Yesss!! I love it, too!! 15 Million Merits" was a good one. I have sooo many faves, but I'd say my top are White Christmas, Black Museum, White Bear, San Junipero, and maybe also USS Callister. But yes, I thought the way you described your writing preferences and areas of focus sounded EXACTLY like that show. I'm glad you're aware of it And I'm really drawn to those themes, both in creating and in consuming, too. Wishing you the greatest success in writing all about it!! May you go very far
Those are great too! I love USS Callister especially; so dark but good. White Christmas has a similar vibe to me. Thank you very much for the encouragement, and I wish you the same in all of your writing as well! Are you working on any projects or stories at the moment?
that's super sick man. RD2 was so fun to play. I love the idea of writing a story based on your characters you create in games. (are you ready for GTA VI next year?)
Thank you for your well wishes also! And technically, yes. Mainly focused on short stories these days, participating in different writing contents and challenges online. Just trying to get back in a steady flow of writing and of being inspired by these different opportunities and writing ideas. I'd say overall, it's been helping! I've been writing more consistently and on a good variety of topics. I just have to continue to stick with it and also learn more and hone my craft. What about yourself?
That's awesome! As with many things in life, I've found that with writing, inertia is key. Once you stop it's really hard to get started back again, especially with my ADHD brain, lol. So keep it up, and have fun with it! For me, my project is a science fiction/dystopian novel called 'Assimilation'. The manuscript will hopefully be done and ready for queries in a few months, but we'll see what happens. If you ever want to read excerpts from it, or you want me to read an excerpt from something you've written, feel free to send me a DM! I'm always looking for new things to read and I love getting to share my work with people who get the genre. (Also, speaking of the genre, do you know where my profile picture is from? If you like Black Mirror, you might enjoy this too: it's from a show called Colony. If you like themes with advanced technology, aliens, intricate government power struggles, and the obligatory 'resistance' that always springs up, you'll love this show. It's honestly my favorite show of all time.)
Oh wow, niiiice about that show!! Yes! I do know, watched a while back, and really enjoyed it, too!! It was the one with Lori from Walking Dead (another one of my all-time sci-fi faves, although I'm still some seasons behind -- made it to, like #7, and haven't been able to get back!). But yes, if I remember correctly, wasn't Colony only one season? I just remember it being rather short and it not being clear whether it would be coming back for anymore. But I definitely did enjoy what I did see, and for sure, it's one of the top kinds of fiction I tend to be into. I hadn't even noticed that about your profile picture, but very cool I wouldn't be surprised if you've also checked out Love Death + Robots. Also pretty solid for that subgenre. Huge kudos to you for being that close with completing your manuscript. I know that's no easy task, so good for you -- sounds like you'll be in the home stretch soon enough. Just keep at it! And okay, I sure will keep that in mind about our trading, reading, and giving feedback on each other's works. I appreciate that! I'm TOTally with you on the ADHD. Just really realized last year that I'm pretty sure I have it -- so many of the signs add up, I just haven't yet been formally tested. But it's explained SO much in my life, and yes, to your point, trying and often failing to be consistent with my writing has often been too high on the list. You're sooo right about inertia. This is largely why I've given up on trying to write a full novel or book for now and have been embracing short stories -- just to actually complete more works while I'm inspired, in the mood, and riding the momentum. Oh, and while I actually still remember it's a thing I'm doing, lol.. Versus trying to keep all of that going for hundreds of pages of a story, over time. And so far, that different approach has been working out for me. I do plan to get back to attempting book-writing...one day. Baby steps! But it sounds like at least one of us will soon cross that finish line!! I'm rooting for you!
YES, finally, someone who actually knows what the show is! And yes it does have Lori in it haha, I love TWD although I also never finished it either. *Nods again to the ADHD* I got somewhere around the point where Negan comes on the scene and then just stopped watching it and never fully got back into it. So weird how that happens; for me, I'm constantly going from one 'phase' to another. For example in February for whatever reason I started binge watching Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and then after a few weeks just suddenly lost interest and switched to something else. Colony ended up getting 3 seasons, but unfortunately the show was cancelled after that since they couldn't find a platform to host it. Honestly to me that's a crime against humanity. I SO wanted to see where the story was going. But oh well, life moves on. Meanwhile the hot garbage that is Boss Baby somehow has two spinoffs with several seasons each, lol. I actually haven't heard of Love Death + Robots but I'll go check it out today! Thanks for the recommendation! Thank you so much!! I don't think most non-writers can really comprehend just how gargantuan a task it is for a writer to actually construct an entire book. The amount of meticulous work that goes into each and every sentence is staggering. You're literally creating an entire world from your mere fingertips, and it's no laughing matter. Makes me think of God telling Noah to build an ark, or the movie Evan Almighty if you've ever seen that. It's like "Okay, let's see... uhhhh where do I even start with this?" But when you just jump into it with your story concept and take it one line at a time, eventually you start building something. Honestly the same goes for even short stories and novellas, so be proud of each and every piece of work you make, even if it's not a full-on novel! I have a few short stories I could send you too, and like I said before, I'm always happy to read yours if you want. It helps a lot when you realize what condition you have. Then you can finally quit beating yourself up and wondering "Ahhhh what's wrong with me why can't I do this simple task like everyone else can" and get down to actually honing your strengths and outmaneuvering things your brain can't do easily. I've always tended to be very critical with myself and most people around me have also been critical if they haven't really understood the condition and what comes along with it, so it's super important to know your worth and show a little grace for yourself. Thank you!!
I am a maiden in my 20s who writes dark fantasy that is aiming to turn my genre of writing into grimdark fantasy.
