writing

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/17551809...

I’m just starting to write and a thing I’ve noticed is that I can’t seem to be able to just ‘go with the flow’ when writing the first draft. Like I often imagine stories in my head and how they would go line by line, problem is when I sit down to write all of that my brain kind of stops doing that and instead tries to...

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Basically the title. In what ways do you share your writing? Do you look to self publish, go through professional organizations, or possibly publish online? I’ve never really shared much of my more serious or longer writing and would love to hear the ways people get their stories out there.

It could be something like, “I thought XYZ was easy and ABC was hard, but–”...

For me its:...

Hey all, I’m working on an old western which has some native characters, predominantly of a fictional tribe. I’m wondering if you all think it would be understandable if people spoke (in dialogs only) as the times and used terms like “Indian” or, even worse, “Injun”, or should I stick with using tribe names and the...

Im trying to put a Scifi universe down on (digital) paper and Ive found that the process doesnt really lend itself to linear type word processing software. Least not for me....

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3308843...

So my novel takes place in an afterlife and focuses on one major character, as they try to heal from childhood trauma, learn helpful mental health tools, and newly take in this beautiful universe....

So I’m on v2 of my novel. I could call it “second draft”, but it’s more of the second semi-prose outline. I have a fight scene in Chapter 13....

I guess the way that my brain works is that I try to plan out the best ideas, the best scenes, the best actions first. I focus on what excites me and what will function the best. This uses a lot of brain power, and I can only do it for a bit before I get exhausted and end that day’s writing....

Most people will agree that AI is an impressive writer. In seconds, it spits out text that stuns even skeptics. But there’s a caveat. Two, to be precise....

Made by me.

an article that seems to have been written by a chatbot… can we normalize calling chatGPT and other a chatbot, so long they are not our overlords?

There are like…ten gazillion books, guides, posts, comments, podcasts, videos, etc. out there covering basic things like grammar and punctuation and spelling....

As a writer, I’m very much a, “Always go to the source. No, not the how-to-write book. Actually go open up a novel you love/hate/whatever and LOOK in it” person....

And what are your hopes and dreams for it?