#i wanna like. process and post about this stuff more

[thegamingcatmom]

@groovestrawberry Thank you so much for your words. They mean a lot. Especially because I'm prone to taking stuff way too seriously, so I really appreciate the reminder to just chill tf out. 😅❤️

Right so, onto your questions!

1) the last sentence you wrote

"It didn’t take long for your heart to pick up its frantic rhythm once more, terror seizing you anew at the horrible realization that, who…whatever was chasing you, it had been close enough for you to feel it."

Wrote that only yesterday. 💪

6) the word that appears the most in your current draft

(This is Chapter 4 btw.)

17) talk about your writing and editing process

Oh boy, what to say. Where to start.

I mean, I tend to take things a bit too seriously, as mentioned before. Which means I'll sometimes go over a sentence or paragraph until it no longer makes sense to me, lol. I know it's probably fine as is and ppl are gonna enjoy it anyway, so this is a habit of mine I'm working on. Also because, in my experience, whatever your brain comes up with after you first get your thoughts on paper, it most likely won't be as good as what you first came up with, so you end up going back to the OG anyway. 🤷🏻‍♀️

So ye, editing ain't fun, but it must be done because I'm really not happy with some of the stuff my old self has come up with. 🙃

As for the writing: This goes hand in hand with editing, actually. First things first though: Music. Most important. If I have a song I can vibe to and it fits the mood and all, then it's going rather smoothly. But, even then, I'm by no means a "fast" writer. Even when vibing, I'm still hyper focused on not making mistakes and especially using the correct tense (something I find surprisingly difficult when you're actually focused on it, lol). So, just like with editing, I'll read over a section a few hundred times before I proceed. I know some say it's more important to just get that first draft done and correct any mistakes after but, honestly? When a chapter is done, I wanna post it, not spend another few hours/days/weeks editing stuff. 🤷🏻‍♀️

So ye, writing and editing is more or less the same for me because it happens simultanously. Or it will, once I'm done with editing TBRH (The Bumpy Road Home) and things go back to "normal." 😅

What else to say...hm, I guess a few other "quirks" of mine when writing are:

Writing out a piece of dialogue and putting it somewhere on the page to use later because I just know that if I don't do that, whatever I come up with instead (because my ass forgot half of what I originally came up with) won't be as slapping. OG always wins and all. 😉

Pausing to take a breather because I get so immersed in the scene, I actually need a moment to process it. (I read somewhere that someone referred to it as "zoomies." This was more in the sense of reading a fic and coming across a section so damn good, you need a moment to process it. But, sometimes, this is very much the case for writers too. 🫠)

Looking up images, videos etc. of the ppl or things I'm writing about. For Chapter 4 of TBRH, the Denali house was my trusty companion. Just chilling in the background (aka: another tab), lol.

Starting on another scene even though I haven't finished the current one because I just need to know what happens next. (Yes, I'm aware I'm the writer.)

Well, that's all I can come up with for the moment. I'm sure there's more and maybe I'll post it at some point. ✌️

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Thanks a lot for your questions and your lovely words! 💋

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[pigeonwbraces]

Itssss backkkk hopefully for good this time

Figured I'd bring the ask back while I work on the comic :b tho I am gonna be taking it slow I don't wanna burn myself out again.

Summery: The Mansion Kids is a Creepypasta x Black Phone au that focuses on Gwen Amy and Susie a year after the Black Phone events as they're suddenly thrust into the chaotic world of Midrelm and their new lives as Proxies to Slenderman, otherwise known as the Watcher!

The story is split between the children of the Slendermansion and their lives as well as the residents of Midrelm.

The Mansion kids:

Gwen,Amy,Susie,Sally,Nina,Ben,Lazari,Lulu,Judge Angel,Bloody Painter,Sen, Mini EJ,Surrender,Ally, Aldeline and Xirus.

Black Phone Folks:

Gwen,Susie,Amy,Finney,Terrance, Robin,Griffin,Vance, Bruce,Billy,Donna.

Adult Proxies:

Masky,Hoodie,Toby,Jeff,Jane,Clockwork,Ani,EJ,Kate, Killing Kate, LJ, Jill, Zero.Nurse Ann,Sadie,Ghost.

Non slender Proxies:

Mark the Psycho, Dr.Smiley, Liu, Cherry Pau , Vailly, Timelapse , Anais , Dahlia, Huntsman , Lifeless Lucy , Lily Kennett , Scarecrow Girl, Mongrel,Alex Marshall, The Fallen, Freddy Santos, Randy, Keith,Troy, Claudia, Malcom, Yoni,Emra.

Proxie Havers lol:

Slenderman/All his siblings, Zalgo/all his siblings, Kasei, Sully , Puppeteer, Korbyn.

Personal ocs:

Angel/Angie,Liliana,Ava'lynn,Valentina,Ine ,Pigeon and Oula.

(More to be added cuz it's inevitable I make more ocs-)

Credit for Others ocs that I specifically asked for this au and or that responded to my Need charactes post:

Aldeline: By aldeline_bibeirosu (Insta)

Sully: @cementarybf

Kasei/Lucy: @0o-moonwitch-o0

Lily Kennett: @naughtykittydv-1992

Ghost: @dangerbizz

Liam/X virus: @mamaporcupine

Dahlia: @axolotlbottle

Anais: @paxarsenal

Huntsman/Igor: @b1oodypainter

Mongrel: @nemophilist-wake

Alex Marshall/The Fallen: @cursedlectra

Freddy Santos: @malue-505

FYI: More characters both creepypasta and just general horror can be added or specifically requested, this au is mostly about exploring characters and their dynamics with each other so ey more the merrier! Also there's like an endless amount of creepypastas and Idk all of them so again if u wanna see anyone just ask I'll be glad to look into it and see what I can do.

And last but not least you can also directly ask ME anything if you just want insight onto my thought process or opinions that sort of stuff Idc.

[aurosoulart]

I was on a podcast talking about my job recently weeeeeeeeeeeeee

it quickly covers what it was like to suddenly go from college dropout to art director, the origin story of Figmin, and some hopes and dreams for the future of AR&VR

[triglycercule]

guys i swear i'm not slacking off i actually have so many ideas,,,,,, SO many ideas none of you even know....... i'm just preoccupied trying to prove myself a real mtt fan by (FINALLY) doing my in depth analysis of the one i Hate.........

once i complete this peak will return... after all there cannot be trio without all three 😁😁😁

[baflegacy]

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[commsroom]

i wish i could make posts where i say nothing about hera the way i do about eiffel, but the thing is. they have a lot in common, but one thing they very much don't is that they're on opposite ends of the spectrum of 'person you're likely to just meet somewhere out there in the world.'

there's a guy i see smoking outside 7-11 sometimes who reminds me of eiffel. people regularly tell me about guys they met who reminded them of eiffel. there's nothing fundamental about eiffel that you couldn't also find in some average guy, and that's what i love about him, and that's why, like... you can talk about mundane stuff as it applies to eiffel and it's natural for him.

... but you can't say the same kind of nothing about hera, because those mundane things would be everything to her. all of it is novel. there's an underlying sadness when you talk about hera just existing, and experiencing mundane, trivial, comfortable things - and i want those things for her, so badly! - because it's always with the knowledge she's never had the chance to experience any of it before.

[kyoupann]

To all my neurodivergent besties out there, here's the situation :

So I've been in therapy for about two months now and a couple sessions ago I told my therapist how when people recommend stuff to me like books and shows, to me it feels like I'm getting to know the person. I'm learning about them through media they like; and that if I feel said media is gonna teach me something new about the other person, then I engage with that media. In my mind, it's a scale "will I learn anything new about them? Yes/no"

I rarely ever have interest in new stuff, but when my friends get into something new I like to ask the why's and how's first because I'd love to understand. In a way, it's something I do out of interest for my friends. And yeah, sometimes I've felt like I'm being more annoying than anything else but—that's besides the point; I like to watch new things to understand people, I watch things with people in mind. I read and I like finding a scene that makes me understand why this person recommended this story. My love language some would say lmao.

Anyways,

[heartbeetz]

I think it would be really funny if I somehow snuck some jazzton stuff into the anton shimeji thing I made for my blog, then released the embed link for other people to use. Like yeah sure you can have a little Anton to put places :) BUT you also have to support jazzton nation 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[autistic-britta-perry]

watching bmc London and having the opposite experience of when you hear musical songs out of context and interpret stuff that's not actually in the text not only it is THERE but there's even more in the dialogue

[evilsciencebox]

gonna start this one by just saying that this is only focusing on the first 3 games + 4 IAT, just so ya's know.

more thoughts on n brio but i definitely don't think n brio hates n gin bc he wants to be cortex's right hand man. it really doesn't make much sense especially considering that the flashback tapes indicate that he was plotting against cortex even before n gin was there.

this man now lives out of his hate and spite as a result of the way cortex treated him. his ire is purely directed at cortex and anything that obstructs it. unfortunately this means anyone that associates with cortex, regardless of intention, is going to be affected too.

by crash 4, this has gotten so detrimental that getting vengeance once in crash 2 just isn't enough any more.

he's so lost in this cycle that he's dug himself further into that he won't take into account that it'd probably be much more beneficial for him to get along with n gin or that maybe you probably shouldn't test out potentially deadly chemicals on people you consider to be your only friends.

he's making things a lot harder for himself whether he realises it or not.

[mbat]

something i kinda realized earlier is like

i love barney guttman from dead end paranormal park for being like me. a fat jewish mlm trans man. and i love most of those parts of myself. but its the part about being fat that always gets me.

its something ive been dealing with lately, my relationship with my weight. i had like a whole epiphany a few months ago, but one moment of realization does not fully transform years and years of complicated and unwanted feelings. it helps, of course

anyway, i just had this thought of like... if i love him for being like me in these aspects, why cant i love myself the same way for all of those aspects? why is it different for me?

[aro-culture-is]

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[tealfruit]

I think I just really like movies. I'm gonna turn into a film bro but like the fun kind who also enjoys bad movies. if I ever go back to school I'll take a film class of some sort

[bbrattywise]

STOP WAITING, START PERSISTING & LIVING

something i've realised about manifestation & stuff is alot of us tend to "wait" for our desires which can get so stressful & tiring (especially on a time crunch) so why not js persist in the assumption you already have it & live w/ your desires in ur imagination? "But, isn't that faking it till you mak-" hold it right there! If anything, the imagination is more 'real' than the 3D because your dominant thoughts are the ones which materialise reality, not the other way round. So start making manifestation fun, why wait for your dr when you can js visualise you have it, write affirmation vaunts, write diary entries, live on end, etc (however u wanna do it) because not only does it 'elminate' the whole waiting process of manifestation (because at the end of the day, manifestation = instant), it is also inevitable that your desires will materialise so its like a 2-in-one!!

what i want you to take from this post? stop waiting for your desires & start persisting/living in the assumption that you have your desires (because that is infact TRUE)

divider creds:

[luvmanifesting]

WHY YOU’RE STRUGGLING TO INDUCE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS

You guys need to get out of that complainant mindset. I know and understand that you’re human but what will you get out of complaining? Pure Consciousness AGAIN is just shifting your awareness away from the 3D and shifting your awareness to the 4D. THE 3D is everything you see around you like right now is the 3D. The 4D is YOUR IMAGINATION! IMAGINATION IS THE TRUE REALITY!

The real reason you can’t induce pure consciousness is because you want to:

Focus on time

Wonder when you’ll get “symptoms”

Focus too much on when your body will get that floaty feeling.

Truth be told there isn’t always symptoms, you can induce pure consciousness without having any symptoms. You’ll know you induce pure consciousness when you don’t have your senses anymore (no you’re not dying) The only reason why HALF of the community complains about not inducing pure consciousness because again; YOU FOCUS TOO MUCH ON YOUR BODY. When are you going to learn to trust yourself and let go? It gets so incredibly annoying when i see people still complaining about the most easiest fixable problem, I mentioned the problem before ITS ALWAYS YOU. Now that i’m still typing this i also wanna mention two MORE topics.

RUSHING

DESPERATION

These two things get you nowhere, We know you want your dream life right now but rushing a process and BEING DESPERATE? pathetic. When you rush something you don’t get it and its just like that. You’re not supposed to rush pure consciousness thats literally your failure. For the LAST AND FINAL TIME stop rushing stuff, STOP being desperate! think of this post as a harsh reminder or slap to the face, You guys are taking pure consciousness and acting like a trigonometry problem. USE COMMON SENSE.

THE CLOCK IS STILL TICKING, YOUR STORY ISN’T OVER DO NOT GIVE UP.

* if i haven’t responded to your DM i’ve been busy enjoying my life. I’ll answer some today.

[snowflop]

i kinda hate this conceptually but like... technically i'm really happy with the colours and stuff orz