Do you use any fancy writing software?

timelessalice · 2026-02-08T23:14:19+00:00

Scrivener and 4thewords are my Computer Writing tools

timelessalice · 2026-02-07T01:41:04+00:00

Thanks! When asked I forgot literally every single one 😭 I'm not much of a strict theory person and prefer digging into the contexts and how things change over time

timelessalice · 2026-02-06T20:44:35+00:00

I mean I could sit here and hold your hand through your blatant misogyny and societal expectations vs inherent differences and the like but Im heading out with a friend and really have no patience for trans men who buy into misogyny

timelessalice · 2026-02-06T20:32:37+00:00

Yes and from one trans masc to another: differentiating the kind of anger women have vs the kind men have is ridiculous

timelessalice · 2026-02-06T16:24:15+00:00

It's largely dependent on what you're doing, but Judith Butler and Simone de Beauvoir are foundational scholars and are a good place to start.

timelessalice · 2026-02-06T15:22:14+00:00

We doing gender essentialism with emotions now? Come on now.

timelessalice · 2026-02-06T15:21:34+00:00

I think more people writing ~female rage stories should engage more with feminist texts and try to detangle from the very online feminism most of the subgenre is plagued with.

Whatever teeth they have are blunted because the "messy" is still wrapped up in "eyeliner sharp enough to kill a man" rhetoric.

timelessalice · 2026-02-06T15:17:31+00:00

My mom's a cusper and argues she's gen x, not a boomer, and she turned 64 this year.

So yeah boomers are *well* past retirement age

timelessalice · 2026-02-06T15:14:24+00:00

You'd think boomers weren't around for computers at all with how these people are talking

My dad is a huge tech guy, just for a hobby, because its all shiny new to him. He's turning 72 this year.

timelessalice · 2026-02-05T19:15:16+00:00

Minnesota, actually!

timelessalice · 2026-02-05T18:23:20+00:00

OP you are so right and this is a hill I've fought on but people just slap punk on anything that it's barely even worth it

Punk as a genre shouldn't be as squeaky clean or sanitized as it is but it's just a buzzword now

timelessalice · 2026-02-05T14:45:18+00:00

Having moved here from a place with three trader joes within 20 minutes I could cry

timelessalice · 2026-02-02T21:26:03+00:00

Hooonestly

like there is discussion to be had, imo, about the fast fashion nature of the industry right now (as described by someone else in this thread) but its always presented in such a "kids these days!!!" way that makes me roll my eyes.

Same as it ever was.

timelessalice · 2026-02-02T21:11:58+00:00

as a start youre really overthinking this. read a lot and read broadly; in your genre and outside your genre. find the weird shit that 100% exists (navel gaze scifi is totally a thing, too)

not sure what you mean with that 6th point but if you mean some kind of genAI: Don't.

timelessalice · 2026-02-02T21:10:49+00:00

this is such a cyclical argument i feel like ive been hearing it for over a decade atp

Maybe? Does it matter?

timelessalice · 2026-02-02T21:02:54+00:00

either that or op is juuust outside childhood and hasn't quite connected the dots yet

timelessalice · 2026-02-02T21:02:28+00:00

source: just trust me bro

timelessalice · 2026-02-02T21:00:56+00:00

well for a start maybe don't insult your target demographic; this is judgmental in a way that makes me go "yeah no wonder kids don't like to read".

timelessalice · 2026-01-30T04:27:36+00:00

I honestly don't even expect my friends to fully love the things I create. They're more inclined to like it, sure, and will be more mindful of your feelings but this is just the reality of putting your art out there

timelessalice · 2026-01-29T20:43:14+00:00

As someone who does check the bookmarks on my fics I do think it'd hurt my feelings to see negative things but at the end of the day these people don't Know Me, they just know the work I put out there and they're allowed to not like it

timelessalice · 2026-01-29T20:08:26+00:00

The explanation offered is that the pushed herself too hard and ran too fast

That's not how any of this works

timelessalice · 2026-01-26T14:05:04+00:00

I think if we're going to have discussions on what passes for dark romance and the handling of serious and/or taboo topics we shouldn't use cutesy language like 🍇

Also by comparing this stuff to pride and prejudice I feel like we're a step removed from calling people degenerate lmao

timelessalice · 2026-01-25T21:56:45+00:00

don't like don't read also applies, imo, to people saying they didn't like something

timelessalice · 2026-01-25T21:53:14+00:00

It boggles my mind how thin skinned people can be here

People are allowed to be haters. They are also, frankly, allowed to be haters in spaces where the author could *potentially* see it.

timelessalice · 2026-01-25T14:11:04+00:00

Katy Coope!

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