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If you're a writer, what kind of work do you write? Fiction, or non-fiction? What are you working on now?



I write constantly, it's habitual, I constantly need to write down whatever I'm thinking about. I often massively overwrite, I write way too much and have to edit down like 75% of it. I mainly write non-fiction essays about history that I hope to compile into a collection one day. I am currently writing a criticism of Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History, I normally don't do literary critiques but this book/collection of lectures and Hegel's work as a historian in general are unique in their ahistoricity and long-term impact on the study of history and I feel a need to directly address his ideas.
 
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ac2127 said:
I write constantly, it's habitual, I constantly need to write down whatever I'm thinking about. I often massively overwrite, I write way too much and half to edit down like 75% of it.
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I used to write small stories back when I was in school just for fun, I say small but I'd often just go on and on and on lol - I don't really do much of this anymore though

If it counts, I absolute love writing guides for stuff. Walkthroughs, guide to doing X, etc - I find writing mundane things fun, even when it comes to "boring work emails", I honestly have fun writing them and writing invoices up lol.
 
Currently writing a novel. It much work. Hit page 100 the other day. Been at it a few months now. I hate to admit but the advice of "just write" is so true. Back when I started I wanted to have the entire story planned out step by step. But that became completely impossible, at least for me. But its ok, because through the process of writing so many ideas form. So many plot-points and character details came out once I actually started stringing the words together.

It truly is less of "ready, aim fire," and more "fire, aim, ready."
 
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I used to write small stories back when I was in school just for fun, I say small but I'd often just go on and on and on lol - I don't really do much of this anymore though

If it counts, I absolute love writing guides for stuff. Walkthroughs, guide to doing X, etc - I find writing mundane things fun, even when it comes to "boring work emails", I honestly have fun writing them and writing invoices up lol.
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I feel the same way about writing up "mundane" things. I make a lot of unnecessary lists and charts because I find it relaxing. I wrote about half of a travel guide to Gustavus, Alaska.
 
I am currently writing a fictional novel set in a world where people with purple eyes have powers and they see average people as gods
I'm 10 000 words into it
 
I haven't been writing much lately because I am working and focusing on other endeavors. However, I sometimes write about my thoughts about Historical primary source documents from antiquity (Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome). I also annotate many philosophical works such as Aristotle's Politics and Metaphysics, Plato's Republic, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, etc. I also wrote about the latest research in "Late Antquity" from Peter Brown and Kyle Harper's interesting but shaky research on climate change in Late Antiquity. I find myself writing less as I am less inclined to seek a career in Academia since I found a better career path once I graduated.

I also write short fictional stories based on issues I see in society, i.e., loneliness, alienation, and extremism. This thread has encouraged me to look at some of my stories and continue to write. I currently see myself writing sparingly as my job and my other hobbies take up more of my time.
 
I was actually just thinking the other day that I do miss writing academic papers, to some degree anyway lol. I had gotten pretty good at Chicago style (History major), and I always did enjoy researching topics. Nothing to really write about these days, don't have a reason to write anything for my job and most of my free time goes to other activities (my movie and video game backlog is insane as is). I have considered writing again for Smogon as it's always been a topic I enjoy but that would require a lot of rust shaking to be familiar and accurate enough on the competitive side of things haha.

Never was much of a creative writer myself, all the more power to those that do. Poetry is greatly underrepresented these days in particular and think more people in general should pursue it, myself included lol. I have a coworker working on a book that's just reached the editing stage. He's not exactly what I'd have ever called a "learned individual" but hey, never let the haters tell you you can't do something. Hopefully something comes of it, would be really neat if/when it comes to fruition.
 
I published a thimbleful of poems in a literary magazine last year (first time I tried submitting anything). They were written in 2016 and 2021; most of what I've written before 2021 has been destroyed by myself. Indeed the first ten years of writing are always horrible.

I'm happier that this worked out than about everything else I've done in life.

Recently I've shifted from writing mostly sonnets to free-verse hymns. If anything, it has become more difficult without "the line's birthday". Celan was pivotal in that change.

I do not write much. Silence is most often better.

In this I am definitely not like Celan, who was able to turn seemingly any assortment of reading tidbits from the FAZ, Gershom Sholem, and an automotive manual into a coherent poem. Or so I guess, because I cannot pretend to understand Celan much after Atemwende, but I still try studying him.
 
For years I feel like I've been a pretty good writer, getting pretty consistent grades on school writing assignments and having a collection of free writing ideas too. During the late 2010s into 2020 or so, when I was dead set on trying to find my niche within the greater Pokémon fandom, I started working on a series of fanfictions taking place in an alternate universe of the core series Pokémon canon, based largely around my experiences and memories about my favorite Pokémon game that being Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs. Starting in 2021, things changed. At the time, my interest in Pokémon was rapidly deteriorating, and my interest in continuing my series went with it. I ended up enjoying Pokémon Violet a little bit more than expected, but I'd still call Gen 9 a pretty below average generation overall, especially given the complete lack of new spinoffs to look forward to (no, the Detective Pikachu sequel doesn't count, that was supposed to be a Gen 8 game originally).

Ever since all of this happened, I haven't yet found any reason to want to continue creative writing, not wanting to stress myself out more than I already have with delayed, yet rushed content that won't get any attention anyways. I'm almost done with undergraduate college at the time of typing this, and while I still think I have some writing talent, call it school fatigue if you'd like but the only thing I've learned about creativity in the modern age over the past three years is that it's not respected anymore. If that sounds like a horrible moral message, you can blame modern society becoming so "work first, fun second" and because I'm just naturally growing up for me thinking this way. Even my non-Pokémon ideas have barely gotten off the ground, leading me to think that maybe I should just stick with informative and/or scholarly writing instead. "What's the point of continuing free writing if I'm going to be a busy, stressed young adult?", I keep telling myself.
 
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I've always enjoyed writing, fiction mostly though I have done a few non fiction pieces in my time. Currently writing a book where magic comes back to the world, at the present it's 31 pages of A4 and just under 20,000 words. I also like to write poems and lately I've been dabbling in Flash Fiction (short stories with a low word count). I would like to be an author some day, but it's very difficult to make lots of money from it (at least in my country).
 
Been writing a book recently, don't have much information on it, But it's linked to poetry, & supposedly 100 pages, I'll send more info when I'm closer to finishing it! It's name Is ウェザリングV , or Weathering (V) [it's also Fan-fiction.] But High Quality I promise-
 
i pretty much only write analytical/historical essays for school nowadays which sucks because i do enjoy creative writing. Someday i'll have free time on my hands and i can write stories.

unfortunately every story i workshop in my head ends with like 50-90% of the main characters dying. The concept right now that i really want on paper is a story about a contract killer with a strict "no witnesses" rule that adopts a little girl that saw him doing a job and tells her he's giving her the choice to die now or help him as an employee. Eventually he decides he wants her to live some semblance of a normal life and sends her to school where she meets and starts dating the son of the yakuza boss he works under through complete coincidence.

that or i can stick to writing type-moon adjacent fanworks (it doesn't count as fanfiction if i'm just borrowing the power system for laziness's sake right?)
 
I'm into writing, but I'm very skeptical about my writing's skills. It is why it can take me a very very long time before finishing writing anything. For instance, I have a project of writing a science fiction book. It's been (unironically) more than 10 years that I have this idea, but I restarted it over and over again because I'm never satisfied with the results / how it goes :regiF:
 
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I'm into writing, but I'm very skeptical about my writing's skills. It is why it can take me a very very long time before finishing writing anything. For instance, I have a project of writing a science fiction book. It's been (unironically) more than 10 years that I have this idea, but I restarted it over and over again because I'm never satisfied with the results / how it goes :regiF:
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Have you considered joining a creative writing class? I started going in 2016, it’s changed my life. It’s great to get to share my ideas and get feedback, and also read through what other people write.

A tip I read about last year for aspiring writers, is to read as many terrible books as you can tolerate. It serves the dual purpose of showing you what not to do, and reassuring you that you’re better than that author. The other day I finished listening to Atlas Shrugged on audible. Oh boy…that was…challenging.
 
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New Weathering V (5.) Information!
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Okay so I lied, I'm not much closer to finishing my book, & or series, but it's "upcoming" and might release around 2026, 2027, early 2028, But I have got more info!
Writing has always been therapeutic for me, since that's the only way at the time I could cope really, and that lead to me writing often, quite often by-daily nearly, and Thus Eventually writing The Weathering Series. It is 4 Poems, and One Book, Which is the 5th installment, Otherwise known as Weathering V, is a Great ideal of coping that I've recently worked on.


The 4 poems equally go over their share, of meaning, whilst the 5th book actually shares most of them, if not more, and settles to an agreement, The book in itself completes the hardship and emotional form of a teenaged mind, As well as some insight to psychological horror While still shinning with the glimmer of hope most Teenager's Today Still face.


The book itself is Fan-Fiction Because it's solely Based on A story I've read, (I may or may not tell that full story in detail on this specific Thread.) recently, which I grew empathic, for, and I guess, troubled me overall, With that burden I decided to write Weathering V, So far in the excerpts that are online , my comments have been that It's been compared to Shakespeare, semi- insane, (All psychological writing is to some degree.) And quite Close when it comes to emotionally struggling, and captures the amount that we all faced bided together such as a puzzle. I do believe this will have a great impact on the world, if it is to come out as I originally had an ideal of.


The book itself consists of Two Broken souls Talking, or arguing in some sense, about such things not related to politics, or "Statesmanlike" norms, but more of social norms overall, The book in is indeed not recommend for anyone under 13, by COPPA rules, anyone on here should be above that. but asfar as a rating I'd give is 16+ For mainly the mental capacity the story withholds.



Now most of you are wonder, What does this have to do with fanfiction? The original story that I persay saw will be not included, but referenced multiple times, thus making it Fan fiction to some degree, as well with a bit of a small story originally clumped from both ends, so it is not to confuse you, but give you understanding of the overall ending since it will be quite blunt one.


Thank you everyone in advance for reading this, (if you actually read all of this thank you you're an actual legend.)
I'll inform more details and releases when I'm able to. -Sincerely DKG


(PS: There are no credits for the artwork as seen above because I made it.)
 
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More Weathering V teasers!


Prototype for The Book Cover! (Still not 100% Sure If I will or will not publish this, or upload to a site like AO3)
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I also want to clarify that the background image I did not make, but it will probably be remade differently if this prototype is to become final.
there will indeed be changes when the original version releases, to avoid copyright of the original image.
 
New Summary Re-Edited For Weathering V!
Along with A Full lengthed name! I can confirm That It will be Posted on AO3 When Completed!


There have been at least 43,000 Letters added to the Book, And I plan to go beyond at least 100 pages,
Here's the Edited Summary! For Those That are Wondering What the Book entails.

Weathering V. (5.)
W.G.E World's Greatest Endeavor's

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The Teenaged Brain When Exposed to Psychological thoughts, must journey through the unforsaken World that is insanity & forgiveness of those that he has wronged in order to achieve personal peace with himself and The World."

The Book's About 1/3rd Completed, and I'll update Further as needed, Thank you Everyone for the Support on & off of PS!



Here's Some symbolistic Art Related to The Book I'd thought I'd drop off as well to make this post worth it's time.
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The Maze Of
Sankasha (Partakers.)
 
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