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Mine are complete fantasy and take place in other worlds + don't involve me at all. A lot of my daydreams are worldbuilding or exploring 'interesting' scenarios

by Mezzie 3y ago

Mine are complete fantasy and take place in other worlds + don't involve me at all. A lot of my daydreams are worldbuilding or exploring 'interesting' scenarios/situations that characters would end up in. Not really a good way to turn those into real life goals. I have a really shitty internal sense of self, though.

scottyah 3y ago
You could become an author, and at least get paid to dwell in those worlds
- narag 3y ago
  Or not. Tension is a key ingredient of fiction that people pays for. If you're imagining a world to flee from reality it could be very bland and unrealistic.
  - wobbly_bush 3y ago
    There is LitRPG genre in which tension is not as key an ingredient. Also, there can be consumers of the writeup who don't particularly "buy" a book - so the writeup doesn't have to follow a typical book structure.
- Mezzie 3y ago
  I've actually gotten paid for fiction writing before! I'm a good writer, but I despise marketing/branding and also really dislike doing creative work on a deadline/for a living. (It's the same reason I'm not a SWE actually because programming is a creative task for me.)
wobbly_bush 3y ago
If they don't involve you at all, perhaps you can convert it into a LitRPG novel - something like CivCEO [1] [1] https://www.amazon.com/CivCEO-Lit-Accidental-Champion-Book-ebook/dp/B07YRTVLMZ https://www.amazon.com/CivCEO-Lit-Accidental-Champion-Book-e...
daydream1111 3y ago
I’ve had this all my life; and I didn’t know what it was until I came across a magazine article mentioning Eli Somer’s research on the topic. And I was amazed it discover that there were many people experiencing this around the world. Most of my daydreams are world-building too, over time I’ve “built” cities, countries, continents, governments in my dream ecosystem. Like playing SimCity with daydreams.
- Mezzie 3y ago
  Right? I spent decades thinking I was the only one. > Most of my daydreams are world-building too, over time I’ve “built” cities, countries, continents, governments in my dream ecosystem. Like playing SimCity with daydreams. Yeeeaaah, there's a lot of geology and fictional politics in my maladaptive daydreaming.

by Mezzie 3y ago

scottyah 3y ago

You could become an author, and at least get paid to dwell in those worlds

narag 3y ago
Or not. Tension is a key ingredient of fiction that people pays for. If you're imagining a world to flee from reality it could be very bland and unrealistic.
- wobbly_bush 3y ago
  There is LitRPG genre in which tension is not as key an ingredient. Also, there can be consumers of the writeup who don't particularly "buy" a book - so the writeup doesn't have to follow a typical book structure.
Mezzie 3y ago
I've actually gotten paid for fiction writing before! I'm a good writer, but I despise marketing/branding and also really dislike doing creative work on a deadline/for a living. (It's the same reason I'm not a SWE actually because programming is a creative task for me.)

wobbly_bush 3y ago

If they don't involve you at all, perhaps you can convert it into a LitRPG novel - something like CivCEO [1] [1] https://www.amazon.com/CivCEO-Lit-Accidental-Champion-Book-ebook/dp/B07YRTVLMZ https://www.amazon.com/CivCEO-Lit-Accidental-Champion-Book-e...

daydream1111 3y ago

I’ve had this all my life; and I didn’t know what it was until I came across a magazine article mentioning Eli Somer’s research on the topic. And I was amazed it discover that there were many people experiencing this around the world. Most of my daydreams are world-building too, over time I’ve “built” cities, countries, continents, governments in my dream ecosystem. Like playing SimCity with daydreams.

Mezzie 3y ago
Right? I spent decades thinking I was the only one. > Most of my daydreams are world-building too, over time I’ve “built” cities, countries, continents, governments in my dream ecosystem. Like playing SimCity with daydreams. Yeeeaaah, there's a lot of geology and fictional politics in my maladaptive daydreaming.