July's Writers' Support Thread

Well done, @Eiwynn I am really proud of you. I basically didn’t do anything important, except for fighting with my inner demon and depression. Still, I don’t know who has won the battle.

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Today I made an entire game on Cys in 3 hours and a half. It is for a speed writing sci-fi jam. It is teen rated but has allusions to dark themes
http://chooseyourstory.com/story/yellow-is-the-happiest-color

I will love hear everyone opinion. I know is not good but i had fun

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Oh man I became a tyrant, thats the good end right? :grin:

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Yes, It is the only one you survive

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Now I feel good. :+1::laughing:

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Didn’t go over the books I wanted, but planned out nice features and did a bunch of coding. Not many words were written, but still, it feels good work done.

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Currently taking a break from writing while I wait for my partner’s input. I’ve been doing research, organizing all my files/notes and editing for others’ work though, so I still feel more or less productive as a writer.

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As long as you do something, then that is an accomplishment. Sometimes organizing upfront will save you a lot of time in the future.

Coding is not easy for me; planning features is also good, just don’t let feature creep take hold, or you will find yourself down a rabbit hole.

Excellent!

Mini-update – After my first day of scripting, if I average the same rate each day, my demo should be finished in 10 days. Not quite the seven days I am shooting for, but maybe I can become more efficient as I knock some of the rust away from my scripting skills.

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Quarantine is driving me insane lmao I’m stuck inside all day, but that somehow only makes it more difficult for me to write. :sob:

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I just read your Brazilian noble WiP … use your pent-up energy planning more debauchery and fun flings. lol

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That’s part of the problem, though! It’s hard to get the inspiration to write debauchery when I’m not engaging in any myself lmao I’ll start writing then think “I wish I was doing that…”

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Just sharing my first day here in May until this June’s writing experience.

I wrote 100k+~ words in one story. Once my story is in the half way, when the story flow were rising up (climax) like a balloon, I am starting to give up my story and also, get tiring of being ignored. Yes, I give up at first that makes me to call out all stories. As I wrote again, I create a new plot and in a split second, I change it until I ended up to give up again. Suddenly, I asked myself why am I giving up these stories. I watch some videos and books and I found something about myself that makes me feel bad at writing. It is because…

I am just only trying to impress the readers which is not good.

Now my goal this before the end of June, I will finish to write a whole story without CS first and then code it. Just motivation for me, and maybe for you as well… (My June’s Lessons)

  • Write a story that you like, follow your heart and not the others, because it is you, your passion.
  • This is not a competition, so don’t compare yourself or your works from the others, but you can idolize them. (Because it will make you down.)
  • Set your goals like my new goal: Don’t impress 'em, but entertain them.
  • But the important thing is to love yourself, don’t stress out yourself. If I am about to fall in depression, I immediately thinking of how many persons who has a greater problem than yours and then boom, i am new person again. (i don’t know how and why but it helps me.)

And that’s my June’s experience! Hope that it will help you everyone, and also I don’t know if I write the appropriate post here. still #newbie lol

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I am a similar situation as you are as many others. So at least we aren’t alone.

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Well, I am glad to join a group like us, and somehow, try to lift us together as we can. That’s what makes us even and it sounds, we will get along soon. haha

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:hugs: You are welcome, If you need to talk about something you can pm me.

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I am honoured to hear that, I will definitely leave a pm if I need your help or something personal. I am looking forward to it. Thanks by the way and stay safe at home.

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I’ve written most of chapter 6. Too… Lazy… To continue… Too many variables… Will take forever to test… :worried: :scream:

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:hugs: Don’t see it that way, think in the awesome paths you have open to the player and in your own story. Each path you end is an accomplishment by itself.

I get depressed too, in my case, because I know I won’t have edition so basically I don’t have any option to be published. But I still writing because I love to write. In the end, I suppose it is the only should matter.

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Your projects all sound lovely. I wish you all good luck with finishing them!

I felt so burnt out from writing last year, and I thought I’d never do Choicescript again because it takes so much work, but I realized tonight that I can start a project even if it’s never finished. Just writing is fun, and the more you write the better you get. Even if it’s never finished, I’ll be better at storytelling when I’m done than when I started.

And that’s true for you guys, too. If you spent all year training for a marathon but miss the actual day due to illness, was it a waste? No, you became a stronger athlete and a healthier person.

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Careful now, you might be too damn inspiring and make me proud of myself for once. :joy:

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