-
Kara joined the group
Shystraddlers 12 years, 6 months ago
-
Celine joined the group
-
Ana joined the group
-
romana joined the group
-
HannahRhoslyn joined the group
Writers!! 12 years, 6 months ago
-
AlexM.914 joined the group
-
allison joined the group
-
kd15 joined the group
-
Anna joined the group
-
Missy posted an update in the group
*tentatively says “hello”* who am i kidding. online is sooo much more comfortable than in person. i’m sure i’d be uncomfy with this if confronted, but i’d also probs keep my eyes down and find some way to prevaricate/get out of the conversation as soon as possible! *hates confrontation*
-
just so y’all know, i wasn’t being rhetorical. i really do have social anxiety & it’s so very hard to get up in front of groups/be in public, but i have to for my job. i do hate confrontation, though…maybe that’s why i let my mean boss be mean to me. :( anyone want to talk meds? i’ve finally found a combo that seems to work for me. & thank…[Read more]
-
In the last couple years I’ve come to think that it’s very likely that I have a social anxiety disorder (or possibly an anxiety disorder in general), but no insurance so I haven’t gotten it checked out. But a part of my job involves being in front of people too and it’s excruciating. I’m also very conflict avoidant and yet picked a career that…[Read more]
-
i was lucky (?) enough that my crisis moment came in college and i was able to go to a counselor and doctor on campus. the school paid for it. i’m very aware how lucky i am to have access to medication and mental health professionals (have insurance through work). the MHPA has made it even easier for me, though, cause it was still hard to make p…[Read more]
-
-
me too–although I’ve found that toughing through my social anxiety for work stuff is a lot easier than trying to deal with it in actual social situations.
-
I feel you. Sometimes I wonder if I’m really an introvert or just miserably socially anxious. With work/school stuff there’s a goal to reach, but with people I’m always convinced there’s no point, they’ll just hate me anyway. : /
-
yes. it’s like “doing it for the greater good” almost. in social situations, it’s too easy to let one’s self off the hook (not feeling up to it/uncomfy/not my scene & the hundreds of other reasons we employ).
-
-
-
I know how you feel. I was on meds for mine till I had to stop taking them because they gave me mood swings which sucked. Plus, moving to a new place certainly didn’t help.
-
some of my meds caused that. the doc worked with me to adjust and change to different type (it’s not usually good to just stop taking them). there’s still a chemical imbalance and that’s what the medicine is addressing. (from my totally experiential, not a doctor, point of view)
-
-
-
Missy joined the group
-
Jules posted an update in the group
Umm, hey, fellow shy people! o.o
After posting this, I may need to pop a Valium. -
Jules joined the group
-
novastar joined the group
-
Avery joined the group
-
Emmalemma joined the group
-
Kaitlin created the group
-
Ash posted an update in the group
Writing whilst the stack of movies I picked out play. Such a wide selection inspires me right now-
Sunshine Cleaning
Superman Returns
Batman
Batman Returns
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Push
Watchmen
Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist
Rent
Serenity
Spiderman
Whip It
Episodes of Community and Being Human-
I feel that that list is incomplete without Boondock Saints and Inglorious Basterds!
-
Boondock and Inglorius are for another script, they’re usually paired with Boardwalk Empire and The Road to Perdition. :)
-
-
I was just going to suggest Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and then it jumped out of the list and smacked me in the face, similarly to how it smacked me in the face the first time I watched it. Sososo good.
-
Love Scott Pilgrim! The books are even better imo.
-
-
-
Ash posted an update in the group
Is this a reply? I’m still getting the hang of this.
Anywho, in response to Kestrel’s question, I’m bad at the whole technical grammer aspect of things and understanding all that (super right brained). I try to just make it flow correctly and make sure the pacing matches the story itself. However before I do anything, rewrites, edits, all that; I…[Read more]
-
Kestrel posted an update in the group
Anyone editing anything? I’m toiling over a hundred-page script of mine (and just volunteered to beta someone else’s fan fiction for the first time), and it’s kind of boggling, how hard it actually is to make honest surgical assessments and repairs of things. Any advice?
-
I was a creative writing undergrad and one of my tutors kept pushing a certain editing system on us. A revision for each point. They included:
1. Is the overall structure sound? – hook, inciting incident, increasing complexities, crisis, climax –
2. Is the resolution satisfying?
3. Overall time scale
4. Check format and length against target m…[Read more]-
i’m editing a 100+ page novel. it’s a bitch. sometimes you just have to slog through it. i find that taking it in pieces and having a group that i can go to for constructive criticism is great (check your local libraries to see if there’s a writing group/guide/association, etc). also, i told my gram about it, so she’s demanding more. #bestcr…[Read more]
-
-
I do a loooot of editing. Somehow I became everyone’s go-to person for that, which is weird because I consider my own grasp on grammar a little shaky. I abuse sentence fragments a lot, anyway.
Editing your own work and editing someone else’s are two different beasts entirely. When editing someone else’s, the best policy is to ask them what…[Read more]
-
- Load More
