The thing that really helped me was that some writing was better than no writing, and to just write something, no matter how small. Didn't have to be a paragraph, didn't have to even be a sentence, could just be a couple of notes, progress is progress, even if its incremental. And I still struggle. - ThreadSky

caseyexplosion.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The thing that really helped me was that some writing was better than no writing, and to just write something, no matter how small. Didn't have to be a paragraph, didn't have to even be a sentence, could just be a couple of notes, progress is progress, even if its incremental. And I still struggle.

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shortonstories.bsky.social•3 days ago

What’s always helped me is the adage “You can fix shitty writing, you can’t fix nothing”, just trying to put down something will always be better than trying to belt out perfection the first time and doing nothing instead

caseyexplosion.bsky.social•3 days ago

I would set aside specific time to write, an whole evening, to try and write a script. I'd get nowhere, and feel broken because of it. Why couldn't I just focus and write? But I really just kinda brute forced my way through it, and if I could manage to write just... something, anything! That was ok.

patrixilent.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say: you are writing right now. Skeeting is writing. And your skeets are pretty damn good. Even if it's not a part of your script, it still counts as writing.

caseyexplosion.bsky.social•3 days ago

The other trick that helps?

[Survival Horror Game] Safe Room - 3 Hour Loop

ravenwings.bsky.social•3 days ago

This one but majula dark souls 2 for myself.
and definitely not something like "let's get ecological" "Goth rock mix 3 hours" and "blade runner 2049 soundscape" all at once at three times the volume you should listen to them at.

caseyexplosion.bsky.social•3 days ago

Majula is a safe room if you think about it

patrixilent.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not really, because of the murderous pigs, killer skeletons, a deadly NPC lady, and of course the gravity death from most sides. You don't have that in Resident Evil safe rooms.

coralpallet.bsky.social•3 days ago

link? :>

caseyexplosion.bsky.social•3 days ago

It can be any one! There's loads of extended or 1 hour or 3 hour or 10 hour loops of safe room themes.

But Heartworm's the one that's currently helping me on this project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-mUXUcIX9E

lurdiak.bsky.social•2 days ago

As a writer, I can tell you that the best thing for a writer to have is completely unearned confidence in the value of your words.

lurdiak.bsky.social•2 days ago

People aren't reading my words? Fools! I will simply write more words.

pixiemuledonkey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Drawing and writing both have this in common. Frequently it’s like trying to push your head through a brick. Often what i make feels like flavorless mush. Seeing others who appear to do it effortlessly and in massive volume makes me wonder if i’m fundamentally broken.

But i also *need* to do it

gureito.bsky.social•3 days ago

been thinking about this.

in burnout, i severed all connections to emotionally relevant activities.
that killed my writing (and coding, and music), because i couldn't take this step you mentioned.

i didn't even realize it, until this past month.

so meaningful, to take the steps, to keep at it :)

shujyman.bsky.social•3 days ago

WRITING IS A MUSCLE AND YOU GOTTA PUMP THOSE IRONS TO BEEF IT UP GOOD

qlippot.bsky.social•3 days ago

This also works on a lot more things. Art, painting miniatures, music. There's a point where you feel like you're just garbage at it, you're awkward and you can't see getting past that. But that's just the point where you start learning. Everyone's been there.

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