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  1. Maelstrom556

    What’s Made You Drop a Book?

    A lot of times, I'll drop books by accident. I don't even mean that in the "haha, I physically dropped the book" either. I'll be partway through a book but have to put reading on pause due to life stuff, then when I finally get around to where I can read again, I won't know wtf is going on where...
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    Had that several times, actually. Didn't trick me the first time, and any time after that I...

    Had that several times, actually. Didn't trick me the first time, and any time after that I recognized it and just skipped to the end to see if it said not to do anything.
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    Decision Time

    Of course, what if we had not one, but two immortal world-hoppers that can distribute their goodies and power nuggets to the group? Because that's also my first OC, the bartender at the center of the multiverse. After those [Win] buttons are pressed, we can all go back to the bar to enjoy some...
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    What's your motivation for becoming an author?

    Pretty much what you said, except put less eloquently. I've got stories I wanna put out there and hope some other people will enjoy them.
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    The Insomnia Experiment

    I believe my speechifying has had unforeseen consequences. As such, I will be handing in my resignation as a generator. My last official contribution will be: Change, Da, World, My, Final, Message, Goodbye (I'm also way too friggin' stupid to figure out the puzzle of what's actually going on...
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    Story Time with the Meme Lady - A Feedback Thread (submit your stories!)

    Can't say it'll meet any expectations or fits super well, but it's the only thing I've gotten out so far as a fresh member around here. Just one story at a little over 3K words. https://www.scribblehub.com/series/2019881/unit-archives-the-quantum-wolf-anthology/stats/
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    Story Time with the Meme Lady - A Feedback Thread (submit your stories!)

    Would it matter if it's more of a collection of stories than a full novel? Or that there's currently only one of said stories public/finished currently? Because if those are fine, then I always welcome feedback on my hot garbage (and I call it that with all the love and affection of an opossum).
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    I'm wondering if I should (or even can) put links to some other sites I'm on somewhere. I often...

    I'm wondering if I should (or even can) put links to some other sites I'm on somewhere. I often commission artwork of my characters and post those on art sites like deviantArt and FurAffinity. Sometimes there's less important bits of lore with them. Or they could be nice little visuals to get an...
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    How does music affect your writing?

    Ooooh, Kamelot. Been a while since I listened to them, but I can totally see them inspiring some cool fantasy ideas. In fact, I think I had "Mourning Star" one one of my playlists for a while. Wow, that just goes to show how different two people's experiences with ADHD can be, because I sure...
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    How does music affect your writing?

    Ah yeah, gotta love those battle music playlists. I think I have noticed how it affects pacing, too. That is a very nice visual. I definitely gotta remember this. That really is some major inspiration! I'm curious as to what those songs are.
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    How does music affect your writing?

    Creative influence can really come from anywhere, even other types of media. Music has always had a strong influence on my own writing, with some characters even starting out as naught but references to a few songs and becoming more complex as they go. Songs inspire bits and pieces of a...
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    The Insomnia Experiment

    Part of me wonders if there will be a regular participant that actively tries to kill the test subject. I'm gonna call "Not me" but still say the aforementioned favorite word: Defenestration And in case there's less than 20 participant words again, something to hopefully help them survive that...
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    I actually haven't been doomscrolling lately. Even if I was, though, I can't think of a single...

    I actually haven't been doomscrolling lately. Even if I was, though, I can't think of a single feed I follow that would mention some random house in Iowa exploding.
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    Do I have clairvoyance? Was watching an artist stream the other day. The artwork they were...

    Do I have clairvoyance? Was watching an artist stream the other day. The artwork they were working on had a fire theme to it, so I wanted to say something like, "Light me up and burn me down like a house in Des Moines, Iowa." Well I went to the Google just in case and y'know what I find? That...
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    How do you rate your own action scenes?

    This is very good advice for anyone who gets inspired by more visual media like shows, movies, and games. Those kinds of media, because they can play around with multiple senses at once, can easily make a very fast-paced and sometimes hectic action scene entertaining. The same action techniques...
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    How do you rate your own action scenes?

    I feel like since I understood that "fight scenes are a conversation but with action" pretty early on, I'd say I do them better than the rest of my writing, so... 4/10. 5 if I'm feeling generous. Granted, I can name at least one popular book with some incredibly boring and poorly-written fight...
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    Bizarre Memes Thread

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    Are You Plotter or Panther?

    Prolly not. I'm what you call one o' them simple folk. Just go with the flow from one point to the next. More of that there brainpower would just make the result go from garbage to top-tier garbage.
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    It's so hard to write while sick. Sneezes and coughs I can handle, but the mucus edging my gag...

    It's so hard to write while sick. Sneezes and coughs I can handle, but the mucus edging my gag reflex constantly is so distracting. And not even in the good way, it just causes nausea.
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    The Insomnia Experiment

    I can't use my favorite word because that will almost certainly kill the subject, so... Second-favorite word: Panache
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