Scholastic Forums » Galaxian's Conglomeration of Lack of Creativity (Version -∞)

Time · 6/26/2020 1:04 am

Uhh I was trying to think of some but I forgot sorry...

I'll see If I remember later though.

GalaxianExplosion · 6/26/2020 3:14 pm

Thanks! It's fine uwu

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 6/26/2020 10:47 pm

Galaxian's writing tip(?) of the day: Don't listen to "The Devil Within" while trying to rewrite a first chapter, you WILL be distracted

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 6/26/2020 10:52 pm

Let me just say it's hard to try to gauge sentence structure and wording when you have a feeling a song is foreshadowing your ultimate possession incident

-Galaxian-

Time · 6/27/2020 2:34 pm

A first chapter huh, what could it possibly be?

music is sometimes distracting yes.

GalaxianExplosion · 6/27/2020 4:12 pm

What could it be?
Yep.

On a similar note about that first chapter, I'd say I'm kind of confident in where I'm going, but priorities are stacking up. Originally the plan was to get the first chapter out and then character forms, but then it turns out the character might have a time limit with what's going on and I'm not very happy about that.
It's not that I mind doing forms, just that I don't particularly like it when I have two simultaneous time limits, one of which is vaguer than the other.

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 7/03/2020 8:29 am

Pros of writing the AgK! AU with sleep deprivation being the driving force basically: (*too sleep deprived to worry about how much my ideas probably suck so writing speed is actually ok*)
Cons of writing the AgK! AU with sleep deprivation being the driving force basically: (*too sleep deprived to worry about anything logical so sentences are just barely complete and there's like no emotional transition whatsoever for the character, also forgot some planning so whoops haha*)

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 7/03/2020 8:33 am

I'm not too sure if what I'm feeling is apathy or just incoherent blurriness to my thoughts in general but I can see it. There's a severe lack of emotion to the parts I'm writing rn, and there's also like no transition in general haha.
Trying to plow through a draft before editing though. With luck I'll be able to sleep more than 3 hours tomorrow and thus have more emotions to reference, but feelings writing is iffy for me in general so we'll see ig.

-Galaxian-

Time · 7/03/2020 2:37 pm

oopsy poopsy.

How can you put #sleep and #selfcare when you're sleep-deprived yourself

GalaxianExplosion · 7/04/2020 8:23 pm

I advocate for things I don't have.
If you think about it most things being advocated for have a lack somewhere; sleep and self care are no exceptions.

-Galaxian-

Time · 7/04/2020 9:42 pm

I mean ig that's why they're advocated for, because somewhere there is a lacking of it.

GalaxianExplosion · 7/05/2020 1:45 am

Mhm

-Galaxian-

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Time · 7/05/2020 2:03 am

Why doesn't this boardhost have the smiling waving hand?

I am ruined

GalaxianExplosion · 7/05/2020 3:03 pm

R.I.P. Time xDDDDD

-Galaxian-

Time · 7/06/2020 12:31 am

I cri

GalaxianExplosion · 7/06/2020 7:01 pm

The AgK! AU First Chapter tells us I shouldn't write

-Galaxian-

Time · 7/07/2020 1:16 am

wait what?

GalaxianExplosion · 7/07/2020 4:03 pm

Mhm. Exactly .

-Galaxian-

Time · 7/07/2020 9:13 pm

no. do it.

GalaxianExplosion · 7/08/2020 2:05 am

(*insert Darth Sideous meme here*)

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 7/08/2020 3:40 pm

Shoutout and a thanks to Riri from like 2018 for giving me the Comic Sans 18-size font writing tip, but unfortunately I have discovered that it doesn't work for me. I tried it out nonetheless (2 years late ) and the intention was there, so thank you uwu.

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 7/09/2020 12:47 am

I am pleased to inform you that I am almost done with a complete chapter for AgK!. Never mind the poor quality of it; I just,,, haha I just suck at getting things drafted is usually the largest problem. So that's a good thing, totally not 5 days away from the deadline I set. I look forward to disappointing people at GGaD :D.
I haven't really talked all that much writing here but it's hard to talk about it without giving examples, and I can't give examples if it's something not published yet? I will say AgK!'s first chapter doesn't introduce many other characters other than the protagonist of that one POV. Therefore, it lacks dialogue and hhhhhh how to write without dialogue propelling it along xD?
I can't tell how well my writing quality is today but it's far from the most horrible, so that's positive as well.
Gonna go continue to write xD.

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 7/09/2020 12:51 am

Also for some reason quiet music gets me distracted while I write, so I play it louder than usual and my mom being nearby be like "Galaxian no".
In my defense I put volume on 6 at loudest, unless YouTube's on half volume or something.
But yep! Writing weird things while listening to angst music is great, especially when the playlist switches between like 5 languages.

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 7/09/2020 12:54 am

Also, I'm not sure how other writers do it, but I put bolded lines in my writing as notes for myself? Like sometimes I'm scrolling down (not necessarily doing it for editing, just skimming) and something as a whole or a small detail seems off, so I'll put a quick bolded note with like no grammar/proper capitalization/sentence structure to myself about it.
Well apparently some day I was being real smart and there's this huge section where my notes are just ew, and I'm not kidding, my notes were just ew in content and I can't stop laughing looking at it now.

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion · 7/09/2020 12:59 am

And after the first chapter of the AgK! AU I was thinking about maybe working a little bit more on Cosmic Perspective, which is pretty fun for me to write and generally easy (some parts are really hard). At the moment some drafts are lacking sm chronologically, and I know that even without opening the document, but yep.
Other than that, it's just a lot of forms. I've been on a bit of a RPing streak lately, which might become troublesome if I don't manage it correctly. GGaD's my top priority always--no offense to anyone else in other RPs--and there are so many forms I need to do there. I'm trying to solidify some ideas for CC, I'm just trying not to randomly drop out of another one, and I need to make quite a few forms for TFC?
If Rebel needs it I'm thinking of making a form for Nevermoor, but then again I feel like my characters are mostly too OP for stories unless I have them in hand, in which I angst them or just limit them by my own means. Which is mean of me, but yeah.
I'm thinking of just keeping those the priorities. My school reopens on 8/17/20 and AP scores come out on 7/16 for me, which means if I didn't get good scores I'll have a bout of sadness from then to the start of school, so I'll just try to go through as much as I can and try not to,,, think too much about some things (*glares at doubt and weird self-confidence issues*)
For now, though, the priority is the AgK! AU! If you're not someone from GGaD, let me know if you don't know what it is, or explaining it probably won't be much use ^_^. The deadline is the 13th of July and I swear, unless I die or my fingers fall off, I will get it out no matter how much of a lack of confidence I have in it. I promise.

-Galaxian-