@-starsailor
hi! I so badly wanted to get season 3 of The Hippies out before this year came to a close, but I still have a chapter left to write, then editing. I didn't expect that this year could top last year's absurdity, but somehow it did. I hope you all are well <33
@sistergypsy an insane year! I’m doing alright, I’m alive so (: thank you for asking! How have you been doing?
bonjour. I’ll be back to writing. I became distracted and accidentally had a little flame with a white supremacist
QOTW:
As I find myself in the mildest “love triangle” known to mankind, I’m wondering:
How do you feel about love triangles in books and films/series? Do you despise them or do you love the trope?
@sistergypsy right?! maybe there's shy yearning but I want soul wrenching yearning or nothing!
@sistergypsy Agree! I'm a fan of angst lol. Real life, but lmao it's so . . . bland. No drama, no heavy yearning (that I know of)!
QOTW:
What is your favorite comfort show/movie?
@-nighthawkss love your pfp <33. I have yet to watch a single wes anderson movie, but the visuals and color palettes I’ve seen look so nice. hm, I’d have to say Twin Peaks (ofc), Mad Men, and Porky’s. honestly my comfort movies changes with the seasons
donyale luna is an icon…love ur pfp
QOTW:
How do you personally deal with writer's block, or a lack of inspiration/motivation to create art?
@-starsailor it definitely doesn’t always work and sometimes I so don’t feel like writing at all so it will come out bad and that just makes me ever madder than before. Female rage comes out when writing like in no other aspect of life lmao
@sistergypsy I WISH I could do that. It is progress. I like that. I try to force myself for a bit but if the fun isn't in it my writing is blah. Then that upsets me so I can either A. have a female rage moment B. step away, or magical option C. Both! But I do try to consume artsy media that I think will inspire me and media that's from the era I'm writing in.
I force myself. I often don’t have the inspo to write. I’ll start a book but then kinda lose interest so whenever that happens I set a 15 minute timer and just write. Usually I write way longer than 15 minutes bc even if the quality is trash it’s at least progress. What do you do?
QOTW:
When reading and/or writing do you envision it all in your head like a movie or do you just read the words?
teeny update on The Hippies:
I was hoping to start back regularly posting season 3 next Friday but blah I haven't been in the right headspace to write and working 5 days a week is physically and creatively draining. But my little heart refuses to abandon this project.
@-starsailor oh I definitely imagine it all. I know you're working so hard on The Hippies and in general. I'm sending you good energy
@-starsailor exactly it’ll break and I won’t be able to believe I’ve been in a different world the whole time. And lmao too relatable hahhaa
Is anyone else having this issue where all of your words are deleted from a draft on the mobile app? But on the desktop the words are all there, unless I don’t have access to a desktop then I lose thousands of words because the revision history is never the last one I’ve saved. ((((:
@sistergypsy ugh, it’s so annoying. How can a writing app be so glitchy? I guess I’ll have to write strictly on desktop.
I don’t use the mobile app to draft but mine is very glitchy in other ways. That’s so annoying :/
Another chapter down, two more to go until season 3 of The Hippies is finally complete!
QOTW:
Do you believe artists are born or made?
@localblacklady strongly agree when it comes to the wealthy having the opportunity to explore creativity, especially if their parents are artists. So many nepo babies. I find it very interesting that it has been a debate since the dawn of time if artists (even those who remained poor their entire lives) have "something special" or if anyone can become an artist if they put their minds to it. Kerouac wrote an article on it and I mostly agree with his ideas.
QOTW:
Do you prefer happy, sad, or bittersweet endings?
@sistergypsy Funny, I prefer bittersweet and sad. But I do have a sweet spot for a happy ending if it's truly deserved
Happy definitely. I actively avoid sad endings but if I’m feeling a bit crazy I’ll go for bittersweet. What about you?