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"How do you write such realistic dialogue-" I TALK TO MYSELF. I TALK TO MYSELF AND I PRETEND I AM THE ONE SAYING THE LINE. LIKE SANITY IS SLOWLY SLIPPING FROM BETWEEN MY FINGERS WITH EVERY MEASLY WORD THEY TYPE OUT. THAT IS HOW.
i hate you first drafts i hate you blank word doc i hate you 'you can't edit an empty page' i hate you
i spend an awful lot of time wondering why no one engages with my tumblr for someone who rarely posts and doesn’t use tags
Always the writer, never the reader.
“We hope this email finds you well” babe, the only emails I hope find me well are the ones from Archive of Our Own
okay we need to have an intervention.
i've noticed that people don't leave the same kind of unhinged compliments under fanfics that visual artists usually receive (eg, "i want to eat your art"), so i've come up with a list that you need to start employing when your friends send you their WIPs and when your favorites update on ao3 but you're having a hard time commenting something that sounds intelligent and you still want to support them
"you're like if [famos author] (eg, Victor Hugo if the fic is angst) was into [fandom]"
"well THIS has been added to my pre-sleep daydream schedule"
"this fic invaded my mind and consumed my brain like a spore"
"I'M LOSING SLEEP OVER THIS ONE, FOLKS"
"yOu'Ve AlReAdY lEfT kUdOs HeRe"
"this fic has me scratching at my yellow wallpaper, it's so good"
"this fic has me checking under my floorboards for the heart of a kind man i murdered, it's so good"
"i'm making my parents read this"
"i know only one chapter is out so far, but i'm going to print this out, staple it together, and put it on my bookshelf next to the canon material"
"this fic gave me another mental illness"
(you can only do this one once) "i made an ao3 account specifically to bookmark this"
"i'm going to print this out so i can eat the words on the paper"
and a couple that are just nice (without the feral nature):
"i made a custom playlist to listen to while i read this fic"
"this fic reminds me of [song]"
"i really liked the part where [x], it really stuck with me"
"i really liked this line, [quote the line,] it was so well-written!"
artists: draw fanart of the fic!! it doesn't matter if you think your art skills are good and it doesnt matter if it's just a sketch!! let the author see it!!
make a moodboard!! for the fic!! let the author see it!!
One of them will have to get finished eventually, right???
This is how writing feels after receiving encouraging comments.
Me: *stares at the 90+ wips I've already started*
Also me: WAIT I HAVE SUCH A GOOD IDEA FOR A STORY
Did you know?
If you leave a positive comment on a fic, the author will probably love you forever
Get to know your fic writer!
Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chaptered fics?
Do you plan each chapter ahead or write as you go?
Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic
Where do you find inspiration for new ideas?
Do you like constructive criticism?
Do you have your work beta'd? How important is this to your process?
How do you choose which POV to write from?
Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?
Do you comment on stories you read?
Cltr+f "blinks" on your WIP & copy paste the first sentence/paragraph that comes up
Link your three favorite fics right now
how does receiving or not receiving feedback/support impact you?
what’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?
how do you write emotional scenes? Do you ever feel what the characters feel? Do you draw from personal experiences?
How do you write smut scenes? Do you get very visual or detailed? How important is it to be realistic?
How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?
What do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)
Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?
What is the most-used tag on your ao3?
Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?
Would you ever collaborate with another writer for a story?
Are there certain types of writing you won’t do? (style, pov, genre, tropes, etc)
Best writing advice for other writers?
Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?
What fic do you wish you got more of a response on?
Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?
What is your most and least favorite part of writing?
On average, how much writing do you get done in a day?
What’s your revision or editing process like?
Do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished?
Do you start with the characters or the plot when writing?
Name three of your favorite fanfic writers.
Do you want to be published some day?
Five years from now, where do you see yourself as a writer?
What is one essential thing to remember when writing a villain?
How do you write kissing scenes?
How do you choose where to end a chapter?
Would you ever write commissions?
Share a snippet from a WIP
If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?
Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?
What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?
Do you take a sadistic joy in whumping your characters, or are you more the "If you hurt them I would kill everyone and then myself" kind of person?
What mistakes do you keep making no matter how many times your beta corrects you?
Do you want to break your readers‘ heart or make them laugh?
How would you describe your style? (Character/emotion/action-driven, etc)
How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
What do you look for in a beta?
Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
How long is your longest fic?
What’s your total AO3 word count?
Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
How do you spend your time when it comes to fanfiction? Are you primarily a fic reader, writer, or a perfect 50/50 split of both?
What’s your favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?
Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?
What’s something about your writing that you pride yourself on?
Do you prefer editing as you write, or waiting until it’s finished?
What part of the writing process do you enjoy the most? (Brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, etc)
Does anyone in your personal life know you write fic? if not, would you tell anyone?
Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?
Why do you continue writing fics?
Thoughts on cliffhangers?
Something you hate to see in smut.
Something you love to see in smut.
Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project
How do you deal with writing pressure (ie. pressure to update, negative comments, deadlines, etc.)?
Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas?
What, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
What work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?
When asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
When it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
What order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
What do you think makes your writing stand out from other works?
You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?
What scene in [Fanfic Name] took the longest to write? What was difficult about it?
Did you have any ideas that didn’t make the final cut of [Fanfic Name]?
Do you have a favorite scene you’ve written from [Fanfic Name] story/chapter?
It's frustrating that you can come up with the plot of an entire fic in just a few seconds, but writing it all down can take anywhere from never to forever.
man if I gotta write bad fics, it should at least be easy! But it’s not! It is also hard to write this bad fic
"just write the story you want to read!" they said. well, guess what, now i have 14 unfinished drafts because apparently, i want to read 14 different stories at once.
a certain step towards falling in love
chapter two: is not general incivility the very essence of love?
Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; but there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody; and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. Lockwood’s black pen spouted the connotations of specific words used to describe love and the pragmatic view of romance Austen was apparently endorsing. But the blue pen silently underlined the final clause.
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a certain step towards falling in love
‘After a silence of several minutes he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began,’ Lucy knew this one, even without having read the book before. The infamous proposal scene. Lockwood had explained it to her at once, trying to stay awake on a long case. ‘In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.’ He’d underlined it three times. Lucy reads Lockwood's copy of Pride and Prejudice
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i hate proofreading i hate proofreading i hate proofreading
people who let me wake up to this get a special place in heaven. firefly_fox how does it feel to hold my life in ur hands....
a certain step towards falling in love
chapter one: it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark
Underneath what Lucy considered one of Charlotte’s wisest, albeit rather pessimistic, assertions—if a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark—Lockwood had scrawled an articulate shut up, Jane, this time in blue ink. It looked more recent than the rest.
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a certain step towards falling in love
‘After a silence of several minutes he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began,’ Lucy knew this one, even without having read the book before. The infamous proposal scene. Lockwood had explained it to her at once, trying to stay awake on a long case. ‘In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.’ He’d underlined it three times. Lucy reads Lockwood's copy of Pride and Prejudice
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i’d appreciate some locklyle prompts to help me beat writers’ block pretty please
a certain step towards falling in love
‘After a silence of several minutes he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began,’ Lucy knew this one, even without having read the book before. The infamous proposal scene. Lockwood had explained it to her at once, trying to stay awake on a long case. ‘In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.’ He’d underlined it three times. Lucy reads Lockwood's copy of Pride and Prejudice
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haunt a house nobody lives in
Lucy groans and sinks further into the couch. ‘What if you didn’t make me go to the hospital?’ Lockwood snorts. ‘Yeah, what if you ended up in a coma and I had to explain it to your family?’ ‘My family doesn’t give shit.’ She mutters petulantly. Lockwood learns a bit about Lucy’s family.
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i sat on your chair by the fire
The job, which was supposed to be simple—a couple of Type Ones in an old mansion its new inheritors are looking to sell—is anything but. Lucy's far too preoccupied with distracting the ghost to notice the floor running out beneath her feet. She does notice eventually, though only when she falls down an entire flight of stairs, landing rather painfully on her shoulder and cracking her head against the banister. Lucy gets hurt on a job. Lockwood and George are worried.
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