mickilennial

Wannabe Writer Needs Help

I think I only ever found myself overcoming this when I started writing for me and not trying to write "the next great american novel" or write for hypothetical other people. If you are confident about your work, the audience will come, however small. Mind you, I have since given up on the goal of publishing as my goal in life and changed it to "finish a solo work" (see: novel, webnovel, etc.) but doing so has taken a great weight off my shoulders.

The first step is confidence, initiative and self-assurance.

What Are You Listening To?

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

Unfortunately, I think ten players is pushing it on my abilities returning to the hobby, but I do appreciate the loads of interest I have gotten for this. Makes me feel happy I guess.

What Are You Listening To?

Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

Thomas Wayne Batman is my strongest idea at the moment.

That aside, I don't have any strong designs on a game style/theme at the moment. My versions of these games generally gravitate toward being period pieces (60s, 80s, etc.) which is not for everyone.

Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

As for there being more "events" for players to react to, I think as long as the work is coordinated among an active team and not one person I think that can work.

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

@Psyker Landshark

May I offer you a egg in this trying time? 🤗🥚

But no, you came out with a really good sheet (as did others) and you were quite close. In fact, the final choice ended up being me struggling for four hours deciding between you and ERode. 😅

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

This one took a whole day of contemplation. I liked the majority of the sheets I received for this RP, but ultimately I went with what I felt had the dynamic I was looking for. At any rate, I will be working on the IC post over the weekend barring any issues from the Nursing Facility which has been giving me the runaround about my dad's stay there.

The last five accepted characters are as follows and can add their sheets to the characters tab:

🔵 THE BLUES 🔵

Ashraf In'nalai _{@Yankee ⯁ Light ⯁ Fire}
Sternwyss _{@Feyblue ⯁ Dark ⯁ N/A}
Sarnai _{@ERode ⯁ Dark ⯁ Water}
Ynga Nordavind _{@Asura ⯁ Light ⯁ Wind}
Zyran Siada _{@AlteredTundra ⯁ Dark ⯁ Thunder}

Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

A bit of real talk, something that I've been thinking about and that I'm sure has been discussed before: are we placing too much pressure-to-perform on ourselves?

@AndyC

As a writer improves in their craft, their standards for themselves and those they write alongside exponentially increase. I have found in recent years returning to the basics, how I fell in love with the hobby, and the ability to be concise and not as strict on detail has led to better results. Of course, I also took a year off of writing but this was something I started doing a little before life handed me a metaphorical knuckle sandwich.

In the 2013 and earlier games there was also more interactivity as well as flexibility. We interacted more, mentioned stuff in other people's posts, and were more free-flowing and experimental, and so on. I have oft struggled how to return to that and you guys were doing this for almost a decade before you came here in '13. Perhaps some thinking adjustments would be astute?

I start to develop a mentality of "no post is better than a bad post." That starts becoming a whole negative-feedback-thing, where I feel bad for not posting, so I start writing a post, and then I burn myself out trying to make it perfect, then I end up not posting it, and then I feel bad for not posting, etc.

@AndyC

This is a cycle I got trapped in with a lot of these games and to break it is to just simply follow an old writing advice I got: "fail faster" which essentially meant don't worry on perfection, engage with the imperfections and move forward. Polish it later if need be.

It might be easier to jump in and start jamming with each other than when everyone has to spend weeks or months establishing their particular lore before venturing out to cross paths. More often than not, that leads to less of a group roleplay and more of a collection of individual fanfics with the occasional crossover.

@AndyC

Some people prefer to be isolated and do their own thing, but for those of us who are not that this would be wise, I agree. And sometimes we wait for a "ideal" story window too much and so the window never opens. Sometimes the right time is to do it at the wrong time and play it by ear.

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

Almost have an idea of the roster finalized. When it is done, I will start writing the first IC posts and ask for you guys to transfer respective sheets over. Currently stuck between a handful of sheets with only two slots remaining at this time.

The first five accepted characters are as follows and can add their sheets to the characters tab:

🔴 THE REDS 🔴

Annifer _{@Kuro ⯁ Light ⯁ Earth}
Ionna Rielle _{@McMolly ⯁ Dark ⯁ Thunder}
Kazran Harrond _{@webboysurf ⯁ Light ⯁ Earth}
Lina Ariesca _{@Lemons ⯁ Light ⯁ Fire}
Toma Morriss _{@Eisenhorn ⯁ Dark ⯁ Ice}