Thank you for your comment @ninja_violinist ! I'll definitely try to find a better word than 'thing'. I'm glad you liked it, overall, though.
Virtual Creative Writing Club, anyone?
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hi i did a thing and now i'll go disappear for a long time
based off of the following image, but the entire image and writing will be spoilered for tw (blood and gun)
Spoiler - click to show.
i keep wanting to write but like. there's nothing going on for me to write about, and i can't come up with anything despite the prompts
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i keep wanting to write but like. there's nothing going on for me to write about, and i can't come up with anything despite the prompts
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ah hey izzy! hope you're doing alright!!
I've gotta say, the writing was incredibly vivid and dark this week - much like the image, so the tone matches very well. You've really set the scene up beautifully, with the very specific descriptions (like of eyes, colours, just individual details) that I find tend to be emblematic of good horror writing. and I know I've been nitpicky about this before, so I'm just going to say that the layout is really neat here! Dialogue punctuation, paragraphing, etc is all top tier this time. I don't think I caught a single typo.
my heart hurts a bit now, since the entire thing is rather bleak and surreal and terrifying with no happy resolution, but I'm assuming that was intentional? so well done on that!
One thing I noticed is that there's quite the long, convoluted sentence early in the first paragraph that took me a few reads to sort through. so I'd maybe recommend unraveling that one a bit? Generally I notice that you use several long sentences (later, there are two paragraphs that are just made up of one sentence). which aren't inherently wrong at all! They just tend to need extra attention to make sure we don't lose track of what's happening along the way.
but yeah. thanks so much for sharing!! I'm not quite sure if and when you'll see this, since you mentioned you might be disappearing again, but this was a lovely read and I'm glad to see you're still writing!
prompts:
music: "Boreas" by The Oh Hellos [this album came out yesterday and it lives rent-free in my head now. cannot recommend this enough. like even if you don't like how it sounds, go read all of the lyrics as a word prompt lmao]
image: "Waters of Creation" by Philip Byers
word: from "Row" by Michael Lee (this is a link to the live performance which I do recommend watching? but with a hearty content warning for drugs and addiction)
I laugh and wake up laughing
and I want. I simply want and what dear god
is on the other side of want? I want that too.
My want is so wide I cannot cross it.
i keep wanting to write but like. there's nothing going on for me to write about, and i can't come up with anything despite the prompts
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maybe it's time for a writing exercise then? something entirely technical that never has to see the light of day if you don't care for it?
but yeah same
(Ok I know I’m not apart of this but I heard Boreas and came as fast as I could-)
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i keep wanting to write but like. there's nothing going on for me to write about, and i can't come up with anything despite the prompts
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maybe it's time for a writing exercise then? something entirely technical that never has to see the light of day if you don't care for it?
but yeah same
i'm just burnt out and struggle with Words
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I'm gonna try the image prompt, wish me luck
i'm just burnt out and struggle with Words
words are just. they're hard. definitely no need to force them if they're not coming
(Ok I know I’m not apart of this but I heard Boreas and came as fast as I could-)
boREAS IS EVERYTHING OK
I cannot believe something this good came out of 2020
(IKR! I’m just… drowning in this song while I wait for the album to come out)
(it is out though, as of yesterday? all of it's even on Youtube)
(Oh really? I had no idea. Brb while I check it out-)
hhmm you may be onto something there. I wonder if its time to dig out my poetry writing book
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(I am not entirely sure how I got here but WOW this thread is AWESOME! Would it be alright if I joined?)
(of course! welcome aboard!!)
ah ha! writing!!! for once!! shout out to the lovely zesty eggmcmuffin(circe) for her boy asher, featured here. felt like writing a short scene touching on backstories, and babe's nonchalant and scatterbrained attitude felt kinda perfect for keeping it away from overwhelmingly sad
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*enters with a flourish*
i am back! with words! crocs inspired me to do a similar scene between our two lovebirds, so this is what we have from me lmao. sorry if its low-quality, i'm still getting back into the swing of things.
GUESS WHO'S STILL GOT IT
(hey just a quick note: I'm not actually dead, just moved countries again, so I will. get to this soon. but in the meantime y'all should know that these are fabulous and you are writing legends)
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((good luck with your move!!))
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be prepared for multiple things like this
i'm doing a series of global mythology assignments that involve writing a diary entry in the pov of a character. i have picked probably my most apathetic but chaotic ancient character (~20,000 yrs) to write for, and this is the first entry 'she' has written
hopefully you can see it? i'm working in word and just uploaded the file to my google drive, so if there's issues, someone lemme know
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did you mean to link to something else?
MY BAD GIVE ME A SEC
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lmao okayy
yeah i saw that :p
idk i might do it and i might not
i very much recommend you do if you get the chance, or feel up to it! things like this are a great way to improve your own writing/art, and to get out there! there's also a huge sense of accomplishment in seeing your own work on the pages of an actual magazine, which is one heck of a boost