#velegrin's writing

[vvelegrin]

guy who likes archery writes a short thing featuring archery

[vvelegrin]

“Freeze!” he screamed in warning, the jagged edge of his voice cutting upward half an octave. The Adorabbit did not respond. The consequence of disobedience was explicit in his stance. But Ryuki found his stance slipping, slipping from perfection like he slid from his blazer at the end of the day, like he slipped from a clear focus to the chaotic jumble that attracted odd and worried looks. No— he forced himself, he forced his gun forward, but still found his muscles inexplicably spent. His hands shook. Ryuki! What the hell are you doing?

In which AI: The Somnium Files does not say ACAB.

[vvelegrin]

we are learning how to use qgis to map out a fictional world. figuring out still some of the finer points of climate separately, but i will be able to add layers for political boundaries and biomes, specific features like bodies of water and roads and towns, and store various metadata in each for reference.

and then there's getting the hang of some of the style options to make some pretty maps at various scales.

[vvelegrin]

kind of thinking... my main project i've worked on for a long time now has been a 'practice novel' with characters and etc that have been knocking around in here for a very long time. practice novel in that i am giving myself no expectations outside of finishing the damned thing, no obligation to do anything with it, just a proof of concept and a chance to practice the process.

unfortunately, i am terminally worldbuilding-brained. but what that has more practically come out to is that i get stuck in rabbit holes and get overwhelmed by the sheer amount that there is. endless complexity. it's fun! hours are spent on things that will probably not show up anywhere but i like the ideas, and then i don't get any writing done ever lmao.

but i've ended up getting sucked into several fanfiction projects recently and, while i do have to streamline my general workflow (which involves too much of being an overwhelmed freak about everything, but i digress), the compulsion to engage in worldbuilding and the subsequent crippling and ultimately-unproductive obsession is completely eliminated and i can actually write?

I don't know what this Means exactly, apart from the fact that i obviously need to adjust my approach to my original stuff. one piece, but not the whole thing, is that i think i need to do smaller projects. my tentative rule for myself is to make a checklist of worldbuilding concepts that i'd like to flesh out meaningfully, and instead of endless research and notes, i have to write a small piece that incorporates it. or whatever.

anyway that's how i ended up in the throes of a pathologic/ai: the somnium files crossover. what's fun about that is that i'm not the first person to do that crossover!