Welcome to the 24th writing club update! This one’s a little late, apologies for that. But we’re doing our best to not let you down even when things briefly get in the way 😊
We’ve had some blistering heat so I hope you all had some okay enough shelter or good AC. I’m on Europe where AC isn’t so widespread yet, so I’ve been sweating quite a bit. But I’ve also done quite a bunch of writing, yay!
To quote grrgyle on how this writing club update works:
To anyone stumbling upon this post and wondering about the rules – there really aren’t any! This is a club for mostly the same regulars and semi-regulars, but visitors are encouraged to comment on writing updates or share their own. The main idea is to set a goal for yourself and try to achieve it by the next month’s update. :)
Feel free to comment and tell us how things are going for you, regarding writing, creative works, and everything related!
I’m finally starting to write again a little bit after a solid year and a half hiatus. So far I’m just puttering around with some world building, trying to find the feel of things again. I keep feeling very overwhelmed and like I… don’t know what I’m doing? World building was never my strong suit to begin with so maybe I should do something that plays to my strengths while I grow confidence back, but this is what’s inspiring me right now XD
Yay, that sounds exciting 💜
If you wanted, you could get some people for well-meaning feedback! Shoot me a direct message about that if you want, or you could also make a public post where you list some of your world building notes and ask what people think.
that’s a great idea! I feel a little shy about these ideas but I’d love to get some thoughts from slrpnk friends, especially since I’m trying to include a fair bit of anarchist theory and green ideas in there
Hell yeah! Sometimes writing is unpredictable, so I’m glad it eventually got back to you! Don’t bother too much about what you’re writing if you just want to get the rust off. My advice, if you want to skip all the worldbuilding part, is to start with a setting you already know, i.e. fanfiction of something you found cool or a spinoff of something you wrote long ago