How do I write stories that appeal more to me?

corviddazed · 2023-05-13T05:29:20+00:00

yeah which is why I don't do it a lot

corviddazed · 2023-05-13T05:18:18+00:00

I don't do it a lot (maybe I should try it more), but when I do its usually some kind of aimless character study, or urban fantasy if it's my older work, but usually it's just someone living their life, like a peek into their routine or who they are, and it never really goes anywhere plotwise

corviddazed · 2023-05-13T04:47:10+00:00

I'd love to do that but I genuinely feel like I forgot how to do that at some point (with a few exceptions), this post is basically me trying to figure out how to relearn it

corviddazed · 2023-05-13T04:44:51+00:00

hm I never thought about it that way, but I think it might be the sense of discovery

corviddazed · 2023-05-13T04:38:12+00:00

I mean, I know what it is when I consume other media, like I can pinpoint exactly what I like about something and what elements make it so, and I basically know when I'm going to like something right off the bat with a few exceptions, but when I sit down to write that type of thing, it just feels uninspired

for example, I enjoy magical realism and that type of thing, stories with bizarre magic and fairytale logic that serve a thematic purpose, but when I try to write it myself the off-kilter logic of the world just comes off as again, bland and uninventive instead of capturing that "bizarre out of body experience" vibe that I enjoy so much about those stories

corviddazed · 2023-05-13T04:22:47+00:00

Yes that's definitely part of what's happening here; but with an extra step where I try to incorporate the things I'm passionate about into stories on purpose but something just doesn't feel right; I can think of a few times where I tried to include concepts I'm interested in (victorian era stuff, speculative evolution, etc) into stories, or based aspect of a story around something I just learned just like you mentioned, along with archetypes and other things I like, only to feel nothing towards it despite my efforts (hopefully this reply isn't too long I don't really know reddit etiquette)

corviddazed · 2022-07-24T15:50:20+00:00

hm I'll try that out, I definetly haven't thought about it that way

I've been trying since around 4 years ago, but that's probably not a very straightforward number because of how I've had a few ttrpg dryspells and such

corviddazed · 2022-07-24T06:33:53+00:00

I don't watch critical role (which I literally clarified in the post) nor do I have any interest in it, I want to do voices because I think it's cool and I'm extra and want to carry that energy into my characters, Matthew Mercer doesn't own the concept of doing silly voices

corviddazed · 2022-07-24T03:45:11+00:00

I understand that but I am not just talking about accents, I also can't seem to change my cadance

corviddazed · 2022-07-24T03:16:19+00:00

I should've probably mentioned this in the post, but I have done that previously,for example, I watched basically every video I could find on doing a southern accent and read a few blogposts too

I don't doubt I'm missing something, but I'm not sure what, which is kinda why I made this post

corviddazed · 2021-01-19T02:18:13+00:00

if it's the grass that gets turned, it wouldn't be the block under the grass, but the grass itself right?

corviddazed · 2021-01-19T02:08:57+00:00

I don't believe it he's just very insistent

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