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🎭 "I Am an Audience"—the gripping saga of a man who heroically conquers the monumental task of consuming media without actually producing anything. 🎬 Spoiler alert: After a marathon of indecision and #procrastination, his magnum opus remains a figment of his #imagination. 📚🤯
https://ratsfromrocks.substack.com/p/i-am-an-audience-first-and-foremost #IAmAnAudience #MediaConsumption #CreativeStruggles #HackerNews #ngated

🎮🌀 Oh, the tortured soul of a game designer, navigating the labyrinth of his own mind! Really, Davey, must you drag us through your existential crisis pixel by pixel? 🤔 Maybe next time, try #therapy instead of a joystick. 💡
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-game-designer-playing-through-his-own-psyche #gameDesign #existentialCrisis #gamingHumor #creativeStruggles #pixelArt #HackerNews #ngated

Edgar Allan Poe's life was a mess. But his work was in his command

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/03/13/edgar-allan-poe-biography-kopley-review/

#HackerNews #EdgarAllanPoe #LifeAndWork #Biography #LiteraryGenius #CreativeStruggles #MasterOfHorror

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Shares the Poetry That Revived Her Writing During ‘Dream Count’ https://shinemycrown.com/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-shares-the-poetry-that-revived-her-writing-during-dream-count/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ChimamandaNgoziAdichie #DreamCount #WritingCommunity #Poetry #CreativeStruggles

Going through the sinking feeling when your brilliant idea turns out to be not-so-brilliant after all. It stings 100%. Back to the drawing board. 💭💔 #ResearchFail #researcherlife #creativestruggles