My true love (which is money)
This might just be the toughest question of my life. Instinctively I wanted to say vanilla. But I genuinely cannot make a decision, this is very difficult.
If it was for society and which crop I could protect, I'd choose chocolate.
This really scratches the spot. Perfect post
Reminded me of the ending to the Loki show
Oh yeah this is the stuff
There has never been a twitter link shared in this community and its not a major threat per se.
I just decided to go through all the communities I created and block twitter now if people agreed. I've posted this message on like 6 of them. (Although ideally I would like to ban all centralised social media links at least)
It's just formalising what many of us believe (on Lemmy atleast, that's why we're here).
As for the lack of activity on this community, that's my bad, I'll be getting back to posting soon.
(Meta) Proposition to exclude twitter links and screenshots.
Given the limited number of links shared in this community, I propose a rule to discourage the inclusion of Twitter links and the use of Twitter screenshots.
While I understand the desire to integrate platforms like Reddit and Twitter, I believe it's important to maintain a focused and independent discourse within this community.
I have long desired to minimize the integration of external platforms like Reddit and Twitter within this community. However, I've noticed an increasing trend of their exclusion, prompting me to formally propose this guideline here too.
I would appreciate everyone's input on this proposed rule. I wouldn't add a rule unless the community is largely interested in it.
PS. Sorry for not being active enough here recently. I'll get back to it soon.
Had you told me this was a story from Celtic folklore I'd believe you. Great job!
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane
I like the visual writing style. A good starting idea to begin with great symbolic potential.
You're a legend down round these parts!
There was a period where I was busy and wasn't posting to this community and your posts are the reason the community survived and even gave me hope that there's actually interest in the community.
As for how much help you can find on Lemmy, I'll be honest, not much. There will be a few positive voices there but you probably won't get more than 5 people giving feedback. This is a small instance on a small social media platform.
However I'll always be here to help on this community.
And @[email protected] is someone cool who's in these communities too!
Do go ahead and ask for any help you need. You'll have atleast me giving you feedback.
I'm big on preplanning. I start with ideas, not stories. So even if I have an idea I decide what the themes and philosophy of the idea is instead of structuring a story first.
Basic idea:
So i want to write a story on the horror of consciousness. So i wanna explore how fragile and fragmented consciousness really is, especially when placed in an alien context. That the mind is intricately tied to the body, and breaking that connection results in existential madness.
Story that could explore this:
In a scientific experiment, the consciousness of a predator and a prey animal are swapped to study how their behaviors and survival instincts change. What begins as a seemingly straightforward study spirals into a nightmarish descent into madness as each consciousness struggles to adapt to a body designed for the opposite role in the food chain.
This swap allows me to write about existential horror, where both creatures grapple with primal fear and alien 'sensory overload'. They can't even grasp the lir emotions.
(I'm actually not sure if I wanna go down this route for the story but its an option).
Stylistic choices:
For a story like this I know i can use some typical writing tools, like split povs, stream of consciousness writing and elements of body horror and eldritch madness as the aesthetic guides to dictate feeling and genre. (Although I'm not happy with the story and will probably go down some other route for the very same idea since I do wanna explore that).
Now i know a lot about the story from a simple exercise of knowing what I wanted in the first place. When you know the purpose your story serves your narrative can be more cohesive.
Similarly you can create a one paragraph summary of your story. Then write a one page descriptive summary. Then break that page into chapters or thirds. As you break it down and add details you create something very clear and concise. This is a more formulaic technique I've sometimes used for novella length writing. I find it fun.
WYR: it's your favourite garlic bread btw
The Distance of the Moon by Italo Calvino
We all love Calvino. This is one of his great stories.
WYR: Have an internet without ads or an internet without AI.
Adblockers are not allowed for this hypothetical.
No clue what he's rolling his eyes for lmao.
Would love to see you there!
A little space for original poetry.
Welcome to this little space for poets and poetry enthusiasts to share their original creations and insights! Here, we celebrate the craft of writing poetry and the art of interpretation. Feel free to post your own poems, provide thoughtful analysis of your work or the poetry of others, and engage i...
I've wanted to start this community for a while. I feel a lack of original writing on Lemmy. Poetry tends to be short form and more accessible to many.
I intend to post my own writings, including some of my most personal stuff; writings not a single soul has seen. I would love to have you all join in, as lurkers, as posters, as poets, as enthusiasts. I look forward to seeing this community grow!
This link will give you quite a few RLS stories!
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
OK this was the last one. Had to post a few for Halloween, sorry for the dump. No other day defines an entire genre so I couldn't let this opportunity go.
The Whisperer in Darkness by H. P. Lovecraft
'The Whisperer in Darkness' by H. P. Lovecraft
The Outsider by H. P. Lovecraft
I've posted some more iconic of his works already. This deserves to be here too.
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Perhaps the most iconic of his works
“The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens
There's 3 ghost stories there, but the signal man in specific is what I wanted to highlight.
Yes! Dubliners is brilliant
This is a worse ui but without a paywall in case y'all don't have a paywall bypass.
https://www.scribd.com/document/716154315/Murakami-Haruki-Scheherazade-New-Yorker-13-Oct-2014
This is a short story from the collection 'Men without women'.
Here's a link to Anna's archive:
https://annas-archive.org/search?index=&page=1&q=Men+without+women+murakami&sort=
Otherwise you can read it from the link by bypassing the paywall using the extension, bypass paywalls clean d.
Good luck! And I do strongly suggest getting the extension anyways. Even if you intend to download the book for this story.
If you liked Norwegian Wood, you'll love this. Honestly I like most of his work and think this is worth reading anyways but perhaps I'm a bit biased.
The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.
No need to get personal Phil 😭😭
Brilliant stuff