SJ Blues
Something that I'm realizing is that writing an actual novel is more satisfying than writing fanfiction. I get to shape and mold my world without the confinement of keeping to someone else's canon. While I adore writing fanfiction (and will probably continue once my novel is complete), I just like this more.
The single problem, as someone who has worked on fanfiction for so long, is that I basically live for the applause of the people reading. I love seeing people interact with my story, gasp at the decisions I make, and actively have emotions from my writing. If I could find a place where I could post a chapter of my novel to see live reactions to it (sort of like how a movie will do a screening before the official release to gauge reactions), that would be really nice
Alex Morton I went straight from short stories to novels. I like the freedom of creating characters and letting them develop. All of my characters have backstories that may or my not become part of the novel. Some are based on people I've known or known of, but only loosely. About half of my work is humor, and it's incredibly rewarding to watch someone read something of mine and laugh out loud. The other form of applause comes from book sales and reviews.
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E. Writer
This episode was so brutal. The entire thing. This is one of my favorite Simpson episode. My top Simpson episode is the one where Bart Loses his Soul, and when Bart Joins the Mafia. This one. The "Homer the Smithers" episode, and of course, Ned Flanders finally losing it on the whole town.
SJ Blues This episode shot up to my top five just because of "can i borrow a feeling"
Writing a skydiving scene with this song is MWAH
Roy Scarbrough The drummer nails it! Kudos to the mixer who pulled that forward. Should have done as much with the brief guitar solo
REAL MEN DRIVE CAR!
Roy Scarbrough Ha ha ha ha! The bro genre of podcast, the bros all talking over each other!
Alex Morton It's more like Elizabethan times with a king fighting against the Catholic Church.
E. Writer Yes, the world has reach that level now. Nothing is sacred. There's no respect for anything or anyone. It was always a slippery slope, so here we are.
Alex Morton Remember, though, this is all from the US's perspective. There's a lot more to the world than the US. The problem in much of the world IS the US. I don't find that morality, decency, empathy and compassion are regressing in Canada, nor do I find that in Greece ... the other country that I know well. In fact, it's quite the opposite. And from friends in Portugal, Iceland, Spain and other countries, their observation is the same. It is the US that is sliding, not the whole world. So-called populism, which is really authoritarianism, is finally on the wane as is evidenced by the recent election in Hungary. Perhaps, the tide will soon turn in the US. In that regard, social media has to be reined in. That movement has already begun with Australia keeping kids off social media and legislation is now in the works to do that in Canada. Next, social media, overall, has to be held to the fire and forced to become responsible. It's use as a propaganda machine has to be curtailed.
E. Writer Yeah I can't speak for the rest of the world, except of what I see from people online, where people often convey thoughts that are usually unspoken in the real world. So from that particular perspective, no one seems "nice" anymore and being online is no reason for the unkindness. Though I am sure there are people in the U.S. and other parts of the world who are nice. I consider myself one of them, despite being American. It is sad what has happened to the world, and how the reputations of everyone in this country has been ruined as a result of some ideologies.
Alex Morton I'm a member of a Canadian social media site called hey..cafe. Very polite, very Canadian, I don't think populism is an ideology, but rather a code name for hoodwinking the masses. The people don't put an authoritarian in place ... the authoritarian uses them.