Writing Advice and Tips

PrincessFlowerTV

I am proud to say that I spent the month of April writing my WIP. I committed to doing it every day. Sometimes I wrote a chapter, other times I wrote a paragraph, or made tiny edits. But I did it and I am seriously happy I did.
Writing is not easy; finding inspiration is fickle. If you want to write, commit to doing a little bit every day, then you'll see results!

Good luck, and keep writing!

PrincessFlowerTV

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TheOneSage

Writing tip:
When writing, make sure to use a lot of figurative language. However, too much and it will either be
A. too complicated to understand
B. look like it was written by Google Gemini (AI chatbot)

PrincessFlowerTV

Just dropped in.

How is everyone doing? Is anyone following this thread active and/or currently writing something? Let's keep the conversation going!
I'm bored lol

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co0lcr34t10ns

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:
Just dropped in.

How is everyone doing? Is anyone following this thread active and/or currently writing something? Let's keep the conversation going!
I'm bored lol

Hello!

PrincessFlowerTV

Editing is so hard, lol. I hadn't done any major editing work up until recently. It's brutal. Stay strong!!

Anyone following this thread? Any W.I.P.s?

ranaeesparkles-

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:
Editing is so hard, lol. I hadn't done any major editing work up until recently. It's brutal. Stay strong!!

Anyone following this thread? Any W.I.P.s?

Real. Also, I am!! Still! I have many WIPs but they all suck… do you want some eheheheh

Mozboz

I'm, uh, starting off strong when doing personal writing (not really intended to share, but might at some point)… a full-length book. Stupid idea, really, but my only issue is that I'm having trouble getting the chapters to be more than seven pages. And enough has happened in the story that someone better than me could maybe make it more like fourteen pages. I'm having trouble padding the chapters to the length I want, basically.

co0lcr34t10ns

I need help this thing has been going on since I was frickin 6 where when I imagine things these imaginary black strings appear that connect two characters together when i'm visualizing a story but I don't WANT THEM to be there it's like an intrusive thoughts but it's genuinely hindering my imagination and to get rid of them I have to IMAGINE SCISSORS TO CUT THEM PLEASE HELP ME PLEASW

Mozboz

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
I need help this thing has been going on since I was frickin 6 where when I imagine things these imaginary black strings appear that connect two characters together when i'm visualizing a story but I don't WANT THEM to be there it's like an intrusive thoughts but it's genuinely hindering my imagination and to get rid of them I have to IMAGINE SCISSORS TO CUT THEM PLEASE HELP ME PLEASW

I have a similar issue when imagining things, my brain just hates me. For example, someone pulls a lever. My mind will literally flip it back up AND NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M IMAGINING. I don't have control over the story at that point, the lever just refuses to stay down. I end up having to imagine I am imagining the lever stays down. Imagine-ception, like it's real life.

co0lcr34t10ns

Mozboz wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
I need help this thing has been going on since I was frickin 6 where when I imagine things these imaginary black strings appear that connect two characters together when i'm visualizing a story but I don't WANT THEM to be there it's like an intrusive thoughts but it's genuinely hindering my imagination and to get rid of them I have to IMAGINE SCISSORS TO CUT THEM PLEASE HELP ME PLEASW
I have a similar issue when imagining things, my brain just hates me. For example, someone pulls a lever. My mind will literally flip it back up AND NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M IMAGINING. I don't have control over the story at that point, the lever just refuses to stay down. I end up having to imagine I am imagining the lever stays down. Imagine-ception, like it's real life.

oh my god i'm not the only one what is this called ok gemini help me

co0lcr34t10ns

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
Mozboz wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
I need help this thing has been going on since I was frickin 6 where when I imagine things these imaginary black strings appear that connect two characters together when i'm visualizing a story but I don't WANT THEM to be there it's like an intrusive thoughts but it's genuinely hindering my imagination and to get rid of them I have to IMAGINE SCISSORS TO CUT THEM PLEASE HELP ME PLEASW
I have a similar issue when imagining things, my brain just hates me. For example, someone pulls a lever. My mind will literally flip it back up AND NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M IMAGINING. I don't have control over the story at that point, the lever just refuses to stay down. I end up having to imagine I am imagining the lever stays down. Imagine-ception, like it's real life.
oh my god i'm not the only one what is this called ok gemini help me

It gave me nothing and I can't Google it properly help

Mozboz

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
Mozboz wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
I need help this thing has been going on since I was frickin 6 where when I imagine things these imaginary black strings appear that connect two characters together when i'm visualizing a story but I don't WANT THEM to be there it's like an intrusive thoughts but it's genuinely hindering my imagination and to get rid of them I have to IMAGINE SCISSORS TO CUT THEM PLEASE HELP ME PLEASW
I have a similar issue when imagining things, my brain just hates me. For example, someone pulls a lever. My mind will literally flip it back up AND NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M IMAGINING. I don't have control over the story at that point, the lever just refuses to stay down. I end up having to imagine I am imagining the lever stays down. Imagine-ception, like it's real life.
oh my god i'm not the only one what is this called ok gemini help me
It gave me nothing and I can't Google it properly help

“Ironic process theory (IPT), also known as the Pink elephant paradox”
Could be that
“when an individual intentionally tries to avoid thinking a certain thought or feeling a certain emotion, a paradoxical effect is produced: the attempted avoidance not only fails in its object but in fact causes the thought or emotion to occur more frequently and more intensely”
Lines up with my story certainly

(Also your imagining scissors is smart, I should try and apply that type of thing to my own imagination)

Mozboz

Mozboz wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
Mozboz wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
I need help this thing has been going on since I was frickin 6 where when I imagine things these imaginary black strings appear that connect two characters together when i'm visualizing a story but I don't WANT THEM to be there it's like an intrusive thoughts but it's genuinely hindering my imagination and to get rid of them I have to IMAGINE SCISSORS TO CUT THEM PLEASE HELP ME PLEASW
I have a similar issue when imagining things, my brain just hates me. For example, someone pulls a lever. My mind will literally flip it back up AND NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M IMAGINING. I don't have control over the story at that point, the lever just refuses to stay down. I end up having to imagine I am imagining the lever stays down. Imagine-ception, like it's real life.
oh my god i'm not the only one what is this called ok gemini help me
It gave me nothing and I can't Google it properly help
“Ironic process theory (IPT), also known as the Pink elephant paradox”
Could be that
“when an individual intentionally tries to avoid thinking a certain thought or feeling a certain emotion, a paradoxical effect is produced: the attempted avoidance not only fails in its object but in fact causes the thought or emotion to occur more frequently and more intensely”
Lines up with my story certainly

(Also your imagining scissors is smart, I should try and apply that type of thing to my own imagination)

Tried again, it appears to be “intrusive thoughts” that only happens when imagining a story. It's a bit of an umbrella term, but it fits.

co0lcr34t10ns

ah my god tysm!!!!!!!
will write more tonight for swc

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