Aug
3rd
2014
And Here I Lay Broken. · 4:28pm Aug 3rd, 2014
Yep. Broken.
My mind is naught but thick, mushy stew, pouring from my ear right now. Between Samael's Prison and Discord Punches Twilight In The Face (one of which is actually going though multiple drafts and edits) have burned me out for a time.
For all you Darksiders fans, hang tight; Samael's Prison is alive and well, I just need to rest my mind from the last three months of NON-STOP WRITING.
For all you monsters that loved seeing an innocent pony getting punched in the face by the God of Chaos? You walk yourself to that corner over there, and think about your values as human beings. Savages, all of you. You all light up my life.
Craine...
Wha— three months!
How do you embark on such a long journey with no rest, I great one. Tell me your secrets!
Youdarequestion your god?!Push-ups, sit-ups, and plenty of juice.2340185
*takes notes*
Good good. And what kind of juice do you drink?
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Steroids with EverclearTampico Pineapple.2340254
Well, it works for you, I'll drink it.
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But seriously, I've been having trouble focusing on writing and end up not writing at all. I don't think there's a remedy for focusing, but if you do have a way around it, that'd be helpful.
I actually would have been fine with it if it didn't end like it did (like, the very end), but I can understand why you wrote it that way.
2340295 Well, it seems like you run into a wall whenever you progress. I did too. Like, every two paragraphs. Whenever a scene progressed, it started loosing its charm, and I ended up leaning on my table scratching my head. How did I break it? By writing it out anyway.
Consider it a drafting phase (as you should, since every first attempt is a first draft), and just write it out. It's like jumping into a pool, really. Of course, if it's just no desire to write in the first place, that's a different issue entirely, and a personal one.
Which is it for you?
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So you didn't like Twilight getting punched in the face, despite knowing it would happen? Comedy gold right there.
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The first one. You brought up how the first time I write a scene or chapter is always the first draft. My problem is that I take my first attempt like it's what will go up, and my edits mostly are looking for grammar errors and maybe changing a few lines or paragraphs. No where near to what you did. I don't really think so much on changing complete scenes because I can't see what the problem is.
How do you spot problems like the whole action scene in my story?
2340930 I stop looking at it for a day or two. It's a test of patience that most budding writers just don't have. It happens with everything you do when you take break from it--your perspective changes, refreshes itself. From there, you'll find things wrong with your work that'll sometimes (literally) make you slap yourself.
A tragically common trap for budding authors is perfectionism, especially after they've already got a feel for their own style. Trust me, nutting up and writing out the scene ALWAYS makes a difference; it takes it off your chest, and enables you to move on. Then to come back if needed.
If you keep trying to create the perfect chapter, or even the perfect sentence, on the first go, you're bound to discourage yourself before you even created your masterpiece. How do you think I cranked out an update for my latest fic every week?
There is much you can share with us Broadway, but ya gotta write it first.
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So just write what comes to mind, then worry about making it presentable later. I see.
I feel I need to apologize to you for just walking up and leaving fimfiction all those months ago. I was the biggest fool for thinking I would learn more by not writing fanfics. I realize that classes can only teach you the basics of writing; there's just so much that they are able to teach. In order to have a larger grasp on the art of literature, you have to go out and learn from other people and their writings. I was too blind to see that I already found that place of knowledge.
2341132 *Sighs*
It's good to have you back, Broadway. Don't mind the delay for my proofreading; I 'll be along soon. I still have other obligations as well.
Tell me more about your writing classes, while we're on the subject.
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That's alright. I'm still working on fixing the prologue and adding more scene and character into it. Besides, I left you some question there that will determine what my next move for chapter one will be.
Here's something interesting that happened in my Creative writing for kids and young adults class. We were first learning about kids books, and one of the assignments was to write the opening paragraph for our kids book. It had to have the five W's (Who, What, Where, when, why) Basically I had to turn it in the night it was due, and I hadn't even thought about what it was going to be about.
So I just spun the wheel of ideas for kids in my mind. I came up with some random categories, and I said "Okay, let's write an opening scene of that." And so I did and turned it in. No surprise the idea was pretty good. It all depends on how good I write it down is the problem. But anyways, after I turned it in I got up to go to the bathroom. And at that moment I had an idea.
"What if I turned this into a story for young-adults? Right then I had a brainstorm, coming up with a whole new plot and pretty much a different story than what was for the kids book.
Bottom line is that my first book series is going to be that idea that I came up with while coming up with an idea for a kids book.
2340752 I don't always like that sort of comedy. Mostly because I often feel an unhealthy dose of empathy for fictional characters.
Still, I didn't mind THAT much; I read the story, didn't I?
Plus, the slice-of-life bits more than made up for it. All in all, this story made me think just as much as it made me laugh.
While I don't begrudge you your rest, good sir, your timing couldn't be worse, from my perspective. I've been considering crapping out a 5k one-shot to break this damn motivation block I seem to have developed over C3 of Princess Twi, and was thinking of asking you to give it a once over when I'd finished.
No worries, I'll probably excrete it anyway, squirrel it away somewhere and then forget about it until something someone says reminds about it in time for the contest it's due for. Then I'll probably ask you to do it, fretting that I'm going to have to do two weeks worth of work with one week remaining and...
Wait, what?
A break? Meaning no Samael? But... but... This cannot be! I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS! I MUST!
You... you torture me, Craine, and it hurts me so. I... I have to go.
I may or may not have written this simply so I could fit that video in.
Ahem. In all seriousness, though, 3 months?! Dear god, man, have you ever heard of taking a break?
Well, I suppose that's what you're doing now, but still. Something about candles and half as long, twice as bright, or something.