Writing

  1. My Universe

    My universe is filled to the brim. It has matter and energy that can change characteristics, it has gods, immortals, and of course, mortals, plenty of them. The humans in my universe occupy around thirty three galaxies called The Spherium. A superstate. They share their space with alien allies, and hostiles, and subjugated species. Spherian architecture is inspired by our classical architecture. Artificial space structures, such as cities, exist that can be as large as small galaxies....
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  2. A wish to not be known(230225)

    I fantasise about running away, throwing myself into the scum of the world and becoming one with it, Because in the dark and dinge of it all I will be nameless. Just a story lost to the passing of time. Nothing will matter. Not the things they say Not the choices I make Not the life I lived Because at the end of he day, when all is said and done, We all end up six feet under the very same earth. Laid to rest and forgotten.
  3. Gravy's Tips for Novel Writing - Part 1

    #1 - It's okay to be a pantser AND plotter. For years, I wrote novels with NO guide at all. But, that led me to rambling and veering off to focus on character development instead of plot development. In the last few years though, I got frustrated with my lack of ability of complete a story, because I was always veering off into a side-plot. That's when I decided to give plotting a chance. I read the book Outlining Your Novel by K. M. Weiland it changed the way I viewed at plotting. I used...
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  4. Bitter Pills to Swallow

    There’s a way to accept it and there’s a way to reject it. If you ask for critique, someone will give it and it may not be a way you hope to hear. This is a bitter pill I’ve had to learn to swallow many times over the course of my childhood and adulthood. Just like you don’t have to read and comment on somebody’s post, I don’t have to read or respond to someone’s critique. While I’ve always tried to be grateful for any effort put into helping me improve my work, I’ve also had to learn to...
  5. Definitely journalism...

    It wasn't an easy decision... I had been working on writing a fictional story for years. But I started to get the feeling that it was silly. Writing this large, deep fictional world that I wanted people to spend their time digging into. For what? It began to feel immoral. Like I was feeding readers too much candy. I just want to write about real things. I want to learn about the world the way Galileo learned about the world. The real world. And if possible, I want to teach it. Of...
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  6. Stigma and Thoughts

    When you are out and about, walking amongst people, do you reflect on who they are? What their stories are? Sometimes you can see tired eyes or gloomy looks, the way they dress can also be an indicator as to how they're doing. But most of the time you have no idea who they are or what they struggle with. Some people have called me handsome, I wear somewhat decent clothes, and I take regular showers. I look pretty healthy. So it might surprise people that I have schizophrenia. It's something...
  7. Ridiculous

    So I thought it was a good idea to post a short bit of what my fictional universe is and what it contains on Facebook. Just to gather some feedback and to see what people thought about my ideas without any story attached. Of course I was given a mixed response, some seemed to like it, others pointed out that it was nothing new, and some seemed to think it was absolutely ridiculous. It was a mixed bag to put it simply. I asked the person who said that all the stuff in my universe had been...
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  8. I still haven't "begun"...

    To be honest I haven't even been working on my story. I'm mostly in what I would call "gathering the supplies" phase. Concept phase. I'm still trying to understand what am I writing. Also...how. I'm going to be a little coy, but this is mostly me taking notes of my progress so... I do have a concept, but it's...complicated. I already know it will require a lot of work. It requires the kind of blueprint a story about a person who can keep going back in time to change the future would......
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  9. The Cities of My World

    Imagine a particle that can change shape, colour, and other attributes. A particle that does not decay in time. Now imagine a city built from this particle. Its marble columns stretching as far as the skyscrapers they adorn. Ornaments and details that can change from being blue to green within a single hour, or any other colour. Think if such a city took inspiration from our renaissance. Murals that are alive and move like a cinematic movie, all telling their own little stories in...
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  10. Layered Democratic Counciliary

    In my universe, there exists a vast number of civilisations. The human civilisation is called the Spherium. It is a layered democratic counciliary. Meaning it has various councils of different importance and influence levels. At the bottom, you have the star or planet/moon councils. They govern their local stellar bodies through certain councils that convene to discuss important local matters. A council at this level can consist of all the countries or local governments that exist on a...
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  11. Videos on Writing Craft

    Every now and then I run across a video I really like about writing and I try to figure out where on the board or my blog I can post it. So I'm making this thread. Ok wow, I guess that covers it. Here: Three verbs per sentence, and contrast: Spend Five Thousand hours revising your novel??! To become a better writer you must change your life: A lot of these are going to be his videos.
  12. The Cost of Intergalactic Nutrition

    "Luckily up here we only have to stop the vortex machine and introduce a disinfecting agent. I am told they have to divert the flow downstairs during this process and all of our production is for non resale only. For a full 24 hours, he bars that are designated ‘for charity only’; Even then we rarely have enough for local distribution. Regardless of the regulation put down from the top, word always gets out some how. Many of the lower level personnel are from the local slums, some of...
  13. Best Laid Plans

    Spoke to my psychiatrist a few days ago about wanting to study English. She recommended me not to at this stage, which I understand. But I still find it a bit sad. When I first got sick, they told me that the university would still be there when I got better. That was about eight years ago. Now it feels like a distant dream or something that may never happen again. I loved the university days that I attended. To explore English with like-minded enthusiasts was exhilarating. I was good at...
  14. An Idea for Dealing with Crime and Gangsters

    Hit them over the head with an electrified morning star (a type of modernized medieval weapon) and conscript them into an auxiliary armed service. Gangsters in Sweden, I believe, are resourceful haters of normality. They seek the life they do, not necessarily because of poverty, but because they want to live on the edge. They want to feel powerful and relevant. In our big society, feeling relevant can be a difficult achievement. There are millions of people who all seek their way in life....
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