True, I consider myself very lucky

It's always good to be grateful for the small things

"Once a month, women act the way men do *all* the time." - Robert A. Heinlein

*coughs, heads back to his game*

that's funny but I can't say it's very accurate. The guys I know (excluding my father) are all pretty chill

I find it funny if it was an alien thing but other than that ew

if it makes you feel better, those characters basically are just women with male bodies... because they are written to act p much still like women...

True

idk what's the appeal of creating such an unnatural character

My assumption... and I say this as a psychology person and an observer who has seen it a lot... It's the same reason some dudes are into futa.

You get two chicks (which generally, is a big thing with certain dudes) while also having certain sexual abilities. These women are into men, so double the men, double the being into it, but, being women, they're still interested in the relationship and family-building side. Whereas men get off less on the emotional/family building side so that's not usually built into lesbian/futa situations.

ok
is the writing bot back?

The sprint one? I think so.

yesss

I'm too lazy to sprint. Is there an "amble" option?

I feel that in my soul.

*writes a paragraph, shelves it for a month*

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@dastenhero there's your answer

LETS GOOOO

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oh dang, I got talking to my mother 😅

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well, we know it works now lmao

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@Book, OK, I will ping you at the start of the next 3 sprints.

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@dastenhero, OK, I will ping you at the start of the next 3 sprints.

Sprinto. 😐

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“The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator.” — Jonathan Franzen

I got here too late because my doc doesn't have a word count ugh

lol

I use wordcounter.net

170 words

I'm using Trelby which is an open sourced screenwriting software

so it refuses to copy and paste

My writing is so terrible tonight ngl

we're talking prequel dialogue

This takes place in a gas station. I'm trying to imply that the two have had some casual hookups behind the counter before but I'm failing miserably

She gets killed off shortly thereafter by some guys who come in for no reason other than they need to fuel up I guess?

*No witnesses.*

You do scriptwriting?

yes

I want to at least

neat

I do creative writing

erm

wait

That came otu wrong

oh no lol you good

the generic storytelling writing

yeah

tbh I think creative writing is a weird term as technically, all writing is creative

all except blogs

unless you're like me tonight lol

I think they're just referring to Storytelling

I'mma start calling it Storytelling which is what it is basically

basically

I'm kind of forcing myself to write this tonight which is part of the problem

It's also a situation I've never been in so that doesn't help

makes sense

does anyone else get nights like this? where you simply can't write well?

yes

dialogue has never been my strongsuit but like

ugh
they say you get better at things when you do them enough but tonight is a perfect example of deadwood dialogue

anyone have any tips on writing dialogue?

because online I'm getting "read it out loud"

or the ever popular "make it relate to the plot"

Yea i do that alone but then have these moments where I come up with perfect and amazing dialogue

I'm having a time right now where the characters are fighting me. I know what I want them to do and where I want the story to go but they just don't want to cooperate. I've always said the characters have a mind of their own and at some point they write the story

Lol

I thought they were flirting XD

Read it out loud/act it out is a good testing point. Read people are good dialogue-wise. In play writing, David Mamat is one of the top in the game. I also like Martin Mcdonagh.

Also consider the time period and personalities involved.

Like in the bit you shared, the repetition reads a bit awkward. Changing it to like

FLEET
Been two weeks now!

MARGARET
Three weeks -- unless you're getting fueled up somewhere I don't know about.

FLEET
What? Cheating? On you? for a pack of cigarettes? I'd never...

MARGARET
Really now?

FLEET
Damn straight.

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