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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#377: Apr 15th 2011 at 8:46:04 PM

I think you guys need to take your agrument to the Private Messages, because I'm feeling like using the Holler button...

Got the second section down for the OP of Character Carnival. Now I have to do the third section and revison.

Brendan is now named Arthur.

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#378: Apr 16th 2011 at 3:58:26 AM

Feeling grim today, mainly due to a lack of sleep and my near-glacial pace of writing and revision. Not helped by the fact that my (admittedly awkward and silly) question in the Random Questions thread was entirely overlooked... Which shouldn't bother me, but for reasons difficult to articulate, it does. On second thought, the phrasing was too confusing anyway. I'm restating elsewhere....

edited 16th Apr '11 4:14:48 AM by JHM

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#379: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:00:25 AM

Have you ever had that feeling where you watch/read/play a work that heavily inspired you and realise how utterly out of your depth you are?

That happened today.

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#381: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:27:57 AM

It's just with this one setting and story, I feel unsatisfied. With my other settings I like the characters I've come up with and the plots (it is now merely a matter of actually writing them), but this one just makes me relentlessly think it's not good enough.

MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#382: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:28:41 AM

Watchmen did that to me. T.T

Read my stories!
CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#383: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:30:27 AM

This happened to me once, but then I remembered that was a comic book based off a TV show and I was writing a book of an entirely different genre and style.

Then I felt silly.

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#384: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:35:00 AM

[up]Um...then how was the two works even related?

CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#385: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:41:43 AM

The main character of that show heavily inspired my heroine.

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#386: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:45:20 AM

Wellm. That makes sense, then.

MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#387: Apr 16th 2011 at 8:05:49 AM

Have you ever had that feeling where you watch/read/play a work that heavily inspired you and realise how utterly out of your depth you are?

A few times before I found TV Tropes. Now I feel I can stand toe to toe with some of these writers in some genres.

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#388: Apr 16th 2011 at 8:13:05 AM

A few years ago, I set out to write a Pokemon fanfic that tried to explain how Pokemon gijinkas would legitimately work through an entire fantasy world where they all lived. And then I kept on developing the world, introduced an eight-element magic system that powered attacks, other humanlike races, and then I realized that I basically created my own fantasy story.

So now I have to remove all the Pokemon from it. If I have time.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
jasonwill2 True art is Angsty from West Virginia Since: Mar, 2011
#389: Apr 16th 2011 at 10:23:01 AM

I feel like my heart is about to explode.... gah. Havn't been on any prescription drugs in over 4 months... having to adjust. i don't feel good. i should be fine ive been on them before. they alter my brain chemistry.

as of the 2nd of Nov. has 6 weeks for a broken collar bone to heal and types 1 handed and slowly
Dec Stayin' Alive from The Dance Floor Since: Aug, 2009
Stayin' Alive
#390: Apr 16th 2011 at 10:33:12 AM

Have you ever had that feeling where you watch/read/play a work that heavily inspired you and realise how utterly out of your depth you are?

Yeah, I've had moments like that. Its probably the worst when I look at art though, because when I'm reading a good book I'm hardly taking my mind off the story. By the time I realize that the work was on a level I'm not capable of, I've been reading it for hours on end and have forgotten about my envy for hours more as I rave about it in my head. The sadness is just one sour note near the end of that.

With a picture, I'm left with two seconds of "whoa" before suddenly realizing that I'm ten years of experience off from doing anything like that myself. The Mood Whiplash makes the experience about five times worse.

Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit Deviantart.
jasonwill2 True art is Angsty from West Virginia Since: Mar, 2011
#391: Apr 16th 2011 at 10:36:55 AM

[up]

I know the feeling with art... writing not so much, I think one day I can get there.

as of the 2nd of Nov. has 6 weeks for a broken collar bone to heal and types 1 handed and slowly
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#392: Apr 16th 2011 at 2:41:34 PM

Watchmen did that to me. T.T

Same there [lol]. Evangelion too, but less so.

Damn, every time I think I've got a handle on what's really going on in Watchmen, I reread/watch it and catch something that I missed before.

What's your question, JHM?

MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#393: Apr 16th 2011 at 2:54:46 PM

Although, judging by what people feel overwhelmed by here, I think being awed only by Watchmen makes me a bit egotistical.

Read my stories!
RPGenius Since: Aug, 2009
#394: Apr 16th 2011 at 4:26:08 PM

The Long Goodbye is the only thing to ever do it to me. Of the genre I want to write (detective fiction that aims to explore the human condition, rather than merely be about solving a crime), there is no better example.

jasonwill2 True art is Angsty from West Virginia Since: Mar, 2011
#395: Apr 16th 2011 at 5:33:45 PM

I've drawn out the plot for my first book. It is much more linear and anything that is overly complicated plot wise are sub plots and seeds being planted for future stories.

Yay!

as of the 2nd of Nov. has 6 weeks for a broken collar bone to heal and types 1 handed and slowly
Jackerel SURPRISE from ur sentry Since: Feb, 2011
SURPRISE
#396: Apr 16th 2011 at 5:56:53 PM

Ugh.

I absolutely cannot force myself to write on something I don't feel like writing (even though I just had bursts of creativity yesterday). I'm either all burnt out or just tired.

I may just continue Crack Fic until I get my juices back.

Was Jack Mackerel. | i rite gud
snowfoxofdeath Thou errant flap-dragon! from San Francisco Suburb Since: Apr, 2012
Thou errant flap-dragon!
#397: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:04:34 PM

Screw the details. I'm just going to make actual progress before I do minor edits like that.

I won't be saying that in about five minutes, though.

Warm hugs and morally questionable advice given here. Prosey Bitchfest
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#398: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:05:14 PM

After my walk, I had a burst of inspiration for a children's book:

  • Boy follows a golden bird into a magical world.
  • Boy experiences magical world.
  • Boy finds MacGuffin.
  • Greedy man confronts boy. It turns out that the man followed him in.
  • The MacGuffin has the power to control all the golden birds, who lay eggs that give immortality.
  • Boy breaks MacGuffin.
  • Greedy Man is flung into the portal, where is goes to a place far, far, away.
  • The magical word starts to collaspe, because the MacGuffin broke.
  • The boy and all of the golden birds escape.

What do you think?

edited 16th Apr '11 6:32:43 PM by chihuahua0

Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#399: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:21:50 PM

"Immortality", and "flung". Other than that, it sounds like a straightforward and engaging plotline.

A bit of Hypocritical Humor:

"What would you have done had you known? Joined the army once you were old enough, out of revenge, and pulled some strings so you were the one to kill Togliari?"

"You pulled strings for Eos Whitford!"

"Eos Whitford had no personal connection to Togliari, which is why—among other reasons—she was most qualified for the mission." Rob bristles at her tone, betrayed, and Ingrid's voice softens considerably. "Be honest, Rob. Would you have kept your feelings from getting in the way?"

"YES!" he bawls.

edited 16th Apr '11 6:23:07 PM by Leradny

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#400: Apr 16th 2011 at 6:34:02 PM

[up] Corrected. I keep using "flinged" again and again, because nobody tells me it's wrong, and my spellchecker is useless in that regard, as expected.

"YES!" he bawls.

Uh... he bawls? That's a strange Said Bookism.

edited 16th Apr '11 6:35:09 PM by chihuahua0


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