Oooo its always nice to meet other writers in real life. I’ve found it really helps with inspiration and motivation.

And hopefully the dam breaks and you get a huge out pouring of creativity soon! Sometimes the drought really does come before the storm

Thanks! It definetly feels good to be moved into my house and kind of done with renovation stuff.

And I do watercolor and ink paintings, and most of my poetry is free form naturalist stuff :) maybe ill share a pic if I make something I’m proud of. Fingers crossed ill be productive this month lol

Hi! I’ve been painting and writing poetry lately. I finally have my office fully set up (only took me a year…). It has been really nice having a space dedicated to being creative.

The school year is starting back up, so I’ll be working again starting tomorrow. It might be good for my writing if I can make it part of my daily routine. So my goal for this month is to write every day & hopefully establish that habbit for the year :)

My streach goal is to complete a chapter of one of the larger projects I’ve been working on.

I hope everyone enjoys the transition into fall – I know I’m excited for the cool weather and changing leaves.

Some communes do have members who work regular jobs. Ganas (new york) has many members who work outside the commune, as well as a number who work within it.

A few others I know of also have members who work regular jobs. Feel free to ask me more. I lived and worked at 3 communes, 2 co-ops, and have visited about 5 other communities.

Oooo spooky. Thanks for sharing :)

Whoa! That sounds like such a cool project. Kind of a poetic approach to the scientific understandings of our reality.

Im excited to hear more about your process and hope you enjoy digging into the new project :)

You’re definetly not projecting lol I get stuck over thinking things when in reality the project is essentially finished. I think it might also be a result of being too close to it? Like I’ve thought about it so much that all I can see are the flaws, but when someone else reads my work they really enjoy it.

I’m trying to be better about calling things done once the inspiration has faded. I’ve definetly ruined a few things because I keep messing with them long after I should have walked away-- though that’s more of a problem with my visual art.

Hopefully we’ll both get better at finishing things and recognizing that they are indeed good enough :p

100% to both things lol

I find the timing of speeches to be the hardest part. Keeping things engaging & consise while still having enough to fill the time slot is tricky.

& unfinished projects have such a way of sucking energy from everything else! I think it might partially be a perfectionist thing where I have a hard time recognizing when things are good enough and I really just need to leave them alone.

Makes sense how you got to that number. It does make it feel much more exciting when you do finally get one spot on lol

Super fun, i played through them with my grandma. I do wish there were endless guesses until you get it right though lol

Exciting were on month 13, its wild to think its been over a year since your first post :)

This month has been busy, but I have gotten some writing done. I drafted a new story idea and wrote a wedding officiant speech.

This month I would like to get at least one of my drafted stories into a finished draft. I have way too many ongoing projects and need to get some things done enough that I can put them to the side and move on to new ideas.

I hope your last month of break goes well. It sounds like you’ve been making the most of your time off :)

Oooo I love the idea of a story seed library. It lets you harness that creative energy while its there :)

Im glad you’ve had an inspired month, even if it hasn’t resulted in a finished project lol

Make it, id lurk and maybe comment or post now and them

I for one, love the content.

Same! Endings are the hardest part & soooo many books just completely miss the mark.

Ooooo kudos on getting so much done! It can be so tricky translating in a way thay lets the original authors style shine through.

Also I’m kind of jealous of the rain, we were supposed to get a big storm where I’m at, but haven’t gotten more than an hour of rain at a time.

He has a long history of dating / marrying very young women. His first wife (the one you referred to as getting left) was 15 when they officially started dating. He first met he at the age of 12. She was pregnant by 16.

There’s also the weirdness of how his movies portray age gap relationships. The professional in particular is often criticized for how it both sexualized a young girl & portrayed her as the instigator. Natalie Portman has talked about how this movie brought her fame and long lasting trauma. Plus the original cut was much more problematic & the studio cut quite a bit before it was released – so bussons original vision was even more pedophilic. Plus it is supposedly inspired by his real life romance with a 12 year old.

Here’s a link to a essay that goes a bit more in depth: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/luc-besson-leon-the-professional-truth

Edited to add: there are also the many rape allegations from various women who have worked with him over the years.

Some of the lemmy front ends have an option to hide posts you’ve already seen. I know connect does.

My reviews tend towards being discussions of the themes of the book and thoughts on what did or didn’t work well. I also have one or two sentences recapping the plot. They’re mostly for my own records so I can jog my memory of the book later on. Or so I can find the title of something I vaguely remember lol

I do love spoilers though, so I often read reviews before going into a book lol. I enjoy knowing where things are headed so I can appriciate the journey there. I can fully understand having them as a post book treat though :)