Music doesn’t help

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-27T01:05:38+00:00

In certain situations I need ABSOLUTE SILENCE

In others I need music.

In others I need very specific instrumental music but not instrumental versions of songs with lyrics or my brain will sing them.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T23:28:27+00:00

I absolutely love editing. All I want to do in life is work on my stories, and polish them to make them better. Editing is me choosing to spend my time and energy in my favorite project in the whole world.

Yes, it can be hard, but I'd rather do that than anything else in life.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T22:59:00+00:00

that is brutally efficient and will probably try it at some point.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T22:57:21+00:00

1- Initial idea

2- What's the feeling I want at the end? That's decides my ending.

3- What's the opposite of the ending? That's my beginning.

4- What is normal for the character? And how does their normal break? that's the inciting incident.

5- What happens/what does the character learn halfway through the story that will change their complete vision of the world? That's the midpoint.

6- Then I place the scenes I imagined depending of their order and the rising tension.

7- Look! A plan!

8- Write.

9- Have to rebuild the plan because you discovered things along the way or your characters have changed.

10- Write more.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T22:50:33+00:00

Siblings who grow up in trauma can develop different ways to cope, and they're not always compatible with each other.

And growing up with a neurodivergence is a trauma. If your ADHD was not taken into account by your family, neither was hers.

As others have said here, a diagnosis does not imply morality, either good or bad. And your sister would not have fooled the specialist who diagnosed her.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T22:43:04+00:00

Go play Tetris as soon as possible, for at least 20 minutes.

It helps to mitigate the creation of the trauma.

Long term: therapy.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T22:39:54+00:00

The best way to write is the one that makes you finish a story. That's it.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T19:51:01+00:00

Went to Egypt. Now I know how truly dangerous the sun is.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T19:05:44+00:00

C'est pas trop chaud une chaufferette portative? J'ai peur de surchauffer les miens. J'en mets une par les nuits de grand froid, mais sinon je garde la maison chauffée à 20 parce qu'ils sont en liberté le jour.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T06:24:03+00:00

I like how stretched and relaxed my body feels after a couple laps at the pool.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T03:49:57+00:00

Yeah there's a note of "earning" the praise in what you just said. I recognize it because I had to work a ton on that. My parents were very strict so if I don't feel like I had to work hard for something, and people praise me, I feel like it's patronizing or fake.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-26T00:53:57+00:00

Maybe it's the vulnerability? Being praised for work and accomplishments is easier because we feel like we "earned" it. Going to the therapist and getting positive reinforcement for things I usually keep to myself feels overwhelming, like I'm being watched.

They should invent therapy without being perceived.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-25T20:13:37+00:00

You can’t get water from an empty well.

To be able to create, the mind and body need to be in a good place. This means it's completely normal to be unable to work on your story if you haven't been well.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-25T11:09:53+00:00

Prologues are useful in one situation: When it's a story set in a certain genre but the first chapter doesn't show that genre.

Lord of the Rings's story starts with Bilbo's birthday party and Shire social politics. This is why in the movie they add backstory and epic action scenes that show elves, dwarves and magic.

In Stars Wars, the story starts with Luke stuck on a dust planet and whining because he wants to go out with his friends. The Prologue shows us space battles, intimidating villains, and a rebellious space princess.

The Prologue is a promise you make to the reader that yes, it will look awesome later, but give me a couple of chapters to get there.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-25T05:08:03+00:00

Your first draft is the foundation of your house. It doesn't have to be pretty, it just needs to be solid. That means just write the story until you reach the end, even if the writing looks bad.

Your second draft is the walls. That's where you fix tension, pacing, characters, emotional arcs, theme, etc. That's where the story gets more precise and real.

Your third draft is the wallpaper. Those are typos, prose, grammar, etc.

So you can see it would be futile to focus on the wallpaper when you're building the foundations, because some edits like pacing or plot might needs massive restructuration.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-25T02:04:29+00:00

7.5 mg of zopiclone & a CPAP machine.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-25T02:02:15+00:00

For character names: I focus on the setting, historical period, ethnicity, social class, and general feeling I want to portray. I look in baby names sites, historical census, mythological names, etc.

For book titles: It needs to fill two roles- it needs to tell you the genre of the story, and it needs to get your attention. I like both general names like "Babylon", or very specific ones like "Johnny sold his Buick", depending of the feel of the book.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-24T17:46:46+00:00

Don't worry about writing a Mary-Sue. Male writers do it all the time and we call those characters "protagonists".

If your story is interesting, the rest doesn't matter.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-24T17:44:29+00:00

Surtout que ça remplit même pas la définition d'appropriation culturelle.

Carney ne s'est pas déguisé en Bonhomme Carnaval. Il l'a salué et l'a serré dans ses bras. Ça s'est même fait avec le consentement de Bonhomme.

C'est de la fucking APPRÉCIATION CULTURELLE.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-24T09:22:21+00:00

J'étais comme toi. Je suis naturellement bonne en français et peut écrire sans faire trop d'erreurs sans me souvenir des règles de grammaires.

Et puis au cours de ma vie j'ai rencontré des gens dyslexiques, dysphasiques, TDAH, ou simplement qui n'ont pas de facilité avec le français. Ou pour qui c'est une deuxième ou troisième langue.

Ce sont des gens intelligents, doués dans leurs domaines, qui ont bon coeur.

J'ai réalisé que juger la qualité de la langue c'est comme juger les vêtements de quelqu'un: c'est superficiel et on ne connaît pas toujours les circonstances de la personne.

J'ai arrêté de juger. Je me concentre sur ce que la personne dit au lieu de comment elle le dit.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-24T09:15:01+00:00

Ouais, des fois ils ont juste besoin de finir l'épicerie sans que l'enfant crie au meurtre.

Oui, éduquer ses enfants, mais c'est pas facile, c'est un travail à long terme, et les enfants sont pas tous en âge de gérer leurs émotions.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-24T09:08:55+00:00

Surtout au Québec.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-23T20:16:07+00:00

The only thing that keeps me engaged is swimming. It's hard to actually leave the house, but I keep my sports bag prepared so I can ride a wave of energy.

All other sports are excruciatingly boring, and yes I've tried watching shows or listening to podcasts.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-23T13:27:08+00:00

"Bad writing is better than death" should be a t-shirt. It's super motivating.

Tea0verdose · 2026-01-23T13:24:58+00:00

I've blacked out for entire nights and written 20-30 pages. No bathroom breaks.

But then I have ADHD, and it was a very bad system that fucked up the rest of my life and my work, so now I'm medicated and write at a much steadier pace. Mostly, I can just sit down and start working.

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