My guy, dubious is an artist
gatekeep failed return to hq
engineering is thankfully the best subject for “fuck around until your math miraculously works” so don’t worry about it too hard
I don’t know 
, I meant comic styles specifically
It is good advice tho!
I know how to make medieval weaponry but have dyscalculia, so I usually feel out what is right. It takes time to find a good strategy and method to replace the numbers
I MEANT COMIC STYLE like if the style in mind isn’t what you can do, find a good half-way
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Uuhhh what are you talking about 
nooo im noottt 
Count Dracula vs Vlad the impaler
Loki, I have this one little fanfic that I’ve been writing. It’s been six days since the last chapter update, and all I’ve gotten is around 1.2k words. I don’t know what to do—I’ve made negative progress (that is to say, I have fewer words now than what I started today with), and I don’t know what to do.
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I’ve known someone who made 4k word updates to a fic every 4-6 days. This is nothing, I assure you. Nothing but my own laziness and ineptitude.
I’m not one to assume but this doesn’t sound like laziness nor ineptitude moreso demotivation and you not being happy with your work
less does not mean bad 
4000 every few days is way too much
The goal shouldn’t be a word count, the goal should be the fanfiction being good. If the only thing that made a story good was word count, then fanfics such as Subspace Emissary: World’s Conquest (which I’ve heard is actually pretty good) or the dreaded Loud House: Revamped would be considered the cream of the crop.
Should’ve clarified: it’s 4k words of some of the best writing I’ve ever seen. Better than almost all novels that I’ve read.
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This might not sound helpful at all, but different people work at different paces. You actively want to reach the pace of whoever you’re talking about, but if you keep worrying about going to that speed, then your own writing will start to falter. You’d inevitably end up going into the Quantity over Quality mindset, and I think you, me, and the tree that’s about 30 feet away from me know that nobody likes that.
and please don’t go into the pit trap of incessantly comparing yourself to others like I have too because that’s going to ruin you
Cool, but I don’t like working at the pace of a lethargic tree. And I can’t properly feel achieved if I’m this bloody slow. What if some of the readers lose interest? What if it’s just been too long and they forget about it entirely?
i am a lethargic tree dw
Wise mystical fartman
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short stories from side characters work. Make a universe, or, be realistic for most fanfic writers and have the “sorry, my grandpa crashed a plane” hiatus excuse (genuinely, its insane)
but yeah, it takes time. It feels slow, awful, but it feels rewarding when done.
Hi question how do you not instantly get burnt out the second you make a Google doc to put ideas on I have multiple ideas for a cool fantasy world that I want to write down on something but I know I’m going to get burnt out quickly
Fuel playlist. I’m not even joking, playlist full of classical or cinematic scores to help fuel me.
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