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I made a helpful infographic to explain

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✅ list one or two favorite lines you’ve written and explain why they’re your favorite

🔚 have you ever completely changed the direction a piece was going?

from your most recent ask ;D

okay, I was fighting fatal for making me say something nice about my work BUT NOW I'M FIGHTING YOU, BECASUE THIS FIRST ONE WAS SO HARD LOL

✅ list one or two favorite lines you’ve written and explain why they’re your favorite

I should honestly highlight these things so I can remember them later, but for now, I had to search lol from my fic late for this, late for that:

Perhaps he and his soulmate would be a new Orpheus and Eurydice, a story to tell children to warn them against the dangers of playing with forces beyond their knowledge rather than a metaphor for grief.

Then again, there was still plenty of grief to go around.

🔚 have you ever completely changed the direction a piece was going?

oh absolutely I have! Usually, it's because I keep making the fic longer than I originally intended, but sometimes it's not. Typically, I know the end of a fic, but how we get there can drastically change over the course of planning, such as planning <em>when</em> the boys would poltergeist out in phantoms here will never have their fill or when/how the demon might catch Edwin in Seances and Summonings (and Screaming) lol

thank you for asking bestie!

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🎀 and 🧮 for the fanfic writers thing!

🎀 how do you decide when something is done?

For a chapter... I think when I can give a good hook or cliffhanger for the next thing.

For a story... I guess when I feel I have answered enough of the underlying questions, but maybe not everything is perfect? If that makes sense. It's kind of like with a good TV show--end with a satisfying conclusion, but you kind of want to see more.

In terms of just the pure writing process... once I've written a first draft and have done 2 to 3 rounds of re-reads for edits, then I just post it. Because if I try to think more about it... I would probably post nothing.

🧮 what are you working on? describe it in 20 words or less

Werewolf Edwin and human Charles navigate friendship (and more) while also trying to go to University. Shenanigans and Angst ensue.

I have a Shadowhunters fixation and love to shove DBDA characters into alternate universes, apparently.

Thanks for the ask, V!

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✅and 🌅 for the ask game!

✅ list one or two favorite lines you’ve written and explain why they’re your favorite “I don’t think Google has an ancient Aramaic translator…” Crystal noted the puzzled look on Charles’s face. “Never mind.” She really needed to explain the internet to them.

This is from Abstract... and I just enjoy this scene in general between Crystal and Charles (and later Jenny). I felt like I really got the characters' voices.

I think overall I will always be proudest of the dialogue I have written for Charles. The ability for my mind to reproduce his voice easily is what prompted me to start writing fic.

And since I'm wanting to pick deep cuts...

By the time the trio returned from their sojourn to pick out movies, Edwin had already taken a spot on their couch. And he had his notebook out.

“You’re going to take notes?” Crystal asks, incredulously. Charles situated himself on the floor, laying back against Edwin’s legs.

“You said that I needed to understand your references,” Edwin replies, as if it was obvious, “I find that taking notes is quite helpful in understanding and recall.”

this is from 'feels like the start of a movie I've seen before' which is probably one of my least viewed fics--most likely because it is more on the fluffy and character introspection side--but I really loved playing with the interaction between all of them in a not-high-stakes sort of environment. I also loved thinking about what movies each of them would pick out. 🌅 do you typically known the ending to something before you start writing it?

Somewhat? I think I have a vague idea/outline of how I want the story to progress and kinda organically grow/solidify the ending.

For my Shadowhunter/DBDA fusion snippets... I have no idea, haha! Very flying by the seat of my pants on scenes or segments I would be interested in looking at, but not really a large overarching narrative structure.

Thanks Gen!!

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fic writing ask game!

nothing groundbreaking but it’s fuuuuun

✅ list one or two favorite lines you’ve written and explain why they’re your favorite

🧮 what are you working on? describe it in 20 words or less

🎶 do you write with music? does the music you’re listening to influence your writing?

💕 whats your favorite part of your writing process?

😠 whats your least favorite part of your writing process?

🎀 how do you decide when something is done?

🌅 do you typically known the ending to something before you start writing it?

🔚 have you ever completely changed the direction a piece was going?

🤔 why do you write fic?

⛔️ whats something you try to avoid in your work?

📚 do you ever read similar works while writing, or do you intentionally not read them?

🦉 give yourself a piece of writing advice

😊 say something nice about your writing

😭 what’s something you’re currently struggling with?

🔥 what’s something that’s currently going really well?

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Third News has commemorated the fan quest to to revive Dead Boy Detectives as a "testament to the power of community and shared passion for storytelling" 💀🔎

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Reblog if you're okay with receiving asks for backstory info on any/all of your fics.

If not all, specify which ones in the tags.

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I've been busy on my clown shit lately, meme'ing it up!! I didn't realize how many I'd made since the last time I shared them on here...but it's apparently a lot

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Since I've been burnt before--in the ye olde days before autosave--where I lost a LOT of data by forgetting to save, I almost compulsively save when writing anything on a computer. Like even after a sentence or line or small section.

Normally that's fine... most word processors and IDEs let you do shortcut saving and it doesn't really expend/waste time.

The problem comes when I try to do ctrl+S or cmd+S on a website... which will usually bring up an extraneous page or dialog. You would think I learn, but often I just do the shortcut less than 5 minutes later... and get frustrated yet again.

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hello beloveds ☺️

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ok now that I have time to feel all the 14 episodes, robby was so dead wrong for bringing mckay to meet david. it is not her responsibility and in fact it was his responsibility to make sure david gets the help he needs. people are always so sympathetic towards white boys as if their actions don't have serious consequences. Mckay was right about caring for all those girls and even if David didn't do anything now, he would have sooner or later because he is refusing care and a way to open up. police should have not dragged him so I get his agitation

but but robby forces his mom to sign a petition that forcefully institutionalise david and somehow that's not ruining his life. Anyway mckay did nothing wrong and I hope everybody knows it.

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HBO confirming that The Pitt is coming back in January and that their going to keep this as close to network tv as possible; giving the actors a few months break before going back to filming. Is giving me hope that streaming services are realising that making audiences wait literal years between seasons is not working.

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can musicians PLEASSSEEEE stop using AI to make their music videos?????