The Hidden Door Chat Thread

Honestly, I think it feels like that to all of us.
Because we're the only ones who saw the creation of it.
Kinda like looking at ourselves.
We mess around with the prewriting (start seeing the little flaws), compose a few rough drafts (watch the mirror through increasingly critical eyes), make the revisions (address the imperfections), and deliver the final draft (go face the day, but drag our insecurities with us).
We can't gauge the wonderful perception that others are going to have on it because we're so consumed in picking it apart.
And, more often than not, our readers' interpretations are going to be beautifully positive...or maybe not positive, but beautiful, regardless.

That got unnecessarily deep and low-key irrelevant.

I don't think I express enough how much I love reading all of y'all's work. Appreciating and appraising even the smallest of posts has seriously become a massive component of my day and going without it is really sad. Further, I also think I ought to throw it out there that all of our writings have gotten to the point of being this machine that only performs at its best when all parts are at work, and when one of you goes on hiatus, it's sure as heck noticeable (like Riv right now; kinda worried about her again.)
So don't you dare ever think your writing is insignificant and unappreciated, FrAnKiE DoOdLE.
Because what it all really boils down to is the simple truth that they're YOURS.

w o w

no Kyndra shut your snout it makes so much sense and it's so so much
deeper
than anything I've ever even comprehended of doing with characters


kk I think I'll go poof now

it's been too long since I've done that





So like
what I do?
it's really
weird
I'll put down
one
line of dialogue
(which will sit and rot for innumerable hours)
f I n a l l y stem a few others off of that
and only then start writing actions and tags
everything stays really bare until the last like
twenty minutes
and then I throw out as many adjectives as I can come up with.
It's....unconventional, and I have no idea where I picked it. :lol:
I concur, with your first part wholeheartedly. I notice when people either aren't around, or aren't posting. And I try to make a point of having my character interact with people who are around but just don't know what to write. By the way Kipp's not going anywhere near Ciro, he's the one who blinded his pupper and he doesn't want to be murdered. XD

Even if it seems like it isn't worth the effort, having the characters just existing in the world helps.
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Ooo I like that. I should try that. The only thing I leave to last is description. Which means that sometimes.... actually a lot of times, which is why it takes so long, I end up throwing out everything I've written because everything's changed, based on a simple detail I didn't notice at first but realize after writing, the character would have been like: You know, my leg's been asleep for like 5 minutes, I need to move. Which can get really frustrating.
 
well well wellllllll now Nat's going to take her job as Juliana's thneed quite seriously for the time being.
So, I, too, egg on these advances.
Simply for the eventual repercussions? Perhaps! :D
LOL WELLLL I was kind of hoping to drop a bunch of charries here, and have her join them. She might just be useful, but.... XD we'll see how that goes. I.... just realized I haven't responded to that post. And I've been waiting ALL day. Well... I'm the lame person now. I'm so out of it.
 
Honestly, I think it feels like that to all of us.
Because we're the only ones who saw the creation of it.
Kinda like looking at ourselves.
We mess around with the prewriting (start seeing the little flaws), compose a few rough drafts (watch the mirror through increasingly critical eyes), make the revisions (address the imperfections), and deliver the final draft (go face the day, but drag our insecurities with us).
We can't gauge the wonderful perception that others are going to have on it because we're so consumed in picking it apart.
And, more often than not, our readers' interpretations are going to be beautifully positive...or maybe not positive, but beautiful, regardless.

That got unnecessarily deep and low-key irrelevant.

I don't think I express enough how much I love reading all of y'all's work. Appreciating and appraising even the smallest of posts has seriously become a massive component of my day and going without it is really sad. Further, I also think I ought to throw it out there that all of our writings have gotten to the point of being this machine that only performs at its best when all parts are at work, and when one of you goes on hiatus, it's sure as heck noticeable (like Riv right now; kinda worried about her again.)
So don't you dare ever think your writing is insignificant and unappreciated, FrAnKiE DoOdLE.
Because what it all really boils down to is the simple truth that they're YOURS.

w o w

no Kyndra shut your snout it makes so much sense and it's so so much
deeper
than anything I've ever even comprehended of doing with characters


kk I think I'll go poof now

it's been too long since I've done that





So like
what I do?
it's really
weird
I'll put down
one
line of dialogue
(which will sit and rot for innumerable hours)
f I n a l l y stem a few others off of that
and only then start writing actions and tags
everything stays really bare until the last like
twenty minutes
and then I throw out as many adjectives as I can come up with.
It's....unconventional, and I have no idea where I picked it. :lol:

Once again, I am in awe at your ability to choose the perfect words. :th
I don’t even know how to respond to this it’s so great. XD
You’ve inspired me to continue writing something I got frustrated with and have been putting off. Thank you!
 
AJDKAJRKAHD SARAH
that is quite literally the best description of writing I have ever— and probably will never witness again —I have ever seen. I'm so deeply critical of my writing— not so much on here because yall are just about the sweetest people I've ever met — but in other writings I have literally sat there for hours because I look at it and just see every flaw. It's just my condition i guess XD
But I agree with what you said so much. We started as literally kids (most of us anyway) with scraped together sentences and messy words and grammar (that's just you kyndra) and suddenly we've evolved into greater writers and people. I can even saw for myself, no matter how critical I am, I've seen a major difference in my writing because of these rps.
And whenever someone leaves its noticable because they just leave an imprint. And I am worried about River, too. The gap where she was is very noticable, and I keep waiting and hoping to hear from her so I can have at least a little hope shes okay.
Again, unnessicarily deep and ew emotions, but I do really care about y'all.

no you shut your snout it's really a terrible depiction of what I do

okay but that's how I write lol
SAHJDBHIWJHJSKJA KYNDRA I literally just forgot what I was going to say and now I can't recover it for the life of me : D
well
first paragraph? agree, although I really wish I could get back what I was ORIGINALLY going to say BRAIN
second paragraph-
oh yes we did
oh yes we did
*eye twitch*
and OH YEAH WE HAVE

I heard from her early last month and it's taking all of my willpower not to reach out to her again. She's just...swamped, with life itself and health issues, but she's powering through it like an absolute boss and in total typical River fashion. :thumbsup
y e s the sentence afterward in case I needed to second it to infinity, well here's my dang-diddly-darn endorsement

it's ACCURATE and ABSTRACT and so very ADVANCED
so just WHY are you PUTTING IT TO UNJUSTIFIED SHAME IN
THIS HOUSE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND POSITIVITY, HMM?!?!?!?!?!?


wait it's NOT just me??????????? 🧟‍♂️
 
Hehe my writing style is...
Is what they are doing something funny or interesting to read? If so, I’ll expand on it.
But if not you can expect about two sentences from me. And it will sound forced.
see that's so ENVIABLE
Honestly, I wish I could write like that. It'd be so much easier and satisfactory in the long run. Everything you write is so conclusive and leaves no strings flapping.
But when I do short posts? I never end up content with them. I'm always going back and wondering what else I could've put in there, or what vital details I up and completely neglected.
....honestly, I'm still like that with a good ol' seventeen paragraph post but I'm getting better. :D
I concur, with your first part wholeheartedly. I notice when people either aren't around, or aren't posting. And I try to make a point of having my character interact with people who are around but just don't know what to write. By the way Kipp's not going anywhere near Ciro, he's the one who blinded his pupper and he doesn't want to be murdered. XD

Even if it seems like it isn't worth the effort, having the characters just existing in the world helps.
-
Ooo I like that. I should try that. The only thing I leave to last is description. Which means that sometimes.... actually a lot of times, which is why it takes so long, I end up throwing out everything I've written because everything's changed, based on a simple detail I didn't notice at first but realize after writing, the character would have been like: You know, my leg's been asleep for like 5 minutes, I need to move. Which can get really frustrating.
Sometimes I forget those five minutes of shining darkness have ruined Ciro irreparably for some people. XDXD :lau


y e s I GET that
I used to do that too.
And then I realized just how dangerous it was after I awoke from a semiconscious haze of entirely rewriting a Bleddyn post for the -no joke- thirteenth time because I couldn't get the positioning of her wounded leg right.
...
Actually, I think late 2018 was about the time I started with my weird dialogue-founded web of piecing together messy snippets.
 

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