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Mothra ,
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A novel. First because I’m not sure on some key aspects of the plot, second because I’m not an amazing writer

pugsnroses77 ,

you wont get any better at writing by avoiding it. start writing out your current key plot points and see if your pen can guide you towards some others

grrgyle ,

What the other person said: practice in public. You’ll learn faster and actually get stuff done. It’ll feel like walking down Main Street with no clothes on, but you’ll actually make progress.

I started a writing club on here specifically because I’m such trash at holding myself accountable to creative stuff. And it’s not like I’m Isaac Asimov now, but I’m definitely making more stuff than if I hadn’t tried.

Anyway, I know it’s easier said than done, and actual execution can feel so uncomfortable, but I recommend it.

grrgyle ,

Also maybe check out the “snowball” outlining method. There’s no secret sauce, except whatever actually gets you writing

SexualPolytope ,
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I wanna learn more about poetry. I love reading poetry. I’ve written some too. Some of those even got published. But I feel like I don’t really understand how it works. I can write decent lines, make things rhyme, or not if that fits the tone better. But I don’t really understand why it works, if you know what I mean.

I guess I kind of want to study about how to analyze and appreciate poetry in a structured way. I wanted to take a few courses, but I’m in USA and they only have courses on Western poetry, which I’m not really that interested in. (It definitely very good, but I’m more fascinated with Indian, especially Bengali poetry. That’s what I grew up with.)

So yeah, IDK how to do it. But I’ll love to. Maybe I can mail some professors and ask for books? Or maybe actual poets might be better? I’m not sure. But I’ll love to do it one day.

jaycifer ,

If you’ve had poems published without really understanding poetry itself, you may naturally have an intuitive grasp on poetry. I think it would be interesting if you continued writing and reflect on what you write, how you write it, and how you feel while writing it. Maybe write a poem expressing your feelings on poetry!

Then again, studying could give you better means and terminology to express your internal understanding. Either way, I wish you well!

Reverendender ,

I would read this

tamal3 ,

Look for online courses, like that archive of free MIT lectures. I wouldn’t be surprised if you found something worthwhile.

SexualPolytope ,
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I haven’t been able to find anything like that yet.

tamal3 ,

Try these ocw.mit.edu/search/?q=Poetry

Pooptimist ,

Pottery and learning blender and creating characters which I then can animate

Fondots ,

I want to get into a little machining and welding.

Unfortunately I have a smallish townhome that doesn’t leave me much room for a workshop, and even if I had the space, I’d probably have to go in to the tune of a few hundred if not thousands of dollars worth of machines, tooling, equipment, and materials pretty quickly, and I have other things to blow my money on.

I generally just like working with my hands, making things, figuring out problems, etc. and having some machining projects to figure out seems like a good way to fill in the gaps left by a pretty shitty math curriculum in my high school (I’ve probably learned more trig from watching some machining videos and only half paying attention than I did taking an actual trig class)

aniki ,

Why not 3d print? I’ve taught myself a ton of CAD and sm now learning surface modeling. When I’m ready for a CNC, I’ll be ready.

Fondots ,

I also want to get into 3d printing, and probably will before I find space for a lathe and mill

But that kind of scratches two different itches for me. I know there’s a bit more to it, but pressing a button and letting the machine do most of the work doesn’t really appeal to me, I want to do it manually.

There’s also the issue of materials, I don’t often find myself needing/wanting a plastic part, but I do find myself wishing I could get some custom made metal pieces

aniki ,

Nothing about 3D printing is set-and-forget when you’re designing from the ground up…

Fondots ,

The designing is involved to be sure, but it’s the actual hands-on experience of making a physical object that’s the fun part to me and with 3d printing and CNC that’s pretty hands-off by design. There’s some fine tuning, tinkering, and adjusting to do to the machines to be sure, but once the design is set and you have the machine dialed in, you’re mostly just letting the machine run and keeping an eye on it in case it starts making spaghetti.

I’d rather be the reason its accidentally making spaghetti.

metaStatic ,

I just constantly have ideas that need a lot of setup and never have any time.

contact microphones on a canvas run through distortion making noise art is probably the most likely thing to happen next, but again I never seem to find the time.

Num10ck ,

user name checks out

zaphodb2002 ,

Your mangled brain would like you to know that there is a boxer called Contact Mike.

Bye ,

I want to buy an old police cruiser (crown Vic) and chop it up into a rally car, and do the gambler 500.

Annoyed_Crabby ,

Welding. I’m currently putting my woodworking on hold because of other project, so i really can’t start another until i finish the current one and finish whatever i’m trying to finish with my woodworking

motor_spirit ,

Learning any instrument and creating music

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

I have several small ideas that seem like they’d go together in a work of fiction, but there are also so many gaps that seeing it ruins any forward thinking I might have about it.

Diddlydee , (edited )

The best way really is to just start. You might chop and change, write and rewrite, many times but you will find a way to make it come together. Writing notes and a list of plot points helps, or even writing out the separate sections and then finding a way to make them meet. Don’t get bogged down in the minutiae of sentences and paragraphs. Getting the bare bones down is your starting point. I used a spreadsheet and would add in new points and landmarks as and when they came to me. I still ended up spending ages editing, and adding, and amending until it felt right. Taxing but cathartic to get it all out.

grrgyle ,

I would add that writing it out, or preferably actually talking it out with someone, will take your ideas from the nebulous internal language of the mind, where they can be these indistinct perfect concepts that capture whatever it is you’re about at the moment… anyway, it will take them from that beautiful but unreal state, into real memes that have to be described with language and imagery and all its limitations.

The first time you speak your whole synopsis out loud, even if it sounds a bit hollow, that’s when you’re idea is born into the real world.

BangelaQuirkel ,

Sobriety

motor_spirit ,

If you need a random mf to talk to hmu. Do it. You don’t gotta be a square just because you clean yourself up. You just may fuck up a few times, so may as well try sooner than later.

BangelaQuirkel ,

You’re a good one and thank you but no

grrgyle ,

What’s your poison?

Diddlydee ,

A sequel to my first novel that people regularly ask me about 12 years after I finished it. I published it myself and sold to friends, family, work acquaintances. Two young kids and a busy job wildly delayed any free time I might have for grand modern fantasy. One of these years.

Reverendender ,

Can I have a copy?

minibyte ,

Record an indie album with mostly acoustic instruments then send it off to a DJ to mix and master. It wouldn’t be a remix then, more of a collaboration.

rockSlayer ,

I’ve considered making a youtube channel discussing politics with a heavy emphasis on organizing unions. I’m extremely proud of my achievements as a part of a successful union campaign, and I want to share what I’ve learned, give folks some of my war stories, and teach people the political and practical necessities to organizing. The reason I haven’t is because I feel like I would get entirely drowned out in the political youtube space

saltesc ,

I’d subscribe just to watch the comment sections.

pugsnroses77 ,

i personally would love to hear your story

Sandman89 , (edited )

LeftTube (definitely covered by union-oriented content) does a fairly good job of propping up important messages and messengers. You might try uploading a few videos and sharing them with the likes of Hasan Piker, TYT, Big Joel, Shaun, and PhilosophyTube (Abigail Thorn). Getting your videos in front of the right eyes can expose them to an enormous audience, and most of these people do nothing but consume recommended content in one way or another.

It almost never happens overnight, but I think there’s an importance to your story, and we need more union-centric content. Shoot me a link, and I’ll be a day-one subscriber.

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