Being A Writer Leads To A Genuinely Helpful But Also Very Stupid Kind Of Mindfulness Where You'll Be

Are you serious, nanowrimo?

"You're"?? 🤨

We are all having a bad time at the conference

My dad was dealing with some mixed feelings so I told him "In therapy when something is too complicated to do a simple 'pro and contra list' we sometimes do an excercise where you imagine all these mixed feelings around a table in some kind of conference, letting each tell their bit and you leading the debate."

and my dad didn't really respond and just stared ahead so I kept preparing lunch. Until a few minutes later when he suddenly piped up: "I am having a bad time at the conference"

Oh so it's classist and ableist to be against generative AI in creative writing? Nanowrimo is really out here implying that poor and disabled people can't be good writers without plagiarism and theft, and that's beyond words disgusting. Especially since the very demographic that's being the most negatively effected by AI taking over job roles in the creative fields are people who rely on keeping those jobs in order to survive. I.e, financially vulnerable and disabled people.

So it looks like NaNoWriMo are happy to have AI as part of their community. Miss me with that bullshit. Generative artificial intelligence is an active threat to creativity and the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in creative fields.

Please signal boost this so writers can make an informed choice about whether to continue to take part in such a community.

Finally.

has this one been done yet

WRITE IT ANYWAY!!! EVEN IF YOU DONT THINK YOURE GOOD ENOUGH!!! WRITE!!! IT!!!! ANYWAY!!!!!!!

I just saw a post on Tumblr asking if you're "allowed" to do something in a story you're writing. (In this case, a POV shift.)

I just want to sing to the tune of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, "THERE ARE NO RULES. THERE ARE NO RULES. There are no rules there are no rules there are no rules..."

“this story is ai generated—” blocked “this art is ai genera—” Blocked “this media is ai—” BLOCKED

And now that Wattpad has gotten rid of direct messaging between users, this is the only type of message you can receive in your inbox. There isn't even an option to block or opt-out. What a joke.

This is what happened when a fanfic site is profit driven. Wattpad sucks 😞

The email from Wattpad is so condescending imagine pressuring writers to update and work while they are doing it for free and fun. Also the discovery? Algorithm? Of Wattpad looks like a stressful popularity contest 😑

As someone with chronic illness and unable to live alone I am so grateful that my mother is so supportive. Some of the stories I've heard are horrifying. My heart goes out to anyone whose mother isn't like mine ❤

there's no shame in continuing to live with your parents as an adult, but it does have an undeniable poisoning effect on your brain that you can't start healing until you live somewhere else