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krrackknut Not here, look elsewhere from The empty Aether. Since: Jan, 2001
Not here, look elsewhere
#1: Jul 25th 2010 at 8:19:05 PM

In which we bitch about lazy-ass, unimaginative writers, the opportunities they missed, and how we would do things better.

edited 26th Jul '10 12:39:21 AM by krrackknut

An useless name, a forsaken connection.
Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#2: Jul 25th 2010 at 8:43:17 PM

Lazy writer here!

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY
#3: Jul 25th 2010 at 9:33:16 PM

Lazy writer ahead!

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
Matrix Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Jul 25th 2010 at 9:35:48 PM

Lazy writer.

@Kracken: Oi don't have me confusing you with Jinxed now..

edited 25th Jul '10 9:36:27 PM by Matrix

Oneesamaurai Anthro-ized from Nippon! Since: Jul, 2010
Anthro-ized
#5: Jul 25th 2010 at 10:47:36 PM

This is turning into a support group lol

very lazy writer here

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BetaRay Web Slinger/Hope Bringer Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Web Slinger/Hope Bringer
#6: Jul 25th 2010 at 11:40:03 PM

One more for the lazy writer support group.

You are not alone, and you are not strange. You are you, and everyone has damage. Be the better person.
krrackknut Not here, look elsewhere from The empty Aether. Since: Jan, 2001
Not here, look elsewhere
#7: Jul 26th 2010 at 12:37:29 AM

THIS IS NOT A SUPPORT GROUP I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THAT SHIT AGAIN

Although...I actually am one...

NO THIS CLUB IS FOR PEOPLE WHO FEEL ENRAGED BY UNIMAGINATIVE WRITERS

I'll go ask for a thread re-name now.

An useless name, a forsaken connection.
Wheezy (That Guy You Met Once) from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
(That Guy You Met Once)
#8: Jul 26th 2010 at 4:43:13 AM

Is there a club for people who are mildly enraged by unimaginative writers but not really because in the end it makes them feel better about their own writing?

Because I'd join that.

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ACDrawings YOSH! from MY PERSONAL REALITY Since: Jan, 2001
YOSH!
#9: Jul 26th 2010 at 11:13:56 AM

Who has two thumbs and believes unimaginative writers must be drugged and sent though creativity school? *Points at self*

Mousa the 14, how ya doing?

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Oneesamaurai Anthro-ized from Nippon! Since: Jul, 2010
Anthro-ized
#10: Jul 26th 2010 at 11:56:21 AM

Yay! a support and hate group I fit in both places XD

edited 26th Jul '10 11:56:35 AM by Oneesamaurai

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#11: Jul 31st 2010 at 2:08:52 PM

I have been working on the same novel since I was 12, so I think I'm lazy.

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Sneeb super sugoi kawaii neko desuas from poo world (aka tvtropes) Since: Jan, 2001
super sugoi kawaii neko desuas
#12: Jul 31st 2010 at 4:14:47 PM

A solution to Lazy Writers....

Read anything by Earth Scorpion. Ready anything by Earth Scorpion on the topic of how to write. Read the Nobody Dies forum thread on spacebattles.com and follow anything he posts. Seriously, I lurk there and am in awe.

DO EET!

an heroic gesture would do the world good
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#13: Jul 31st 2010 at 5:39:20 PM

The difference between me and most lazy writers is that writing isn't my main hobby.

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Philistein Hardly sophisticated from UK Since: Dec, 2009
Hardly sophisticated
#14: Aug 1st 2010 at 7:59:30 AM

I'm not bothered by bad/lazy writers... I'm more bothered by people who can't tell the difference between bad writing and good writing! Everyone has to start out somewhere but when you get lavished with praise rather than handed out a helpful constructive critique it just makes lazy writers think they don't have to try and harder.

Same thing applies to professionals! If a bad book sells, why try harder?

Although I'm not exactly qualified to comment because I just plainly don't write much these days. So much for self improvement!

Tachi Spoiler Alert from the Shadows Since: Mar, 2010
Spoiler Alert
#15: Aug 9th 2010 at 10:12:16 AM

Lazy writer in denial here. Though not denial over the lazy part, but over the fact that my laziness ultimately means I don't develop as a writer. That bit I don't wanna admit to myself, because then I'd actually have to do something about the laziness.

... which I will do. Another day.

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango?
MidnightVelvet Since: Apr, 2014
#16: Aug 22nd 2010 at 2:28:31 PM

So pathetic. See, I'm not lazy like the rest of you. I'm just taking my time to really bring out my creative genius. Yes, that's it, let's go with that...

<_<

>_>

-_-'

Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#17: Sep 16th 2010 at 8:57:56 PM

Hmm. I began work on my novel in March, and as of September 16 I am about a third of the way through with six and a half chapters. It seems lazy to me, since I spend about two weeks on each chapter for writing and editing, then kick around for two weeks after that before I feel like the start of the next chapter isn't trash, but I dunno.

FeoTakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#18: Sep 17th 2010 at 11:01:49 AM

If you really want to see lazy writing, make sure your boss isn't looking, and dare a foray into Literotica. Each section has a couple of ideas that get endlessly recycled. (I am never reading a vampire fic again.)

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
MiyuHimegami Since: Dec, 1969
#19: Nov 7th 2010 at 1:34:56 AM

Necro-ing because I'm writing right now.

NathanielTheSeeker Since: Jun, 2010
#20: Jan 13th 2011 at 9:50:18 AM

Peeking in and think this is a good place to hang around.

I hate it when a Designated Hero complains and whines about his problems and is all-around wishy-washy instead of thinking a way around his dilemma or coming up with an unusual solution.

edited 13th Jan '11 9:50:45 AM by NathanielTheSeeker

merton defiance from my heart to yours. Since: May, 2009
defiance
#21: Jan 13th 2011 at 12:20:52 PM

I'm gonna get that play finished before the end of the month. Really I am. No foolin'. This isn't like the last 500 times.

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Sporkaganza I'm glasses. Since: May, 2009
I'm glasses.
#22: Jan 13th 2011 at 8:14:09 PM

Isn't it fair to say there's a difference between a lazy and an unimaginative writer?

Or, I guess, that being lazy about actually making yourself write is not the same as writing lazily? The latter is something I hope is something I don't do. The former is something I know I do, and all the time.

Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember them, you are not alone.
NathanielTheSeeker Since: Jun, 2010
#23: Jan 14th 2011 at 4:21:43 AM

Sporkaganza: Lazy writing is leaning on tired cliches as crutches instead of thinking more creatively. What do you think?

Doesn't writing lazily easily lead to unimaginative writing?

edited 24th Jan '11 12:17:39 PM by NathanielTheSeeker

Andonda Since: Dec, 1969
#24: Apr 8th 2011 at 12:57:23 PM

Thing is that I am lazy but I don’t think I'm not creative. There is a difference. Sometimes I get discouraged because I realize I need to rewrite something or greatly develop it more.

ArilouLaLeeLay Freelance Distributor of Free Lances from a mostly harmless planet, far away Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
Freelance Distributor of Free Lances
#25: Dec 28th 2015 at 8:05:14 AM

I am imaginative as hell, but I HATE the process of actually having to write.

Case in point: I have thought up a plotline, dialogue, characters and their development, and everything else necessary for a 4-part series. After no less than three years, I'm still stuck in the first part.

"If I was a tabletop RPG character, my player would be accused of both minmaxing and overdramatic roleplaying." -Me

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