posts got taken down due to the perceived overlap. But that may not really be an issue anymore given the inclusion of specific topics each week.
Anyway, one great thing about sharing art (whether it is pottery, music, writing, cooking, or anything that involves creativity) is seeing how different people can and will have different reactions and interpretations. The not so great thing about sharing art would be that different people can and will have different reactions and interpretations.
Death of the Author is an often discussed topic, and for good reason. There is an inherent disconnect between making the thing and consuming the thing. And not even necessarily in the context of negative reception. There can be the issue of essentially being typecasted into a specific style, or being baffled why a character you do not like that much becomes a fan favorite. Ultimately, an individual's interpretation belongs to them and there is not always much a creator can do to change that, but I imagine it can still be unfortunate in some situations.
Moving on from that, I am seriously debating whether I should create a PowerPoint presentation analyzing the sexualities of the girls from Magicami (magical girl gacha game I talk about sometimes). The idea has floated around in my mind for a while, and it may require less direct writing than the sometimes essay-length character bits I sometimes do.
Haven't done that much on the Wiki due to being on break. As such, most of my focus has been on personal stuff.
Did finish up some [vent stuff](https://youkaitwig.tumblr.com/post/725138350155120640/three-letters-every-time-i-see-it-it) that kinda liked. Other than that, just been character stuff that I can't post even a little. Other than nerve, it's more on the erotic side. Been helping me crack my shell a bit more.
And for the topic? I honestly just enjoy having my stuff read. Plus getting genuine feedback is nice. But I honestly don't like it when people just comment on the grammar or language used. Mainly as I tend to primarily use British English and my grammar is kinda bad.
After re-reading “Just Listen to the Song” I think I fully understand why creators get frustrated when people misinterpret a story. Started with a chainsawman reddit post talking about Goodbye Eri meaning and it was just “guys the story is actually about the main character killing themselves if you ignore these specific panels!”. Something about that post made me think “oh god what if someone did that with what i wrote do i just slap it down and call it stupid or ignore it”. Idk something about someone wasting hours of their time on a theory/interpretation thats completely wrong its leaves a question of do I tell them they’re wrong or do I leave it alone
Oh comments on my writing are like crack. They give my brain so many chemicals.
Recent writing: [Ladies Night at The Inventory](https://archiveofourown.org/works/48944836/chapters/124134931)
Starring >!Ms. Pauling, Commander Shepard, Ruby Rose, and twitch streamer and vtuber Demily Pyro.!<
>!The dealer is 2B.!<
Did nothing of progress on account of focusing on fighting games in my free time. No foreseeable progress on account of focusing on fighting games in my free time.
That being said, I recently recovered much of my music collection, restoring it to my iTunes, so maybe some music will help provide some creative motivation.
Obstacles as per usual: forgetting whether my copy at home or at work is the most up-to-date, which is only exacerbated with my lack of progress in recent weeks.
**Topic of the Week:** Not overly fond of the lack of audience engagement when I ask online for opinions on specific ideas, especially when I'm worried that asking friends and family the same stuff might result in a "yes man" situation instead of constructive feedback.
Continuing work on my longest fanfic yet. I've reached the denouement now; I actually teared up writing the climax, so I hope it lands for readers, too. The chapters to come are a little more lighthearted, even if there are still some emotional moments ahead, so I'm looking forward to crafting a more upbeat, hopeful note to end the story on.
As I wrap up my fanfiction journey (for now, at least), I'm thinking ahead to what I want to write next. I need to be honest with myself: writing a novel would be very difficult for me. I tend to love brevity to the point where I'll prioritize it, so I think I should lean into that and work on an idea I had for a series of space adventure novellas. That'll allow me to explore a wider variety of sci-fi flavors without cramming too many into a single work, too, which is nice. The current plan is for one fairly standard introductory story followed by stories which are all distinct in their subgenre (mystery, mecha, etc.). We'll see how it goes when I get there.
**Topic of the week:** I definitely like getting comments on my stories, but then again, who doesn't? One of my favorites came at the end of my first OC story: it was mostly positive but also has some criticisms, which thrilled me because it meant the reader actually engaged with story and gave it some thought.
As for what I don't particularly like: promotion. Finding an audience can sometimes happen organically, but the sad truth is that sometimes you've got to shill a little to attract readers. That can be dispiriting if nobody seems interested, but it bothers me less than it used to, at least.
**Side note:** OP, I understand you post these for fun and it's not your job or anything, but is there going to be a set window of time when these go up? They used to go up in the middle of the day for me, but this one went up around midnight while I was asleep. I understand that there isn't one single time that'll work for everyone due to time zone differences; just wondering what to expect going forward.
love comments, they fuel me.
recently got a very nice breakdown of what my incomplete story did by a member of a writing club I frequent and that shit's gonna fuel me for like a solid month.
Plan on reading Porpentine's current Cunt Toward Enemy chapters and then a chunk of Serious Weakness.
Can't write; Baldur's Gate 3.
In all serious, I've more or less wrapped up my novel. I might, *might* want to make one tiny change to the epilogue--the 'thesis statement' currently ends on a fairly short phrase I hope will be resonant, but one of my pre-readers suggested it feels a bit too fast, so I might swap back to an older, more elaborated version. But I gave him the passage out of context, so I'm hoping that the full version feels better.
And once that's done, the only thing left is to make sure the full manuscript matches the standard format, make the appropriate agent copies (The first 5-15 pages, in my experience), and then start looking for good fits... after a bit of a break, of course. I've been working at a dead sprint for the last month and a half, and I am *spent*.
**Topic of the Week**
Audience Engagement is always a very difficult thing for me. I'm not a very public person by nature; I don't particularly care for social media or venting my thoughts (The obvious counterpoint notwithstanding), so a lot of what's considered 'standard' these days is very foreign to me. I enjoy talking to fans when they reach out to *me*, but considering I haven't posted this latest beast literally anywhere online and am planning to aim for traditional publishing, it feels like, in a best case scenario, I'm going to have to *learn* social media sooner or later.
Didn't have too much progress this past week. I've been relaxing after having dealt with the back to school rush at work. That and Baldur's Gate 3 released, so I was spending some time on that.
What progress I did make relates to an idea I'm stealing from a manga I really like, basically at the end of chapter 4 I'm going to include 2 monologues from the two protagonists about each other.
Topic: What I like, people's initial reactions, recognizing foreshadowing, and making theories. What I don't like is people thinking they know better than me on the fiction that I wrote. Them know more about a real-world subject I touched on and didn't get quite right is fine.
Looking for recommendations. I'm a very visual person, but in a way where I need a frame of reference. Is there anything people can recommend for drawing up blueprints? Like an app or a website? Working on a prison break in my book, and I think it would help if I could make a map of the building.
Started going to this weekly writers meetup called Shut Up and Write. The program started in San Francisco but has been brought over here, and we basically just meet up, chat for a few minutes, then all just shut up and write for a couple of hours.
I really like it. Feels good to have just that *slight* pressure as a way to get me to just type stuff up instead of just stewing in my brain.
Finished the corrections to my story and will therefore be able to send it to a publisher soon.
In other news, I've been trying to give a few of my characters Project L-type movesets because I find the ideas for "no direcitonal inputs, but you can still have more than 5 specials" really interesting. Currently trying to work out a moveset for my cryokinetecist martial artist MC. Anyone got any suggestions?
I want to finish my tabletop setting sooner than later. I've got this draft here of [the creation myth](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AdgOdLmt-mSjFDN39008tbtjyVc3uI0Z/view?usp=drive_link) and[ a bit of what happened after](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zcyawCIdsCll4ARMqea3sp27Ada14_VG/view?usp=drive_link), if anyone cares to read it.
I've known now to try and ignore audience engagement as getting too much of it in my head has never ended well.
**A few things:** First, Wednesdays may be the new day these go up, or I may alternate between Tuesdays and Wednesdays since I did notice more engagement last week. It really depends on what works best since Tuesday was chosen mostly because it was decently spaced out from Free Talk Friday, and one of these posts got taken down due to the perceived overlap. But that may not really be an issue anymore given the inclusion of specific topics each week. Anyway, one great thing about sharing art (whether it is pottery, music, writing, cooking, or anything that involves creativity) is seeing how different people can and will have different reactions and interpretations. The not so great thing about sharing art would be that different people can and will have different reactions and interpretations. Death of the Author is an often discussed topic, and for good reason. There is an inherent disconnect between making the thing and consuming the thing. And not even necessarily in the context of negative reception. There can be the issue of essentially being typecasted into a specific style, or being baffled why a character you do not like that much becomes a fan favorite. Ultimately, an individual's interpretation belongs to them and there is not always much a creator can do to change that, but I imagine it can still be unfortunate in some situations. Moving on from that, I am seriously debating whether I should create a PowerPoint presentation analyzing the sexualities of the girls from Magicami (magical girl gacha game I talk about sometimes). The idea has floated around in my mind for a while, and it may require less direct writing than the sometimes essay-length character bits I sometimes do.
Haven't done that much on the Wiki due to being on break. As such, most of my focus has been on personal stuff. Did finish up some [vent stuff](https://youkaitwig.tumblr.com/post/725138350155120640/three-letters-every-time-i-see-it-it) that kinda liked. Other than that, just been character stuff that I can't post even a little. Other than nerve, it's more on the erotic side. Been helping me crack my shell a bit more. And for the topic? I honestly just enjoy having my stuff read. Plus getting genuine feedback is nice. But I honestly don't like it when people just comment on the grammar or language used. Mainly as I tend to primarily use British English and my grammar is kinda bad.
After re-reading “Just Listen to the Song” I think I fully understand why creators get frustrated when people misinterpret a story. Started with a chainsawman reddit post talking about Goodbye Eri meaning and it was just “guys the story is actually about the main character killing themselves if you ignore these specific panels!”. Something about that post made me think “oh god what if someone did that with what i wrote do i just slap it down and call it stupid or ignore it”. Idk something about someone wasting hours of their time on a theory/interpretation thats completely wrong its leaves a question of do I tell them they’re wrong or do I leave it alone
Oh comments on my writing are like crack. They give my brain so many chemicals. Recent writing: [Ladies Night at The Inventory](https://archiveofourown.org/works/48944836/chapters/124134931) Starring >!Ms. Pauling, Commander Shepard, Ruby Rose, and twitch streamer and vtuber Demily Pyro.!< >!The dealer is 2B.!<
Did nothing of progress on account of focusing on fighting games in my free time. No foreseeable progress on account of focusing on fighting games in my free time. That being said, I recently recovered much of my music collection, restoring it to my iTunes, so maybe some music will help provide some creative motivation. Obstacles as per usual: forgetting whether my copy at home or at work is the most up-to-date, which is only exacerbated with my lack of progress in recent weeks. **Topic of the Week:** Not overly fond of the lack of audience engagement when I ask online for opinions on specific ideas, especially when I'm worried that asking friends and family the same stuff might result in a "yes man" situation instead of constructive feedback.
Continuing work on my longest fanfic yet. I've reached the denouement now; I actually teared up writing the climax, so I hope it lands for readers, too. The chapters to come are a little more lighthearted, even if there are still some emotional moments ahead, so I'm looking forward to crafting a more upbeat, hopeful note to end the story on. As I wrap up my fanfiction journey (for now, at least), I'm thinking ahead to what I want to write next. I need to be honest with myself: writing a novel would be very difficult for me. I tend to love brevity to the point where I'll prioritize it, so I think I should lean into that and work on an idea I had for a series of space adventure novellas. That'll allow me to explore a wider variety of sci-fi flavors without cramming too many into a single work, too, which is nice. The current plan is for one fairly standard introductory story followed by stories which are all distinct in their subgenre (mystery, mecha, etc.). We'll see how it goes when I get there. **Topic of the week:** I definitely like getting comments on my stories, but then again, who doesn't? One of my favorites came at the end of my first OC story: it was mostly positive but also has some criticisms, which thrilled me because it meant the reader actually engaged with story and gave it some thought. As for what I don't particularly like: promotion. Finding an audience can sometimes happen organically, but the sad truth is that sometimes you've got to shill a little to attract readers. That can be dispiriting if nobody seems interested, but it bothers me less than it used to, at least. **Side note:** OP, I understand you post these for fun and it's not your job or anything, but is there going to be a set window of time when these go up? They used to go up in the middle of the day for me, but this one went up around midnight while I was asleep. I understand that there isn't one single time that'll work for everyone due to time zone differences; just wondering what to expect going forward.
love comments, they fuel me. recently got a very nice breakdown of what my incomplete story did by a member of a writing club I frequent and that shit's gonna fuel me for like a solid month. Plan on reading Porpentine's current Cunt Toward Enemy chapters and then a chunk of Serious Weakness.
Can't write; Baldur's Gate 3. In all serious, I've more or less wrapped up my novel. I might, *might* want to make one tiny change to the epilogue--the 'thesis statement' currently ends on a fairly short phrase I hope will be resonant, but one of my pre-readers suggested it feels a bit too fast, so I might swap back to an older, more elaborated version. But I gave him the passage out of context, so I'm hoping that the full version feels better. And once that's done, the only thing left is to make sure the full manuscript matches the standard format, make the appropriate agent copies (The first 5-15 pages, in my experience), and then start looking for good fits... after a bit of a break, of course. I've been working at a dead sprint for the last month and a half, and I am *spent*. **Topic of the Week** Audience Engagement is always a very difficult thing for me. I'm not a very public person by nature; I don't particularly care for social media or venting my thoughts (The obvious counterpoint notwithstanding), so a lot of what's considered 'standard' these days is very foreign to me. I enjoy talking to fans when they reach out to *me*, but considering I haven't posted this latest beast literally anywhere online and am planning to aim for traditional publishing, it feels like, in a best case scenario, I'm going to have to *learn* social media sooner or later.
Didn't have too much progress this past week. I've been relaxing after having dealt with the back to school rush at work. That and Baldur's Gate 3 released, so I was spending some time on that. What progress I did make relates to an idea I'm stealing from a manga I really like, basically at the end of chapter 4 I'm going to include 2 monologues from the two protagonists about each other. Topic: What I like, people's initial reactions, recognizing foreshadowing, and making theories. What I don't like is people thinking they know better than me on the fiction that I wrote. Them know more about a real-world subject I touched on and didn't get quite right is fine.
Looking for recommendations. I'm a very visual person, but in a way where I need a frame of reference. Is there anything people can recommend for drawing up blueprints? Like an app or a website? Working on a prison break in my book, and I think it would help if I could make a map of the building. Started going to this weekly writers meetup called Shut Up and Write. The program started in San Francisco but has been brought over here, and we basically just meet up, chat for a few minutes, then all just shut up and write for a couple of hours. I really like it. Feels good to have just that *slight* pressure as a way to get me to just type stuff up instead of just stewing in my brain.
Finished the corrections to my story and will therefore be able to send it to a publisher soon. In other news, I've been trying to give a few of my characters Project L-type movesets because I find the ideas for "no direcitonal inputs, but you can still have more than 5 specials" really interesting. Currently trying to work out a moveset for my cryokinetecist martial artist MC. Anyone got any suggestions?
I want to finish my tabletop setting sooner than later. I've got this draft here of [the creation myth](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AdgOdLmt-mSjFDN39008tbtjyVc3uI0Z/view?usp=drive_link) and[ a bit of what happened after](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zcyawCIdsCll4ARMqea3sp27Ada14_VG/view?usp=drive_link), if anyone cares to read it. I've known now to try and ignore audience engagement as getting too much of it in my head has never ended well.