i treat my mind like an ashtray.

redraw of pynch from last year, i think it looks a little less stiff but ronan was still driving me insane

lock the fuck in?? no way dude. I am TUCKED the fuck in :) good night

Full offense but your writing style is for you and nobody else. Use the words you want to use; play with language, experiment, use said, use adverbs, use “unrealistic” writing patterns, slap words you don’t even know are words on the page. Language is a sandbox and you, as the author, are at liberty to shape it however you wish. Build castles. Build a hovel. Build a mountain on a mountain or make a tiny cottage on a hill. Whatever it is you want to do. Write.

Your voice is what makes your writing kickass. Do not do not do not strive to make it sound like everyone else’s.

This! So so so much this!

But especially this:

I don’t know who is out there telling y'all not to do these things but they should be taken out behind the woodshed and shot. I heard the same dumb advice when I was young and it pains me to see it still going around.

Only you can write like you. There’s no shame in copying or parodying while trying to find your style; we all do it. It’s like trying on a new outfit. But you don’t wear the same outfit as the mannequin at the store, you assemble your own outfit. If you’re really gung-ho, you tailor your clothes to be flattering to specifically you. Apply the same principle to your writing.

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what they don’t tell you about writing is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHH!!!

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Adam Parrish

ronan lynch is The Character of all time. his dream is to be a farmer. he's attending a top high school. he's gay. he once saw his dad fight the devil and never mentioned it ever again. he has two brothers. one of them has no internal organs. he's catholic. he knows Celtic jigs off by heart. hes a single father. he once crashed his best friends car and created a new one. he's Irish. he street-races. he didn't notice his friend was dead. he lives in a warehouse. he's hopelessly in love with his friend. he has a pet bird.

He’s an emo punk teenager. He can bring shit out of his dreams. He listens to the heartbeats of the baby mice sleeping in his barn. He speaks fluent Latin. Two (2) of his Latin teachers have tried to kill his friends. Upon finding out one of his best friends has been dead for seven years and is a ghost, he first bitches about how he didn’t actually need to turn his music down at night bc dead people don’t need to sleep, then starts throwing him out of windows whenever he annoys him. He plays tennis. He found his beloved father’s dead body after he was beaten to death with a tyre iron on their driveway. He’s now friendly with his father’s murderer and everyone is fine with it. He was once wanted by the government for industrial terrorism (which he did commit). He’s technically an eldritch deity from a parallel dimension.

also, absolutely nobody in this series makes me laugh as much as gansey does. So here’s my non exhaustive gansey hall of fame

Unpopular opinion but if you don't enjoy the process you should find a different thing to do.

And I think this is true in general but now I'm talking about it in the context of AI.

If you don't enjoy making art and only care about the end piece and how it'll look and how much traction it"lol get online then making art is not something for you, find something you enjoy from start to finish.

Same goes for writing: if you do not enjoy writing and rewriting and then some more and instead want AI to write for you, being a writer is not something you should pursue.

Sure, not every part of creative process is going to be equally enjoyable but you should get satisfaction from solving the problems along the way and you should get a sense of accomplishment on your way of "making the piece yours" and you should have a sense of ownership once you are done.

None of these things will come from typing in a prompt into chatGPT. And I am sad to see so many people are missing on the opportunity to experience the joy of making something with their own hands and brains.

Just give it a try and if you don't like it don't do it again.

But also don't let the expectations of it coming out perfect ruin the fun you are having while making the thing. Because what if I told you this: having fun while creating is the actual purpose of the creative process, not whatever comes out of it.

can you keep a secret?

“that character is problematic” i am sick and twisted. next

“that character is irredeemable” god i hope so. i hope they get worse

having talented friends is so wild!!!!!! like. YOU!!!!!!!!!! YOU made THAT. YOU DID THAT?!?!?!?! YOU created!!!! THAT!!!!!!!!!!! WOAH!!!!!! praise!!!!!!!! praise for one thousand years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish voted on by my lovely Patreon members, featuring Adam and Ronan in an exaggerated representation of probably the most popular quote for the pair in The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater.

A scene where Ronan is tracing Adam's palm, while inwardly monologuing the metaphor of his feelings as an oil-spilled ocean, ready to burn at the slightest spark. I just had fun with it!

(also, is the oil-spilled ocean metaphor stemming from the fact Ronan finds Adam covered in / smelling like motor oil from his mechanic job? 🤔)