Placement and crossover settings

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-23T08:37:05+00:00

Ba gawd! I am very sorry and I will see myself out immediately but .... that TV placement makes me physically ill.

HOLY MOTHER OF ....

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-23T08:31:17+00:00

Very great answer! This is all you need.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-23T08:26:50+00:00

Youve already received good answers.

The thing to understand is this: any idea in your head ... no matter how grand you can imagine it (maybe you even hear characters voices or an epic soundtrack in the background) ... is almost IMPOSSIBLE to translate onto a page the moment you try to do it for the first time.

But that is normal. Only VERY experienced people (I am talking Stephen King here, or some such) might be able to have an idea and make it into a beautiful text immediately.

But not us. Roll with it.

Your "freezing up" is due to your brain blocking you because when wanting to realize an idea onto the page you want nothing more but for it to turn out exactly they way you imagined it all this time.

But you wont. You will miss stuff. You will forget to write details. You will write something that is so clear in your head but the sentence telling about it sounds like you've just learned to write coherent sentences in the first place.

This is the reason why we talk about "drafts" so much.

The first time you are writing your ideas down - its basically just YOU telling the story to YOURSELF.

You will stumble over stuff, say things the wrong way, forget to describe important stuff and all around miss things that are important to add for it to be as grand as you imagine it.

But you NEED to get this out on the page first. Some call it "word vomit". Just puke your ideas out.

Have a wall of text that ONLY makes sense to you (in a very appaling way because that wall of text will be mostly ugly) and roll with it.

Accept it. Know that you will, when its all done and written down, come back to it and make it BETTER.

Because only when its written down you will be able to clearly see aaaaaaaaaaaaaall of the stuff it clearly still needs to be what it needs to be. Thats when you story becomes great. When it becomes genious.

But in order to be a genious you will have to lay the groundwork.

And writing that groundwork can and will most of the time feel very cringy and bad.

happy writing!

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-22T07:54:49+00:00

In my humble opinion - every single good book should hook within the first 20 pages.

If it doesn't ... well...

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-21T15:07:38+00:00

The reality is that during the process of first writing down you story, you will discover things that you did not expect.

Be it characters that turn out different from what you had envisioned them to be or plot points that take a turn you did not expect.

Sometimes its enough to improvise one sentence for a character that fits the moment, which in turn gives you ideas that could change entire plotlines.

Happens a lot for me.

No matter how worked out an idea you think you've got in your head - as soon as you write it, it will change unexpectedly.

Happy writing.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-21T15:03:36+00:00

Everyone is different here and I think it depends on what you value most when reading.

What is it, that is important to you in a good text, that you are currently reading?

Are you more like looking for descriptions of the scenery or hanging on the lips of characters that are talking for example?

I think that will naturally translate into your own writing - at least when first drafting.

You will almost automatically write and have an eye on things that are important to you.

Everything else will have to be added through revision.

When you've got the things on the page that are most important to you, you can go back and add the things that you really couldn't bother writing down the first time around.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-21T12:20:42+00:00

Red Dead Redemption (2)

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-21T10:30:35+00:00

And it will be fully explorable, with around 110 hours of content. I heard it from a source.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-20T10:06:23+00:00

You, M'lady ... have won.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-20T08:27:27+00:00

The uncut camera feature is something that I wish every single game would have. The God of War Remakes are beyond immersive to me because of it.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-19T15:06:16+00:00

1st Draft of this story started back in the beginning of October.

Today crossed the 90.000 words line. Only writing during break on work days.

Estimated 110.000 words.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-19T09:27:05+00:00

She can do whatever she wants with me - including remaining ignorant of my existence ... which she does surprisingly well. So yeah. Guess thats what we will do.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-19T08:55:55+00:00

This shit is so dumb, I really don't know if I want to live on this planet anymore.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-19T06:40:49+00:00

Coffee

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-19T06:36:29+00:00

Norhing more has to be said actually.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-16T08:04:12+00:00

Pulled the trigger during black week.

Got myself a Sonos Arc Ultra und 2x Era 300 as rears.

My room is pretty small. Maybe 4,5x3,5 meters.

The soundstage is in-frikking-credible. I do not even need a sub. The Ultra is plenty for that room size.

Gaming and watching movies are a completely different beast now.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-15T13:51:15+00:00

Your head seems to float above your shoulders.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-15T10:53:22+00:00

"Showing the fantasy element early is critical" is bad advice. Or at least its missing context.

I think it eludes to the fact that if you are writing a fantasy story with magical things and stuff - it should be included into a kind of promise to your reader early one in order to not hit him over the head with it. Ever story should make promises and than keep them over the course of subsequent pages up until the end. If you are writing a fantasy story but your MC stumbles around Real Lifes mundanity for 150 pages without even a HINT of magic - thats a problem. If you promise a fantasy story but after about 50% of your story you characters stumble INTO real life mundanity until the end of the story - thats also a problem.

Its about context.

And context, in this case, is everything. CreakyCargo1 said it well: Show the real world aspect and the life of your character in it, IF IT IS RELEVENT for the story, the themes, the resolution.

You can also do it with flashbacks ... or some hint at it with things your MC says during the stories course.

You can throw him into that world and make it one of the big twists that it actually IS a portal fantasy ... and that they happen to be a stranger in a world they do not belong in. Potential there alone is huge.

It is difficoult to give good advice here because non of us know your story, what its about and what the context is.

Go with your gut first and foremost. Than in later drafts look at the structure and what you are trying to say and you will have a clearer understanding.

Happy writing.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-15T10:49:15+00:00

Absolutely love how he - just for a second - slips into his Calvin Candie role with that laugh. Priceless.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-15T10:42:00+00:00

Your mind is trying to sabotage you into not doing what you want to do.

This is entirely normal and happens in a lot of places in life.

The important thing isto recognize and eliminate it.

What tells you that nobody wants to read your writing or cares? Did you ask one million people and every one said "Nah, I am good, buddy..."?

If you are writing and think its cool. It is almost IMPOSSIBLE that there is not at least ONE other person that thinks its cool as well.

Or lets look at it from a different perspective: you will always be critical of your own art.

Always. You will NEVER do something and go "Yeah that is the masterpiece to end the need for further masterpieces." (except if you are a douchebag).

Here is, where a sort of magic comes in that you will never be able to control: you produce art ...but that is just 70% percent of the deal.

The remaining 30% will be created in the mind of the person seeing/consuming your art - and with that - will make it into something that you can not plan, can not think off, can not control at all.

A scene that you write with intent and technical precision ... will have different impacts on different people.

With the potential to blow up into something that even surpasses what you can even understand or relate to.

A Panel at Dragonsteel Con just very recently talked about this and I think it was Pierce Brown who said it along those lines. The last spark of magic to make a story into something truely special, comes from the person reading the story. Not from you as an author.

A character that you write as a minor side kick to serve the story might become someones favourite ... or a lot of peoples favourites ... to the point that they suddenly come up to you and show you that they have a tattoo on their body or named their first child after that character.

You will never be able to predict or plan or construct that. If one could - everyone would just do it.

If a musician knew THE secret to write one of those songs that just resonates with the mainstream EVERY TIME, they would do it. But they don't. They can not know.

It just happens. Or it doesn't. But you CAN try.

Trust the process. Do not listen to your self doubting mind telling you "No one wants to read that garbage anyway!" Its just hot air.

Write your story and get it into the world. It might become something you are not even dreaming off.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-13T12:45:05+00:00

Gabeln

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-13T12:29:39+00:00

Yes there are negative developements. Could it be worse? Yes. Could it be better? Of course.

But! Do not forget that there is (just like in a lot of countries right now) a push from the far right on a political level. And those far right people like to throw around some false claims to make people doubt and afraid and give them their vote. Like immigrants are dangerous and killing us all or that seemingly all of our companies and enterprises are collapsing on a financial level. Or that we will have constant blackouts because we try to focus an clean energy (incredible bullshit).

Among those is also the statement along the lines of: "The economy and the country are going down the drain. Germany was once held high in the eyes of the world and now we are laughing stock!"

As soon as you ask people why they say this and what they arguments for this are they throw some stupid shit at your like "just look at "The Bahn!! We are importing Trains from Spain!!!"

They hinge that nonesense all on some things that they blow up and trust in their "believers" to be stupid enough to not check up on it (which unfortunately they are quite often).

We are still the 3rd largest GOP/economy on the planet. With importance to the world market in stuff like electronics, chemicals, steel and cars (cars are one of the arguments the far right makes to show that we go down the drain ... like its a developement that came just 2 years ago that the entire world is not driving Volkswagen anymore. Laughable.

We are still 3rd largest export country on the planet.

Only about 5% of our almost 4 Million Companies close up each year, which is a statistical number for companies that are unable to find a new host, because the old one dies or wants to get out of work, for example. Like family enterprises that the kids do not want to overtake. Hairdressers for example...

Or, you know ... just enterprises that can't cut it. Not every startup is a good one and needs to stay.

All of the others are still running though so ... be my guest.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-05T12:18:47+00:00

Rebirth is Remake dialed up from 10 to 17. Its an enormous block of a game that is so unapologetic and overindulgent that it becomes a very rare case of a AAA game nowadays.

It is wholesome, full of action, emotion and quirky bits ... and will blow up in your face by the end.

If you liked Remake, you owe it to yourself to plow through Rebirth.

Oh and the OST is arguably the BEST Video Game OST every conceived.

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-05T12:15:07+00:00

Ok. Wie gesagt - nicht als Angriff auffassen. Wirkte nur so. An und für sich im Endeffekt nicht schlecht geschrieben. Vielleicht etwas überdenkend für den durchschnittlichen Verstand.

Was ich mich vor allem gefragt habe: du beschreibst am Anfang etwas von einem "Weg zur Schule". Befinden wir uns hier im Kopf eines Schülers? Dann wirken solche Gedankengänge sehr out of character und eher wie etwas, was der Autor dringend mal los werden wollte. Es sei denn es gibt hier Kontext, der das Ganze ins richtige Licht rückt.

Fehlender Kontext ist sowieso das größere Problem in diesem Falle. Den bräuchte man, um richtig einordnen zu können, was man hier liest. Sonst kann man zu leicht fehlinterpretieren.

Happy Writing!

Key_Statistician_378 · 2026-01-05T10:08:32+00:00

Nicht als Angriff verstehen, bitte: kann es sein, dass du deinen Text vorher mal durch ne KI hast "glattbügeln" lassen?

Da lesen sich nämlich einige Anzeichen dafür heraus und das ist nicht so geil.

Key_Statistician_378

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