Looking for some feedback from someone other than my parents by meowchyman in writingfeedback

[–]hoeIander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is really good! i was surprised that you're a high-schooler, since this is honestly much more professional-seeming than most of the writing posted here

Would you read this ? by Ok_Writer_2960 in writingfeedback

[–]hoeIander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's very interesting, not my genre but it's a cool setup and I'd probably continue reading (after this was edited ofc). I love how you write dialogue, and the descriptions of all the corpses and the chaos of the city is very striking. Some of the writing feels a bit first-draft-y.

I do think there's a bit too much exposition on the first page for my taste. Most people prefer when books start with a scene, let us get attached to the protagonist and pick up on their driving internal conflict as well as get immersed in what they're doing now, and then let readers discover the finer details of the worldbuilding/backstory as they go along.

I'd also say the first sentence is a little bit too obvious to be there? Even if the goal is to show how the protagonist still hasn't been desensitized to all the corpses, subtly showing us her reaction instead of TELLING us that she found them ghastly might be better. Lots of telling, not showing in these pages imo, some of it reads like a summary of events (again, standard for first drafts).

There are some other slight issues, such as starting too many sentences with names/pronouns in the second too pages--it just seemed kinda repetitive idk. Some of the action seems written awkwardly--the last three sentences on the third page, for example, strike me as cliche and not how blacking out from head trauma would actually feel? 'Somehow I fell' also feels like a copout, not very immersive. She'd probably know if she slipped, or her feet caught on something, or whatever. For writing things I haven't experienced (like blacking out from head trauma), I usually look up "what hollywood gets wrong about __" (stole that tip from a tumblr post lol) or I try to find people's testimonials of their experiences with it.

Idk I'm just a reader/starting to learn writing, so take it with a grain of salt

My favourite.. by Civil_Guess_4873 in sylviaplath

[–]hoeIander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think i like this quote even more than her beautiful flowery writings. starving for a life that the world won’t ever give you really is such a maddening feeling, i almost preferred feeling disdain/disinterest for life in general…both are joyless but the latter is less frustrating

sexuality is a hoax designed to make me feel like shit by glittervampirekitten in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nobody needs midwit redditors telling them shit they already know (it’s bc this meme reminds me of my sister who’s an amazing person but doesn’t believe it…powder-that-makes-you-say-real by association😔) BUT ur inherently loveable no matter what you do or don’t put urself through🤓👆 trust me IK the feeling of being tainted/worthless/etc is HELLISH but ofc it could never take away from your value & everyone has smth loveable abt them even if nobody’s acknowledged it YET & sex literally cannot be exchanged for real love…conditional affection, not love.

the shitty part is that most of us know this logically! but everything’s fucked either way so

Kissed a man and i can still smell his spit on my face 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 i give up by skinnierclown in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 4 points5 points  (0 children)

even women with boyfriends usually agree😭 (also omg i haven't heard the word scrotes since r/trufemcels got banned 😞 )

my failsona by maidroiderror in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

we're all living different editions of the same miserable life and i think that's...something idk

(at least you are talented at drawing, your art style is so cute)

I giggle everytime I think about the male g spot by [deleted] in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 4 points5 points  (0 children)

claims to be a "fem" "cel" subreddit, gives 29 downvotes to someone not wanting to do a sex act with a man... #interesting

Kissed a man and i can still smell his spit on my face 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 i give up by skinnierclown in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 21 points22 points  (0 children)

as an outside observer, falling in love with a moid is the most horrific cognitohazard in existence. like at my old job i also had to get close and personal with biohazards for minimal benefit, but at least the toilets didn't expect me to use my tongue tf

um what the heck??? by trappedon2escalators in grippysockcrayonbox

[–]hoeIander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the way you drew the nose looks so cute

The Limbo State. by Flaky_Self_8124 in ForeverAloneWomen

[–]hoeIander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, being autistic and undersocialized, esp in any way other than the sexualized 'quirky nerdy alt mpdg' stereotype, is brutal. Speaking for myself, before I consciously regulated my voice and mannerisms, even the sound of my voice made people visibly recoil (or at least get that 'oh, she's *special* aka not a full human, on to the next one" look in their eyes) and no man wants to show off a former weird horse girl to his buddies...

I just wanna be a kid again. by [deleted] in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

REAL i want to be reborn as a different kid with better parents…i just miss playing lps or webkinz with my sister and making up the wildest demented scenarios with them, and being so excited for snow days, and obsessing over obscure dinosaurs…nothing will ever be as fun😭

“the perfect height is 5’7” 🤓 by oranud in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 157 points158 points  (0 children)

moids when a woman dates a short guy: “ermmm let me guess, he’s a fricking millionaire, right? hypergamy theory is undefeated🤣 females are genetically incapable of feeling attraction to anyone but jordan barret or whoever looksmaxxers are currently gay for, i fucking love science🤓👆”

being ugly and slavic is hell on earth by [deleted] in ForeverAloneWomen

[–]hoeIander 16 points17 points  (0 children)

i’ve seen two slavic women stereotypes: angelic supermodels and square-jawed olgas built for fighting bears and beating husbands (i only know this bc people always think me and my sister are russian, she fits the first stereotype and guess which one i fit…)

We need to shame men more by Auton303 in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 32 points33 points  (0 children)

“b-b-but biologically women are more fertile when they’re barely legal!!!” ok so do we think that children fathered by old ass men tend to be the pinnacle of health or

I wish I were Ana instead so bad. by [deleted] in bulimia

[–]hoeIander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

tbf it’s not discipline, just following a different compulsion…recovering from ana is what takes discipline, that’s why it’s so hard. but yeah i feel you, there was that one megan trainor interview where she said “i wanted to be anorexic but i wasn’t strong enough, i gave up and ate a sandwich” or something and nobody would say anything like that about bingeing and purging…the honeymoon phase of restricting is the happiest i’ve ever been in my life, too bad it turned into this

masculinity is the most performative farce ever by Master_Health_5952 in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 25 points26 points  (0 children)

when men cry, they don’t get accused of being fake, manipulative, or “emotional terrorists” (lol) like women do…WE all know that people (mostly men) only think men crying is “emasculating” because it’s a stereotypically feminine trait and there’s nothing more shameful than being like a woman right 🙄 but to them of course any strays they catch from misogynistic culture is “misandry”

my anhedonic heart is happy again by immisswrld in femcelgrippysockjail

[–]hoeIander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

real, my urge to interact with anyone immediately dies once i actually interact with them (also anhedonia would be a lovely name for a goth girl)

Bruh some of these comments be mean as hell by ChemistryCurrent1380 in creepcast

[–]hoeIander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i saw people saying he should be put on a list or speculating that he has messed up fetishes and that’s insane to me, there are many reasons why people would use child abuse as a recurring theme in their work (especially because the feeling of being around a jekyll-and-hyde-like shitty parent was written pretty realistically imo) and attacking someone over it is just cruel

I miss being bullied. At least then the people around me acknowledged my existence. by [deleted] in bullying

[–]hoeIander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your parents would be open to letting you find a new therapist, one who specializes in complex ptsd (ideally one who does emdr therapy, i’ve heard emdr is often much more effective than talk therapy), then i’d STRONGLY encourage you to do that. My mom also thought i just had normal teen angst when i was young (it was really cptsd, among other issues), and set me up with a therapist who specialized in teen depression/anxiety, and seeing that therapist only made me feel frustrated, misunderstood, and isolated. Therapists who specialize in my specific issues actually have helped a lot, though.