Well, it's been a pretty crazy week for me on Sheezy. Talked to a bunch of people, stressed a lot over my writing, but I came out stronger. I've never put out my content publicly, so it was pretty tricky, but I've found my flow. The things I write about are all really niche, so I don't expect an audience or consistent readers yet, but that's okay. All that comes with time, and I'm confident enough in the stuff I make to know it'll happen at some point.
As for new content, it'll be much slower. I have a one shot I want to finish by the end of the year, then comes the GIANT introductory episodes I want to do for my mecha series, Operation G/G. After that, I think I'll focus on fic stuff, and the smaller scale original stories. These are all plans though, and only time will tell if they pan out accordingly. (Hint, hint, probably not.)
Thanks to everyone who offered advice during my crashout the other day, it was really helpful. I don't think too many people will see this, but to all who read this, I hope you have a great day, and I'd appreciate it if you gave some of my stuff a go!
I've been practicing writing for a while. Back to before I was barely even a tween doing cringe RPs, to the more serious solo stuff I do now. However, none of it has been public. I don't know how to deal with people seeing my old work, the idea makes me cringe. Seeing people so flippantly post things that are several months, even YEARS old is so shocking to me. I'm struggling to share things that are even a couple of months old.
I guess the hard thing for me is as opposed to singular art pieces, I'm trying to build larger stories. A lot of what I have written in private are small building blocks and scenes of a larger story, so to some extent sharing it is like sharing a huge WIP chunk for a story I will eventually be sharing in the future. You also just can't release WIP stories in the same way you can drawn art... It is very frustrating.
I can't just rewrite everything I've ever done, though. It's impractical, and pointless. At some point I have to just move on. Maybe I should focus less on building up a gallery of stuff I've done, and just post new stuff as I make it. It's hard, I've never done this before, but at least my path forward is becoming clearer. Any advice and experiences on similar struggles would be nice, it's lowkey tearing me apart and I feel a crashout coming.
Boy, I don't even know what to say. This site is giving me a ton of feelings, it's like what DeviantArt was when I was a kid. Of course, that's nearly everyone's experience. The fun part for me is I never actually got to experience DA when I was younger, I was a mere observer. Being able to participate in a space that was made for artists, by artists... It's something else. Having my own bubble away from social media, in my own weird corner. It's magical. It's what the internet used to be, and still can be. There's so many ideas I want to execute on that have lied dormant in my head for a while, and I can't wait to share them with everyone. The only problem is that I don't know how to gather them all properly. The woes of being ND. 😭
I sincerely doubt anyone will read this, but if you do, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!!! It has been lovely seeing everyone's EPIC art and I look forward to being a part of this community. :DDDDDDDDDD