My Mutuals Are The Best Writers !!!! They Write The Prettiest Poetry And Rhe Prettiest Stories And They

my mutuals are the best writers !!!! they write the prettiest poetry and rhe prettiest stories and they OWN their craft and their styles !!! are so unique and enchanting i want to DROWN in them

And we're doing this again

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Have I done this before? Yes. Will I do this again? Probably. But my old intro is terribly outdated, so here we are.

Q&A:

Who the hell are you?

Oleg, he/they, 18 as of spring 2022. Awkward mess, attempts to be funny, loves interacting with people even though you'd never guess by how fast he responds to messages. Proud father of multiple cats and dogs.

What the hell are you doing here?

Writing! Lots of WIPs, link to a comprehensive list of them here. Mostly fantasy, urban fantasy and sci-fi, and miscellaneous stuff with sci-fi/fantasy elements. Everything I write is queer, often featuring ND characters because I live vicariously through my stories. I like keeping a light, hopeful tone, with comedy and hopepunk elements being permanent in most of my work. I sometimes dabble in poetry, although I don't think I'm good at it.

Can I poke you with a stick?

Please do! Tag me in tag games, send asks, ramble about your WIPs and OCs at me. I might not always respond, but I'm always open to interactions!

The trick to leaving amazing comments on fanfic (if you’re nervous to comment/have nothing to say)

Sometimes, I see people who want to comment on fics, but are shy, nervous, or just don’t think they have anything to say. So, here’s the trick to low-effort but amazing comments:

- copy-paste your favourite line from the fic into your comment.

- add an emoji showing how it made you feel, or write what it made you think.

- That’s it. That’s the entire comment.

“But that’s so low-effort, won’t that disappoint the author?” Firstly: no, authors in general love any positive feedback. English teachers aren’t grading your comments. Authors will love that you bothered to say anything no matter what you say, so long as it isn’t mean. There’s no situation where this is a concern.

Secondly: authors love this kind of comment. It’s my favourite. It demonstrates that you engaged with the text, which s always super flattering, and additionally provides extremely useful data. We want to know what lines stood out to you the most, to be worth commenting on! We want to know what they made you feel or think! Again, this isn’t an English essay; pasting your favourite joke and attaching a laughing emoji is enough! This kind of data helps us improve as writers and demonstrates that our work made somebody think or feel something. It’s great.

So there’s the tip. If you want to comment, but have nothing to say, copy-paste your favourite line and add a reaction. Works every time.

Having a friend inspire a new WIP is like: you are my muse, my inspiration, you make me imagine entire worlds with ease, if you do this again I WILL bite-

It’s always “why did you go out in the storm” and “your soaking wet” and never How was the storm The storm looked fun was it fun