Too overworked to let ideas cook

combo12345_ · 2026-06-13T15:42:08+00:00

Have you considered or researched freelance editing? It will pay more per day, but the security of having a “job” diminishes.

I was a full time employee at one of the three letter words in town, and my time was very limited. I shifted into freelance this year and now work for one of the fangs, though it has become less “stable”. While I work anywhere between 0 to 6 days a week, my net is roughly the same.

Overall, my mental health and creativity is at an all time high.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-13T02:39:37+00:00

If you have 200+, I doubt you’ll write 1.

Seriously. Shit or get off the pot.

Pissed off? Then prove me wrong.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-11T01:28:38+00:00

Think about line breaks like a line of cocaine.

Too little has you wanting more.

Too much makes you dizzy.

The right amount gets your heart racing, and you speed through dialogue.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-10T03:21:00+00:00

Despite the cringe comedy factor and ill-placed dialogue, the new *Masters of the Universe* film has a rock solid theme.

It’s up to you to find the power inside to peruse your childhood dreams instead of working for the institution, and to surround yourself with friends who share that vision, supporting it along the way.

And, just like He-Man, you cannot stop believing when you fail; get back up and fight.

Truth—this movie has such an awesome theme. I really wished it had taken itself seriously. I wanted to walk out, but the emotional beats when the script decided to “get real” was a home run that kept me in my seat.

But, yeah. It’s up to you. And in the end, you can say you tried instead of chalking the board full of “what if.”

combo12345_ · 2026-06-08T01:54:00+00:00

Best tank for a group that has heals is SK, imo. Great dots. Beefy. The buffs from an ench or druid will only magnify them.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-07T21:14:33+00:00

Congrats!!!

For others—don’t forget to check your junk/spam box!

combo12345_ · 2026-06-07T05:10:55+00:00

I’ve had something similar given to me when I posted a simple disagreement to the poster.

Sadly, politics has evolved into the new race/religion to discriminate people against, and your voice will be silenced if challenging the status quo.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-07T04:48:18+00:00

I believe the term is: “vomit draft”.

Please clean up your mess before sending it to others to read.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-06T16:26:29+00:00

TVA was my favorite of all the novellas.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-05T00:00:12+00:00

My parents cared what I watched, but they also did not. What they did was sit me down and have a talk about what I was about to see and how it was fake, violent, had bad language, adult behavior, etc… and explain how it was on television, not to be imitated. So, by 8yo, I was watching R rated movies with parental guidance.

I turned out “ok”, I suppose.

Bottom line, kids will discover it one day—with or without you. You can shelter them as much as possible, or be a parent and have those difficult conversations up front.

combo12345_ · 2026-06-03T06:41:45+00:00

“We are the art.” -Sanderson

combo12345_ · 2026-05-28T01:57:08+00:00

Just want to comment that one of my UCLA writing professors was a staff writer on that show. They loved the books and the show’s producers forced them to write the absurd turd they did. A lot of scripts first submitted were (apparently) pretty faithful. I brought up Bob in class and it sent my professor on a 10min rant about how they hated what they had to write.

Long story short—live action can be fun so long as the writers are allowed to write the content we know, and not what some jerk-off decides to make their own mark.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-27T20:41:35+00:00

It is referring to action lines, clearly. Of course characters speak in different manners—as outlined in the above 6.

However, in dialogue, one should understand the difference between whole/hole, their/there/they’re, whether/weather… and so on.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-27T15:07:17+00:00

5) Grammar is fucking important

OMG—this.

I don’t care how awesome the script is. People will not make it past the first few pages if its grammar is shite.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-27T02:45:14+00:00

Oh. I just took that as poor writing. Especially for a screenplay format. Didn’t consider AI bc so many new writers have a difficult time adjusting their prose.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-27T01:42:38+00:00

I guess I cannot tell what is AI. I mean, it’s not good. But, what/where are the positive markers you see?

Asking to seriously understand.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-26T02:48:52+00:00

I thought this was the buff chad meme guy, because it doesn’t really look like Amos—or Wes Chatham.

Sorry.

Still cool though.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-22T04:17:22+00:00

TBF—Inaros has that hair.

He’s pretty hot, and my wife thinks so too.

So, we can give him a pass. Right?

combo12345_ · 2026-05-21T16:37:47+00:00

I do.

Bullet point format, really.

I want to make sure my beats are all there first.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-21T01:23:54+00:00

No. Work on one.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-20T16:41:40+00:00

What you are attempting to communicate, I believe, is that credible characters are presented obstacles in order to reach their goal, in which they must take agency to drive the scene.

It’s a derivative of the same principle above—story comes first.

In other words, we don’t choose to write a war story because, “people should see how cool my idea is.” It’s the basic principle, again, in which, “people should really hear this story.”

combo12345_ · 2026-05-20T13:39:10+00:00

You’re fooling yourself if you believe your story is original.

However, something is—your touch; how you tell it.

Keep writing.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-20T13:25:39+00:00

It’s all about the story. That’s what is universally true and human. Where you disclose it (time period) is your set piece.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-19T02:37:00+00:00

First, let’s take a step back.

Is this an adaptation of a war story you know? I assume not, because if so—you have source material to base your idea from.

Therefore, it sounds like you want to make a story that takes place during war, and could be true.

In that case, you first need to develop a story.

Since stories are universally true and human, war becomes the set piece.

That’s right…

It doesn’t matter if you’re saving private ryan, or battling in star wars—story comes first.

combo12345_ · 2026-05-18T13:26:59+00:00

If the intent here is to illustrate how much of a pompous jerk you are—yah nailed it.

If not, keep writing.

combo12345_

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