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  • I don't know if I'm the only one, but I'm really having a hard time putting my mind to writing my 'Shroom sections because of the warm weather and my constantly flaring mental health issues. Does anyone else have that problem too?
    Super Bad Mario
    Super Bad Mario
    I have the mental health issues, but the weather is…acceptable.
    I'm not feeling in the highest of spirits at the moment. For a while now, I've been feeling doubtful about my ability to write anything, in the sense that I feel that some of my friends are better at writing than I'll ever be. I don't like feeling like this and I don't know how I'm going to stop feeling like this.
    Waluigi Time
    Waluigi Time
    The most important thing is that you're happy with what you make and that you enjoy making it. Comparing your work to other people's and judging it on that merit is a big pitfall that's best avoided. Obviously, there's nothing wrong with looking at your own work critically, thinking about what could be improved, and taking the steps to do that, and using other work that you enjoy as a guide to how you might do that. But really in anything in life you can almost definitely find someone with more experience and skill if you look for them (by definition, very few people are the "best"!), so you shouldn't get caught up in that. It's better to focus on what you personally get out of it.
    Wallace Ulysses
    Wallace Ulysses
    I'll do my best to keep that in mind, WT. Thanks for the words of wisdom.
    I won't be uploading a new question in my Random question of the day thread today and maybe tomorrow because I cross-post my daily questions to RPNation, and RPNation is down for maintenance in the next two days. I apologize for the inconvenience.
    Gosh, my week has been off to a rough start so far...Yesterday I was felled by spring fatigue, and last night my dorm counselor had to abruptly leave because of some business she didn't specify about, and this morning, I'm just feeling out of it in the aftermath of what happened last night...Hopefully my week will start turning around for the better, because if it doesn't, I better prepare my inner strength for the trials of life that are to come...
    You know, once my workload allows for it, I would like to try and write a bimonthly section for Critic Corner, but I'm not really sure what I should review in that section. Should I review games? Movies? TV shows? Comics? Food? I'm in a bit of a tailspin on that end.
    Waluigi Time
    Waluigi Time
    As someone who was in the same boat of wanting to write more for CC but not really knowing what to actually review until pretty recently, what I've done to get more into that is write a one-off review once I beat a game. You could just look at the stuff you're engaging with in general and write about any of that if you think it would be interesting. You don't even have to commit to the same topics for every review even on a scheduled section, Rose's Quarantine Reviews which ran a while back was all about reviewing just whatever and even Half-Baked Reviews did different things from issue to issue before settling into the food niche it has now.
    Wallace Ulysses
    Wallace Ulysses
    Thanks for the advice, guys. I'll do my best to incorporate it if I do plan on writing for Critic Corner.
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    Kong Rong
    Kong Rong
    You can always just do a general review section where you just review what ever you like!
    I managed to finish reading all of this month's issue of The 'Shroom! A job well done to all writers, and thank you to Waluigi Time for highlighting my 30 Fake News section milestone in 'Shroom Report! And of course thanks to anyone who reached out to me in DMs to offer me words of appreciation for the work I do for The 'Shroom! It makes me happy to see that my passion for the newspaper is being met with positive reception!
    Be sure to check the Fake News and Palette Swap teams in this month's issue of The 'Shroom! Waluigi Time has an unfortunate announcement regarding Sport Report, I go see one of the sweetest chefs to make a really sweet dessert, and my reporter persona and his band of athletes venture further into the Dark Lands to save the Annual Mushroom World Games!
    Is it bad that I've only managed to read half of Issue 204 of The 'Shroom so far? I've been meaning to read Pipe Plaza, Critic Corner and Strategy Wing for the past two weeks, but due to fatigue caused by my meds, I've been unable to do read it.