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ArjinFerman  Tinfoil Gigachad  8d ago (text post)   375 thread views

Tinker Tuesday for April 1, 2025

This thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers.

Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.

If you want to be pinged with a reminder asking about your project, let me know, and I'll harass you each week until you cancel the service

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I've been sick since the 19th so haven't made much progress on my NaNoWriMo project (the organisation itself is now shutting down, so I completed it just in the nick of time). This afternoon was the first time I've done any writing in two weeks, and I crossed the 80k mark at lunchtime. I'm sick of the sight of this thing, and just want to finish a first draft ASAP so it won't be hanging over me every waking minute.

It's funny you mentioned this. Today was the first time I thought about the novel I wrote in 2010's edition of this thing. I was talking to a friend about it today telling her I should get around to editing the dang thing already.

The weird thing is I have very little recollection of the story I wrote back then -- the whole thing was a blur! I asked AI to give me some suggestions today and it's talking about stuff that, again, I wrote myself, I have no memory of. Maybe I should just read it first. lol

I'm sad to see it go... I'm aware of the controversy, but the idea itself is cool

Is your novel 50,000 words long, or longer?

Yes it is! But just barely. 50,099 counts.

Post editing, I'm sure it's going to gain some weight.

If you're looking for beta readers, feel free to shoot me a DM.

I appreciate it... Let me take a pass through it again first. While I don't think AI is the be-all end-all, I agree with the conclusions it has on my manuscript:

  1. Restructure Act 1 to introduce the main conflict earlier
  2. Deepen Francis' character with clearer goals and internal conflict
  3. Develop the foundation for Francis and Laily's relationship more gradually
  4. Expand the climax and resolution for a more satisfying conclusion
  5. Create more complex, three-dimensional antagonists

And this is just what it considered "highest priority."

Of course this is what you get when you get a non-writer like me writing something. I didn't even have a full plot in my head before I started writing. I only got a vague idea about the actual ending in the last week. So all the criticism I got from the machine is warranted in my eyes.

I'm having precisely the opposite problem, this shit is way too fucking long.

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