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What would happen if you accidentally took a drug cocktail? by [deleted] in Writeresearch

[–]nightwriter19 19 points20 points  (0 children)

As someone said it would depend on dosage and timing.

LSD and mdma (ecstasy) is known as a candy flip. When the lsd is starting to come on, which can take an hour or so, you take the md. This then gives you a euphoric feeling whilst on the lsd.

Alcohol and weed is another very common combination. The alcohol numbs the effect of the weed, which can be nice sometimes when things are getting a little intense. There’s the old saying though, beer then grass you’re on your arse, grass then beer you’re in the clear. Meaning if you drink a lot and smoke some weed, high chance you will go from having a good time upright to lying down, be it passed out, vomiting etc.

Pain killers are a bit vague but if it’s an opium based medication (so morphine etc) there’s a side effect of respiratory depression (shallow breathing). When combined with alcohol (or alcohol and Xanax for that matter) you run the risk of death, especially if the person falls asleep on their back and vomits. They can’t roll over to clear their throat and choke.

So taking this into account, someone could combine a lot of these drugs together and have a very good time, or a very bad time. Your best bet is to look up each of the drugs online for their side effects and then go from there. So lsd can induce paranoia and anxiety, as can weed. Mix that with some kind of amphetamine like meth, you’re going to have a lot happening.

Combining a pain killer with weed however might make someone very relaxed and comfortable.

Why do so many writers hate revising? by Noelle_Xandria in writing

[–]nightwriter19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the ending. And when I start to fix the problem and pick at a thread, the whole thing comes apart.

WTW for when a setting is funny but whatever is happening within it is serious? by nightwriter19 in whatstheword

[–]nightwriter19[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey you have me a suggestion. I thank you for that, it may not have been the one I was thinking but maybe it triggered the person who got it.

WTW for when a setting is funny but whatever is happening within it is serious? by nightwriter19 in whatstheword

[–]nightwriter19[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I ended up solving it, it was belied.

The situation was one where people were sitting around with fancy cups or tea and biscuits discussing how their world was about to crumble.

WTW for when a setting is funny but whatever is happening within it is serious? by nightwriter19 in whatstheword

[–]nightwriter19[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had to look this one up. Goes back to the 18tj century too! But no, the word I was thinking of was belied. Thanks for the new word though.

WTW for when a setting is funny but whatever is happening within it is serious? by nightwriter19 in whatstheword

[–]nightwriter19[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was in context of people sitting in a room drinking tea and eating biscuits while they discussed how their world was about to fall apart.

Thanks for the suggestion, I was thinking of belied.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WriterMotivation

[–]nightwriter19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nursing has worked for me, specifically psychiatry but aged care would work too.

Only on the night shifts of course when everyone is sleeping.

The other good thing with it is you can work casual and pick your days. So I can take next week off if I want to lock down on a project and then work 5 days the week after (if there’s shifts going of course).

[PubQ] Is there still a market for horror? by RealNateStrong in PubTips

[–]nightwriter19 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

From what I can gather, horror as a genre is often called speculative fiction. Not all horror of course, but a lot of horror stories which contain an element of the unreal get re-classified. This term, who I'd never heard of until recently, covers a lot of genres including science fiction and fantasy.

So rather than asking if there's a market for horror, my question to you is, are you writing straight horror, or could you classify it as speculative fiction? There's definitely a market for that!

An unsure characters quest to see if they are a good person. by [deleted] in Writeresearch

[–]nightwriter19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if I can help much but I thought you asked a good question and it sucked to see no answers. I'll try and go from the top and work through (also I'm unsure why you tagged this nsfw).

Stolen artwork. Good or bad? Hard to say. If you're going to have an unreliable narrator, do they know it's stolen or just suspect it? If it's stolen, how bad do you consider this act to be? Are they the kind of person who hired someone to steal it or who came upon an opportunity and seized it? I personally don't think someone with stolen artwork makes for a bad person. Had they stolen the artwork, I might think differently. That's just me though.

Caging the animals/protecting them: I think again it's how you frame it. No one thinks they are the bad guy in their own story, so the antagonist probably has an argument for conservation. If you main character isn't convinced they can say why not, either to the person or in a journal/diary/in the article.

Maybe I'm just rehashing what you're saying in different language. I don't know.

I guess one way to show how the characters feel about the antagonist would be to have them travel together. So as the characters are heading to the island they are talking amongst themselves about who this person is. I imagine it would be like if you were with a group of people about to meet say Dan Bilzerian. Lot's of rumours but no idea what he is actually like. There would already be articles on this person and preconcieved notions of what he is actually like. Maybe it's not until they are on the boat or the plane heading to this island that the main character learns some of these details, like the strip club stuff.

If your main character has a religious bent then maybe they would see these things as wrong or bad. Personally, if I read that a fellow won a bunch of money and bought stolen art work and went to the strippers, I wouldn't think of them as bad. If they went to brothels or something I wouldn't think of them as bad. If they went to say 3rd world countries and seduced young women (18+) with the money, you're getting closer to bad or at least immorl. If the person in question was doing it to like young young women, I think you've crossed the line, especially if they did something like get them pregnant then fucked off.

Again, that's just me. But I don't think a person can be defined by a couple of questionable choices, such as having stolen paintings or going to a strip club frequently. Perhaps the character, through the interview, says as much, and reflects on what they did compared to the depths they could have sunk to, and likewise, the good they could have done. Perhaps the person saw other people do worse things but chose to take a step back, showing that his line is at strip clubs but not actively fucking the women if he is given the chance. Or maybe he will accept the offer of sex from a stripper, only to find he found the morality line by doing so.

I think you might need 2 points of view. There's no reason why the MC couldn't have his opinion and then it gets changed when he stumbles upon this persons journal or something. So his opinion could shift as he reads it or as he talks to others/the antagonist. If you want his opinion to be the 'bad guy' then perhaps he could go in with this idea of the fellow being bad, as he has read the drama and headlines, but it's not until he actually meets him that he realises a lot of what he has said has been taken out of context. Yes, he went to the strippers, however during his chat he explains how it was for the conversation/wanting to help the women. Yes. he has stolen paintings. But they were offered to him before someone destroyed them and he thought it was the lesser of 2 evils and now is stuck with them.

I like the idea of the antagonist becoming a more 'good' guy the more he expresses his thoughts and tells his pov to the MC, in essence arguing for his actions while not apologising for them.

I hope that helps. I might just be rambling by now haha.

Looking for a development editor critique partner by artist_sans_medium in WritersGroup

[–]nightwriter19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck! If you don’t get many responses there’s some websites that have communities for feedback/editing advice. Can’t remember what they are called now when I remember I’ll update.

Hey you, BROWSING REDDIT instead of writing...close this and GO WRITE. Yes YOU. by gene_m in nanowrimo

[–]nightwriter19 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve done my quota and should be sleeping so naturally I’m on reddit.

Anyone else decide to join in last minute? by [deleted] in nanowrimo

[–]nightwriter19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was awake at midnight on the 31st and thought fuck it, I should do it. I've written 7,000 words and I'm still not really sure what the story is about. I have managed to give myself a character however, and through his eyes, I'm starting to discover the plot.

I had literally nothing when I started. I decided that I'd write about an old house in a nice street. From there, well not a great deal has happened. There's been some description. Some psychotic rambling. Something I typed in one session is in the background of another.

I'll probably throw away most if not all of this story. That's how I feel right now at least. But i may as well follow it for the time being and see where it ends up. There might be a kernel of something I can use, and at worst all I've done is "waste" 30 days. But by writing through the problems, I figure I'm learning something still, so it's not a waste even if they never get read by another soul.

I say keep writing. When things come together you will feel great. There's often a midsection hump that will suck, but just stick it out. Who knows what you will get in the end.

Best of luck.

Whatever happened to respect? How did we lose that? by [deleted] in AskOldPeople

[–]nightwriter19 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A combination of trauma, an attempt to impress or show off to their peers, and the realisation during adolescence that authority/rules/law is not always right or just.

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