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Post by CS Revolked on Apr 8, 2014 16:50:07 GMT -5
Ewww... I won't lie I don't like critique.
It's not because I think I'm amazing and don't need to improve... I just get quite sensitive.
I guess it's because I've been criticised my whole life and even the best intentioned criticisms warp in my mind to become negative.
That's simply a problem I must face for myself.
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Post by FlameMaster5 on Apr 8, 2014 16:55:05 GMT -5
I've always been criticized and bashed my whole life, but so far I've not been put down even once or had my choice of genre ignored. I'm surprised, really. There seems to be a lot of good people on that site when it comes to reviews.
If you ever took that direction and wanted to try, you might be surprised, too.
I have come to love writing there just to know I'll have people with generally good things to say about both me and my style. :3
And I've seen you write, Amy.
You're a pro. ;]
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Post by CS Revolked on Apr 8, 2014 18:21:45 GMT -5
No. No. No. I'm not a pro. If I was a pro I'd be making money from writing.  I can't be a pro. Besides, I only write to put myself in stupid situations. They're always love stories that include romance in them. I mean, I'm defaming Haunter's RPG with romance because I'm so creeped out and weird. I mean, Alex falls in love with Amy and Amy does as well but doesn't want to. What kinda theme is that? It's so idealistic and stupid. Everything I write is largely the same but the characters just swap around. Heck, the one thing that I was writing that I was genuinely interesting in (not naming it for paranoid protection) I've completely lost the motivation for. I mean, one character in Danse Macabre ISN'T EVEN MY OWN CREATION. It's ome guy from an old A Level class who I had a pathetic unreciprocal crush on because I was a sadact that doesn't know how to get a boyfriend because I'm one of the worst people when it comes to love and how to talk to people and general social situations. Even on a computer screen I always struggle and I make it mostly about me and I say to myself: "Ask the other person about themselves." Or it's vice versa and I make the other person talk about themselves and don't disclose anything about me. And now it's twenty past midnight and I need to go to bed so I can get up and work on my poverty essay and it's the simplest essay in the world but I have literally no motivation to do it despite the urgency and the knowing that I need to do it because I have a week and a half left before I encroach upon the deadline. Sometimes I hate deadlines because if I don't knock my head into the zone - that psyche - then I will totally fail, but sometimes deadlines help me a lot. And now I'm rambling because there are so many things that I hate and I haven't even done any artwork for a while and all I'm doing right now is stupid plans for room layouts because I have to visualise the room layout for whatever I write so that I can adequately explain what I am writing. I hate that I'm not a brilliant artist. I have to use bloody Minecraft to render anything in 3D and then because all my 'projects' are massive they remain half finished and never get done because it's one person trying to do a massive structure and not even Minecraft can do what I want it to do sometimes. I need to stop ramble-ranting. |
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Post by Timewarp on Apr 8, 2014 19:12:51 GMT -5
No. No. No. I'm not a pro. If I was a pro I'd be making money from writing. I can't be a pro. Besides, I only write to put myself in stupid situations. They're always love stories that include romance in them. I mean, I'm defaming Haunter's RPG with romance because I'm so creeped out and weird. I mean, Alex falls in love with Amy and Amy does as well but doesn't want to. What kinda theme is that? It's so idealistic and stupid. Everything I write is largely the same but the characters just swap around. Heck, the one thing that I was writing that I was genuinely interesting in (not naming it for paranoid protection) I've completely lost the motivation for. I mean, one character in Danse Macabre ISN'T EVEN MY OWN CREATION. It's ome guy from an old A Level class who I had a pathetic unreciprocal crush on because I was a sadact that doesn't know how to get a boyfriend because I'm one of the worst people when it comes to love and how to talk to people and general social situations. Even on a computer screen I always struggle and I make it mostly about me and I say to myself: "Ask the other person about themselves." Or it's vice versa and I make the other person talk about themselves and don't disclose anything about me. And now it's twenty past midnight and I need to go to bed so I can get up and work on my poverty essay and it's the simplest essay in the world but I have literally no motivation to do it despite the urgency and the knowing that I need to do it because I have a week and a half left before I encroach upon the deadline. Sometimes I hate deadlines because if I don't knock my head into the zone - that psyche - then I will totally fail, but sometimes deadlines help me a lot. And now I'm rambling because there are so many things that I hate and I haven't even done any artwork for a while and all I'm doing right now is stupid plans for room layouts because I have to visualise the room layout for whatever I write so that I can adequately explain what I am writing. I hate that I'm not a brilliant artist. I have to use bloody Minecraft to render anything in 3D and then because all my 'projects' are massive they remain half finished and never get done because it's one person trying to do a massive structure and not even Minecraft can do what I want it to do sometimes. I need to stop ramble-ranting. I think you're giving yourself a hard time here. 90% of the characters I've created come from seeing someone else's ideas and then refining them for myself. How can I make it better? How can I put my own unique spin on it? A lot of creative people also use their own life as inspiration for creative work. I feel the same way, I know I should be working on making games but I have done no work for the best part of two years and you wanna know why? I don't need to. I could laze around and do nothing and nothing bad would happen, I feel as though I have no real motivation and I hate it since I feel like I'm letting Haunter done right now. I know his working so hard on getting this company off the ground whilst I laze around eating and watching old episodes of Fringe and Castle and at the same time I know if I want to do something about it I just have to try. Also if it helps try to explain what the characters need to be doing, where are they in relation to each other? What are they doing? Also I'd say don't pay too much attention to detail, think about what you do when you enter a room, we don't take in every single detail. Sometimes it helps us to know how our characters behave since it gives insight into how they'll act. For instance Timewarp and say Kaplan are two completely different characters who act totally different to one another. Part of why I take so long is that I need to know that their acting the way they act, Timewarp doesn't act the way I'd act, he acts the way Timewarp would act. |
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Post by FlameMaster5 on Apr 8, 2014 21:01:41 GMT -5
I guess I'm not the only one here who has social anxiety, depression, and an overall lack of self-esteem! ^^' Amy, you write about what you know - there's nothing wrong with that. :3 And you write with heart in whatever it is. Even if there are moments of hopeless romance, it's still a good theme. Don't forget I lived a good chunk of that particular theme myself. And I'm damn proud of my efforts to win Ray. I did win in one way at the end. :3 Not every situation works out the way we wanted it, too. But, Amy, you've got a VERY interesting life that you may have not noticed - I heard stories from you about how you grew up, why you are what you are, and you've grown now into a wonderful woman who is pursuing her dreams at college. As a more sisterly model for you, I am also proud of you. ^^ You've come so far! And Timewarp has very good points. I, too, have crafted characters from my childhood inspirations. And those same characters have morphed even MORE into fantastical(yep, my word lol) beings in worlds far more wide and amazing than I could have imagined in my early years. All ideas jump from one person to the next. That's why it's called inspiration! :3 I think the both of you actually write very well. ^^ You might even like joining the challenge I've been a part of. It's more of a personal challenge than a competition against others, but it massively helps everyone improve. Might even help your self-esteem if you feel like being froggy. :3 The challenge was started by Deanna, too, so you'd be in good hands! RMRK - Short Story Challenge |
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Post by FlameMaster5 on Apr 8, 2014 21:16:15 GMT -5
And at least you all aren't crazy.
I'm crazy.
I sent this out as our mass e-mail to old/current members.
Don't worry, they will have a link that was sent with the e-mail.
Now i'm just curious to see if anyone is crazy enough to come back. ;]
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Post by CS Revolked on Apr 10, 2014 9:17:37 GMT -5
Sorry guys. I had a little bit of a freak out.
I'm just a bit hot and stressed at the moment and was tired at the time of writing that particular post.
I'll try to keep my mental breakdowns to myself in the future ^^'
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Post by FlameMaster5 on Apr 10, 2014 10:13:06 GMT -5
That's just the thing - you don't have to keep stuff to yourself.
We're all here for each other. ^^
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Post by CS Revolked on Apr 10, 2014 14:07:18 GMT -5
Hey, Flamey, do you know who Comcast or Monsanto are? They're American companies and I was reading about how evil they are but don't know what they do.
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Post by FlameMaster5 on Apr 10, 2014 14:39:28 GMT -5
Oh, Comcast is a mass media and communications company. Basically it's all run by digital satellite. They run Cable TV, Internet and Phone services here in the US.
And Monsanto is a publicly traded American multinational chemical, and agricultural biotechnology corporation in the US, too. They basically supply a mass majority of farmers with chemicals for their crops.
If they are evil, I won't argue with you.
A lot of stuff in the US can be severely messed up. -_-
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Post by CS Revolked on Apr 10, 2014 14:57:40 GMT -5
Oh I see.
I heard Monsanto poison farmer's crops and kill off good pollinators (good bugs)
And Comcast won Worst Company this year.
I just needed a bit of context. ^^
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Post by FlameMaster5 on Apr 10, 2014 15:18:22 GMT -5
Well, any chemicals used the wrong way is going to result in poison. I mean, I understand getting rid of bad bugs, but you need the BEES and stuff for growing more plants/flowers/foods. Stupid Monsanto... And yeah, Comcast is notorious for bad customer service.  |
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Post by CS Revolked on Apr 10, 2014 15:43:15 GMT -5
Oh, so that's why they're considered worst company.
At least I understand what I'm reading now!
Thanks, Bree!
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Post by FlameMaster5 on Apr 10, 2014 16:02:15 GMT -5
Nooooooo problem! :3
Man... It's cold in this house! >.<
I'd open a window, but mine is broken. XD
And there's dastardly wasps outside!
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Post by Timewarp on Apr 10, 2014 16:59:33 GMT -5
I'm just glad EA Games didn't win again, they are nowhere near as bad as some of the other companies on that list.
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