Quote from Dust Collector on June 8, 2024, 9:51 pm

If I finish it, sure!

(It took me a minute to realise the quote is my own post translated into Polish. Strange that the word 'Netherworld' remains untranslated. Also, I'm Kolektor Pylowy!😆🩶  Bardzo fajne!)

Quote from Robaku90 on June 9, 2024, 10:02 am

Cytat z Kolektora Pyłowego 8 czerwca 2024, 21:51

Jeśli to skończę, to na pewno!

(Zajęło mi minutę, aby zdać sobie sprawę, że cytat jest moim własnym postem przetłumaczonym na język polski. Dziwne, że słowo "Netherworld" pozostaje nieprzetłumaczone. Poza tym jestem Kolektor Pylowy! Bardzo skręty!)

Dear Pyłowy Kolektorze :) Sorry, I'm pressing the "quote" button, and since my page is translated into Polish, your quote is also in Polish. :D Yes, the translator translates nicknames funny. :D Actually, "kolektor" means something different than "kolekcjoner", but you can't translate it by machine. :D In Polish you actually say "zbieracz kurzu", that's how I understand it, like a picture collector for example. :D

"Pył" also has a slightly different meaning than "kurz".

There may be stardust, but what's on the table is "kurz". :D

I don't know why the word "netherworld" didn't translate. Translator is not a perfect tool yet.

Quote from Dust Collector on June 9, 2024, 4:10 pm

Quote from Robaku90 on June 9, 2024, 10:02 am

Cytat z Kolektora Pyłowego 8 czerwca 2024, 21:51

Jeśli to skończę, to na pewno!

(Zajęło mi minutę, aby zdać sobie sprawę, że cytat jest moim własnym postem przetłumaczonym na język polski. Dziwne, że słowo "Netherworld" pozostaje nieprzetłumaczone. Poza tym jestem Kolektor Pylowy! Bardzo skręty!)

Dear Pyłowy Kolektorze :) Sorry, I'm pressing the "quote" button, and since my page is translated into Polish, your quote is also in Polish. :D Yes, the translator translates nicknames funny. :D Actually, "kolektor" means something different than "kolekcjoner", but you can't translate it by machine. :D In Polish you actually say "zbieracz kurzu", that's how I understand it, like a picture collector for example. :D

"Pył" also has a slightly different meaning than "kurz".

There may be stardust, but what's on the table is "kurz". :D

I don't know why the word "netherworld" didn't translate. Translator is not a perfect tool yet.

That's okay, that's okay! Always happy to see/hear the Polish language. (After all, we're neighbours. <3 )

Quote from mmlf on June 10, 2024, 4:27 am

Quote from Dust Collector on June 8, 2024, 9:51 pm

If I finish it, sure!

(It took me a minute to realise the quote is my own post translated into Polish. Strange that the word 'Netherworld' remains untranslated. Also, I'm Kolektor Pylowy!😆🩶  Bardzo fajne!)

Well good luck with finishing. Do you use progress trackers, for example?

Quote from Dust Collector on June 10, 2024, 1:01 pm

Quote from mmlf on June 10, 2024, 4:27 am

Quote from Dust Collector on June 8, 2024, 9:51 pm

If I finish it, sure!

(It took me a minute to realise the quote is my own post translated into Polish. Strange that the word 'Netherworld' remains untranslated. Also, I'm Kolektor Pylowy!  Bardzo fajne!)

Well good luck with finishing. Do you use progress trackers, for example?

Nope. At best, I jot some notes down in my yellow notebook, but more often I just let the vibes and music from the dedicated playlist lead me.

Quote from mmlf on June 15, 2024, 11:59 am

I swear by dedicated music playlists and by notebooks!

Quote from mmlf on October 20, 2024, 5:25 am

Currently preparing for National Novel Writing Month. I have reached a new level of understanding about how I want to write. Japanese artist Hokusai said that nothing he produced before the age of 65 was worth considering. This is how I feel.

I only consider the drafts I have in my Dropbox from around June 2023 onwards to be worthy. Even so, I have seen deficiencies. This is good. For example, I am not working hard enough with description. All of these things require constant development.

I have rewritten one scene for the millionth time because it has been flat since it was devised in around 2020. Also, I have realised that I need to stick with what I like best: internal/psychological development of a character, and not try to master both this and genre fiction plotting style. At least not at the same time!

Good luck to everyone with their writing!

Katsushika Hokusai's quote in full:

I have drawn things since I was 6. All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting. At 73 I began to understand the true construction of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes, and insects. At 90 I will enter into the secret of things. At 110, everything - every dot, every dash - will live. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age, I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign myself 'The Old Man Mad About Drawing.'

Quote from Heatherlly on October 24, 2024, 12:49 am

Quote from mmlf on October 20, 2024, 5:25 am

I have drawn things since I was 6. All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting. At 73 I began to understand the true construction of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes, and insects. At 90 I will enter into the secret of things. At 110, everything - every dot, every dash - will live. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age, I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign myself 'The Old Man Mad About Drawing.'

In 21st century terms, this dude was high on his own supply. I know the quote seems profound, but it strikes me as a.) pretentious nonsense, and b.) a terrible source for inspiration. Everything he created before the age of 65 isn't worth counting? I'm sorry, but that way of thinking is sad and wrong and totally misses the point. So does referring to your own work as "unworthy", for that matter. I don't even know what that means, let alone why you would do that to yourself. 😒

Look, I know you're a perfectionist. I also know that we're our own worst critics, but please listen when I say this…

Everything you've ever written is worthy.

It's not worthy for stylistic reasons. It's not worthy because your grammar or sentence structure were perfect, nor that your character development was 100% on point. It's worthy because it's a part of you, a glimpse of exactly who you were as a writer in that time/space/mindset. Would you write the same today? Of course not, but who you are now doesn't nullify who you were then. There's no "before and after" when it comes to creativity, only steps along a journey. Every one of those steps is equally important/valuable… if you can appreciate them rather than diminishing their worth, you'll be doing yourself a favor.

Quote from Dust Collector on October 28, 2024, 4:51 pm

Quote from Dust Collector on June 3, 2024, 12:01 am

I've started to write a story in which a freak accident with the Veil in the Department of Mysteries brings five people back to life, which includes the Potters. As a result of said accident, Sirius doesn't die, but Lucius still ends up in Azkaban, and strange things begin to happen as the Netherworld begins to encroach upon the reality.

It was supposed to be just a little distraction, but I'm at 6K words right now, and I've only just started.

The story features a manipulative Dumbledore, Severus who is fed up with everyone and everything, destructive Narcissa, clueless James who assumes things are the way they've been 20yrs ago, alcohol abuse, introspection, signs of the apocalypse and much, much more.

Will I finish it? Will it remain a WIP? Who knows.

Just reached 25K words after finishing a rather ugly argument between Severus and Lily that was Not Supposed To Go That Way. (Supernatural shenanigans are partly to blame.)

I'm juggling several WIPs, as usual. The one I choose to work on is always determined by vibes and vibes alone.