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bulletsponge13 posted:Just caught up on the thread. I still feel like I'm ego surfing, and I still feel 'weird' about it, but effort. It also feels weird because you're probably not used to being praised for your creative efforts too, not to get too armchair psych. Your writing is genuinely provocative. It evokes the horror and disgust for war that I'm pretty sure you were going for; you can't look away from it but it's viscerally uncomfortable to read, just as I'm sure it was uncomfortable to see. Thank you for sharing. If you want a place to write regularly with some structure and prompting, there are writers groups too. My wife has been doing one virtually basically since George Floyd, and it's a very productive and positive experience. Something to consider if you enjoy writing and are wanting to explore other subjects or get feedback in a structured format.
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To paraphrase and add to my wife's weekly prompt: Remember: no piece of spontaneous literature is ever complete. A great many pieces of spontaneous literature are never even started.
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May 15, 2022 22:18
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Yeah but I have ADHD pattern anxiety so I had to drop the idealistic poo poo, otherwise nothing I do would be "perfect". You should post your reads too. Interested to see that too.
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May 15, 2022 22:54
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bulletsponge13 posted:Reads? You sucked up to Hemingway, I figured maybe you just had some books or stories that perhaps you had drawn from. There's always something rattling around that inspires our decisions, especially with writing. And yeah publishing this stuff, for me as a gipper especially, feels important. Even if it's drafty or incomplete, the more voices we have speaking about their own feelings and experiences, the more complete picture we can leave for history. There is an entire class of writing that developed in warfare. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 04:28 on May 18, 2022 |
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May 18, 2022 04:22
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A lot of inks do that because they're rusting, essentially. That's why art supplies advertise "archival" and "acid free" properties. They also make a whole spectrum of inks for pen nerds and I imagine some madman may choose brown.
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Aug 5, 2022 07:37
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blue-black supremacy
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Aug 17, 2022 08:07
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Maybe you see yourself as the kid trying to copy Wilde still, but that kids lived a life and now knows more clearly the weight those sentiments can have, so you can now more effectively wield these words.
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Aug 19, 2022 07:23
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Yeah a narcissist really kind of can't think of anything outside of their own benefit, even in everyday thoughts and interactions. You seem to reflect on others too often to really ever qualify; but I get the mindfuck of guilt and trauma that keeps you blaming yourself. Over years, you remember less context of the memory, but your own ruminations get stronger.
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Aug 19, 2022 20:32
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bulletsponge13 posted:I ask because I feel guilty. I want to be more routine, that was part of the original intent of the thread...but I also had what turned out to be some unrealistic expectations of some of the emotional difficulties I've encountered in digging out some of this nonsense. Or that I have no idea how to write- like the process, I mean. Not structurally, but like methodology? I guess? I'm explaining it poorly. All things are temporary man. We are a happy audience, not entitled to your work.
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Aug 23, 2023 08:57
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Nah man this is fine and none of us are entitled to your work
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