The creative process behind storytelling is weird because sometimes you think you have something solid and then you realize holy shit you don't, and then you gotta fill all those gaps in but are stuck so then u give up forever for a day & then suddenly ur like wait hold up let me cook - ThreadSky

cyndavilachase.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The creative process behind storytelling is weird because sometimes you think you have something solid and then you realize holy shit you don't, and then you gotta fill all those gaps in but are stuck so then u give up forever for a day & then suddenly ur like wait hold up let me cook

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tynereim.bsky.social•3 days ago

That last part usually hits me five minutes after I go to bed and I never have the foresight to keep a notepad on hand.

nekogonza.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sometimes finishing a plot is just the beginning of the polishing, and that's what makes a story even better! All the process of generating ideas and having rests so you don't get dizzy is a little tiring but very interesting and worth it as well! Iteration makes imperfect perfection!

pedanticat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh God, that sums it up perfectly

sdhaeus2.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've lost story ideas to this.

usamaejaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

been there, i’ve totally scrapped a story and ghosted it for days.
then out of nowhere, boom, i’m back at it.

thatdale.bsky.social•2 days ago

In #Lichtenbergianism this is known as the shinyperfect. https://www.lichtenbergianism.com/blog/2022/2/24/more-about-the-brains-failure-to-create

delsamuels.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've never related to something so much before 😅

coltondav426.bsky.social•3 days ago

I personally love the cycle of completely revamping the story and then half way though the revamp you bring back stuff you threw out cause you realize it was stupid to throw out in the first place

sanmei.bsky.social•3 days ago

Broke: Kill your darlings

Woke: PERFORM LITERARY NECROMANCY

coltondav426.bsky.social•3 days ago

sanmei.bsky.social•3 days ago

Actual footage of me rending the heavens and sundering the abyss to cram 1000 more words into this chapter of Your Touch while a Scottish engineer screams something about physics and reader metrics.

coltondav426.bsky.social•3 days ago

HELL YEAH!!!!

vonz81.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or, you finish a script after working on it for a few years til its almost perfect, then your computer crashes and you lose everything and have to start over!! Aarrgghh!!

majormimik.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

elliotpage.bsky.social•2 days ago

Then you (foolishly!!!) talk about it with someone else and they say "how about (very simple thing that may well solve the problem but you discounted long ago and now cannot even countenance going back to)" and you hold back a miniature meltdown while thanking your friend

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