06-28-2019, 02:00 PM
I don't know how to convey this to you in way that you'll interface with, but I don't want binary answers or "I like dogs" or anything of this nature. I'm not looking for pure data. And I have no use for hundreds of simplistic forum/imageboard style posts. I'm looking for something of literary value, exhaustive personal accounts that convey emotion and feel authentic. I don't even need large amounts of people, sample size of six or ten is fine. To be honest, I'd be happy with even just four. I just need stuff that matches the style of my writing and has certain weight to it.
If it's just data, I might as well be making it up. It's empty stats without any evidence or study to back them up. That's worthless on all levels for a book. Exactly the same as random posting in random threads on the internet. I need detailed anonymous individual accounts, which clearly exhibit a writing style different from my own and come across as raw and real, because they are. And yes, this takes efforts - it means the person in question has to sit down and spend maybe an hour or two writing something down and thinking it over, reminiscing, pondering. I don't expect most people to want to put the effort in and I don't expect plenty of them to be able to do it at all in a way, which is graceful enough to be worthwhile.
It's just that you all seem to be missing the point, perhaps because you assume malice in me. But let's be honest about this, there is literally nothing I can do to make you trust me, because there is no objective way, in which I can prove that my intent is benign. If i delay my work and spend a year on this forum posting every day, there will no doubt still be someone, who'll call me a fed looking to bust people once I start asking people for information. The paranoia in these circles in strong, I'm aware of it and I can't do anything about it.
Everything else that is being mentioned is in my introductory thread, I've nothing else to give you because I literally have nothing else. I'm sorry, but you can't expect me to post my manuscript here. If I post one chapter of it, you'll call it a fake bait. If I post all of it, I'm setting myself up. But if I do end up publishing - or rather when - I'll be sure to post a link here. That's all I can promise.
