redsol2

I went straight for the Steam Deck version and it is a perfect handheld game. The fights don’t drag on too long, and the suspend / resume is really nice to have.

I really wish there were more viable alternatives to Youtube, but since so many peoples’ livelihoods rely on having the largest audience possible, they’re pretty much forced to use YouTube.

Swiitch

Sometimes the Switch could be uncomfortable to hold for long periods. Perhaps they could use a lighter material and reduce the weight, making it a 3D Switch Extra Light, or 3DS XL.

Imaginary Characters was always a big source of inspiration for me while writing. Glad to see them exploring the transition to Lemmy / kbin

I only read the first in the series (though I’ve heard the whole series is great), but I was really surprised by how much I liked All Systems Red. Really entertaining quick read.

To expand a bit on point 1 - you won’t truly know what you are until you try. I wanted desperately to be a pantser, wrote a terrible novel, and hated every moment of it. Then I tried planning and I’m having a much better time.

I was totally the same way when I wrote my first novel. I had the general flow of the story in my head with a few scenes, and somehow ended up with a 65k word manuscript just out of my head. It was a disjointed, poorly paced, poorly written, character arc-less, boring mess of a story.

It was a good learning experience though. I found out that I’m not a pantser. After learning some frameworks (Abbie Emmons on YouTube has some really helpful resources for Planners to use) and getting a full outline written, I’ve found writing my third novel to be so much easier.

I haven’t heard of Fabula cards, I’ll have to check it out. I’ve honestly just been using the sticky notes app on my Mac and the card-based overview in Scrivener.

TBH, the thing I disliked most about Reddit ended up being the community. It was nice having little niche communities, but wisps of inceldom, hivemind, and that general air of arrogance permeated the entire site. Killing the apps that made the site tolerable to use (Apollo, in my case) was just the last straw. I already used a plugin that deleted all of my posted content from the past 5 years, so I’m officially out, and it’s kind of a relief. I’ll stick to Discord interest servers and small communities like this one from now on.