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- Jack Of Blades
I got into writing through some AI generators. I tried so hard to get them to spit out what I want, eventually I intervened and started writing myself.
However, I found that my brain may be a bit too fried by all the easy-dopamine sources in my life.
I really enjoyed coming up with the characters, their backgrounds, relations, significant events, etc. But when it came down to actually writing chapters I got frustrated and stopped. I still want to go back to expanding on what I already created, but haven't found the motivation yet.
I think one of the reasons that I haven't been able to continue is the fact that I don't want to end up writing a story that doesn't translate well into an adult game. It almost feels like a waste to write like a novel, instead of a screenplay. But since I'm not actively developing a game yet, it's hard to predict what would work and what wouldn't.
Yeah... getting the outline is the fun part, but making everything coherent can actually be work.
Like making a game and then going "Not another array..."
AI may help, but overall it will only limit you, because sooner or later you will make yourself too dependent on it.
Well, let's take a step away from making a game, just stay on the story part.
If you are new to this, don't try to do too much, no one will write Lord of the Rings on their first try. Start small, write short stories. Maybe even just scenes. Don't make it too complicated, easy situations with simple outcome. After all, it's a learning process.
Maybe the way you write is too cumbersome or complicated for your current level, change it up into something simple, nothing wrong with that.
Or try to make a rough sketch of a scene and then add the details.
Simple version:
Tom enters his room, he sees his stepsiter sitting on his bed, waiting for him. A bit annoyed he asks her what she wants.
It turnes out she is lacking a bit of money for a new outfit for the party next week and she wants to borrow some from him.
He jokes "Sure, give me a blowjob and I give you the money."
She looks at him and seems to be pondering, "Really? A blowjob and you give me the money? Deal!"
Worked out version:
It has been a long day for Tom, football training was demanding again today, after all the next game is against the champions.
He entered his room, mentaly ready for a nice wank for stress relief, as he notices someone sitting on his bed. It was his stepsister Amy, legs crossed and cell phone in hand, obviously waiting for him.
Although their relationship isn't bad, he's still quite exhausted and has little desire to deal with whatever problems she has. He sighs, because she doesn't look like it's all that urgent. "What is it now, Amy?"
She seems to have noticed his irritation, but she won't let this discouraged her. However, she wants to make this short, to not make him any more annoyed. "You know about the big party Stacy is throwing next weekend. Unfortunately, I don't have the right clothes for it." She looks friendly but not urgent. "I'd like to buy some new ones, but my spending budget is a bit tight."
He sighs audibly. This isn't the first time she borrowed money, but to her credit, she always paid it back on time. But it is still annoying how she always comes to him for money, she never asks their mom or her dad.
She gives him a friendly and sweet look, as if this would influence his decision. He actually wants them out as quickly as possible because he wants to have a wank after all.
"Sure." he says his mind deep in fantasy. "If you dare to suck my cock, I'll lend you the money."
He was about to add "This is a joke" the moment he realizes what garbage he is talking, but he can clearly tell from her expression that she actually seems to be thinking about this.
"A blowjob?" She says, a slight blush on her cheeks. "And you will give me the money? Deal!"
As you can see both versions work. (I got a bit lazy at the end, english is not my native language and writing something like that in it can be tiresome... I even switches the tenses... )
It is important to get things done, having a whole ass story with chapters and chapters is a huge mental obstacle.
Once you finished your small story/scene, you might get that nice dopamine rush, because your brain basically tells you "Well done!".
Making short stories is a good way to check if this is even something for you in the first place. Not everybody is meant to write stories, make a game or do art. Figuring this out is essential.
Also don't worry writing a novel, you can always cut it down to a sceenplay. The novel is the baseline you can always come back to if the screenplay doesn't work out for some reason. Cut out everything that cannot be told by simply showing or that has to be a dialog.
Yeah... getting the outline is the fun part, but making everything coherent can actually be work.
Like making a game and then going "Not another array..."
AI may help, but overall it will only limit you, because sooner or later you will make yourself too dependent on it.
Well, let's take a step away from making a game, just stay on the story part.
If you are new to this, don't try to do too much, no one will write Lord of the Rings on their first try. Start small, write short stories. Maybe even just scenes. Don't make it too complicated, easy situations with simple outcome. After all, it's a learning process.
Maybe the way you write is too cumbersome or complicated for your current level, change it up into something simple, nothing wrong with that.
Or try to make a rough sketch of a scene and then add the details.
Simple version:
Tom enters his room, he sees his stepsiter sitting on his bed, waiting for him. A bit annoyed he asks her what she wants.
It turnes out she is lacking a bit of money for a new outfit for the party next week and she wants to borrow some from him.
He jokes "Sure, give me a blowjob and I give you the money."
She looks at him and seems to be pondering, "Really? A blowjob and you give me the money? Deal!"
Worked out version:
It has been a long day for Tom, football training was demanding again today, after all the next game is against the champions.
He entered his room, mentaly ready for a nice wank for stress relief, as he notices someone sitting on his bed. It was his stepsister Amy, legs crossed and cell phone in hand, obviously waiting for him.
Although their relationship isn't bad, he's still quite exhausted and has little desire to deal with whatever problems she has. He sighs, because she doesn't look like it's all that urgent. "What is it now, Amy?"
She seems to have noticed his irritation, but she won't let this discouraged her. However, she wants to make this short, to not make him any more annoyed. "You know about the big party Stacy is throwing next weekend. Unfortunately, I don't have the right clothes for it." She looks friendly but not urgent. "I'd like to buy some new ones, but my spending budget is a bit tight."
He sighs audibly. This isn't the first time she borrowed money, but to her credit, she always paid it back on time. But it is still annoying how she always comes to him for money, she never asks their mom or her dad.
She gives him a friendly and sweet look, as if this would influence his decision. He actually wants them out as quickly as possible because he wants to have a wank after all.
"Sure." he says his mind deep in fantasy. "If you dare to suck my cock, I'll lend you the money."
He was about to add "This is a joke" the moment he realizes what garbage he is talking, but he can clearly tell from her expression that she actually seems to be thinking about this.
"A blowjob?" She says, a slight blush on her cheeks. "And you will give me the money? Deal!"
As you can see both versions work. (I got a bit lazy at the end, english is not my native language and writing something like that in it can be tiresome... I even switches the tenses... )
It is important to get things done, having a whole ass story with chapters and chapters is a huge mental obstacle.
Once you finished your small story/scene, you might get that nice dopamine rush, because your brain basically tells you "Well done!".
Making short stories is a good way to check if this is even something for you in the first place. Not everybody is meant to write stories, make a game or do art. Figuring this out is essential.
Also don't worry writing a novel, you can always cut it down to a sceenplay. The novel is the baseline you can always come back to if the screenplay doesn't work out for some reason. Cut out everything that cannot be told by simply showing or that has to be a dialog.
Thanks for the lengthy advice, pleasantly surprised to see such a fleshed-out response. I'll definitely try the sketching out then adding details method. My main drive for writing, or creating art in general is the fact that I'm very neurotic and I often think that I could do it better when I come across a detail that I don't like in an art piece , a fool's thoughts perhaps, but at least it pushes me towards "productivity".
Thanks for the lengthy advice, pleasantly surprised to see such a fleshed-out response. I'll definitely try the sketching out then adding details method. My main drive for writing, or creating art in general is the fact that I'm very neurotic and I often think that I could do it better when I come across a detail that I don't like in an art piece , a fool's thoughts perhaps, but at least it pushes me towards "productivity".
The adding details method can be easy for beginners, but you might end up adding too much or it may become incoherent, especially if you add stuff in "waves", a nudge here a fix there. So keep this in mind and read over it from time to time.
What also helps to prevent this problem is to let the text passage run through a text2speak software. It will read it to you and you can pretty easy spot stuff that won't match up.
But, this can be pretty time consuming and is probably only really good for special cases where you go "This doesn't look right?", or for the beginning of trying out that method to get the hang of it.
Yes. Published a few short stories years back. Wrote a few academic papers too and was reviewed and given an award for a paper on psychology and the Holocaust. Minored in creative writing at uni as well as having a mother with graduate degree in literature who helped me.
That said. Writing is hard. Very hard. Breaking out is almost impossible despite all the resources. AI, in my experience, is pretty limited right now. There are services that can help - none are even close to being truly helpful in the most critical aspects of weaving a story. I can usually pick out the papers that depended too much on AI. There are telltale signs all over the place in the writing structure and plot development that most can spot once they know what to look for.
Stephen King once commented that if you cannot sit down and write a passable draft on the first try, you shouldn't be a writer. He has softened a little since then, but I bet he still believes it. Crafting, in words, an entire scene in profound simplicity is, for most, beyond their capability. That is the honest truth. What is also true is, the people who win are also the people with the greatest tenacity. Take that as you will.
My only advice would be this; write your entire story, then concentrate on symbology. Visual pictures only really work when you master the latter, but to get there you must travel the entire experience.
I've written a handful of short works, some as just bare outlines, while others are more detailed short stories. I've also had habit of sometimes writing short continuations of stories that I find good. Sometimes that's just expanding on a non-lewd part that I thought could use some development or writing an alternate ending. All unpublished of course, but I find just writing that kind of stuff out helps to focus my thoughts on a a story.
I work purely off of inspiration anyways, so I don't think my way of composing could ever translate to an actual sustained output needed to be a "writer".
Yeah... getting the outline is the fun part, but making everything coherent can actually be work.
Like making a game and then going "Not another array..."
AI may help, but overall it will only limit you, because sooner or later you will make yourself too dependent on it.
Well, let's take a step away from making a game, just stay on the story part.
If you are new to this, don't try to do too much, no one will write Lord of the Rings on their first try. Start small, write short stories. Maybe even just scenes. Don't make it too complicated, easy situations with simple outcome. After all, it's a learning process.
Maybe the way you write is too cumbersome or complicated for your current level, change it up into something simple, nothing wrong with that.
Or try to make a rough sketch of a scene and then add the details.
Simple version:
Tom enters his room, he sees his stepsiter sitting on his bed, waiting for him. A bit annoyed he asks her what she wants.
It turnes out she is lacking a bit of money for a new outfit for the party next week and she wants to borrow some from him.
He jokes "Sure, give me a blowjob and I give you the money."
She looks at him and seems to be pondering, "Really? A blowjob and you give me the money? Deal!"
Worked out version:
It has been a long day for Tom, football training was demanding again today, after all the next game is against the champions.
He entered his room, mentaly ready for a nice wank for stress relief, as he notices someone sitting on his bed. It was his stepsister Amy, legs crossed and cell phone in hand, obviously waiting for him.
Although their relationship isn't bad, he's still quite exhausted and has little desire to deal with whatever problems she has. He sighs, because she doesn't look like it's all that urgent. "What is it now, Amy?"
She seems to have noticed his irritation, but she won't let this discouraged her. However, she wants to make this short, to not make him any more annoyed. "You know about the big party Stacy is throwing next weekend. Unfortunately, I don't have the right clothes for it." She looks friendly but not urgent. "I'd like to buy some new ones, but my spending budget is a bit tight."
He sighs audibly. This isn't the first time she borrowed money, but to her credit, she always paid it back on time. But it is still annoying how she always comes to him for money, she never asks their mom or her dad.
She gives him a friendly and sweet look, as if this would influence his decision. He actually wants them out as quickly as possible because he wants to have a wank after all.
"Sure." he says his mind deep in fantasy. "If you dare to suck my cock, I'll lend you the money."
He was about to add "This is a joke" the moment he realizes what garbage he is talking, but he can clearly tell from her expression that she actually seems to be thinking about this.
"A blowjob?" She says, a slight blush on her cheeks. "And you will give me the money? Deal!"
As you can see both versions work. (I got a bit lazy at the end, english is not my native language and writing something like that in it can be tiresome... I even switches the tenses... )
It is important to get things done, having a whole ass story with chapters and chapters is a huge mental obstacle.
Once you finished your small story/scene, you might get that nice dopamine rush, because your brain basically tells you "Well done!".
Making short stories is a good way to check if this is even something for you in the first place. Not everybody is meant to write stories, make a game or do art. Figuring this out is essential.
Also don't worry writing a novel, you can always cut it down to a sceenplay. The novel is the baseline you can always come back to if the screenplay doesn't work out for some reason. Cut out everything that cannot be told by simply showing or that has to be a dialog.
I've had ideas for potential adult VNs but I've never actually written any literature outside of school assignments. It definitely sounds like a fun project to take on as long as I recognize my limits
Believe me, I would love to have it made that way.
But I wanted to keep it short, and that wouldn't have been enough to write a halfway "believable" incest story.
A stepsister who is open to a casual blowjob without any prior "spark" is much more plausible than a blood-related sister.
Tom looked surpirsed. "What? Really?"
He can't help but get an erection from the mere thought of Amy giving him a blowjob.
But then the door swings open and his biological mother stands in the room, her pretty face visibly annoyed. "What's that I hear? I've been offering to relieve you sexually for years, but you've always blocked it, saying 'incest is not for you'."
Tom turns white and Amy beet red because of this confession.
"And then, just when you get a little sister you want fakecest?" With gentle force, she pushes her son onto his bed and tears open her blouse so that her full breasts pop out. With a skillful grip, she opens his pants before Tom or Amy can do anything and grabs the full hardness of her own son. That's when she looks at her stepdaughter. "Watch and learn, mommy shows her son how much she loves him!"
I got into writing through some AI generators. I tried so hard to get them to spit out what I want, eventually I intervened and started writing myself.
However, I found that my brain may be a bit too fried by all the easy-dopamine sources in my life.
I really enjoyed coming up with the characters, their backgrounds, relations, significant events, etc. But when it came down to actually writing chapters I got frustrated and stopped. I still want to go back to expanding on what I already created, but haven't found the motivation yet.
I think one of the reasons that I haven't been able to continue is the fact that I don't want to end up writing a story that doesn't translate well into an adult game. It almost feels like a waste to write like a novel, instead of a screenplay. But since I'm not actively developing a game yet, it's hard to predict what would work and what wouldn't.
I tried, once in college, but I didn't have any real experience to draw upon to fuel the stories so it was all pretty bad.
I might try again tho, since its been almost a decade.
Makes sense to me, the step-sister doesn't have that lifelong mental block on finding him attractive. He's just some guy attached to the person her parent married.
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