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Why does a neighbor expect praise for accomplishing a goal
Your writing is just words till it affects someone, either makes them reflect, cry, sneed, enraged, fricking something. Only people getting praise for simple finishing a work are writers with a history of delivering
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normies have 100 million other things to read and watch. more than half don't give a shit about anything unless it's on netflix
guaranteed you talked their ear off about how the gleebos used a bingbong (it's not a dragon, mom!) to end a centuries-long war with the dingling folk
you can't be this fragile as an artist, it's embarrassing
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Could be worse. Could be one those battlegrounds (eta: spacebattle, sry
) forum neurodivergents who think a good fantasy book should describe in excruciating details the magic behind every darn spell (darn I hate magic systems nerds).
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Magic systems are fine if they exist in like a glossary. The author establishing rules is fine, the story just shouldn't become about those rules.
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https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Duck
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I hate Star Wars so goddarned much.
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Or maybe write some short story and show it to a friend who enjoys literature instead of seeking validation and criticism from everyone you know. The majority of people barely read any books, much less a 230 pages handwritten manuscript, no wonder is hard for them to react to it beyond a “good for you”.
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xhe finished 230 pages but missed the whole point of storytelling lmao. art's the subtext for your soul, framing life-struggle in an interesting way that people can relate to. not 'i'm so fricking lonely and insecure UwU why doesn't anyone get meee???'
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I was so excited when I finished my manuscript! I ran outside to tell my dad, and he stared at me. "Here, dad! It's my book that I've been working on for so long. Won't you read it!?" He took one look at the cover, rolled it up, and smacked the shit outta me.
"TYPE IT UP, YOU LITTLE SHIT!"
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Unironically why I love writing chars like Hubert from Lolita. I <3 making people feel dirty in their soul
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Humbert Humbert was disgusting but at the same time a fun character, so bitchy and snarky. The end when he faces and kills the other libertarian was just
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loved that book as a kid
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humbert humbert is literally me
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These people are all desperately trying to avoid another lengthy spergout by OP about his fantasy universe.
I already know the book stinks because the last line is "the end"
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If it ended with “the end…?” it would be pure kino though.
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"the end....lmao can't believe you really read all that shit neighbor"
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Put /s at the end
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Based and Chekhov pilled
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My first instinct is to have a muted response so I don't get asked / an offer to read it
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