I'm actually not downplaying it. I'm subverting the colloquial imagination of what a 'serious' writer is.
From my perspective I'm serious about it because i do it everyday in a non mechanistic way. Well some days it is mechanistic. But most days it's not.
In the past, when i didn't feel like doing it non-mechanistically, I would actually convince myself via motivation (streak for example) to do it anyways.
Nowadays when i don't feel like doing it except for a mechanistic reason i simply don't do it. You'll see that there's gaps in my
streak
calendar. That's the reason.
"co-writing" with another friend just makes it more fun. The focus isn't the literal writing anymore. It becomes more akin to a video game or a chat. Just happens that the game's rules aren't leveling up your character and going up a skill tree... or sending memes to each other on SMS/telegram/etc. Instead it's creating a world and exploring characters together.
Broke my
streak
this week because one evening I began watching the film
Heat
, which
therealbrandonwilson
once vouched for. I wasn't expecting such a long movie. I only got halfway through and it was my
bedtime
. The second half would need...
