My tweets

[the_gneech]

• Wed, 21:19: By “sweet cash” I assume you mean chocolate coins? https://t.co/HF9vL46P9y
• Wed, 21:20: RT @SomeEgrets: @the_gneech (EPILOGUE: the bird pooped on the money)
• Wed, 21:23: #UnpopularOpinion LucioBall had more replayability than Junkenstein’s Revenge. #Overwatch
• Thu, 07:33: RT @KestrelPi: To the tune of Eleanor Rigby: Dog in a trenchcoat Getting promoted at work but then sheds his disguise Canine surprise
• Thu, 07:40: RT @juicyfishtaco: Give this a read if you're dealing with grief. It helped me realize that I'm not alone in the way I feel. Thanks @patton…
• Thu, 08:08: RT @jaredsorensen: Indiana Jones was born in 1899 Harrison Ford is 74 The next Indiana Jones movie could take place in 1973 He could watch…
• Thu, 08:29: YOU HAD ONE JOB, @SarcasticRover! https://t.co/W7EnFbfwvA
• Thu, 08:46: Do you want to hear a medley of #MLPFIM songs played beautifully on harps? What a silly question. https://t.co/gE1uzqo15k Get to it!
• Thu, 08:50: “How to write women” is a perennial article topic. Interesting to see a “how to write men” one for a change. :) https://t.co/3ftLChLfus
• Thu, 08:57: RT @HistoryInPix: Rare pictures of Queen Elizabeth II serving in World War II. https://t.co/qKGu89aPxW

• Thu, 09:51: “The Funk is strong in this one.” -Smooth Vader https://t.co/A7SJRe91z7
• Thu, 09:52: RT @TiChall: @XydexxUnicorn https://t.co/EguIOOf746
• Thu, 09:59: I didn’t realize I needed this today until I called it up. Then I was like, “Duh, of course!” https://t.co/VXVWk3Ng7c
• Thu, 10:12: I did indeed know it when I heard it! Just not by name. ¬.¬ https://t.co/QlN5PgMaot
• Thu, 10:12: Since it seems to be #ThrowbackThursday… https://t.co/YYxxqrNPX3
• Thu, 11:34: RT @Biscuit_Tornado: somebody started shit-talking Dostoyevsky again https://t.co/N0e3Ayd71N
• Thu, 12:03: New? It’s been my business model for two years! Minus the talking part. https://t.co/fvfSafpjDB
• Thu, 12:03: RT @Owen_Stephens: The GM Says: "You don't SEE any traps." Players Hear: "I want you to think there's a trap... which there might be."
• Thu, 12:11: RT @tyrannojones: Sweet jesus do I want these: https://t.co/KIKxtPU1sA
• Thu, 12:11: RT @GailSimone: Ask me about my feminist agenda. https://t.co/Rmd5FegcEs

• Thu, 12:32: RT @LeVostreGC: I. Chewbacca WRRRRRRRRAAAARGH II. Chewbacca yn Middel Englisshe WRRRRRRRRAAAARGHE III. Chewbacca yn Olde Englisshe WR…
• Thu, 12:33: RT @Schwindter: QUICK SOMEONE IMMORTALIZE THIS VINE RIGHT NOW https://t.co/qqQMHiAatp
• Thu, 12:34: RT @mikemearls: It's pretty impressive that Twitter can have the most talked about social platform in a presidential election and still hem…
• Thu, 12:34: HEY, BETA READERS! New post in the usual spot. :) #AmWriting #werefox
• Thu, 12:43: RT @ericjstolze: TWITTER: WHY NO ADD USERS? EVERYONE: People don't want to enter a hot cauldron of unchecked hate speech? TWITTER: VINE NO…
• Thu, 12:59: It’s pretty broad interpretation of the term, but an interesting way to look at it. Pretty much any “received wisdo… https://t.co/CZWGKlpqSp
• Thu, 13:09: Well said. https://t.co/GG8OmFS1uz
• Thu, 13:09: RT @Shit_Pitches: Kim Kardashian is an archaeologist who finds an old Gameboy and incorrectly believes it is Cleopatra's mobile phone
• Thu, 13:21: I keep getting lost in the weeds when outlining. Intellectually I know “the first draft is supposed to be crap,” but… (c)
• Thu, 13:22: Emotionally I don’t want to invest a ton of blood sweat and tears into 60,000+ words that will just be thrown away in the next draft.

• Thu, 13:22: The net result is I don’t want to actually start writing until the story is really solid, and getting that down is the hardest part for me.
• Thu, 13:23: And with that bit of writerly wangst out of my system… off to the dentist. :P
• Thu, 15:55: RT @lasrina: @UrsulaV I will let anybody proselytize to me if and only if they are willing to throw the ball for the dogs for half an hour…
• Thu, 16:06: RT @KittyCalamities: Do these count as crunches? https://t.co/uO2rCyGCtp
• Thu, 16:45: RT @swear_trek: For @3illSweet: https://t.co/rLtBfytyvc

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Comments

[rowyn]

Did you find the "how to write men" bit useful? It seemed kind of cringe-inducing to me. c_c

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

"Useful" not really. Pretty standard "Mars/Venus" stuff. Just interesting that culturally, someone found it worth talking about, even if it generated cliché answers.

Given how "men" are so often considered the cultural default, I wouldn't expect "How do I unravel the mystery of man???" to be floated as a question most of the time. And I've never really noticed a woman not writing men perfectly well, even tho I've seen men who weren't able to convincingly write women.

-The Gneech

[rowyn]

Yeah, it's an interesting enough concept that it got me to click, but .... mmf. It'd be funny to see a parody of the "How To Write Strong Female Characters" trope. But as a serious subject, one ought to start with "How to write [gender] of [culture] and [time period] ". And the answer is less "men are generally like this" than "the character's culture will tell him he should generally be like this, and he will respond to these expectations in various conscious and unconscious ways, and as the author you should think about those intersections. Why does he conform? Why does he rebel?"

... maybe I will write this. n_n

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I approve of this plan!

-TG