State of the Writer: January - March · 9:15am Mar 25th, 2015
Well, I finally had the time to sit down and write one of these. The past few months have been insane yet boring, to say the least. Mostly in real life terms. A lot has been going through my mind, practically because my life has basically been a boring slog. It's weird. I kinda understand why there are so many jokes and stories told about people's dreams dying once they get a full time job, because it just does. This blog is kinda gonna be long, so if you wanna see what I'll be up to writing wise, you can hit me up after the break. I tagged Dash's New Mom because I might write the sequel, if popular demand decrees it. Let me know what you guys think at the bottom.
I got a full time job at some car dealership call center, and it's as soul draining and obnoxious as you'd imagine. The only thing that really saves it is the fact that I'm making practically 2.5x the money that I previously did with my part time job, and I didn't have to slowly think about the inevitable closing down of a consignment store because of the lack of middle class people who would buy their shit. Either way, the job is better, kind of. The money talks, as it were.
I think it's safe to say that I'm not depressed anymore, at least in the sad way. It really does get better, but the side effects of depression still linger over me. As you can very well see, I haven't written that much. Procrastination is a bitch of a mistress, and it loves dominating the clock. All my time has sunk into either games, sleeping, or outlining my stories. Maybe I'm not writing as much because I am not in school anymore. Back when I was in community college, I wrote A LOT.
On the bright side, I got accepted to the university I was shooting for, so maybe in the fall I'll be writing more. I really want to, but perhaps I'll have to juggle my job along with my school, so writing might not even happen unless I want to take off 10 years of my life by replacing sleep with energy drinks. We'll see.
I have a lot of story ideas that I want to do. I reaaally want to release Doomsday Arcade. I already sent it to EQD, so expect it relatively soon. I don't expect it to do well, but perhaps it will tickle that niche that everyone wants: a multi-verse video game crossover. I plan on having a release plethora of stories if it gets accepted, so that there are a bunch of eyes on me by the time DA comes around. Maybe it's shallow, but I just call it a "Weird Al". It worked for him, maybe for me too.
My ideas are neat. I like these stories. I have trouble sitting down and actually starting them, since that is the part that frustrates me the most. The beginning and hook is the hardest part for me, since there's a huge discrepancy between views on a story and thumbs up. Someone could open up a story of mine, read the first few paragraphs, and close it, but the view is still cataloged (at least I think). It's one of the many reasons why featured stories stay up there for so long despite the views/thumbs up ratio. The description brings the reader in, but the prose could be lacking (as it usually is).
I've started "the chain", which is an exercise that I found to keep me going, even if I'm writing a small amount. It's simple. You just write, even if it's one sentence. If you keep it going, day after day, eventually you'll write more. Either way, the goal is to write, and never break the chain. I've gotten almost 750 words of a story done this way, just by writing a paragraph or two a day, or sentence if it's a full time work day. It works well, and I recommend it, but I'll admit that the exercise is only as powerful as your will.
I see a decent amount of people following and favoring my stories as the days go by, even if I haven't released anything lately. For that, I'm thankful. While I feel like a lot of my fanbase has quieted down since last year, due to my lack of updates, I'm happy to say that I feel like I'm a good author. While unpopular, Night Life is one of my most favorite stories, alongside Therapist Visit. I've always felt that I could never write something as excellent as Therapist Visit again, but Night Life felt on the same level, and that feels good. Maybe I'll frequent Fimfic again once Doomsday Arcade drops, since I'll have a lot of writing to publish then. I want to finish it more than life, so a combination of my fans and my love for the story would keep me going. It feels good.
I feel the same way about Doomsday Arcade in a different way. It's... big. It's really big. Like... it's huge. It's expansive. It's dumb. It's really dumb in some ways. But it's fun too. It's really fun for those who want to go on this journey. So for those who would love to take part, strap yourselves in.
I have another idea that's been brewing in my head for some time, despite the supposed "End" to the franchise. I had an idea for a Five Nights at Freddies homage fic, that I would love to release. We'll see what happens. I have cover art for it and everything so maybe this year will be a good year. A productive year.
I plan to reboot In Retrospect with Alex once the episodes start showing again, even with how saturated the reviewing scene is. I also have an episode that I plan to release before the first episodes even drop, one that I put on the backburner since the conversation kinda closed. But it's probably back, or at least a reminder for all those who don't want to turn into Digibrony 2, Return of the Hack. Our episodes probably won't be popular since they take a week to make and I am not even promised recording space anymore, but if anything, I'll have the weekly review in blog form if I can't manage to record that week. The few of you that enjoy it, yay for more?
To those of you that remembered me talking about The Most Dangerous Game 2, and the story that I wrote for it: it's just unpublished. I wrote something under the My Little Dashie tag, but ran out of time at the last minute and couldn't come up with a good middle. So, I sent the story in for the contest, but haven't shown it anywhere. Aquaman and Present Perfect both loved the story, and even RobCakeRan (the original author of My Little Dashie) threw it a favorite, so perhaps it's not completely garbage? If I think of something to toss in the middle, I'll release it. It's funny. I know that much. But I'm not sure if that's all it needs to be (it's probably all it needs to be).
Dash's New Daughter. I haven't forgotten about it. It's the reason I tagged this blog, since it's still high on my priority list, but I'm also not sure if anyone still wants it. Do you? I mean, I promise that Dash's New Daughter would at least be a better story, but it's still going to be full of drama and at least a little of the garbage that brought it down in the last act. Who knows? The lightning in a bottle is a fickle beast, and while the first was good enough to warrant TV Tropes, the second might just be "a story". I'll let you guys know if it's coming.
I might go back to clop, just because I've had a few silly ideas that I never got to finish, and a few kinks that I haven't played with. I know it's the fault for at least 30% of my followers, so lemme know what you think about that. I'm open to suggestions and possible continuations (Rainbow Party is in the back of my mind. Maybe? Reap the Spoils? No.) I would like to experiment with more Power Ponies. And mammary glands. Boobies are awesome.
That's it for now. I'm completely tired and spent, and I'm gonna write a small amount before bed. This year should be good for me, both in life and writing, so I hope you guys will stick around for whatever happens to flop out of me. See you then.
- Vicodin
I honestly liked Dash's New Mom, so I'd definitely read Dash's New Daughter.
If you decide to do clop again... please, I'm begging you, continue Rainbow Party. >.<
See, that's Future Vicodin's problem. Present Vicodin should just let that slacker worry about stuff. It works for me
I loved dashe's new mom. Please continue with it. Thanks for your writings.
Write a Dash's new mom sequel definitely! And ye must finish the Rainbow Party as well!
I liked a lot the history of Dash New Mom a sequel would be really interesting to Dash could potentially have a new little sister ;w;
Yep, I'm also interested in a sequel to Dash's New Mom.
I'm glad to hear that the depression has lifted. The lingering symptoms should (mostly) go away after time. I remember for awhile I missed feeling depressed, as not being depressed felt alien and uncomfortable... but that was some time ago.
I'd certainly be interested in a DNM sequel.