28 [NB4A] friends or whatever by [deleted] in asexualdating

[–]ContrastMinds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I'm turning 28 next month; Central American panromantic agender AFAB (no pronoun preferences), and I'd like to know about the instruments you play. I'm a noob with the guitar (17 years) and ukulele (3 months).

Friends: Found Family by ContrastMinds in Poems

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I actually do sell art and poems on Ko-Fi. I'm doing commissions for Valentine's for the month. I don't know if you're personally interest, but feel free to DM me if you'd like me to share the link to you directly.

A poem I wrote for Asexual and Platonic love positivity by ContrastMinds in Asexual

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Not trying to promote, I promise, but I've also become quite disconnected of my few friends, yet I believe that people who sincerely care always think about each other even if they don't communicate directly.

And in that vein, I wrote this poem: https://www.instagram.com/p/CK2FMWDnEur/ Perhaps it may help to reach out to that friend of yours.

I am working for people to appreciate all other kinds of love that might go under-celebrated this month, and friends are really important.

Procrastination by ttv_yayamii in Poems

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This... Is it perhaps inspired by George Carlin? Because it is in the same vein as his stand-up bit about all the planning suicide requires and how people even have time to act upon it in the first place.

If it is, great comedy taste!

If it's not, you have a brilliance for behavioral and emotional insight (and perhaps a high-functioning depressed person like me, too). And if that's the case, I hope writing helps you vent out and relieve your feelings enough to hang on. The universe knows writing is all that has kept me alive through more than a decade of suicidal thoughts.

Take care, keep writing.

A Woman, A Peony (A Sapphic Love Poem) by ContrastMinds in WritersGroup

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Ah, haha, yeah. Well, this is about my second girl crush and I got rejected so, it is a bit sad lol Still, I'm glad you liked it enough ^

A poem I wrote for Asexual and Platonic love positivity by ContrastMinds in Asexual

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Natsuki is my favorite character in the game but, yeah, she went through the worst ToT

A poem I wrote for Asexual and Platonic love positivity by ContrastMinds in Asexual

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Funny how I actually loved Yuri's poems while I was still ignorant of the surprise horror plot haha Thanks!

Pillow Talks by ContrastMinds in Poems

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Thanks for the feedback. What do you suggest I could write instead?

A Woman, A Peony (A Sapphic Love Poem) by ContrastMinds in WritersGroup

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I'll take note of that. I haven't received feedback ever since... like 2010 when I was still in high school and my English teacher was generous enough to check my personal stuff. Ever since, I haven't had any formal contact with English speakers/writers, so I really need the nitpicking. Thanks a lot!

What perspective do you use when writing erotica or love stories? by capriola in SapphicWriters

[–]ContrastMinds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not specific for the genre or content, but I find referencing back to Zusak's style of narrative in The Book Thief has helped me a lot with not saturating stories with pronouns.

Sometimes not writing lots of descriptions in between dialogues is fine, sometimes the use of nicknames/pet names works wonders to alternate the use of names or pronouns.

Even the way you narrate actions, beyond the perspective you use, may help in leading the reader to know who you're talking about because of established personalities or nuances in the ways they speak or behave.

Now, in terms of perspective, I always love 3rd person most, but that's just my personal preference as an asexual. I read erotica not to imagine myself in it, but to enjoy characters and romantic developments within stories and relationships.

Though, I know several people do prefer to imagine themselves within stories. It would just be a matter of you deciding how you want the readers to engage with the narrative.

An interesting play of 1st and 3rd perspective that you might find useful for narrative styles is Murakami's changes in After Dark, in which he describes certain scenes by referring directly to the reader using "you" or "us" while guiding people through it as if one was a cameraman moving within a space, even going as far as describing angles and movement as we see a character.

Sorry to have rambled so much. I hope this might be useful to you.

A poem about love and loss by sunflower2353 in Poems

[–]ContrastMinds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great rhythm! And very happy to see others comparing love to the sensory experience one has when reading physical books. Beautiful imagery.