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It does! honestly, I don't think I would have been able to finish catching up this month if not for that. I'm so happy ~ :blob_aww:

Haha, and yet, I always sit here and beat myself up over not having done enough. Is that toxic productivity yet? Or me simply not doing a good job as a self-employed writing person with a short attention span? :sweat_smile: But I guess you might still win that bet, Ben :blobrofl:

If the context makes it clear that they mean something else, that's not what I am talking about at all. I am only referring to people who are trying to judge the effort put into a story based on the story itself.

Sure, we might put more effort into some stories compared to others but there is no story that is written with no effort at all as far as I'm concerned. We still had to come up with it and type it, after all. A no-effort story is a plagiarized one you copied somewhere and even that one had...

You totally don't have to agree with this, btw. As I said, it's a personal pet peeve of mine because I tend to think that there is effort put into any story simply by us sitting down and taking the time to write it.

The golden rule of judging stories is to judge the actual story, not the author. Saying "there was no effort put into this" is, in my eyes, judging the perceived lack of effort on the author's part and not the story. If somebody wants to judge the story, they'd have to say what they deem...

Same with any other part: Maybe they like a certain trope even if a reader thinks it is overdone. Maybe they are even trying to make a point with having a certain type of character in the story even if readers dislike that character type or think it's flat. But none of that says anything about...

The quality of a story comes from a lot of places: grammar, writing style, characters and their constellation, world-building, plot etc. Different authors struggle with different parts of this and excel in others. So if, for example, the grammar is atrocious, that doesn't mean the author didn't...

Okay, I feel like I need to explain why I have a problem with this specific phrasing: You can absolutely dislike a story, think it's bad, and also say so. But "effort", to me, implies something else. Mentioning effort or a lack thereof implies the author didn't work hard when readers simply have...

Of course, it can be true in the sense that an author might not have tried to do their absolute best on a story. But I dislike this assumption that just because somebody thinks a story isn't good, it was done without any effort. That's what I mean.

No, it's more that I don't want to disturb everyone else. Like, I also wouldn't talk loudly while somebody is sleeping next door so not dictating is kind of the same. But yeah, anyway, I'm also happy with how it is for the time being. I guess when I manage to get used to this app, maybe I can...

Ah, I tried that too but I often have trouble keeping to the timing since some of my planning has to depend on the other people in the house. Like, I don't wanna dictate chapters while somebody sleeps one room over or have to plan in time to make lunch for everyone. So I kind of need something...

They really do! It's also just super motivating to look at them :blob_aww: You do need the right one though. I've done them on paper before and tried some stuff online but it didn't stick. Now, I'm trying with an app and it works so much better for me ~

I did :blob_melt:

I only have one question: Are his deceased status and his being subject to forum violence related? Because if yes, maybe I should be worried :blob_blank: