What are you Writing?

[invader_gvim]

What are some of your WIPS right now? Right now I'm working on an eldritch horror story about human nature that takes place in a pizza shop (that definitely isn't loosely based off of somewhere I used to work lol). It's been fun to work with the themes and write that out in my style, so that the two play together really obviously. I'm excited that I don't plan for it to be super long either, I always pressure myself to write things longer than I would actually prefer, yadda yadda something about shorter stories being less impressive in the professional space. Would love to see what people are working on and the inspirations behind them :) 

TODAY I FINISHED a rough draft for a short story. The genre is pulp action adventure and its a setting similar to Firefly with heavy inspirations from the video games Megaman Legends and Starsector.

Its about a girl who disowned her family of criminal robot merchants because she considers them to be slavers. She returns home after receiving a plea for help from her uncle who she has a conflicted history with. She helps save a robot that looks just like a human from her family.

The rough draft is ~5000 words and its on my website, but you shall never find it because I have it hidden until the story is ready to share. 

Other than that, I wrote this short article expounding upon my opinions on my least favorite Byzantine Emperor - JUSTINIAN

I love my computer, I love Vim, and I love the internet. 

[invader_gvim]

i've been working on a series of a fanfic since about 2017 i believe. it's kinda cringe and self-indulgent, hehehe but who cares. i write it only for myself anyway 

Well, share the fanfic. I love self indulgent writing. I bet it would match my self indulgent style    

[bignoodleeee]

currently working on a muti-part story that ties with several different characters together in a cute little bow. the dream is to make it into an animated series one day when I finish my other main projects, but that's a long way off. the concept of the story revolves around how agony and hate change people as a concept and how hate can ruin your life sometimes. this manifests as "abilities", and the ability to create and devour worlds as the main "ability"(idk what I want to call it yet). essentially hate can turn you into a madoka-magica style monster that devours worlds to survive if it consumes you! idk if I want to marry myself to the concept of agony and hate quite yet, I'm not sure if everyone would agree with my outlook on it or the ideas behind the story, so while it's still just a silly little idea in my head i want to play with different concepts and ideas while I bide my time. feel free to send your thoughts, ideas, criticisms my way!

[grubbyfox]

Well, share the fanfic. I love self indulgent writing. I bet it would match my self indulgent style    

hehehe :3 it's not in english though ;_; 

[TheFrugalGamer]

Other than that, I wrote this short article expounding upon my opinions on my least favorite Byzantine Emperor - JUSTINIAN

I love my computer, I love Vim, and I love the internet. 

I've been on a massive Medieval history kick, so I really enjoyed your article about Justinian There's such a huge amount of history from that time about very powerful women stepping in and absolutely killing it in politics (sometimes literally). Whatever your feelings about Theodora, she was very good at what she did.

To add to your point about her shock and horror about Justinian's terrible handling of Belisarius, wasn't the main reason for the tension there because he would have been perfectly positioned to stage a coup and take over Rome for himself? If I remember correctly, that's what the opposing side, in fact, expected him to do, but he remained loyal to Constantinople and declared victory for the empire instead.

Anyways, not to derail the thread too much. I wish I had my own (fiction) writing to offer, but I've hated my stories since I was little. I do have some that I've cooked up in draft form, but I don't know if I will ever grow the confidence to share them on my website. Maybe one day...

[invader_gvim]

I've been on a massive Medieval history kick, so I really enjoyed your article about Justinian There's such a huge amount of history from that time about very powerful women stepping in and absolutely killing it in politics (sometimes literally). Whatever your feelings about Theodora, she was very good at what she did.

To add to your point about her shock and horror about Justinian's terrible handling of Belisarius, wasn't the main reason for the tension there because he would have been perfectly positioned to stage a coup and take over Rome for himself? If I remember correctly, that's what the opposing side, in fact, expected him to do, but he remained loyal to Constantinople and declared victory for the empire instead.

Anyways, not to derail the thread too much. I wish I had my own (fiction) writing to offer, but I've hated my stories since I was little. I do have some that I've cooked up in draft form, but I don't know if I will ever grow the confidence to share them on my website. Maybe one day...

Yes that's my understanding. Btw, Have you ever listened to the metal album which describes Belisarius's life? I very much enjoyed it.

I can relate to your issues with confidence about writing. I have similarity dealt with that. I once threw away a 30,000 word half-novel because I had decided to edit it without finishing it. When it comes to writing, I've found that its ok for a work to be bad on the first draft. In fact, I would like to share my terrible first draft of a story I am working on - just to show you that a first draft does not have to be coherant, well written ,or any of that.

I'm planning out the outline for the second draft as soon as I'm finished typing this messege. It won't always be as bad as this lol. All that out of the way, here is the super hidden rough draft of my short story project. Tbh the only reason that it is on my website at all, even in its highly hidden form, is because I was using it to test my html formatting.

[Bluuu2000]

Aw sick!! I get the one character struggle, it means the environment and the MC really have to play together, which isn't always easy, especially with space being mostly 'empty.' Good luck with that!! Where are you going to be posting it if you don't mind me asking? :))

Omg  im  so  sorry  for  leaving  you  hanging  for  basically  a  year!!! Uhmmm  I'd  like  to  post  it  but  I'm  not  totally  sure  where,  in  all  honesty   life's  gotten  so  hectic  lately  I've  basically  completely  abandoned  my  writing  until  recently.  I'll  see  what  happens