[✎] papers placed and pencils ready. writer's thread. open.

[Ranger of the North]

Doodles, I have a new competition up! Click the picture below if you're interested

[emoji movie]

oooh
gonna check that out!!

also, i have a question for all of you :>

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what's your opinion on pet diary books written on cs? do you enjoy them?

[Ranger of the North]

Thanks, Inc! c:

What's your opinion on pet diary books written on cs? do you enjoy them?
They're okay, I guess, but they get rather annoying when I'm trying to look for ordinary stories? I'd prefer if they had their own forum tbh, so when I feel like reading the diaries I can find them, but when I want to read stories I can find 'em XP

[Captain Plucky]

Sorry for not being active on here, guys!! ^^;;;

what's your opinion on pet diary books written on cs? do you enjoy them?

To be honest, I don't really like them. I tried to get into them a few years ago, when I first was on cs, and...well....
They just all seem the same to me. The persons in highschool, there's a boy they like, there's a popular, bratty girl who has a crush/is the hot guys girlfriend...they just don't amuse me anymore.
Granted, I haven't looked into them recently, so maybe they're different now. However, somehow I doubt it. :/

[Ranger of the North]

I have a question for you guys, which I've been wondering about for a wee while now:

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[b]How far do you think a writer should take their readers' advice?[/b]

I mean, everyone has their own opinion, and they often clash. A writer could get feedback on a passage they wrote saying: 'beautifully worded; it's sheer poetry and I pictured everything perfectly. I love it!' and, on the same piece, have someone saying: 'it's nice, but you used too much "fluff". Tone it down and include more prose.'
*is completely puzzled*

[Captain Plucky]

How far do you think a writer should take their readers' advice?

To be honest, if you have a lot of people who like your writing, they're all going to think of it differently. If you try to meet everyone's opinions and critique, I think that your writing gets updated to the point where it isn't really your style anymore. There is most certainly a limit of how seriously you should take someone's advice. I would say that a writer should mostly concentrate on advice that targets their problem area, or maybe a passage or chapter that they weren't sure about. That way, you can work on your biggest problems without getting overwhelmed.
So sorry for the late reply! I saw this question, and forgot to respond. ^^;;;

[Ranger of the North]

I've been exploring and yes, I mean me. it came outta nowhere XD a different race and their history in my story, and it's so cool! :.D I didn't mean to go this in-depth at first, and didn't think I'd be this interested, but my creation it is actually fascinating!
Gahg, typing this out has given me about a million questions, so here goes nothing XD

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[b]Have you ever become more invested in a story or scene than you thought you would?[/b]

[b]What's the most interesting (to you) species (or character) you've ever created?[/b]

[b]Has anything in any of your works ever done a complete 360 from what you'd originally planned?[/b]

1) literally just happened to me XD
2) at this point in time, the Alcunati! They're like wandering nomad-y people who get up to all sorts of cool stuff :.D They've got these awesome face-markings around their eyes; swirls of colour that almost glow in the dark (kinda like cats' eyes, I guess). And 'cause they're wild people they're experts at navigating their home-terrain without (usually) being seen or heard. They're mainly nocturnal, too, I think. okay I'd better stop now XD spoilersssss
3) my main characters and her fam were supposed to be ambushed by bandits, but now the 'bandits' have turned into long-not-really-lost extended family and friends o.O

[IHaveNoFandoms]

I know this thread hasn't been active in a week or two, but I'm getting sick of this one thing.
It's rant-depressed-my life sucks sort of writing, especially poetry. Normally, and thankfully I either post on my thread or this other thread, and the other doesn't attract the rant-depressed-my life sucks type.
I feel like nobody will ever be as awesome as Poe or something.
I know it's sort of a vent for some people, but does it have to be public?
Some people can't exactly afford computers to write rant-depressed-my life sucks stuff on...
Maybe watch the commercials with the sad, hungry children or the abused animals.
Sure, you have a bad day. Or maybe even a 'bad life.' Why not stop writing stuff that's only going to make you angrier, more depressed or something.
(Should I take this off it is sort of rant-ish... darn it now they've got me doing it.)

Does anybody feel the same? Does anybody think that it's not annoying at all? Does anybody do it themselves?

[Ranger of the North]

Interesting thought, that's for sure! :p For me, personally, I occasionally write kinda depressing stuff to work through the things that are bothering me at the moment? Just recently I was grieving over my grandma's death (even though she died a year or two ago) and wrote a short-story that... Yeah, that was basically just me explaining how it felt when she died. Trying to work through it and come to terms with reality, y'know? And I shared it with a few people because 'deep calls to deep', and all that.
So yeah, I feel like if people are genuinely distressed, and their writing is actually helping them process traumatic events, and articulating it is part of their healing-process it's okay. But when people say 'my life sucks it's so crappy poor me i'm not even allowed [insert something like technology here]' just to get attention, then that's not okay :p
So yeah, I guess it really depends on the writer's heart; where their rant/vent/writing is coming from ^.^

But no, interesting topic of discussion! c:

[IHaveNoFandoms]

Interesting thought, that's for sure! :p For me, personally, I occasionally write kinda depressing stuff to work through the things that are bothering me at the moment? Just recently I was grieving over my grandma's death (even though she died a year or two ago) and wrote a short-story that... Yeah, that was basically just me explaining how it felt when she died. Trying to work through it and come to terms with reality, y'know? And I shared it with a few people because 'deep calls to deep', and all that.
So yeah, I feel like if people are genuinely distressed, and their writing is actually helping them process traumatic events, and articulating it is part of their healing-process it's okay. But when people say 'my life sucks it's so crappy poor me i'm not even allowed [insert something like technology here]' just to get attention, then that's not okay :p
So yeah, I guess it really depends on the writer's heart; where their rant/vent/writing is coming from ^.^

But no, interesting topic of discussion! c:

Depressing poetry is great when it's professional, in my opinion. I'm sorry about your grandmother's death.

Very commonly writers on CS and actual poets/songwriters would write about something about frustration/distress/anxiety/etc. And some of those times, it is a nice read. Others, not so much.

I myself can't write negative sounding stuff anymore, even when I'm depressed, and even when I'm writing ABOUT it. I can't make my poetry sound as professional when writing explicitly negative feelings. It sounds better if I use frequent metaphors and imagery hiding that. I think I partially think I don't like the annoying-rant types because I can't bring my thoughts to that distress level at certain times, if that makes sense.