Ave [Korean American & She/her]

Ave [Korean American & she/her]

uni student suffering

love YA + contemporary romance & mythological fantasy stories!!!

drabble & fanfic writer, but my main projects are original wips

a romanticist by HEART.

i say i'm a plotter, but i write an outline and never follow it, uhhh

.・。.・゜ ✫ ・.・✫・゜・。.

current wips -> project: princess bari

[currently outlining] korean mythology-fantasy story where the abandoned princess ventures to the depths of hell to attain a cure for the ill king, stealing her betrothed dragon prince's pearl along the way.

.・。.・゜ ✫ ・.・✫・゜・。.

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PLEASEEEEEEE

*chat giving height*

*Ladybug thinking* "Don't lie to me. You have to be taller."

THE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE INSULTS

Vesperia, to Ladybug: In your opinion, what's the height of stupidity?

Ladybug: *turning to Chat Noir* how tall are you?

YEEESSS

I think you polish it until what you really have to say is ready, you know? Like until you gave it your all. No works of art are ever perfect, there's always something that can be corrected in one's eyes, but it might be perfect in another.

buT omGGG you're so right

fuck perfection because that's an illusion

WRITERLY WOES RIGHT THERE,, seriously I think I'm writing a great scene and I pull some cringy romance line that I'm just like: this is for future me to figure out

the writing cycle

being an author goes like this: you think about a book idea you get excited and you outline or pants it you write the idea but get imposter syndrome halfway you push through with coffee and tea and hope for the best you finish the book and you celebrate but then you realize that there’s this thing called… editing

ahhhh fake dating tropes I swear >>>>

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) dir. Susan Johnson

destination seoul

↳ about current wip

contemporary ya 

POC representation !! 

imagine going to korea for your aunt’s wedding... and falling in love with your fake boyfriend along the way

↳ tropes/themes

fake dating

location in korea 

guy falls first

summer romance

chaotic family vibes

blind dates 

↳ excerpt 

But then he had to go and mess with my heart. Had to listen to everything I say, with his endless optimism and teasing that accompanied him. One moment, I was so sure that I’d never fall for him, and the next moment, I find out that I do.

How I got from that point to this point, I still can’t figure out. 

I HAVE A FIRST DRAFT I GOTTA EDIT and it's just been on my to-do list for months pfFTT

yes plotting then pantsing the whole draft >>>

nono we'll get through it <33 edit our books to perfection one day haha. it's just going back and trying to figure out what my writing is and having some scenes where and i'm proud and others where I swear I wrote when possessed or something

the writing cycle

being an author goes like this: you think about a book idea you get excited and you outline or pants it you write the idea but get imposter syndrome halfway you push through with coffee and tea and hope for the best you finish the book and you celebrate but then you realize that there’s this thing called… editing