Missed 3 days for drafting last week. Only managed 5500 or so words last week. My goal was 10,000.

I finished a draft at least. The other one is still going and well... I feel kinda meh about it, but we'll see. I have to start another one, which I hope goes smoothly.

As for editing old drafts, the one I am editing is still within its first pass. Hopefully I can finish that first pass today or tomorrow, complete the 2nd pass this week, then from there is reducing word and phrase frequency, etc, etc.

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My drafts usually start with a short scene, as if I were a voyeur watching and listening. Then I hit the hard part - what happened before that scene? What do the people in it do next? I hear you about awkward.

But 1272 words last night? Way to go!

Thank you. Once I really get pulled into it, I could churn out even more. Where I am going to have issues is writing the sex scenes.

Started drafting last night for the first time in over a year, and it felt so strange. So unnatural. Then I started to feel myself in the crowd of the concert arena and realized this, or rather remembered:

I always feel awkward when beginning a draft. But it's been so long since last I did it, I forgot how unnatural it feels in the beginning before I start flowing with the characters and universe.

The second draft I started suffered from that when I started getting bored drafting the first. 1272 words typed lady night. Not bad.

Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard

Through ongoing depression and a ton of nihilism, I am trying to get myself back into the drafting and editing game. From my "Story Ideas" file in my old phone, I have randomly selected 10 stories to draft. I will draft stories where ideas are on the new phone as well(less than 10). In short, I will try drafting 10-20 stories.

Now, I already have 11 drafts from January of last year that need to be edited. I will slowly work through those so I can get some more stuff published here.

Anyhow, I have to create outlines for what I have selected to draft and then actually draft them.

One of the stories will be money related. Another about a gloryhole and another about a dad wanting to bang his daughter's girlfriend. Ah well.

Anything blood-related is . Anything 'Step' is .

I haven't drafted anything in over a year. Anything published within this last year were old drafts that I finally edited. I still have 11 to edit, but even editing makes me grumble.

My reading has fallen off a lot this year, which doesn't help matters, but my desire to read is slowly coming back. With that, hopefully my will to outline and draft will return also.

Listen, here's the reality: Women are the gender more sympathized with, thus they will receive way more grace with body positivity. It's best to accept that is the way it is, and move forward accordingly.

Okay, what solutions have been tried in this scenario? What are the weak areas that need to be worked on? Also, how would you rate your own coachability on a 1 to 10 scale?

Me still not having outlined or settled my brain to map out a comp entry as yet:

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You can do it, C! Art is everywhere. In unexpected places. Music is art. You listen to music, right?

Meh. Kinda... Sorta. I do have sprinklings of an idea, but my mental bandwidth hasn't been the best lately, so I wish myself the best of luck with forming even a layout.

Don't know shit about art, but I might try something. Operative word being "might." Haven't drafted anything in over a year.

I am getting more into Rowan's work and this has been in my queue for a minute. Congratulations!!

Good day,

Hope everyone is alright. Life is stressful, so I hope you are all experiencing some level of joy to counter it. Blessings.

People like BBWs. What else can be said 🤷🏿‍♂️?

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Yes!

Because I have more of that shit inside me…

More dark erotica. Yeth, yeth!!

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I echo this. Like, I think dating Angela White, Ana Foxxx or Misty Stone for a bit would be cool, but long term... meh.

Changing Misty Stone out for Kira Noir. She sounds and looks like fun, likes wrestling and obviously can fuck. I think she's more attractive now that she's older too.

My 2nd published story for the year, which I originally drafted in January of last year.

Facing a challenging situation forces a young woman to make difficult decisions.

Ends, Means And Bitter In-Betweens

I still haven't finished Shippuden yet. Sigh.

I'll plug myself and say "The Shadows Of Doubt And How They Fuck Us."

If this thread stays alive and I remember more, I will post.

Halcyon by Orbital at the end of Mortal Kombat(1995).

I just published a Sugar Daddy/Baby story, and now have to select what I will edit next. It will be from a pile drafted anywhere from January 2025, going back to a year or two earlier than that probably.

Fact: I haven't drafted a single story since my Island comp entry. Anything you have seen published since that, I had drafted eons before that.

Rather than use AI, do tons of novel/short story reading to get used to prose. Watch some YouTube videos to assist with learning to write. The same way you are creating outlines and feeding AI, you can do drafts from your own mind, utilizing said created outlines.

Edit those completed drafts. Review for plot and character logic. Edit for wordiness and such. Long story short, use what is within you and tell AI to kick rocks.

Hope everyone is having a good day. Fingers crossed for you, Kimmi.

Just recently published my first story in 3 months. Have a look at Ends, Means and Bitter In-Betweens.

10 years.

Yes.

My first comp entry is still my favourite story I have ever written. One Last Chance still hits for me whenever I skim it. I think I am a better writer now and compared to almost 6 years ago, but something about that story shows so much heart in my opinion. It had a score of 28, which is just below my batting average(cricket) so nothing monumental.

What is popular with the masses almost never aligns with what we consider our best. RDJ says Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the best movie he's ever done. How many people even know about that film?

I'd have angry sex with Kristi. Don't care for her as a person, but it's just a fuck. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Clapping Cardi B's giant BBL cheeks.

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What? Feeling a lil... ya know.

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