Finally, I made some progress on my Neopets story. In retrospect, I probably should have started earlier than April 29th. My anniversary of my accountās creation is May 6th and Iām hoping to submit it to the Neopian Times to celebrate. Even if it miiiight be late.
Also, quick question, if someone is drinking a drink quickly, would ādevourā be a good way to describe the action? I know ādevourā means āeat quicklyā but does it apply to drinks? Maybe āguzzleā is more fitting?
I made loads of progress on Noblesse Oblige during April, and Iām aiming to do my Chapter 5-6 revisions and complete the first draft of the final Chapter 7 this month. Im also going to try and get a bonus Creme de la Creme story written for my Patreon. Fingers crossed!
For May, Iād like to accomplish two things writing-wiseā¦
Get āLast Monologueā up to 60k words (itās at 27k right now)
Finish about 50% of edits for Talon City
If I get those two things done, that will have made for a very productive May. Oh, I am teaching my oldest to drive. Prayers to the Flying Spaghetti Monster are appreciated.
Best wishes to everyone for their May creative endeavors!
My civil service contract expire the 24, then Iāll have to look for an other job.
My uncle gave me a laptop for my birthday, once Iāll have finished to learn how to use it, itās going to be my new writing workshop (so far Iāve used a tablet).
Iāll take sign language lessons starting the 4. no joke about āItalians and their signsā allowed
Iām thinking about focusing on 2 main project: āStories from Gaiaā (fantasy) and ā(Anti)Heroes and (Anti)Villainsā (superhero/scifi). Iām thinking of writing short stories not in chronological order but following a pre established outline; to make a compromise between inspiration and construction.
Any advice on where to publish them online? (Iāve already discarded Wattpad)
PS: the Idea of using one or both settings for a self conclusive spin off as a Hosted Game is still in my mind: Iām curious of the reader reactions and interactions with the canonical characters, especially the villains.
Not even waiting for Gray Painterās body to be cold before getting started on my new project, Ansible Station 24. The Gray Painter started off slow; in contrast, with AS24, you hit ābegin gameā and this is the first screen.
Iām not going to set a hard goal for May, since Iāll be moving around a lot as we settle into a new continent-- but I hope to have good progress to report at monthās end, and to set a target for June on that basis.
I finished my neopets story . However, a slight change in plans. I will submit a one part short story instead of a two-part series. According to the faq, series must be at least 4000 words. Mine is only 2600.
Howdy everybody. Iāve committed my time again to my old story Monster Hunt, although Iāve changed the title. I never actually stopped working on it, but with real life going on and my life becoming busier as Iāve gotten older, (becoming an EMT, starting and ending a relationship, learning how to put cheese in my scrambled eggs to make cheese eggs, among many other things), it became something I put on the back burner.
Although I suppose the real reason I never updated the game was I was never happy with what I wrote. The opening scene has about four versions now for example. Spent a lot of time banging my head against my table. I am starting to make some progress with my ideas which is nice, and Iām feeling more confident with what Iām putting on paper. It only took me, checks clock, four yearsā¦ Hopefully this time Iāll actually keep working on it in a timely manner and stop feeling like I need to rewrite the same page multiple times.
Just hit 15k for Ansible Station 24 (startup, choicescript_stats, and most of the introduction). Iāll finish up the introduction chapter before putting up a demo on dashingdon.
Things I am worried about so far:
The chapter starts off with an extremely tense negotiation scene in which thereās no good outcome, just an outcome where the least damage is done
The chapter introduces three factions, four languages, and nine characters, plus development of the main character, with very little description of the setting or background, expecting the reader to just kind of pick it all up as they go along
The story may demand too much of the reader; the opening scene is arranged around an extremely complicated political situation and most of the choices are about weighing up the benefits and risks of different types of interpretations of different fictional languages
Guess weāll see after I make the demo if a story that demands this much thought and attention (and involves a chaotic, stressful tutorial) is palatable or if people bounce off it immediately.
I graduated college and found a job! Itās office work so itās giving me stable hours instead of random times of going to class and meeting up for group projects now.
So now Iām arranging my timeline of events and figuring out how to build a cohesive narrative around it. There will be several plot threads, but the main thing is about the politics where you either fight for various reform measures or not, and your job as a wight-hunter (ugh, still need to come up with a proper name for these guys), where you would be exposed to the underbelly of London. Extremely simplified from the real thing, but Iām compressing the entire 1830s so buckle in for one extremely horrible year.
Happy Birthday to May babies.
