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Re: Venting thread
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:33 pm
by /nɒtɛndəduːd/
/nɑtɛndəːduːd/ wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:30 pm
/nɑtɛndəːduːd/ wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:28 pm
Raphael wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:21 am
More than three months of massive writer's block, and no end in sight.
what are you writing about?
oops. I just realized that this post is from 7 years ago. my bad
I am really bad at looking at fine print. my bad again.
though I am curious, what are you writing about?
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:35 pm
by rotting bones
Raphael wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:21 am
More than three months of massive writer's block, and no end in sight.
One advice I heard is to break the stream of the narrative by introducing new themes and/or characters. Easier said than done.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:55 am
by Raphael
rotting bones wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:35 pm
Raphael wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:21 am
More than three months of massive writer's block, and no end in sight.
One advice I heard is to break the stream of the narrative by introducing new themes and/or characters. Easier said than done.
Problem is, I already have a pretty clear idea of what the characters and themes are supposed to be for the whole story.
/nɑtɛndəːduːd/ wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:33 pm
though I am curious, what are you writing about?
First contact with aliens in a mostly utopian future Earth, as seen from the perspective of a fairly minor participant for whom the whole things coincides with coming of age.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:58 am
by Ares Land
Maybe a change of approach could work? Like, writing a detailed outline instead?
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:05 am
by rotting bones
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:55 am
Problem is, I already have a pretty clear idea of what the characters and themes are supposed to be for the whole story.
If you're sure that's what you want to write, wouldn't you have written it already? Consider the possibility that you are bored with your preconceived plot. It might help to explore the story from another angle. If the subplot gets boring later, you can merge it with the main plot or kill it off GRR Martin style.
Not that this is necessarily the right approach. Just remember, if you're not having fun writing the story, that may be visible in your work.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:54 am
by Raphael
Thank you, I'll think about all that.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:32 am
by Travis B.
Agh, an obvious bug I missed that I really ought to have caught ages ago, especially because I have code elsewhere in the same source file that properly handles the very same use case that triggers the bug. Of course, that only gives me reason to put out a new release sooner, which I was going to do at some point as I created a bunch of words for waiting for task notifications and then atomically fetching the mailbox contents and setting new mailbox contents.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 2:47 pm
by Man in Space
I have a colonoscopy on Tuesday. The insurance is balking at covering the voiding agent. It’s not like I have a disease that can cause cancer (and it’s not like I’ve already dodged that bullet once), am I right? (/s)
Also, the insurance had better actually cover the procedure this time. Last time thanks to a snafu somewhere I ended up paying six kilodollars or so out of my own pocket.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 3:11 pm
by Raphael
Man in Space wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2025 2:47 pm
I have a colonoscopy on Tuesday. The insurance is balking at covering the voiding agent. It’s not like I have a disease that can cause cancer (and it’s not like I’ve already dodged that bullet once), am I right? (/s)
Also, the insurance had better actually cover the procedure this time. Last time thanks to a snafu somewhere I ended up paying six kilodollars or so out of my own pocket.
That's really messed up. Good luck.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 3:12 pm
by Travis B.
The health insurance industry is evil.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 6:12 pm
by sasasha
Good luck, Man In Space.
I hit a depression after the initial shock of losing my friend. This is fine and natural and I’m ok. But I’m so unfocused. My brother came to stay and I could barely think what to say to him. It’s easy to just want time to float away in whatever fashion it most easily can, very hard to put demands into that time; practically everything I demand of myself is failing rn, so I think I just have to wait until my motivation system is up and running again (as much as it ever is). I need to job hunt because this grief was like drinking a truth serum and suddenly I was just like hell no, I am not doing this about one of my jobs. So I do need to find some focused willpower soon, or being able to pay rent will start to float away in whatever fashion it most easily can, too!
In the meantime, here has been fun and helpful, thanks y’all.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:16 pm
by /nɒtɛndəduːd/
sasasha wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 6:12 pm
Good luck, Man In Space.
I hit a depression after the initial shock of losing my friend. This is fine and natural and I’m ok. But I’m so unfocused. My brother came to stay and I could barely think what to say to him. It’s easy to just want time to float away in whatever fashion it most easily can, very hard to put demands into that time; practically everything I demand of myself is failing rn, so I think I just have to wait until my motivation system is up and running again (as much as it ever is). I need to job hunt because this grief was like drinking a truth serum and suddenly I was just like hell no, I am not doing this about one of my jobs. So I do need to find some focused willpower soon, or being able to pay rent will start to float away in whatever fashion it most easily can, too!
In the meantime, here has been fun and helpful, thanks y’all.
/nɒtɛndəduːd/ wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:48 pm
I have never really been close to even the people I've been the closest to, and so I understand where it is that you come from. it is good to mourn those who have passed, for then we will not forget who they were and what they did for those around them, but at the end of the day, death is a thing for us all. at a point, you have to let them pass. (I'm not saying this is advise strictly for you, Raphael, but for anyone it might reach.)
Not sure if this post I put in the contradictory feelings thread helps much, but I saw your post and thought I'd put it here, too. hope things get better.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:31 am
by sasasha
Thank you, /nɒtɛndəduːd/, that’s really kind.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:25 pm
by alice
I found some annoying bugs in my SCA, which I now have to fix rather than doing something else.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:29 pm
by rotting bones
A lot of packages I need seem to be missing from Maven Central.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 4:45 am
by Raphael
rotting bones wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:29 pm
A lot of packages I need seem to be missing from Maven Central.
Good luck getting that sorted out.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:09 pm
by Lērisama
There is a highly boring piece of work I need to do. I can't bring myself to stop procrastinating and actually do it for the life of me.
Re: Venting thread
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:23 pm
by Raphael
Lērisama wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:09 pm
There is a highly boring piece of work I need to do. I can't bring myself to stop procrastinating and actually do it for the life of me.
Ah,
that feeling. I'll try to send you motivation.