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[ashlingiswriting]

17 & 27 for writers wrapped!!

thank you anon!

17. Your favorite character to write this year?

Richie Jerimovich from the Bear. Honestly, at the peak of writing him, there was a day that I went to bed having sent my beta reader a draft, woke up at seven in the morning on the one day I could sleep in, sat there thinking about the fic, and got up five minutes later to get those beta reader notes and get editing. Like, the power I had. Briefly, but it felt so good. And I love him so much.

27. What do you listen to while writing?

If I really need to get down to business, I listen to the same one or two songs on repeat, usually with lyrics and sometimes not even with lyrics that correspond to my story. As long as the overall feel of the song is conducive to writing, that's what matters. But the song can't be too new to me, because then my brain can't spare enough attention from it to actually write.

Some songs I listened to while writing this year:

Ice Slippin by Omar Apollo

Crossroads by Tracy Chapman

Antichrist by Holly Humberstone

Paspatou by Parra for Cuva (a rare one with no lyrics)

My Instincts Are The Enemy by American Football

and of course, you know I had to do it to em: Last Train Home by John Mayer

send me questions from the ao3 wrapped ask meme?