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Thoughts of a Mad Man

by Joto-Kai

Rated: 13+ · Book · Philosophy · #2020664

Repository for my Zanier Ideas... on writing, and life.

Welcome to my Abode! This collection of dusty thoughts and the like shall gather, perhaps... if inspiration should strike!

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Joto-Kai

Aug 6, 2022 at 4:12am
In response to "For the wounded writer"

They weren't really all that bad. I was getting worked up in a way that usually doesn't hit in my writing, so it bothered me. The problem really came from elsewhere.

Thanks so much, Nobody’s Home

, for the vote of confidence. Truth to tell I usually go the other way, accepting as many suggestions as I can. Crazier the better, you know? Either way, if I get a harassing review I know where to look, according to w.com, but it's good to know I've got a friend in my corner too.

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Nobody’s Home

Aug 5, 2022 at 9:46am
In response to "For the wounded writer"

Thank you for sharing this- both the email boost from your friend and your comment regarding it.

I'm so sorry you've felt the need to defend the words you've written and shared. It might be a useless effort for me to say "I believe..." but - I believe that your writing is your own, and isn't something that should ever require defending. Unless it's to an editor and you're getting ready to publish something ...and even then I might, oh, I don't have enough experience to be giving such advice.

Just, if you know what you're writing and why, and it makes sense to you...if it's causing one reviewer to get down on you, toss the review away and try to let it go, because they obviously don't understand your work. They're coming from a completely different life experience (or something-shrug). If a lot of readers aren't "getting it," then maybe you'll want to revisit it. But, friend, this is your writing, your soul, your heart you're putting out there. We do make ourselves vulnerable when we write. I hope you'll take strength in who you are and keep writing in your style. Don't let the bullies get you down. And if you feel bullied, please let me or a mod know.

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Joto-Kai

Apr 5, 2022 at 12:52am
In response to "Rush Writes"

Thanks, Pumpkin Spice Sox

for letting me know. I hope it is as useful for you as it has been for me. You know, when I keep it up.

Pumpkin Spice Sox

Apr 5, 2022 at 12:33am
In response to "Rush Writes"

Thanks for the suggestion. I have been trying to do this in my blog for the month of April. I am working on doing an entry per day first, and then I will work up to longer and longer entries.

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Pumpkin Spice Sox

Mar 23, 2022 at 9:49pm
In response to "Easy as one, three, two."

Thank you for laying out your process. I go through a similar one in creating my characters and their plotlines.

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Joto-Kai

Dec 27, 2016 at 5:20pm
In response to "Coinfall (hidden)"

allannarn I gave your comment short shrift. Would you believe that I thought I had actually hidden this so that nobody could see it?

I thought that it would fail to engage anybody because it was long on telling, poorly formatted, and self-indulgent.

Still, there was a reason I wanted to share that moment. It has... good design, I think? To the extent that I don't know how to tell it right. Show it.

I am glad that somebody connected. Thanks again, for letting me know.

Joto-Kai

Dec 14, 2016 at 10:48pm
In response to "Coinfall (hidden)"

Thank you, Alanna Fitzgerald

. Perhaps I will have the courage to tell yet more of this, one day.

Alanna Fitzgerald

Dec 14, 2016 at 8:53pm
In response to "Coinfall (hidden)"

Very interesting. I would love to read more of this and learn more about this man and the dynamic between this couple. This definitely drew me into the scene. Very well done! Thanks for sharing your thoughts for all to read!

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Joto-Kai

Jun 9, 2016 at 11:32am
In response to "Tragedy of Guinevere"

I imagine that I would, at that, though perhaps not so well. It's been a long time, glad to see you're still around.

SeeCrestsKat

Jun 9, 2016 at 10:47am
In response to "Tragedy of Guinevere"

I like what you said about Arthur. Camelot is better as just a dream...a lot of nice ideas but not carried out the way he did. If letting passions get carried away ruins a kingdom - then it is not worth keeping. "Yeah Camelot was fun - now let's see what people are actually willing to do amongst themselves long term." I tend to like hearing things you say - I mean write - I take it you would say them too.

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#1072747

A trove of story ideas

June 17, 2024 at 2:15pm

I was just thinking that practice plots can be a powerful method of self therapy. Is there something that you're afraid to do? Start a wannasoi. That's my madlib outline that goes: I want to... So I,... Hoping that... Fearing that... Instead... And you just cycle through until that comes to a conclusion. Even the most boring wannas can come into a story as hopes and fears whiz by. However, what if you drew on your anxiety? So lets say I need to set up medical ... [Read more]

#1072599

FOMO FTW versus stalled writing process

June 13, 2024 at 12:42pm

Time to write!' There are an infinity of blank pages in virtual space, and sure enough more than enough of the paper ones. But what if the story doesn't come? Well there are three things that can happen if I sit down to the page, be it virtual or not, I could find nothing, no will to actually write, or no words. And the momentum that came from building my habit. I could fin d a load of junk that I could line edit, or just abandonm And the momentum that came from buildin... [Read more]

#1072563

Battle choreography: Character over Statistics

June 12, 2024 at 2:26pm

One thing I've noticed about writing battle scenes, is that we don't stat the characters but we do motivate them. I had a fight involving two magi fighting another of their school who had decided to become a "Corpsebound Spellmaster." Because they were lovers, every move they made was more about protecting their partner than about winning the fight. As a result, while they did emerge as the victor, they suffered terrible loss. Mortally wounded, Elisha sacrificed herself t... [Read more]

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