This is where I will discuss a bulk of my writing experience and, in some time, release excerpts of my ongoing writing.
Though I have been a "creative" for a while, and writing even longer, I never thought I would have a passion for writing. I wrote and composed music for over a decade, lyrics on occasion, and the requisite school assignment. Even in elementary school, creative writing was always enjoyable but not looked at much closer.
Sometime in mid-late 2017, I found myself outlining for teleplays and a screenplay. Within a year, I had an ongoing draft for a novel. Now I have written 100k words every year or so between graduating school and full-time work, more than a decade after graduating high school.
Thank you for joining me on this journey. I hope you learn something along the way.
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10 Non-Lethal Injuries to Add Pain to Your Writing
While lethal injuries often take center stage, non-lethal injuries can create lasting effects on characters, shaping their journeys in unique ways. If you need a simple way to make your characters feel pain during a scene, here are some ideas:
Sprained Ankle
A common injury that can severely limit mobility, forcing characters to adapt their plans and experience frustration as they navigate their environment.
Rib Contusion
A painful bruise on the ribs can make breathing difficult and create tension, especially during action scenes, where every breath becomes a reminder of vulnerability.
Concussion
This brain injury can lead to confusion, dizziness, and mood swings, affecting a character’s judgment and creating a sense of unpredictability in their actions.
Fractured Finger
A broken finger can complicate tasks that require fine motor skills, causing frustration and emphasizing a character’s dependence on their hands.
Road Rash
The raw, painful skin resulting from a fall can symbolize struggle and endurance, highlighting a character's resilience in the face of physical hardship.
Shoulder Dislocation
This injury can be excruciating and often leads to an inability to use one arm, forcing characters to confront their limitations while adding urgency to their situation.
Deep Laceration
A cut that requires stitches can evoke visceral imagery and tension, especially if the character has to navigate their surroundings while in pain.
Burns
Whether from fire, chemicals, or hot surfaces, burns can cause intense suffering and lingering trauma, serving as a physical reminder of a character’s past mistakes or battles.
Pulled Muscle
This can create ongoing pain and restrict movement, providing an opportunity for characters to experience frustration or the need to lean on others for support.
Tendonitis
Inflammation of a tendon can cause chronic pain and limit a character's ability to perform tasks they usually take for granted, highlighting their struggle to adapt and overcome.
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Okay, so, looks like Google Docs might actually start implementing their rule about not sharing explicit content. (This includes writing.) How in the ever loving fuck am I supposed to back up 1,000+ stories that equate to 3 million+ words into fucking Microsoft Word????? And efficiently, for that matter?! HELP.
I figured out how to move all my stuff onto Microsoft Word!
See those three dots next to the folder name? Click on that.
Then it'll give you the download option.
Once downloaded, it'll save the folder as a compressed zip file! All the documents inside are changed to Word files, and you can view and edit them now.
Now I know how to move 3 million+ words onto my laptop. It'll still take a bit, but not nearly as long as I'd imagined.
I would like to add that I am not trying to fear-monger. However, it is part of Google Drive’s TOS to not share explicit material, be it sexual or violent. (So, basically what I write.)
This occurrence seems to be rare. Read about it here.
Besides, it is better to have everything on your own hard drive vs Google docs. You retain more ownership over your work that way.
The program policies below apply to Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and new Sites. These policies play an important role to maintain a p
Someone pointed out that I did not provide the ToS, which, my bad. Again, not trying to cause a panic or anything. Just saying that Google is not a safe place to keep your writing/art.
This is the specific part of the ToS that I was looking at:
And this is the part that says they can restrict access to your writing or remove it entirely for breaking the ToS:
So, yeah. An author lost access to their writing due to sharing it with beta and alpha readers. It seems like an isolated incident as far as I’m aware, but you can never be too careful. Back up your stuff if you can.
Reblogging mostly for the How To Backup From Gdocs info too many don't know about; this also works with Libre and others, as that's what I have.
Still investigating for more than anecdotal evidence this is actually a new concern with Gdocs, or if someone got hit with a ban for something weird with the automation.
Yes, the TOS information is still there and always has been, but whether the auto-mods are trying to catch out private writings and fiction shared or not, I'm still digging for more than screenshots from 1 group chat. The links in the screenshots (linked by OP in one of the reblogs) are the monthly Search updates report and the basic TOS info.
It's also possible someone simply reported the writer which is how they got hit, given the policy page linked.
My money would be on someone reporting them, tbh. I've seen quite a few stories on Twitter recently about a few NSFW artists and writers who have managed to fly under Ko-fi's extremely strict NSFW ban for years suddenly up and losing their accounts (and access to PayPal, because Ko-fi is essentially a PayPal wrapper) because people were reporting them.
Its parts were obscenely limited in their movement. Each hinge could open or close only a small amount before reaching its limit, yet by working in concert they demonstrated unexpected dexterity, moving and manipulating the objects before it with cunning equal to my own. It was more torso than limb, as though a seal had been stretched and warped, given long grasping tentacles filled with bones like bars of coral. It’s head was most horrid of all, flat and ovoid, jutting out too small from the trunk as though it belonged to a beast half its size.
The thing rose upon its lowermost appendages, two long trunks that ended in flat, protruding flippers that branched into stubby, grasping mockeries of a sucker. It’s triple-hinged uppermost limbs were similar, but the ends branched into five smaller tentacles, each with three hinges of their own.
I froze, as the thing’s gaze fell upon me and it opened its hideous fish-jaw, filled with thick, many-shaped teeth like white shards of stone, and spoke in a shrill, discordant babble. I felt its horrid dry grip on my flesh, as those hinged appendages closed on me like the legs of a crab.
I felt the heat of its body, tasted its noxious, oily flesh through my touch, and prepared for the end, and all went black as a swoon overtook me.
I awoke, some time later, the cold and comforting water, banished back to the comfort of the sea and the dark. I should be grateful I am alive. I should cast aside the experience like a half-remembered dream.
I shall never again go swimming in search of lights above. The last thing I recall before the darkness took me was my right eye popping free of the thing’s grasp enough to see into the distance for one brief moment.
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Most of the time when I write here, I focus on my processes. I hope other writers can learn something, or readers can see how the sausage is made.
But where the H-E-double-hockey-sticks do I get my idears?
A fine question, m'lord.
Inspiration and You
Steal.
But really, just freaking steal something. A piece of advice I wish I had when I was funning around in fifth grade English: Fanfiction is a great way to hone your writing. The sandbox exists and you write the hard part.
Thanks to Van Allen Plexico for that one. Let me pick it apart.
Worldbuilding and such is making a sandbox. Using someone else's sandbox puts you in a position to write without having to establish your setting and character. Those will come with time, and at times fanfic writers will add OC, so you're already developing further from a given starting point.
Another quote relates to this.
Boundaries: free to do anything within the limits.
By giving yourself a sandbox, you have freedom within the scope of said world.
You may be surprised how many great works started as fan fiction...
"Bad artists imitate. Great artists steal."
When you're pushing towards writing for an audience, crossing into the realm of authorship, this will become apparent.
I liken this to my experience as a nuclear technician. We were taught to learn the mechanisms and principles of operation. Most people could regurgitate the neutron lifecycle or a power plant shift after brute memorization. But why are those things important?
(To extend the metaphor) Knowing why you can shut one breaker, and why you open another first, is more important. My supervisor told us, "A monkey can stand switchgear operator. We don't train for when things go right."
Imitating your favorite author may work. Taking what they did, understanding how the dialogue instilled emotion, or how their descriptions made a setting immersive...that's the shit you steal.
Every writer has been inspired by those who came before. Harlan Ellison inspired JMS inspired The Wachowskis, et cetera. Many shows and movies work the same way. Star Wars did what Kurosawa did, and many science fiction works did a lot of Star Wars stuff (I'm so sorry, Gary Larson).
To sum this point, find what you like and make an effort to understand what you like about it. Make it your own.
In the Lab, with a pen and a pad
Maybe I should put some exercises here?
This part is gonna vary. Let me do this section in three parts.
1) Pants
You know what you are. Jesting kindly. You're gonna go for it though, yeah? Do that. If you get stuck, skip to the next part and give yourself a note. If you cannot go further, retrace your steps to an earlier turn.
When I pants, I follow a few axioms: 'but, therefore' and character-driven.
Characterization should be formulated in your noggin enough to let the characters interact. Use b/t to see if the conflict is continuing naturally towards a pinch point or whatever style guide we're using this week.
Draft out short summaries of a story you want to tell. See if that is worth chasing or seeing through.
2) Planners
Theme? Character? Setting? What do I pick first?
Sorry, I cannot tell you. I don't know why you want to tell a story. Once you know why you want to tell your story, then picking one of those three things will inform the rest.
Theme informs character/setting:
A cast should interact and unravel questions arising from your theme. I think you should present more than one (more than two if you're juicing) sides, textually picking at as many points as your narrative can hold without becoming unwieldy. Pack that bish out and shave off a bunch during editing.
Same with setting. Why does this story exploring exploitation of minority groups best set in a western or a romantasy? Theme first will point you in the right direction, as long as you ask the right questions.
Character informs theme/setting:
I've had freaky lil guys pop into my head without setting. If you're gonna explore this character, let's call them Diego, ask yourself some questions. If your autism is advanced like mine, ask Diego! Between the two of youse, there should be a strong sense of theme or setting. Why does Diego need you to write them onto paper? What about Diego can be explored? Where best can we learn about and grow Diego?
Setting informs character/theme:
Sometimes a cool world begins populating your head. Build that world! When the time comes to write, you'll need someone to guide the reader through this world.
Who should we follow? What perspective does this character bring to the world?
These will extend to your themes. How does this setting compare to our reality? What can we learn from being in this location?
In these cases, allow your story to change as you continue. The interaction between theme-character-setting may shift where the story goes. Don't be afraid to let your story stray from a rigid plan.
3) Plantsers
Pick and choose what you like from above.
Read a damn book
You can prewrite anyway you like, but I think reading is one you should try more often. Engaging your mind with an author's will help you grow. I promise.
If you're going to watch a movie to inspire your book, please understand what can be done in different media. Each medium has limitations and benefits (consider again the idea of boundaries).
