I'm writing short stories again for some reason. Felt like such a time suck when I did it before. But in a malaise, I opened some of my old stories on a CDR, expecting pure embarrassment, but instead liked what I read (mostly).
I can't tell if I was overly critical when I wrote it, or too gracious now. But the bug's caught me once more, and here I am researching makeup ad jargon for another character's patter...
@upside excellent! still haven't shaken off the writer's block myself...
@kara_dreamer Blessing or curse?
@upside I'll put it in the "curse" category for now! the block, that is
@kara_dreamer I used to have a whole bucket of tricks to get going; my most successful was convincing myself it was just "typing".
@upside just don't tell Truman Capote!
@kara_dreamer 🤣 yeah he wouldn't like my approach! But the more seriously I take it, the more I seize up and seek out web games to play.
@kara_dreamer Oh my bugaboo is plot, when I start thinking about organizing the dramatics properly ---> WANNA REARRANGE SOCKS
@upside yes, I know what you mean. I've had projects grind to a halt because they began to multiply in my head and I started to feel I needed to do loads more world-building before I could even start