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A reason to hate myself

Thu Oct 23, 2008, 1:44 PM
You know what truly bugs me? When I think of a fantastic idea, start working on it, develop it to originality, and then give up... I sometimes truly envy people that are talented and stubborn about their creations. At least they always seem to finish at lest one of their projects. I on the other hand keep torturing myself, hoping against hope that one of my many thoughts will see the world and be beloved by many. It's sad really: I do have refreshing ideas, some even brought to a form of perfection, yet every time I start working on one it ends up as a bunch of files in my hard drive or paper on my shelves. And to make things even worse my brain just won't leave it to rest! It continues developing both old and new stories, creating an illusion that I can pull it off if only I had back-up. Yeah right - been there, done that. Those who know how to produce would rather work on their own ideas then try and make someone else's dreams come true. Without some kind of stimulation (in most studios that is pay) people easily decide to quit. And so with team member leaving one by one soon I end up working alone again and later on give up myself. Thus another chapter of failure is added to my already overfilled collection...:sniff:

Maybe someday I'll find a public but for now its back to the state of utter defeat. In conclusion, the novel I was so fond of is stuck at 33 pages and while I know what's suppose to happen next I just can't seem to write it. Each word I write sounds wrong and a question keeps spinning in my head: "Why am I bothering? It's not like anyone will actually notice it - the wider public enjoy visual over textual all the time, from pictures to animated features. Man, I wish I could see it as a movie like I originally thought it as". I'm completely outdone by others, like a newbie fighting with a group of elites. All that's left for me now is to keep hitting my head against a wall trying to let go of those streaming ideas… I'm not having much luck with that either. Damn I hate my nil motivation – can't do anything with it!:depressed:


In hope of getting the strength to finish it, I’m posting what I’ve written so far on my web site (which I also never seem to construct… ) and I’ll provide a link below. I strongly encourage everyone to visit and read it (I promise it’s NOT some amateur story). It is about some specific lives in the town of Oak Leaf (made the place up – or did I?), love and trust, and how they change to better or to worse. It does feature one anthropomorphic element, but it just merges into the rest so nicely that this both is and isn’t a “furry” fiction. In fact, it’ll appear much later in the story then one might expect. Also, I suggest listening to "Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love" before reading since it was one of the main inspirations for the tale and may help you imagine a more visual experiance (my form was a film).
:film:

I won’t beg anybody to read this, that’s just too low. However I will ask you to take some time and go through my work, leave a few comments (in this post or send a note please) and if possible have fun. Heck, I’d appreciate any type of support!
:lonely:

Just remember that it might take a bit while I answer since my internet is rather prone to disconnection. Who knows? Maybe some encouragements help me end the story?

Pleasant reading and hope to hear from you!:thanks:

***Link to the story***


Tags: romance, crime, anthro, drama, philosophical, fiction with reality elements…

  • Mood: Isolated
  • Listening to: Magazin - Tri Sam Ti Zime Saptala Ime
  • Reading: William Shakespeare - Hamlet (Serbian translation)
  • Playing: Space Rangers 2
  • Drinking: "KNJAZ MILOS"

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:iconvuldari:
WOW ... this is SO much like where I am and how I feel right now that I could almost swear that "I" wrote this journal and am reading it back to myself.


--In Chronological order (to the best of my memory):--------------------------------

1994 - 2001:

* (Book) "A Dragons Tail"

* (Book) "White House, White Man, White Wolf"

* (Book) "Dagoon Earth" [Fan-Fiction]

2001-2004:

* (Graphic-Novel) "Dragon Ball B" [Fan-Fiction]

* (Book/Graphic-Novel) "Battle Dragon"

* (Book) "Project Ballome" (Pronounced "Bah-yo-may")

2004 - 2007:

* (Web-Comic) "Pack MENTALity"

2007 - 2008:

* (Web-Comic)"StarFox" (untitled project) [Fan-Fiction]

2008 - TODAY:

* (Book/Graphic Novel) "Tomes of Oscar County"

* (Web-Comic/Graphic Novel) "StarFox: Lylat R&D" [Fan-Fiction]

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All of the above titles are Creative Writing or other artistic projects which I spent YEARS developing into things that I THOUGHT I was exited about finalizing and turning into something awesome some day ... none of which ever reached any stage of actual "Completion" however.

(This does not even include the DOZENS of other ideas I've had in-between that I only thought about for a few weeks or months before moving on to something else. For example, my latest inspiration for a METROID Fan-Fiction called "Metroid Chozo: The Last War", or an original Retro-Themed VideoGame trilogy called the "White Night" series, or countless other original and/or Fan-Fiction ideas)

In the Cases of "Lylat R&D" and "Tomes of Oscar County", I am still working on developing both at the same time even now.

I never have any shortage of inspiration and ideas for what I would LIKE to do ... and I frequently feel that my favorite ideas have the potential to be really great if I did them right ... but for all my inspiration, I just don't seem to have the stubborn Will and Pro-Active Determination to actually transform these ideas from entire NOTEBOOKS full of brainstorming and story/character development (for EACH project), into actual COMPLETED Projects that are in any form fit for presentation.


I feel your PAIN "AlexVSharp" ... I feel your pain ...


I'll bookmark that link and maybe take a look at that story later.

--
*Please Forgive the occasional outbursts of my Inner Sage ... for he is oblivious to Sarcasm and not easily silenced.*
:iconalexvsharp:
Heh... I wish you were there to say that about a year ago... :forgiveme:
Still, guess time cures these kinds of things, at least to a certain degree.

Honestly? I would still love to see most of my work finished (fortunately my projects list hasn't expanded too much because I started merging more of my "smaller" ideas into some of my bigger, more original thoughts), but I also decided I will never again allow myself to get so depressed about it ever again.

These next lines just popped into my head all of a sudden. Think it's the way I'm looking at the problem now:
"Can't do it today, I'll do it when I can;
Can't do it later, not to worry: I'll do it eventually;
Can't do it at all? Well, then it's been practice for the next big thing I do finish!
I shall remember it in a happy memory and use it wisely"
(hmm... :cough: that almost sounds like a quote...)

Anyway, in my specific case I realised that my willpower largely depends on with who I'm working. Suppose that every time I actually worked with a motivated colleague/team of same interest (even better if we're close) I did finish something because we all kept each other's spirit up. When I solo the gaps between doing something are rather large, but I guess some progress does exist - when inspiration is fun something is done. My new problem is that nowadays I don't have anyone to cooperate with, yet it looks like my luck may change in the next year, least I hope so...
:teamwork:

Other than that, I really appreciate you replying in this journal, even if it is a year old. Made me think about some things. Hope the "unfinished" story'll be enjoyable, meet your expectations, and that it WILL help you complete your own brainstorms. :thanks:

We'll both get there one way or the other. Guess I should post a new journal entry one of these days. Probably make a linked list of all of my own creations...
:sleep: ...yeah, perhaps I will do just that! :idea:
:iconvuldari:
LoL ... I ended up on your page because you :+fav:ed something of mine I believe, and I automatically assumed your account was active enough to have new journals and didn't bother to look at the date on that.

I did a great deal of that "Combining" of ideas over the years as well. For example, the Fan-Fiction "DragonBall B", was re-imagined into the more original "Battle Dragon", and later was combined with ideas from "White House/Man/Wolf" and "Dagoon Earth", along with a stand-alone character that I never created an expanded universe for and all together it became "Project Ballome", which I quickly realized had a lot more potential together than separately.

I may one day revive that project, with the lame and mostly unlikable character "Ballome" (who is NOT the Stand-Alone character I was talking about), removed and the overall story refined.

Likewise, "Pack MENTAL(ity)" eventually evolved into "Tomes of Oscar County", after combining it with another silly idea I had about a character called "The Knight Maid", and it snowballed from there.

Likewise, my favorite ideas and elements from my older StarFox Fan-Fiction were recycled into my completely re-written, exponentially better newer story in the same theme, after abandoning the original project and coming back to it again later.

[In case you are wondering why I would waste my time as a 28 year old man writing a Fan-Fiction about a videogame, It was an old StarFox Comic-Book that was printed in NintendoPower magazine back in 1992 that originally inspired me to get into the anthro genre to begin with, as well as driving my art style (plus it is my favorite game EVER), so I still feel a desire to pay homage to that source of inspiration in some way before moving forward with my other creative endeavors, such as "...Oscar County".]


I'm sorry I didn't stumble across your page much sooner. I know a kind word at the right time can sometimes make all the difference.


I think you are right though ... if I could find someone close to me to work on some of these projects WITH, I'd probably find myself a great deal more motivated and make much swifter progress.

I'll take that as a bit of good advice.


Best of luck to you wherever you go and whatever you do from here on out.

~ Joseph (aka Vuldari)

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*Please Forgive the occasional outbursts of my Inner Sage ... for he is oblivious to Sarcasm and not easily silenced.*

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