Ezra / Bard
@dovevolant.bsky.social
27 | Scadian | Gamer | Writer
Poet, Storyteller, Scribe, Herald, Scholar Itinerant
Interested & Invested in more games than I can list 👍
Speculative Fiction & Worldbuilding
Poet, Storyteller, Scribe, Herald, Scholar Itinerant
Interested & Invested in more games than I can list 👍
Speculative Fiction & Worldbuilding
Reposted by Ezra / Bard
November 19, 2024 at 4:33 AM
1/7 I started writing my first serious attempt at a novel in 2015. I never finished a draft for it until 2020 -- at which point it was unrecognizable from where it started, both in terms of how different basically everything was and in terms of how well-made it was.
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 AM
1/7 I started writing my first serious attempt at a novel in 2015. I never finished a draft for it until 2020 -- at which point it was unrecognizable from where it started, both in terms of how different basically everything was and in terms of how well-made it was.
This is mindbogglingly cool. What a wonderful world full of wonderfully passionate people.
Hi friends, I’m Lex and I have been making costumes for 15 years.
I started with cardstock and currently mainly use EVA foam and 3D printed parts.
I’m a sucker for scale accuracy, so all Covenant suits I’ve made have been to lore-accurate size.
I’ve also dabbled in some acting and VA for friends
I started with cardstock and currently mainly use EVA foam and 3D printed parts.
I’m a sucker for scale accuracy, so all Covenant suits I’ve made have been to lore-accurate size.
I’ve also dabbled in some acting and VA for friends
November 18, 2024 at 1:41 AM
This is mindbogglingly cool. What a wonderful world full of wonderfully passionate people.
Many reasons; chief among them is that my soul rots within my body if I don't.
Hey bsky, I have a very open question for you all.
Why do you create art?
Why do you create art?
November 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Many reasons; chief among them is that my soul rots within my body if I don't.
This is the other point I want to highlight from this thread: the motto I've started living by is 'don't write while you're inspired, write UNTIL you're inspired.' The former leaves you passive and stagnant, the latter will produce work 100% of the time, and more work = better work over time.
3. Draw instead of "scrolling for inspiration".
Instead of waiting for inspiration to find you, begin. Drawing will kickstart your motivation, get you practicing at a bare minimum, and lead to looser ideas you can iterate on later. It's a start; that's what matters.
Instead of waiting for inspiration to find you, begin. Drawing will kickstart your motivation, get you practicing at a bare minimum, and lead to looser ideas you can iterate on later. It's a start; that's what matters.
November 17, 2024 at 3:18 PM
This is the other point I want to highlight from this thread: the motto I've started living by is 'don't write while you're inspired, write UNTIL you're inspired.' The former leaves you passive and stagnant, the latter will produce work 100% of the time, and more work = better work over time.
Very excellent thread with thoughts and advice that are applicable to writing as well as drawing. I've found 'showing up even when tired' to be exceptionally useful for me when it comes to getting drafting done.
Artists are TIRED.
Day jobs eat up energy. There's always a wrestling match between insufficient time and a lack of motivation. When you do have time, you're exhausted from thinking about how you should be drawing instead of scrolling.
Sound familiar? Let's talk about it:
Day jobs eat up energy. There's always a wrestling match between insufficient time and a lack of motivation. When you do have time, you're exhausted from thinking about how you should be drawing instead of scrolling.
Sound familiar? Let's talk about it:
November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Very excellent thread with thoughts and advice that are applicable to writing as well as drawing. I've found 'showing up even when tired' to be exceptionally useful for me when it comes to getting drafting done.
Reposted by Ezra / Bard
Cornerstone upon the throne,
held by friction and gravity
and the tension of the ones below.
Do they envy you? Borne
aloft in their central cavity
where the Earth does not bestow
any gift
but birdshit.
Fall, slip, descend,
collapse together
and make amends:
there is joy in mud,
when among friends.
held by friction and gravity
and the tension of the ones below.
Do they envy you? Borne
aloft in their central cavity
where the Earth does not bestow
any gift
but birdshit.
Fall, slip, descend,
collapse together
and make amends:
there is joy in mud,
when among friends.
November 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Cornerstone upon the throne,
held by friction and gravity
and the tension of the ones below.
Do they envy you? Borne
aloft in their central cavity
where the Earth does not bestow
any gift
but birdshit.
Fall, slip, descend,
collapse together
and make amends:
there is joy in mud,
when among friends.
held by friction and gravity
and the tension of the ones below.
Do they envy you? Borne
aloft in their central cavity
where the Earth does not bestow
any gift
but birdshit.
Fall, slip, descend,
collapse together
and make amends:
there is joy in mud,
when among friends.
I might actually finish drafting a novel today. Then I'll have TWO novels I need to edit... but I'll also have another novel I've drafted!
November 16, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I might actually finish drafting a novel today. Then I'll have TWO novels I need to edit... but I'll also have another novel I've drafted!
This will be fun and interesting bc on other social media I generally separate my Scadian life from the rest of everything. Not so here. Yes I'm from the 14th Century. Yes I play Warframe and Starforged. I contain multitudes 👍
November 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM
This will be fun and interesting bc on other social media I generally separate my Scadian life from the rest of everything. Not so here. Yes I'm from the 14th Century. Yes I play Warframe and Starforged. I contain multitudes 👍