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I think this is one of those melodramatic “bridge” stories where the characters have super serious space opera adventures and then they get really melodramatic with their soap opera shit
like Gus and Koby are super deep when sexing and that makes sense in the context of their cultures and stories but JESUS THIS IS REALLY REALLY SONGFIC-Y
or is that just Shadows of the Empire idk
congrats
thanks. man this story is HOTT with multiple Ts
I got some chills. and stuff
yuuuuup just looked up “rutting” to make sure it meant what I thought it did
I know that place. it’s a good place to be.
I have 20+ index cards, 5 dedicated pages of notes, and at least fifty scattered observations about them in my various noteries. sooooooon.
I haven’t quite hit that point with Gus and Koby where it feels like I’m writing fanfiction of them but I’m not far
like I said. erotica time
- Make a conscious effort to avoid recruiting dull, pedestrian hacks.
- Create an atmosphere of ferment, innovation and freedom. This will attract brilliant recruits.
The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.
it’s really hard to write a dark horror story while listening to Daft Punk’s “Lucky”
my new favorite writertoy is index cards. I’ve played with them before, but never in quite this capacity. I’ve made outlines using half-cards before, so I could mix up events if I needed to…but now they’re straight up necessary.
I’m worldbuilding (as always) for an 8-book sci-fi cycle, which means that just a couple of weeks into serious planning, I have 21 character cards spanning 7 books. (we’ll see if anyone new gets introduced into book 8. that miiiiight just be too much.) I love that they’re tangible and that I can shuffle them around, lay them side by side at will, and take down spurts of notes as they come to me.
I was never much of a flash card maker, because by the time I’d written them down I had the items memorized. this, though – this is great fun.