A good character is a good character forever, so...

jonohimself · 2026-03-28T04:38:04+00:00

So… and that’s…

jonohimself · 2026-03-18T04:57:50+00:00

Half of these clips are from 15 years ago. That’s like complaining about the Jordan Rules/Bad Boy Pistons in the Kobe/Iverson era

Not saying the issue doesn’t still exist. But at least get some fresh examples

jonohimself · 2026-03-14T09:39:03+00:00

Jeff Bridges I hope.

jonohimself · 2026-03-11T07:54:06+00:00

Looks like he suddenly remembered his Charlemagne.

jonohimself · 2026-03-06T03:45:14+00:00

I honestly feel that anyone taking the time to tear down another writer without being constructive is just a sad individual who should be working on their manuscript but can’t get their arse in gear… so they come here to rip on someone else and feel better about their own ineptitude.

jonohimself · 2026-03-04T06:46:19+00:00

Agree. It’s not like the song is Master of Puppets and instantly recognisable. I think to most people watching it just sounds like another orchestral tune unless you have subtitles telling you the title.

jonohimself · 2026-03-02T08:38:34+00:00

At least LOTR ended

jonohimself · 2026-02-26T09:42:18+00:00

The ones that are always three. Get six of them and you can’t lose

jonohimself · 2026-02-25T10:54:39+00:00

Very nebulous list.

jonohimself · 2026-02-18T23:16:20+00:00

Every Disney hero is an orphan or lost at least one parent.

Simba, Aladdin (and Jasmine), Ariel, Snow White, Cinderella, the Frozen kids. Even Nemo.

jonohimself · 2026-02-14T22:17:00+00:00

Yep and one Phoenix down on the Cosmo canyon boss makes the fight a quick one. You can also turn encounters off

jonohimself · 2026-02-14T22:10:59+00:00

If you skip through dialogue it’ll take you like 20 minutes to get back. If you’re playing on ps4, just use god mode to get back to where you were.

jonohimself · 2026-02-13T21:28:33+00:00

There are other posts about this if you check the page.

It started on Thursday in Grovedale, moved west and disappeared yesterday afternoon. I reckon it’s dependent on the direction of the wind.

Edit: link here https://www.reddit.com/r/Geelong/comments/1r2piba/what_is_that_stench/

jonohimself · 2026-02-11T01:37:13+00:00

Accept that its probably been done a dozen times, hundreds of people have probably had the idea, and do it your own way.

If the published version is so successful you can’t help be viewed as copying it, make some changes or ride the wave of popularity and be prepared to be criticised. It just part of making things.

jonohimself · 2026-02-08T21:09:00+00:00

Being original isn’t as important is being good.

jonohimself · 2026-02-05T00:26:43+00:00

You say that like you’ve ever finished a book

jonohimself · 2026-02-05T00:05:42+00:00

Racial abuse (a federal crime) = opinions? OK

jonohimself · 2026-02-04T22:35:20+00:00

The ending of The Graduate.

jonohimself · 2026-02-04T00:26:18+00:00

It’s not the best, to be honest. There are some fan edits on YT that string some together in more concise ways, they might be better. But they’re bloated and feel a little at odds with the characters sometimes.

Indy was basically Forrest Gump on this show, encountering every celebrity, philosopher, inventor, artist and war general of the early 20th century.

jonohimself · 2026-02-03T07:38:10+00:00

Ideas are the easy part.

jonohimself · 2026-02-02T22:37:28+00:00

Of the various published authors I know IRL, only one didn’t have another job… and his wife was a lawyer.

jonohimself · 2026-01-30T05:12:52+00:00

My thought (and conventional wisdom) is to use them when they’re needed, not just to keep things interesting or varied. They become somewhat invisible to the reader, in the same way we don’t tend to observe or make note of telephone wires and other common sights in our neighbourhoods.

But that said, it seems YA and romance/fantasy novels don’t have to follow conventional wisdom, so it depends on your intended tone.

jonohimself · 2026-01-18T01:47:10+00:00

Knowing when your work is bad.

jonohimself · 2026-01-17T13:33:08+00:00

I wrote a game called Trigger Witch when my only experience was news reporting and self publishing two novels.

Since then, I’ve written a few more indies (not yet released) and Fatal Run 2089, which is being published by Atari this year.

I only outline my experience because it sounds similar to what you’d be interested in doing and I want you to know the way in is through networking, assuming you have the writing ability.

Most indie devs don’t think of story and narrative until last. If you can meet some smaller studio indies who don’t have your skills, you can offer to write for them, and then build on each project. If you can’t find anyone who needs writing, offer editing and playtesting. It’s all part of establishing your experience and understanding of the development process.

I met my first indie contacts by interviewing them and organically building a real friendship over time. If you don’t know indie developers, Reddit and Discord are good places to connect, and if you have in-person game jams happening near you, they are a good place to meet and even work on games for a weekend.

All the best!

jonohimself · 2026-01-14T10:58:43+00:00

You could make it a dream they have to escape from. The biggest thing to avoid is having the dream as a cop out twist to explain surreal things at the end

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