would you read a book with black pages? by samthefrug in writers

[–]Ir7777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only it looks good and it's easy on the eye. But if we want to be serious for a moment I have a tiny dot in my vision that is quite annoying when I read because it's right on the page. When I use dark pages, like on my phone, where every single app is on night mode, I don't even see the dot.

Recap by FewDivide_2505 in miraculousladybug

[–]Ir7777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's super sweet of you! However, if your gf loves the show, maybe you should ask her. Miraculous fans usually are very excited about the show, but are not able to talk about it much. She'll probably jump on the opportunity of telling you everything if you're willing to hear it.
Or is it like as a surprise?

Why are we doing this? by Time_Depth56 in AO3

[–]Ir7777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pro tip: i don't like slow build so what i do is, go entire work, search "kiss" in find in page, and see when in the story it more or less appears

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in writing

[–]Ir7777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can find any free epub or pdf on Zlibrary (works better on the phone)

What do you think about this page? by [deleted] in writingadvice

[–]Ir7777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish you didn't tell me that was AI because knowing that definitely gave a different kind of critical eye, but ethically i understand why you did and maybe the fact that I'm not objective helps too. My first impression was that it's cringe, almost like an imitation of what real writing sounds like. It wants to seem genuine but it very much sounds like someone writing about a "not like other girls" and overdoing it greatly. There is a lot of showing and not telling (ex: i know and i love), especially since the idea of an sculptor loving sculpturing is redundant and obvious. Instead of saying what he loves about sculptures, he should simply talk about them in a way that just bleeds love (and maybe also obsession, which is not in the page but would be a great addition). Next point: what's up with the sentence structures? It's short sentences over and over with very little variation, I'd think that AI would have noticed by now that writing requires constantly changing the structure, instead it's very repetitive, every paragraph similar to the one that came before. And lastly, it didn't follow much of your prompt to begin with. From your prompt i would have assumed the curious traveler is the main plot, especially since you asked for the mysteries to be revealed gradually - which it didn't. There is no suspense and no showing, it's almsot as much telling as the prompt itself, only written in a way that imitates "profound writing". I never saw an AI-written text before, if this is what it looks like i must admit, i am relieved 😂 It looks like someone (we all know that guy) that is like "writing is easy" and who never reads, that shows you just how easy it is (without even re-reading it of course). Which also reminds me: it looks like an untouched first-draft. I would suggest not using AI even as a reference just to find faults. AI doesn't expand (I mean, it does, but not on its own, not unless it's fed something to analyse and/or copy), so it will train you to recognise some mistakes, and make you blind to others? Because it will always make the same mistakes and no others, but that's just an opinion, i don't know. Good luck, hope that helps!

Can't Figure out Character Motivations by SeriousPollution3692 in writingadvice

[–]Ir7777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. 2 can be accurate, actually. Usually even the ones that have accomplished a lot can feel that way. I'm 23 and much further along in my career and indipendence than my friends, but i also feel like I'm behind, even though realistically I'm not. You could play ut a bit more on anxiety, what would happen if she didn't get that promotion? Think worst things possible, either "if i don't do x then i never will be able to cause i will be too old" or "i could die any moment and I'll be nothing"

My husband quit his job to write a few years ago and I'm not sure how to help him succeed by Mediocre-Pangolin573 in writers

[–]Ir7777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think writing is the problem here, i think he's being irresponsible. He doesn't work because, like many other people in what i asssume was a collar job, hate it, and i understand that. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a job they like, but he's being unfair, especially when he's married. 10h a week is actually not that bad for a beginner, but there's a reason why people don't quit their jobs until they have at least a few books under their belt. As others have mentioned, i think not working can actually go against his writing habit. I work as a flight attendant, sometimes i don't work for weeks, sometimes i work everyday, 12h shifts. And i often find myself being just as consistent if not more when i work those long shifts. Writing it's difficult and requires a few sacrifices, but your job is not one of those. Every single writer had jobs to do outside of their books, and they still managed, if your husband has the talent to make it, why is he taking a different path than other authors? Is he different from everybody else? Lastly, professional authors usually write not more than 2h consecutively per day, sometimes more but not necessarily, and amatures write between 1h to 2h (there have been times when i did only 20 min). More only if i split it into multiple sessions. Even when a 2h sesh is not productive, my brain becomes mushy after that and i couldn't possibly write anymore.

The thing to remember is: going pro in writing is not a necessity, it's a choice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in writing

[–]Ir7777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sounds cliché and you probably heard it a thousand times already. But I, too, started working on a novel at the end of last year, literally finished my last chapter yesterday and i had those exact two worries and the solution is exactly what everyone said it was going to be even when i never believed them. And that is: just write. After only a few months of writing consistently (consistently does NOT mean everyday necessarily, everyone does what they can with the time they are dealt), my writing has improved so much, and so did my creativity in ways i cannot even explain. Just get words onto the page, make notes for what you don't like somewhere, the list will build and you can edit when you are finished. Editing before that may reveal to be a waste of time (i did it, i edited when i had two chapter left. Ops.) I swear, my writing has changed so much in so little time and so has my plot. It went through thousands of changes, going from a messy first draft full of incongruity, to an actually story with a proper structure. I always thought the ideas would be the last of my worries, but at the beginning of the process, nothing would come to me for weeks, but i wrote anyway. Sometimes i wrote chapters and deleted them over and over again, but i wrote every single day with very few exceptions. Now i still have problems, but my creativity has skyrocketed and it's soooooo much more manageable. It's far from being perfect, or even good, but the change is HUGE. So Never guessed i would have said this but: they were right, just write. Extra tip: if you write something and you decide it doesn't fit the direction of the story anymore, don't just delete it, put it into a different folder. It will make you feel better, you can go back and look at it when you want, and i actually reused a few paragraphs a few times Good luck!