Guido Schmidt
@narkerns.bsky.social
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Author & Design Director @Rovio Check out my book “Game Design: Impossible” here: https://books2read.com/GameDesignImpossible
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I would love to, but ain’t nobody got time fo dat 🥲
Imo any emotion that comes from a place of true understanding.

For me writing has become a way to transform my own ghosts into something tangible. Give it purpose. Make it mean something.
I'm exploring character banter at the moment.

I'm on a quite serious story right now, but I need some levity as reprive while still staying in character and tone. Tricky stuff.
Book Progress - Wrapped up my last bits and pieces of notes, quotes, citations, and special thanks. Now we have to prepare the ARC: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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The only structure I had in mind rn was a “save the world” one. But aside from that, I’m whipping my MC through the plot on quite a high pace. :)
Man, yesterday something special happened while writing…

I sat with a ghost and did not realize it was mine until the page started crying.

What the…
I did not know writing could do this to you.
Yes, after much deliberation I finally got my motivation for the mid part of the book down.

Now my MC can step on the gas! Let’s f*ing gooo!
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That’s my mood most of the time tbh XD
I’m sad.

I killed off a comic relief side character in my story which I had grown to really like.
She was awesome, funny, and really jumped of the pages.

What characters did you kill of that you… sort of regretted? :)

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That’s the best kind of batshit 😎
Book Progress - Finished editing chapter 5 out of 5. Plus the epilogue. It was a good week and I got a lot of things done: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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Beta reader feedback on my fantasy story. Seems like I am on a decent path with this.

Especially when working on it actually *gives* me energy.

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Screenshot of a reader’s feedback comment saying: “My favorite parts of Mae were when she felt most human, like on page 45 with ‘She felt empty, in a way. Blank. As if her old life had been erased and not yet replaced by anything new’. I loved that raw, complex emotion and the void that it left. It made her feel like a real person.”
*me, writing my dark fantasy story*
My MC in the dark fantasy novel has lots of jobs. First servant girl, then camp follower, then mercenary soldier, eventually she becomes the leader of the mercenary band, then warlord and ultimately an inhuman force of nature that brings devastation to everyone XD
Wow, congrats. It’s encouraging to see that you can have some success with dark fantasy books tbh :)
Book Progress - Finished editing chapter 4 out of 5. Some big reworks in there, but we are getting there: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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You know what - writing is just so much fun! XD

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*takes notes*

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Well, now I’m going to get some feedback on my fantasy book. Super curious how I’m actually doing here, even though I know you have to take all feedback from beta readers with a grain of salt. 🤔
Book Progress - Editing chapter 4 out of 5. Giving my prose more space and (contrary to good practice) keeping the head-hopping mid-scenes: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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For all people being afraid to write their story “because the same idea already exists”:

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