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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1752885 > From the article: > > >1. There are a lot of stories already out there, but there can never be too many of YOUR stories out there. > > > >2. Being unique isn’t about telling a story that has never been told, it is about telling a story from a perspective people can both relate to and learn from. > > > >3. No one writes like you write. You may have a style inspired by other writers and stories you love, but there is only one you, and only one voice through which the stories you write are told. > > > >4. If you are thinking about giving up because of something someone else did or said (or didn’t say or didn’t do), take some time to consider your choice. No one technically has the right to tell you which dream you can and cannot follow, and anyone who tries is just not nice. > > > >5. One bad day is not enough of a reason to give up. Not two bad days or two bad weeks or two bad years, either. Life is rough, and it’s tough to handle. But that does not mean you have to stop writing — or that, if you do, your hiatus has to last forever. > > > >6. Just because multiple people aren’t constantly praising you for your work does not mean you aren’t doing good work. Much of the work you will do as a writer will go unnoticed by the masses. This is the way of things. Keep doing good work. > > ---- > > (More of the article in the link up-top.) > > My thoughts: > > Tbh, I might give my writing a backseat. > > I'm doing too many things as it is and I want to do less and just focus on what I want to do (and not what I feel I have to do). > > Plus, what I excel at so far will pay dividends down the road; I don't know if I'm ready to write a novel or not.
Not my own idea, but one of the writing prompts from the "other site" that I immensely enjoyed. ;)
Earth sends its most distinguished diplomat to make a good impression. Then the alien representative introduces himself - Biggus Dickus.
Dead people came back alive and were sitting in rows. The rows were younger variant of Jesus Christ, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and many, many more. The school is filled with students, the most important figures from history from two thousand years ago up until recently were all here. You came into that class you were assigned into with a teacher, she told you to introduce yourself to the class...
A man is running down a green hill, he trips and falls, and when he looks up he see the visage of death as his cabin is burning with the work of a lifetime inside.
( I thought of this a while ago in a brainstorm feel free to simply continue the story.) "The detective was sprinting down the alley-way, thoughts rushing through his mind, he couldn't lose this one. He turned the corner only to see his goal climbing an access ladder. He only just caught the man pulling him down and to the ground with a *Thud!* The detective looked around noticing the rainbow colored cat at the mouth of the alley-way, the cat stared at him, and him at the cat. The floor opened and with no time to react the detective and the man fell into the rainbow vortex."
Humanity has discovered FTL travel. All trips in the direction of the galactic core vanish without a trace. Plotting the disappearances reveals two things: 1. They outline a sphere. 2. The sphere is expanding at the speed of light.
Bonus points if you don't do something like "the main character considered themselves the hero and the story is narrated from their perspective"