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blackberrysummerblog · 2 years ago

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WIP Folder Tag Game

Finally slinking back on here after I don’t know how long 😬 First of all, I want to thank everyone who’s been tagging me the past few weeks, I really do appreciate it! I just haven’t had a lot of energy left over to actually do much writing and/or posting, even though I still have a lot of “writing” happening in my head. (On a side note, that used to work out a lot better when I was younger—I could hold entire paragraphs verbatim in my mind for weeks at a time; now I’m lucky if I even remember roughly what direction I wanted a scene to take, lol).

And thank you so, so much to those who offered to let me bend their ear about my writing difficulties. I really do plan to take you up on it, but I’ve been procrastinating partly out of brutal shyness and partly because I’m not even sure where to begin, the reasons for which may become apparent from seeing the folders I’m about to share. I mean, yikes.

Anyway, I’m excited to play along and I’m happy to answer any asks I get! (Thanks @palimpsessed for tagging me to play!)

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how nondescriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPS.

Shelter from the Storm (RWRB)

Runaway Train (Whyborne & Griffin)

The next group are Snowbaz WIPS, many of which were begun for COC22. Still hoping to get them finished! (Those that are numbered are out of order because I use google docs, so the list is in order of what’s been most recently opened)

Beginnings

Fluff, COCC Day 15

Devotion, COC22 Day 13

Devour, COC22 Day 12

EGF23 dead darlings

So, crap. The next grouping is my shame revealed, lol. I NEVER write like this, but this is what has happened: My crucible marriage AU is a complete and utter shambles of separate files, all individual scenes that I’ve been trusting my brain to knit together at some future point. And I still believe that it will, actually, but it’s something new to me. I’m more the kind of writer who envisions an entire story from start to finish—or at least the basic bones of it—and then I sit down and proceed in a chronological and orderly fashion. I have a couple of theories about why that hasn’t happened this time, and it largely boils down to self-indulgence. I’m enjoying myself, I don’t want to bring the story to an end, and I have been keeping the scenes separate so that rather than one big mess of a file, I have one big mess of a drive. Welcome to my cluttered mind! It can be a pretty fun place, if you watch where you step.

Too much

Kiss

Moles

Murder in My Heart

Fireside

Pool

Rolling

Heading Home After Crucible

First wings

Vera

Sick in love

Wings

Reception

Favorite

Fiona in kitchen

Simon at the start

Mordelia asks

Epilogue

Post-reception

Fiona reception

Winchester

Clothes shopping

Eyebrow

Lying on B

Good night

Tree carving

So much fun

Butter

Angel of the morning

LSE

Carry upstairs

Laughing

Escape

Before reception

Cold sleep

Annulment

Do you think

Signing the book

Reception garden

Coven

Alphabet

Love of my life

Spring equinox 2017

Arranged

Spring equinox

Simon before crucible

I want to say, these are not all going to be *chapters*. The fic is going to be long, but not as long as all that! I could say more but maybe I’ll wait and see if anyone is interested enough to ask, since this post is already way too rambling. I don’t think I could possibly tag as many people as there are files here, and I think everyone has already played anyway, so as usual I’m going to apologize ahead of tagging folks who have likely already done this. Sorry ❤️

@confused-bi-queer @onepintobean @sillyunicorn @facewithoutheart @basiltonbutliketheherb @asocialpessimist @ileadacharmedlife @bookish-bogwitch @aristocratic-otter @takenabackbytuesdays @martsonmars @nightimedreamersghost @ionlydrinkhotwater @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @shrekgogurt @raenestee @fatalfangirl @stitchyqueer @bazzybelle @fucking-gay-frogs @mostlymaudlin @sailorblossoms @yellowraincoat @ivelovedhimthroughworse @hushed-chorus @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @thehoneyedhufflepuff @anikamercat @aceumbrellaheroes @captain-aralias

#tag game #wip game #wip #SnowBaz #Simon snow #Baz pitch #rwrb #whyborne and griffin

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khalaris · 8 months ago

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For the writers Ask: 5,6,9,10,11,13,15,16,23 👀 (if you want to of course)

Yooo, Kris coming in here with ALL the questions! 😆 Thank you for asking, these are a lot of fun :)

5: What is your go-to way to deal with writers block?

I wish I had some sort of guaranteed way of getting over writer's block, but really, when I'm not feeling it, I usually just do something else for a while. And when I do write, it's more bullet points of ideas or sometimes random little moments, lines or scenes that might turn into something later but most often just clutter up my file haha.

6: Do you have a motivational cycle? (As in phases in which you barely write and phases in which you write so much holy shit)

It's not a cycle as such. I feel like my writing motivation is very dependant on my general stress level. So I'm pretty motivated at the moment, since I just had 3 weeks off and managed to relax a lot and completely forget about work for that time.

Also, I'm not even going to pretend my motivation isn't heavily impacted by how readers react to my stories. That's honestly been a bit of a sticking point for me recently, because out of all the people who read my last couple of shorter stories only a handful actually liked them and I'm wondering if it's because the stories were mostly focused on secondary/minor characters or if my writing was just crap. (ok so I know one of them wasn't that good, which is why I've put it in my hidden collection for now to be reworked later) But even then, I try to just go no fuck you I can write whatever I want! and keep going. (that's directed at myself btw, not my readers :D)

Well, that's a lot of text just to say 'no' haha.

9: What genre is your favourite to write?

Gotta be Hurt/Comfort, right? I love reading that stuff and I love writing it. With straight up Fluff being a close second.

10: Do you read and write similar stuff or are there differences?

Very similar. The biggest difference is probably that I can't write all the things I read.

11: What kind of relationships do you like writing best? (Family, platonic, romantic, etc.)

I most love writing relationships that aren't easy to categorize or that blur the lines.

A relationship between two characters that is full of trust and love and intimacy, but there's no romance or sex involved. Or a developing qpr between three characters, all of whom have kind of a different view of what they are and how they work. Or the two guys, one of whom is ace and the other is straight and aro, still getting into a committed relationship. Or the former couple, who still love each other, but who are in their own way grieving their former relationship that just didn't work out.

And since I love writing about emotional self-discovery, that also often plays a large part in those relationships. Like for example, I always write Moritz as aromantic, so while at first glance it seems like his and Ernstls relationship in Die Welt... is a 'normal' romantic one, Moritz is very much confused about a lot of things that are happening and that are perhaps expected of him and he has a long way ahead of him in discovering his own feelings and what they mean.

13: How many WIPs do you have open?

Too many. Let me go look.

Errrr, it's 19. That I'm at least occasionally actively working on. That's not counting random ideas or even all my almost-finished Münster stuff. Yeah, definitely too many.

15: What is the weirdest thing you had to look up for writing?

I once spent a lot of time looking up the organizational structure of the Austrian/Viennese police in the 80s and today and all I got was the certainty that Tatort script writers don't have the slightest idea how those things work and are just making up anything they want XD

16: What is something you didn't have to look up but is still weird to know?

There was a scene in one of my Münster WIPs where I waxed poetic about headphones and tube amps and DACs and digital vs analog for several paragraphs. And then I had to edit out all of my audiophile ramblings.

23: Is there a project you want to talk about?

Hmm. I do have this Coffeeshop AU idea that I've written a few snippets for already. It features one of the relationship dynamics in question 11 (the ace guy and the straight aro guy). I love the whole set-up tbh, I think it works really well.

The backstory is basically, that Moritz used to do all sorts of odd jobs, never anything for long, but then he met Claudia and realised he wanted to give her a stable home, so he opened a coffee shop. Bibi used to be a detective, but with no Sonderermittler Moritz to help her back to her feet and no Ernstl to actually recruit her for the team, she was discharged from the police because of her drinking problem and ended up working for Moritz (whom she knew from one of his odd jobs) and basically running the coffee shop for him. Ernstl meanwhile also never went to work for the police. Instead he lawyered his way up to district attorney. He likes to spend his lunch breaks at a certain coffee shop where eventually Moritz crosses his path.

I feel like this is going to be a long story, although not as monstrously ambitious as Die Welt in unseren Händen. Unfortunately I don't have the time or mental capacity to really get into it in the forseeable future. It also still needs a lot more plot. But yeah, I'm looking forward to writing this story one day.

Writer ask game

#ask game #answered asks #tatort wien #writing #thanks for asking <3

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grayintogreen · 1 year ago

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WIP WEDNESDAY

So how about that last chapter, huh? Still reeling?

WELL, HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THE NEXT ONE, which is proceeding well on schedule to be dropped next Friday.

In this scene, the Nein return to Vasselheim to seek out information about their enemies and enlist some old allies. In case you haven't realized that this arc serves as a bookend to the very first arc yet.

Months had gone by since the Nein first walked through the grid of houses set against the backdrop of the Vesper Timberlands. There was no Cobalt Soul monk or supervised criminal to guide them this time, but the only thing that had changed was the season and Caleb remembered the way to the house with the dragon skull in the front yard.

Beau, recalling how hard it had been for the man's own daughter to get him to answer the door, started out big and loud with her knocks, but the person who answered after only three was not the cleric, but a red-skinned tiefling woman with dark horns that curved back from her forehead like a crown and silver eyes, dressed in a black silk robe.

It revealed one fundamental fact to Caleb- Tasya Hydris looked like her mother.

”It's awfully late for knocking like that,“ she drawled.

Bright and early in Bazzoxan translated to 'too late for visitors' in Vasselheim, but the Nein had been so determined that no one had thought to consider the time difference. Caleb was aware of it- of course- but it hadn't seemed important and remained that way even now.

”We're sorry to disturb you, but my friend here is a co-worker of your daughter- of sorts- and-“

The woman looked at Beau's garb that did everything in its power to say 'I am not a member of the Cobalt Soul' with a raised eyebrow that cut Caleb off at the pass, and Beau quickly produced her Expositor's badge from a secret pocket inside of her coat. ”Your, um… Husband? Did us a favor. We need to talk to him again.“

Her eyes lit up. ”Oh! You're the ones with the horrible flesh city.“

”So much for knowing us by our cool titles,” Veth sighed, drearily. “We're the flesh city people.”

“Come in. I'll get Kash up. He's going to be grumpy, but I have to admit we both found the entire thing worrying with how little the Soul seems to know about any of this.“ She stepped out of the doorway and continued speaking over her shoulder. ”The Vault prides itself in keeping as many records from Pre-Calamity as possible, but there's next to nothing on this Cognouza.“

��I'll have a full report to file for them, eventually,“ Beau said, puffing herself up, only to immediately deflate again, as if it was too cruel of her to take pride in a potential victory so minuscule while Molly and Yasha were suffering.

They made themselves at home in the overwhelmingly kitschy and cluttered living room again while the lady of the house- who introduced herself as Zahra- busied herself with the unpleasant task of rousing her husband. Moments later, the man in question, hair unbound, mismatched eyes lined in dark circles, and holding a mug of coffee was glowering at them from the doorway.

”I was hoping I'd never have to see you again.“ He looked to Zahra. ”You can't do things like this. It’s like feeding strays- they'll just keep coming around. Haven't you learned anything from Allura and Kima?”

“I've learned that Allura and sometimes Kima like helping the younger generation, darling.” Zahra flicked some of his hair out of his face with a long, well-manicured talon. “But if they didn't come here themselves, I was considering having Tasya get in contact with them, so this is kismet. It saves you being grumpy at me.”

Kash made a gruff noise and then kicked Veth out of what was most definitely his chair so he could sit down. Fjord didn't even wait for him to get comfortable before voicing a concern all of them were nursing.

”Sorry. You said that this has been troubling you since we left you? Badly enough you almost called us back?“

Lucien leaned forward, scanning every bit of visible skin on Kash's body- searching for eyes supplied a helpful little voice in the back of Caleb's mind. He must not have found any, judging by how he leaned back in disinterest almost immediately after.

An urge tapped Caleb on the shoulder and the copper pieces in his pockets felt as if they were made of lead, begging to be acknowledged. You know what you could do.

Detect Thoughts had been written into the grimoire infinitus when it awakened at his touch. He’d stared at that spell for so long, aching to use it and knowing what a slippery slope it was. It was Trent’s favorite spell, one used with impunity to the point of it being one of his signatures. Despite knowing how much easier it would have made his life, he never took the opportunity to learn it and now it was easily accessed, burned into his brain from the moment he read it. Keen minds have their disadvantages.

He saw Jester shift and watched her twist her ring enchanted with that same spell, free of baggage and any desires beyond curiosity, and relaxed a bit at having the desire taken out of his hands for the time being.

”Sometimes you look into something you shouldn't've seen and it looks back, it stays with you. Z and I are well-versed in that kind of shit. I've dreamt of that place every other night since I saw it.“ As Kash spoke, Caleb looked to Jester to gauge her reaction and found her only staring at the man with a look of deepest sorrow.

”Did anyone speak to you?“ Cree asked, unaware of what Jester was doing or in what way Caleb was taking cues from her.

”Nope.” Kash popped the 'p' on the end and sipped at his coffee. “I'd just see it, floating there, and it would get worse every time I looked at it, like an infected wound that just keeps rotting.”

The image of Cognouza wreathed in black chains and bleeding ichor from Vokodo's dying moments flashed into Caleb's head. The collective tension of the entire group said he wasn't the only one so plagued. No spell needed for that one. “And what did you make of it?”

“A nuisance mostly. I nearly broke a vow and contacted someone to ask about it, but Z talked me out of it.”

“Someone?” Veth prodded. “Like who? Your god?”

Come to think of it, they never did figure out what god Kash worshiped. It was usually one of the first questions he, in particular, asked of a cleric out of a habit he’d never shaken.

Zahra smiled with too-sharp teeth, proving that inviting that question now would ruin her sense of hospitality. “We don't talk about her.“

So definitely his god, whatever she may be. Jester, Caduceus, and Cree exchanged looks- clearly stricken by the idea that a cleric could be completely out of contact with their deity like that. It would have been worth prodding at on any other day, but not this one. Not when they needed Kash's cooperation more than they needed to test how much Jester could annoy him and still make him like them enough to want to commit to their cause.

Besides Jester had more context thanks to her ring and that fact alone had her biting her tongue now to avoid blurting out secrets and ruining everything.

”I will be frank, then,“ Caleb said, voice stern, eager to derail Jester’s need for impulsive action with forward motion. “Two of our friends were taken by a cult whose primary ambition at this stage is to bring that city back to this plane. One of them is possessed by the beings who control that city. We have no idea what that means for him yet, but we do know what it means for Exandria.”

Lucien slid in and surprised Kash with everything from how he spoke to the way he leaned forwards down to the look in his eyes that said he did know better than anyone what he was talking about, rather than simply behaving like he did- everything that said he very much wasn’t Molly. “What you saw is a cancer that will consume everything until we are all nothing but minds in a hive controlled by the most mad wizards from an age of mad wizards.”

“And we know what all of this means for the Soul right this second,” Beau joined in before Kash could ask the obvious question- who the fuck is he, which no one had any time or desire to answer now even in simple terms. “To bring the city back, they need the threshold crests. Now I don't know what High Curator Kerthis did with the ones I gave her in the end, but the last memory Molly has of them is bringing them here and that cult is here now, probably looking for them.”

The implications didn't need to be spoken- their daughter and her entire organization was in immediate danger. In warning them of what could happen, they had given them the opportunity to do something about it before it became untenable as if in penance for their part in bringing it to their doorstep.

Kash wasn't grateful and clearly would have preferred to have been left out of it at all, but he had helped them once and by and large this was merely finishing off what had been started and left to hang. The look in his eyes said very clearly that 'no' wasn't on the table, but he was running through a dozen caveats before he agreed.

“What's your plan here?” He finally asked. “You want your buddies back first, yeah? Cool. How are you gonna do it?”

The silence spoke volumes. Kash handed his coffee to Zahra, perched on the armrest of his chair, so she could put it on the end table for him. The entire motion was so fluid and required neither of them to look away from them that it must have been a dance practiced many times in front of their children.

“I don't get involved in shit without a plan in place. You want our help? Do your godsdamned research, figure out how to approach these people, because what you're telling me without saying fuck-all is you got your shit rocked and now you want payback right now. That kind of thinking gets people killed.”

“We planned on stopping by the Vault too,” Beau grimaced, tightly. “We just wanted you two to be aware of the situation as it stands.“

”Consider us aware.“

Zahra laid a hand on her husband's knee in a gesture that soothed the ravages of his barely controlled temper. ”We do appreciate it and we want to help you, but we're not as young as we used to be and…“ She smiled warmly. ”We've seen what becomes of adventuring parties who don't think things through before they act. They might survive, but there is usually a cost.”

And we have already paid too much. Kashaw wasn't wrong even if it wasn't what the Nein wanted to hear. It would be unreasonable to assume a practical stranger would leap out of bed, determined to go and meet their enemies in the woods right this second just because he had helped them once.

If anything, he might have spared them all some grief by being logical, rather than a man of immediate, dramatic action.

“They keep weird hours at the Vault,” Kash said. “Get to it. 'Cause even if we throw our hands into this mess, this is all on you. As of right now, you're the only fucking experts on something that could destroy Exandria and the only people equipped to deal with it because of that. You need to be sharp and you need to be ready.“

All facts they all knew full well, but hearing them laid out so bluntly still made Caleb wince. The gods themselves could not have made it plainer and they were certainly trying to.

This was their fight, no matter who they asked to back them up at the gates of Hell, and if they failed, there would be nothing left to grieve how foolish a decision it was to place all of this on a group of fuck-ups from Wildemount.

So we won't fail.

He looked to Beau who gave him a tight, pained nod, a reminder of their vow from last night. Whatever it takes.

Sometimes what it took had nothing to do with blood and rage and everything to do with patience and careful planning.

Sometimes you had to grit your teeth and wait.

#cr fic #cr fanfic #wip wednesday #you can't deny high noon #my writing

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kaira-elffish · 2 years ago

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Rules: Post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.

Thank you @itsfeistyred for the tag. She’s far too aware of how many WIPS I have sitting XD

Oh geeze, there are way too many to be sane. I’ve been debating if I should include the individual fics that are housed in the Document of Doom or not. I suppose I should, seeing as they are only housed together to keep them from cluttering my Google Docs even more.

Scarred Sanctuary

Whumptober 30: No One Left Behind

HYDRA Trash Party

Shop of Horrors

A Wanted Man (Prison Fic AU)

Improper First Aid

Coffee Shop AU

A Guide to Appendicitis: By HYDRA

The Song of the Whip

Cult Fic

Document of Doom, (don’t let the name fool you, most of these are still being worked on)

“Does that hurt?”

Earthquake

Explosive Force

Muffled Screams

Fail Safe

I am tagging @winteratdusk

#WIPS #I have too many #These are all Bucky whump #one might turn into a death fic #I'm not sure #kaira replies

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calaisreno · 1 year ago

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All my work exists within one Scrivener file, with folders for WIP and completed works and ideas. Each story has subfolders for chapters, sub-subfolders for scenes.

To avoid cluttering up that file, I keep most of my writing notes and ramblings in Workflowy.

#writing fanfiction #organising files #scrivener #workflowy #writing method

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pappydaddy · 5 years ago

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Three Words (s.h)

a/n: gosh! i wrote this so long ago, look at baby pappydaddy’s first ever imagine! so much has changed since i posted this, it’s kinda crazy to look back upon this. anyway, i am here to say that i am going to revamp this fic! i’ll rewrite it eventually, but for right now, i am making it look somewhat like my newer fics!

pairing: steve harrington x fem!reader

tv show/movie: stranger things

not requested

warnings: angst, just basic relationship things.

part i - you are here! | part ii

masterlist | taglist | wips | navigation

- not my gif -

Steve Harrington has been hurt. There was no way to deny that fact. He had been hurt by his parents, his supposed friends, and Nancy Wheeler. When Nancy yanked his heart out of his chest and stomped on it in Tina’s cramped bathroom, he honestly thought he was never going to be in a situation like this. He didn’t think he would let himself feel like this ever again. That’s why the realization that he was in love hit him like a sack of bricks as he laid in his bed, thinking about her.

He was thinking about the girl with sparkling eyes, shining hair and a smile that lit up the world. This girl had the ability to leave Steve tongue tied by just looking at him. She was such a beautiful creature with her doe eyes that made her look ten times more innocent than he knew she was. Images of her continuously plagued his mind, making him lose his concentration. She was always on his mind as if she were permanently ingrained in it. Her and her damn smile.

“Hey! Dingus.” Robin yelled, throwing the pencil she had in her hand at him, hitting him in the side of the head. Steve jolted when the wooden pencil bounced off his head, his hand automatically flying up to rub the spot it hit as he turned his body to look at Robin.

“Ow,” He snapped, still rubbing his head. Bending down, he snatched the yellow number two pencil from the floor of the store, walking over to where Robin sat behind the counter, perched up on the stool behind the registrar, her homework spread out on the counter in front of her. “What the hell was that for?” He asked, slamming the pencil on her open textbook.

“You were standing there staring at the wall for five minutes, what else was I supposed to do to get you working again?” Robin shrugged, picking her pencil back up, scribbling something down in her binder. Steve scoffed, rolling his eyes.

“I don’t know, maybe try calling my name next time?” He suggested sarcastically, walking to stand behind the counter, looking for his next task to do. He tried to keep his focus on work, but his fears kept creeping into his mind. He couldn’t shake the fear of being in love. The feeling of free falling, eyes staring down the hard unforgiving ground as you plummeted.

“Steve,” Robin basically screamed, bringing Steve back to reality once again. Jumping, he looked at his blonde friend with wide eyes. Robin gave him a questioning look, turning to completely face him on the stool, forgetting about her homework for the moment. “What’s going on in that big head of yours anyway?” She posed the question, crossing her arms over her chest as she waited for his answer.

“It’s nothing.” He muttered, his head dropping to look at the cluttered counter. He resorted to organizing it since he had nothing else to do and he refused to look at Robin, feeling her blue eyes staring into his soul.

“So you’re just randomly staring off into space because of nothing,” She hummed, not believing him. Steve nodded, not looking up as he picked up random objects, shifting them around on the counter to keep himself busy. “This doesn’t happen to be connected to you figuring out your feelings for y/n, does it?” She raised her eyebrow at him, knowing that was exactly what was weighting on her friend’s mind.

Steve sighed in defeat, dropping the papers he held in his hands to the counter, turning around to face Robin, leaning against the counter. “Fine, yes. It’s about y/n,” He grumbled, his hands gripping the counter so hard his knuckles started to turn white. With a groan, he lifted his brown eyes to look at Robin. “I realized I love her last night, happy?”

“Very,” She chirped happily, sitting up straighter, delighted about Steve finally realizing how much he loved y/n. It was so obvious to everyone else except the very girl who held Steve Harrington's heart in her hands. “Why don’t you just tell her? You two have been dating for like seven months anyway.”

“Six months, three weeks and four days actually.” Steve interjected before he could stop himself. He winced, thinking Robin was going to call him a creep for knowing that right off the bat, but she simply gave him a ‘there-you-go’ look.

“Anyway-” Robin looked at him, getting back on track. “Just tell her you love her, I can tell you right now that she feels the same way. Anyone can see that, even the kids with their blurred images of love can see it.” She told him, going back to her homework.

“I can’t tell her, I can’t lose her, she’s too special,” He confessed, his eyes drifting over to the wall, looking at the shelves of new releases. “I told Nancy I loved her and as it turned out, she didn’t actually love me,” He let out a dry chuckle at the last part. “My parents don’t even love me so how the hell could someone as beautiful and perfect as y/n love me?” He asked Robin, looking over at her. Robin sat her pencil back down, giving him her undivided attention once again.

“Y/n isn’t Nancy Wheeler or your parents, she sees something in you that they don’t. She sees the big-hearted, goofy man-child who spends most of his time either at work, with her or with a gang of children and his lesbian best friend,” She told him, making Steve let out a little laugh. “She doesn’t see Steve ‘The Hair’ Harrington or someone who didn’t get into College, she sees you,” Steve nodded, processing what Robin just told him. Robin could tell his was still apprehensive to tell y/n he loved her. Sighing, she leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees and gesturing with her arms. “Look at it this way, you were nervous to introduce her to the kids, but they love her and she loves them; if that worked out, why can’t telling her you love her?”

Steve thought about it. She did have a point. Steve had spent three weeks agonizing over introducing y/n to the kids, but the second they met, it was like a connection. All the kids loved her. Max finally had a girl to talk about boys and do hair with again and the boys (as much as they tried to keep their cool) couldn’t help but talk her ear off about all of Steve’s embarrassing moments. “Because,” Steve exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air. “I don’t know! Just because!” He was scared. Sure, Robin made good points that made more sense than Steve’s internal panic, but he felt every part of him wanting to run and hide like a little boy.

“Because you don’t want to be hurt again, you don’t want to feel vulnerable. You view yourself as unlovable,” Robin listed off on her fingers. “Honestly Steve, you want to do it, you’re just looking for a reason not to because you are scared of one outcome. Even if she doesn’t say it back, it’s not like you guys have to break up - tonnes of relationships continue on when only one person is ready to say that they love them.” She pointed out.

“You’re right, you are right,” Steve pushed himself off the counter, pacing around behind Robin as she turned back to her homework, pleased that he admitted that she was right. He tapped his finger against his lips, thinking as he paced. “But, what if she doesn’t love me back and thinks I’m moving too fast and breaks up with me?” He asked, sitting down on the stool beside Robin’s abruptly.

The blue-eyed girl’s pencil stopped scribbling on the page, the lead tip pressing into the loose-leaf as she gave him a look, waiting for him to realize how outlandish that possibility was. “But what if she says it back? Or says that she has strong feelings for you, but she isn’t ready to say it back yet and she kisses you,” She perked an eyebrow at him questionably. “You will never know until you tell her, but I do know if you don’t tell her, you will lose her eventually.” Robin told him, his eyes widening in fear of her leaving because he wouldn’t tell her he loved her.

“It that a possibility? To lose her if I don’t tell her I love her?” He asked worriedly.

“Of course it is you idiot,” Robin said aggressively. “She’s a catch Harrington, if she senses that you might not love her, she isn’t going to stick around in a relationship that she thinks isn’t going anywhere.” Steve slumped back slightly, his body deflating as he realized this.

“Oh my god, you’re right.” He muttered, his eyes dropping to the carpet floor, searching as if it had the answer hidden in it somewhere.

“Of course I am, I am always right - that’s why you should listen to me,” Robin pointed the eraser end of her pencil towards him. Robin’s gloating and Steve crisis was cut off by the sound of the bell on top of the door dinging, signally that there was someone walking into the store. Both their heads snapped up to see the kids filing into the store one by one, y/n trailing behind them as she put her car keys in her purse. “It’s your time to shine, Harrington; now or never, rip the band-aid off,” Robin whispered, trying to get him to tell her he loved her. “Y/n, were your ears burning? We were just talking about you!” Robin cheered in greeting, the kids bee-lining it towards the horror section in search for a movie to pick out.

“Were you now,” y/n hummed, letting her purse fall to her side as she rested her elbows on the counter. “What about?” She asked, smirking at Steve, resting her chin in the palms of her hands. Steve’s heart flipped painfully in his chest at the sight of her.

“Oh, just about how much Steve loves-” Robin started in a sing-song voice only for Steve to cut her off, his eyes wide and his face pale.

“Westerns! How much I love Western movies.” Steve lied, trying to look as normal as possible. Y/n furrowed her brows at her boyfriend, giving him an odd look.

“But, you hate Western movies, you always say they are boring and all the same.” Y/n pointed out, remembering the time she suggested to watch one since it was the only movie left in her VHS tape collection that they hadn’t watched. She wasn’t a fan of Western movies either, it was one of her dad’s tapes.

“Um, The Lone Ranger? It’s a great movie.” Steve continued to lie, knocking his closed fist against the counter lightly, rolling his lips as the other fist rested on his hips, his leg jutting out.

“You’ve never seen The Lone Ranger.” She continued to pick his lie apart, but he refused to give it up, the further he was getting into the lie, the harder it was to stop it.

“Uh,” He scoffed, looking between Robin and y/n as they looked at him, waiting for him to continue. “Yeah I have.” Y/n raised her eyebrow quizzically at this, doubting what he was telling her.

“If you’ve seen it, who is Tonto?” She asked, crossing her arms over her chest, clearly thinking she had caught Steve in his horrible lie. She hated Westerns, but her dad loved them. She had grown up watching The Lone Ranger if she liked it or not. Steve’s eyes darted around, a long ‘uh’ leaving his lips as he search his brain for an answer.

“The dog?” He asked hesitantly. Robin dropped her head at his answer.

“That’s Toto from The Wizard of Oz, Steve. Tonto is a person,” Y/n told him, shaking her head at him. She opened her mouth at ask him what was really going on, but the kids’ yelling reached a peak, all three older teens looking over at them to see them arguing in a cluster, each one holding a different movie. “Hey, guys! Stop fighting!” Y/n called, rushing over to the group in order to settle the disagreement.

As soon as y/n was out of earshot, Robin smacked Steve in the arm harshly. “Ow! What was that for?” He asked, rubbing the spot. Robin gave him a ‘are-you-serious’ look.

“The Dog,” She mocked him. “If you’re going to lie, might as well do it right, Dingus,” She muttered, looking over at y/n who calmed the kids down, talking them through how to choose a movie they all want to watch. “Besides, that was the perfect time to tell her you love her, why didn’t you?”

“Maybe if you weren’t here, maybe I would be able to tell her.” Steve shot back at her. Robin scoffed, rolling her eyes.

“Please, if I wasn’t here, you would either chicken out or put your foot in your mouth even more than you already did.” She told him. Steve huffed, knowing she was right. He glared at her while the group walked up to the counter, a movie clasped in an exasperated y/n’s hand.

“We have a movie,” She sighed, placing the VHS tape on the counter, the tape rattling in the hard-shell case. “It’s pretty dead in here, you guys won’t be too much longer to close up, right? Because I don’t think I’m going to be able to handle these four all by myself for much longer, Lucas and Mike are in one of their moods where they fight about everything.” She rambled, pulling her wallet out of her purse.

“I’m sure it won’t take long, we just have to lock up, everything else is done.” Robin assured her, ringing her up. Y/n smiled at this news, handing Robin her rental card. Robin’s fingers danced across the keyboard, punching in y/n’s rental code before putting the movie of choice in as rented.

“I’m glad, because when Lucas and Mike start fighting, Max and Dustin always jump in with their two cents worth.”

“Oh, trust me, I know,” Robin agree, shooting a glare as Steve as he just stood there, not talking to his girlfriend. Y/n eyed him oddly, becoming nervous with his odd behavior. She thought back, thinking it was something she did. She started to over-think, her mid swirling with possibilities as to why he was acting like this. Robin didn’t even need to tell her how much the movie was, y/n just handed the exact change to her, knowing by now how much everything was in the store. “We won’t be long.” Robin told her, sensing her confused vibe.

“Okay, um,” She looked at Steve with a concerned expression. “Are you okay, Steve? You haven’t said much.” She asked him, her hand darting out to grab the movie from Robin, her other hand stuff her wallet back in her purse.

“Yeah, I’m fine, just a little embarrassed about the Toto and Tonto mix up, you know, with both of them starting with ‘T’ and ending with ‘O’.” Steve lied, waving off her concern. Y/n smiled, clearly buying the lie. Robin was impressed at how well Steve lied, he normally could never pull a lie off but that was borderline convincing, even Robin almost believed it, but she knew the truth.

“Good! I was worried,” Y/n smiled wide, relieved that it wasn’t something she had done. “I’ll see you guy in like thirty minutes,” She rolled onto her toes, leaning into the counter to press a kiss to Steve’s lips quickly, bouncing when she fell back onto her heels, her sweet smile on her lips. “Bye!” She basically skipped out of the store where the kids were already loading into her car, arguing among themselves about who was going to ride shotgun, Dustin winning.

Steve and Robin watched the happy girl walk out of the store, the door closing behind her. Steve couldn’t look away from her as she slipped into the driver’s seat, turning the car on while she talked to the kids. He still felt the lingering tingle from her lips touching his. “You are an idiot, Harrington.” Robin shook her head at him, closing her school books up so they could start closing up the store.

“Yeah, I am.” He muttered, y/n’s car pulling out of the parking lot and disappearing into the night. He sighed, questioning why he couldn’t just say those three words. He felt them, he had them on the tip of his tongue, ready to say them, but he didn’t.

“You’re telling her tonight at the movie night or I’m telling her myself.” Robin threatened him, stuffing her books into her bookbag and pushing herself off the stool.

“Trust me, I know.” He sighed.

#steve harrington #steve harrington x reader #steve harrington x y/n #fluff #angst #love #robin buckley #dustin henderson #lucas sinclair #max mayfield #mike wheeler #nancy wheeler #stranger things #steve harrington imagine #80s #part one #steve harrington headcannon #steve harrington blurb

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vole-mon-amour · 4 years ago

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WIP Sampler Basket.

Tagged by @captainjowl :)

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

Not all files bc I have tooo many of them. Many of them never become full fics, just stay wips or, if too old, get deleted. I try to name documents the way I understand what’s inside them and, as I get closer to finish, I usually leave them with the final fic name. Some of them get started aaand that’s it. I dream of writing them some day. It’s like dreaming of drawing, but with writing. :)

1. To finish | The secrets that we/you keep

2. I don’t mind her drakecest

3. Smell of cigarettes and dust

4. Cluttering teeth | WandaPietro

5. Sam & Nate | Do as I say, not as I do.

6. Drakecest | She wants a kid (note: tbh, 6 and 2 should be combined/edited/deleted. not sure yet)

7. Elena-Nate-Sam

8. “Why is the rum always gone”

9. Солнечный свет заливает всю комнату

10. Sam & Nate: I bet my life on you

11. Clint + Wanda | I love him

12. Diego loses himself to a scent

13. Half in the shadows, half burned in flames | We’re the sun sets, we’re both the same | Down the rabbit hole The summer before fifth year (note: yep, that’s one (1) document

14. Tonks saves Sirius, Harry and Sirius start a family

15. Daniel wants her desperately

16. A folded jacket over his arm

17. Oh, for fuck’s sake, Daniel (note: 15 & 16 & 17 probably should be combined)

18. Tony x Peter, dead!Tony AU (note: it’s not what it seems to be. more like fake death. plus, considered Endgame :))) no way i’m going there myself)

#tag game #fiction #text #long post #just in case #personal

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chyrstis · 5 years ago

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1, 3, 18, 19, & 20 for the WIP asks please! 💕

1: Summarize your WIP in 10 words or less.

Local woman should outline plan in full. Now, not later.

3: Does your WIP have a title? If so, explain its significance. If not, what are you calling it for now?

Sadly, it has no working title at the moment! I’m awful at titles most of the time (there are a few exceptions, but only a few), and usually I go scrambling for one once I’m done editing and about to post.

I am going to have to move it to its own file soon, though, because my main Story Ideas file really is a bit cluttered and tough to sort through.

18: What’s easier, dialogue or description?

Dialogue. Always. It’s the main framework for a lot of my WIPs, and always comes to mind easier than description.

19: Post a picture or gif that describes your WIP.

20: Post a brief excerpt.

He was far enough away from her at this point for her to spin on him with her gun out, but it wasn’t enough. Not with how he was looking at her, visibly pissed, but with a heat to it that wasn’t there before.

“Okay, back to plan A,” Hana breathed, her voice uneven. “Guess you get to keep that pretty face of yours after all. But I think this is the part where I get to tell you again what’s going to happen.”

“Is it?”

“Yes, it is.”

He straightened his posture, drawing himself back up. “Then remind me again,” John started, his voice rough as he spoke through clenched teeth, “just what you hoped to accomplish, Deputy. Because I’m inclined to tell you what you’ve managed to do in turn.”

#geronimo-11 #wip #gifs #also sorry for the wait!#I didn't think I'd be this distracted today but the module kinda wrecked everything once the afternoon hit

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rikakowrites · 6 years ago

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This week in modding (with Rika)

More Plants For The Sink (TTW):

WIP. The intent is to have all the TTW plants available for harvesting in The Sink. Might turn into a full lightweight overhaul with some static clutter for flavor, better lighting maybe? If I do a non-TTW version I’ll probably just replace the TTW plants with more of the FNV plants.

Better transparency, actually correct normal maps, and an actual specular map for High Res Vanilla Water Bottle Textures and Meshes:

So at the time of backporting this, I didn’t actually understand normal maps, or the difference between Fallout 4′s PBR (except RoyBatty says it isn’t actually PBR so he calls it ToddBR) normals, and FNV’s OGL normals, or that to go from one type to the other you invert the blue channel. Or that the specular map for the older textures is in the alpha channel. And so on. I’ll also be including the Aqua Pura files for use with TTW for consistency regardless of my thoughts on the bar code:

Ever so slightly fixed up meshes for A Tail For Vulpes:

Turns out Blender fucks up this thing called “smoothing” which is how round things look at least mostly round. So I’m fixing that, along with seeing if there’s anything I can do to improve the UV mapping (how the texture fits onto the mesh).

Slowly getting the hang of 3DS Max at least, though at least one of my fixed meshes has caused me to crash and I’m not sure which one out of hundreds of quick fixes... Eesh.

Far more respect for people who have made companion mods and literally anything with dialogue:

Holy shit dialogue is hard, keeping it straight is hard, packages are weird and cursed. Her default greeting after recruiting her seems to be the dialogue for when she’s waiting which is... not how it’s supposed to be. I’m just doing this for shits and giggles and a bit of practice, at least. (I kinda want to make her use some of Autumn’s talking animations, but IIRC he only uses those when talking outside of the dialogue mode.)

#fnv #mp #screenshot #fnv mods #fnv modding

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storyknitter · 6 years ago

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WIP Folder Meme

I was tagged by the lovely @queen-scribbles and @lumielles and I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little bit embarrassed about the state of my WIPs. There are SO MANY FILES that I need to consolidate! But will I? Probably not, let’s be real here.

Thanks so much for the tags, you two! Tagging.... who hasn’t done this yet? @frozenabattoir @momentarilyhere @shimmersing @thewriterandmuse

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

Pick out the title that most intrigues you or interests you, and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

Kintsukuroi -- sorta long-fic (there are 12 chapters!!! Granted, I’ve already posted some of them here, but I’ve been revising them before posting it to AO3) following the Fractured Alliances storyline.

DRAFT kiss & make up you idiots!!! -- part of the above file, but it felt too cluttered for me to focus on, so I pulled it out to its own doc, which helped because I think I’m actually done with it. It needs another read-through first, though

Fictober 18 -- yeah, still poking at a couple of these

Whumptober -- ^^^

Prompty Prompt Prompts (you’ll never guess what’s in this WIP!)

OTP: Better when I’m with you

Coffee Shop AU

Sanna Prompts

Rinnie Prompts

Ellie Prompts

Parenthood

12 days of Christmas prompts (there are some from last year that I never finished and I keep glaring at them every few months)

Outlander Rineth AU

Heartbreak Train

So, there are my WIPs! Thanks again for tagging me!

#WIP Folder Meme #omg I have so many wips #(same goes for my knitting so let's not discuss that m'kay?)#thanks for the tag!#queen-scribbles #lumielles #tag meme

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jamofjars · 6 years ago

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My D drive’s f*cked

For those who are not clued in on my PC file organisation, I have a 500gb SSD and a 2tb HDD. I keep the majority of my files on my HDD, the D drive, as I like to keep my SSD clutter free so I can install games and the like on there and make use of that sweet, sweet speed.

Since about August, my D drive’s been playing up. It’d disconnect randomly and I’d be unable to access files on it without restarting. Anyway, a few days ago it disconnected and despite 4 restarts. it’s not reconnected.

Of course, I’ve never backed it up. I’m an entitled whiner who doesn’t plan ahead (I’m joking, I just never got around to doing it since I didn’t have somewhere external to copy it all). Nothing massive has been lost, it’s mostly just a couple of old files that I kept “just in case”

EXCEPT...

I’ve lost a couple of WIP pieces of CC. Luckily, anything that I was massively concerned about has been copied to my Mods folder. But I’ve also lost all the progress I’ve made on Omegaverse (more on that later, there’s a small something about it on Patreon if you’re really curious).

My hope is that it’s a connection issue, so the raw data should still be retrievable. I’m going to try and get everything off it and onto a new HDD (which is presently sat in my mail box, since I’m too lazy to go and get it). Hopefully I’ll be able to get the important stuff back.

But more worryingly, I don’t seem to have some of my Ver screenies backed up, and if I lose them I shall be heartbroken!!

#jam update #jam rants

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murfeelee · 7 years ago

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CC Creators Questions

I saw this on my dash and got so excited -- a questionnaire for CC makers! :D

1. What was the hardest project you’ve worked on so far?

Y’all have no bloody clue how many unfinished projects I have given up on, and how much time I spend/waste on CC I never even finish. I often have no idea what I’m doing, and once I reach a certain point where the effing thing just won’t come out right, and I don’t know who to ask for help, or I do and never get a response, I just lose total willpower to keep going.

2. How long have you been creating cc?

2010-ish -- that’s when I first started uploading to TSR at least, ider. Early on it was just simple wall art (an effton of murals) but I kept reading the tutorials at BPS & MTS & TSR, and once I figured that out I started trying out rather craptastic conversions that are still up for DL, if y’all wanna point and laugh at me. :P Effing sad. Some of it turned out pretty okay though, IMO.

3. What’s your most favorite thing you’ve created?

At TSR my favorite CC uploads are the Clutter Bug and LOTR Scribe sets.

The admins gave me such a hard time when I first submitted this, and I had to throw out like half of the objects included in the set, cuz of the effing UV Maps and blah blah. But the rest of it came out cool.

I am constantly using those objects in my lots. Constantly. The LOTR period was also the very first time I learned about making Alpha Channels on .dds textures -- that opened up so many possibilities! Single objects I’m also really proud of over there are the Ivy/Flower Column, and the Vintage Art Collage, which I also use a lot.

At Tumblr this is a lot harder for me to decide on, since after I came here I could do and make so much more than what was allowed at TSR. I think I had the best time converting from The Witcher 3. I effing love that game. But I also think just the process was the easiest for me, cuz I’ve been doing this crap for a while now and finally knew wtf I was doing -- except the CAS stuff. O_O LAAAAAWD! I gave up on that junk quick fast and in a hurry -- NOPE! Not today, Satan! But yeah, I really like some of the stuff I did from that game, like the Peacocks (duh) and everything I shared for my Lupo Bianco gameplay.

4. What’s your most hated thing you’ve created?

Things I hate don’t get uploaded. XD Y’all think I complain about the crap I DO upload -- that’s cuz I’m being honest when I tell y’all that my work has flaws that I don’t know how to fix, or don’t have the energy to work on anymore. Practically all of my CAS CC is a raggedy amateur mess. I hold on to a lot of crap that I just can’t upload in good consciousness, cuz I know how I react when I install others’ CC and I’m using it thinking wtf, did they upload the wrong file by accident? :P

5. What inspires you to create?

When I first started, it was cuz it was still early in TS3, and the game was still pretty empty, and I didn’t have any of the EPs/SPs/Store CC yet, so I was desperate for content. Then once I started converting, and realized that I could extract stuff from other games myself, I immediately knew that I wanted to recreate my favorite games in TS3. I’m inspired by the fandoms I’m part of, and my style of simming mostly revolves around me trying to create my own extended version of other games and shows I like.

6. What gets you unmotivated to do anything or to delete your project?

Failure. When things start going wrong, I quickly get frustrated and lose patience. I post WIPs sometimes that I don’t even end up revisiting. I just can’t fix the crap, so I rapidly lose the energy or desire or interest in the entire project. I often blame it on laziness, when really I just give up. :\

7. What’s one thing you wish you knew how to do/do better?

I generally just stick to what I know and am comfortable with, which is why y’all don’t see me making build mode stuff, or much functional buy mode cc, or mods/scripts, or creating skintones or poses, or any of the cool stuff I’d love to make but just can’t figure out for the life of me. U_U

8. How long does it usually take you to make something?

Depends on the project, and my motivation to see it to the end. Some stuff will sit on the back-burner for literal years before I finally go back to it. I’ll tell myself I’ll work on it later. Lies, mostly. ^_^

9. Is there a certain schedule you stick to when publishing?

Unless there’s a certain holiday/event going on, where the CC needs to be finished now! now! now! (Halloween & Lunar New Year are my busiest times), I just do what I want. I get so distracted, and often I’m working on a zillion things at once. Sometimes I’m running on pure adrenaline and not sleeping, to make sure I finish the CC on time. I feel bad if I miss something going on that I could’ve participated in, but most times I just tell y’all the CC’s still in beta, and it’ll be ready when it’s ready. :P

10. Your favorite programs to work with?

Crazy as it sounds, Milkshape. :P I effing hate Blender. I don’t understand it -- there are too many buttons and controls and everything’s just a confusing mess. 3DS Max is easier for me! O_O I legit can’t even figure out the frikkin view/camera in Blender! And you constantly have to switch between modes, and everything’s buried under all those effing THINGS on the sides, and I can’t stand it. >_<

11. Who do you look up to (creator wise)?

For CC in general, I worship Sandy/AroundTheSims; always have. Everything they make is just so clean and professional and works splendidly in game. Jelly.

12. How many projects do you have at the moment?

An ungodly number, half of which will no doubt be abandoned before y’all even get the chance to hear about them. :P

13. Screenshot your wips folder (if you have one)

Cute of you to assume I have just one WIPs folder, in one fixed location. XD

That’s what my backup’s thematic specific folder looks like, but that’s not where I keep any of my other game conversions WIPs -- those are all over the place. I’ve had to restart several projects after my external harddrive broke, and now especially I’m keeping everything in different locations and on different drives.

14. Do you plan on creating for a long time or is there a certain period you know you’ll stop?

Dunno if I’ll ever stop, but I know I’m slowing down; I have been for a while now. I’m tired. I hate making CC. It’s stressful, exhausting, time-consuming, and no dang fun, especially when crap is going oh so wrong and you have to keep quitting the game, doing crap over, loading the game, seeing if it’s fixed, and trying not to cry when it’s not. I do this crap out of desperation, when there’s something in particular that I want that I can't find a good substitute for in the game or community at large. So as long as I’m still simming, I know I’m gonna keep being forced by necessity to make crap. But I doubt I’ll ever go back to the workhorse nonsense I was up to in like 2015/6 or whenever my “heyday” was, when I was still experimenting like mad and learning everything.

15. What helps you keep focus during your creating process?

I play a lot of music, that fits the theme of the CC I'm working on, or is lifting my spirits at the time. I can’t work in silence. IDKY, it just makes me bored and tired.

I tag all y’all who ever made anything for us poor unfortunate souls!

#simblr #questionnaire #murf is a derp #sims 3 cc

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ajnata · 3 years ago

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hey! im sorry if this isnt the place to ask, but what do you use to write with? like docs or?? ive been trying to get into writing again, but i like keeping things organized and im not sure what i should use to keep it that way

hey nonnie! i'm sorry if this reply is late i suck at being active on here. anyways!

i personally have a separate account on google docs for my writing. i use symbols to differentiate between my wips, with one symbol for all my short stories and one for misc writing. i also have an archive account where i dump all the documents that are cluttering my docs that i don't want to delete. the files i use the most (the ones i'm actively writing on) are all starred for quick access, but otherwise, i search through my docs for what i need.

i regularly go through my writing account and check for wip files that can be merged together so i don't have many files to scroll through + for files that i no longer want on my writing account

all of this has kept me pretty organized! if you want something that will be easier to maintain, i'd recommend looking for something that has a built-in labeling system! the only thing i can think of that has that is google notes, but i'm sure there are many more out there!

#telecommunication.#anon.#[if anybody has any tips / alternatives to google docs for nonnie feel free to add on]

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ikari-cat · 6 years ago

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hallppp! What to do with art block?!

Ah yes, the ultimate struggle, especially if you are filled with ideas but just can’t begin to start

I remember answering this once but to summarize:

Jot down notes + scribbbles - by being filled so many ideas it’s bound to get all clutter inside. Especially if one is busy already, there would be even more conflict over which project to start on. One of my fav things to do however is keep a list of some sorts of all the things I want to draw, the best part being doodling the ideas near each other and the one with the most effort ends up being the one to work on first!

Organize projects + work space - I’m a messy person, so I end up having wips on wips in one file, thus leading to more of a mess to open to; too much space too! So at that point I end up deleting some ideas I’ve long forgotten, and start a new file and get a flow going on. Now workspace differs, but I’m always drawing on my bed, so I make sure my whole ROOM is cleaned up or else I end up going back into my depression cycle (make sure you yourself is in check!)

Take breaks + give yourself some ‘me’ time - There’s nothing more frustrating then having your vision coming out wrong, so at that point take some good breaks! I usually end up going online, play games, or try out other things to create in (fooling around in ps lol) What matters here is that you get rest, art really is stressful on one so please don’t extend yourself; you don’t want to look back in anger after all. I was gonna list this as another point but this lines up here SO go out! You have no idea how great it is to change your scenery, if you’re like me who struggles with a background, it’s best to sketch a quick view of just a simple tree! I usually like going to food places so that makes more aus and food ideas lol

Overall, go at your own pace - As y’all know, I’m usually one to set goals that end up not happening, time is just something I struggle to work with. But the wips are there, so it’s just setting up your own pace! What matters here is you, I know it’s hard to not compare to others, but churning out art has to be something you strive to do; not something you feel you have to do just for the blog ~

I hope this helped, just keep at it yo! 👏YOU👏CAN👏DO👏IT👏

#anon #ask away #art problems #hope this helped!#👏YOU👏CAN👏DO👏IT👏

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vldtropesfest-blog · 8 years ago

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Fest FAQ

What's a fest? What are tropes?

A fest is a fun fandom event where writers and artists sign up to create a new work based on the theme of the fest. This fest is all about popular fandom and writing tropes (or better known as cliches). We challenge participants to create a fresh new spin on a time-honored trope, whether they are subverting their trope assignment and turning it on its head or just creating a fun new work featuring their assigned trope! Participants are encouraged to interpret these tropes however they would like. The trope assigned to the creator needs to be the main trope featured in the fic or art, but tropes can sometimes bleed into each other, and we realize that more than one might subtly make an appearance. Just keep this in mind: the main trope in the fic/art is the plot device that keeps the story going, brings two characters of a ship together, or is the main issue the character(s) face.

So it's like an exchange? What's the deal with the anonymous part?

Yes, although this fest does not have exchange gifts/giftees involved. Participants who sign up will be assigned a trope from the list provided and will create a piece to be posted anonymously during the duration of the fest. While this is not a gift exchange, this is still an event and the final work should be completely unknown for the duration of the fest posting schedule. All participants will be revealed at the end of the fest with a big masterlist full of all of the creators! For more information on this, please visit the post about our AO3 Fest Collection!

Who can sign up?

@vldtropesfest is open to ALL authors, artists, ships, characters, content, and ratings! We welcome veteran creators as well as those who are newer to writing/drawing who would like to participate in a fun fandom event.

How do I sign up?

Writer and artist sign up posts will open up on September 25, 2017 and will remain open until October 2, 2017. There will be two separate posts for writers and artists. Sign ups will be on a first come, first served basis, and we will have a writer participant cap of 50 participants. There will be no cap on artist participants. Pinch hitters and beta readers will also be welcomed to sign up at a later date. Proxy sign-ups and 24 hour placeholder sign-ups will be accepted.

If sign ups are on Dreamwidth, does that mean I need a Dreamwidth account?

Nope, not at all! Anonymous comments will be turned on when the sign up posts go live, so anyone who wants to sign up will be able to comment. Dreamwidth accounts are free if you would like to have one to make commenting slightly easier on yourself, but we do not require participants to have a DW account. We will also be accepting sign ups sent to our fest email, [email protected] once the sign ups go live.

Can I sign up to do art and fic?

Go for it! We love your enthusiasm! Be sure to submit separate sign up forms on the writer and artist sign up posts. We recommending signing up on the writer sign ups first, since there is a cap for writer participants.

Can I sign up with a partner to collaborate with?

Absolutely! Writing partners, artist-writer collaboration teams, and RP groups are more than welcome to sign up together! We just ask that you only submit ONE sign up form filled in with information for each person participating in your group (ie: usernames, AO3 accounts, emails).

How will assignments work if there are a lot of participants?

No more than 3 authors/artists will be assigned to each trope (unless we end up with a ton of sign ups, and then we may allow more creators per trope).

What about different character/ship variety with the list of tropes available to choose from?

Because this fest is open to all ships, we will do our best to not have more than one of the same ship assigned to each trope. (ie: Secret Relationship assignments: 1 Klance fic, 1 Hidge art, 1 Shallura fic) In the event that we receive a large number of sign ups there may be some repeat ships, but we will try to keep that to a minimum for the sake of variety in the tropes represented.

How will check-ins work?

Check-ins will either be through a google form or a post with screened comments on our DW community where participants can let us know about their progress.

If any content and ratings are allowed, does that mean NSFW content/ratings are ok?

NSFW is welcomed! NSFW content for this fest will only be accepted if you are over the age of 18. Attempting to submit NSFW content if you are under the age of 18 will result in a ban from this fest as well as any future fests hosted by the mods. NSFW content must be tagged appropriately and contain any relevant warnings for squicks and/or triggers.

Are there any content restrictions?

No, we allow for any content in works submitted. The only requirement is that everything is tagged/warned for appropriately to ensure that readers who would like to avoid specific content are able to safely do so. We highly encourage all characters to be depicted as 18 or older if they are involved in sexual content, but will allow characters depicted as 17 or older with the stipulation that creators tag their work with the AO3 "underage" tag and any relevant warnings. If you’re unsure if something’s okay, feel free to ask!

What counts for a submission? Can I create anything I want?

Only Fic and Art submissions are eligible for tropes fest. We will not accept graphics/edits/playlists/moodboards/etc as a submission. We will only count traditional or digital art mediums for artists.

Is there a minimum requirement for fic/art submissions?

For fic: 1500 word minimum, no upper word count limit. For art: We ask for the equivalent effort level of the minimum word count for writers. This just means that we ask for artists to submit something more thought out than very rough sketches.

Can I submit a WIP, sequel/prequel, or something part of a series I've already started?

No. Works cannot be a WIP or part of a series, submissions must be a newly created stand alone work for the fest.

Do submissions need to be beta read?

Yes, all fic submissions must be beta read. We encourage writers to utilize the @vldbetareaders tumblr directory to find a beta. We will also have sign ups for beta readers. Artists are not required to have a beta, however we encourage you to have a friend look over your work anyway when it's still in the progress stages!

What if I can't think of anything to do for my submission?

We're going to have optional prompt claiming for participants that would like to work from a prompt. We'll be opening up the prompting post and will collect prompts throughout the weeks leading up to the fest. You do not need to sign up for the fest in order to leave a prompt, and you do not need to leave a prompt in order to sign up. Once sign ups are over and assignments are sent out, we will post a claiming post with a compilation of the prompts collected for participants to claim a prompt if they would like to. Prompt claiming will be on a first come, first served basis.

What if I need a little longer to work on my submission? What if I have to drop out?

We understand how life gets. It’s ok to request an extension, or even to drop out from the fest if you need to. We hope if you do need to drop out that you’ll come back for the next round! Extension requests will be granted on a case-by-case basis. Email the mods at [email protected] with the subject line "Extension Request; yourusername". When making your request, include your draft and a timeframe for how long you think you’ll need to complete it. If you think you’ll need an extension please let the mods know ASAP so that we can work out the posting schedule accordingly.

Can I share excerpts or sneak peeks of my WIP for my submission before the fest deadline like I can with Big Bangs and Zines?

No, don’t post your entry anywhere else on the Internet for the duration of the fest until after reveals, then you are free to post it wherever you’d like. We know you're going to be super excited to share your work with your friends + followers, but because this is an anonymous fest we ask that you do not share your work with anyone except your alpha/beta readers or your collaboration team until reveals.

How will submissions and posting work?

We will have two separate posts that will explain the submission and posting process closer to the deadline. To give a brief overview of both processes, participants will submit their filled out art/fic header (which we will provide in the submission post) in an email to [email protected] with the following subject line: "SUBMISSION; yourusername; your assigned trope" along with a link to their work already posted to the AO3 collection or with their attached art file. All submissions will be cross-posted to Tumblr and Dreamwidth with a fic/art header and a link to the work on AO3 or the art embedded in the post.

Got a question for something not answered?

Send an email to [email protected] with your question! Please do not PM the mod account on Tumblr or Dreamwidth, as mods will only be checking the email account for questions and we will not receive your question otherwise. This FAQ will be updated with more information in an effort to keep the blog feed free of extra clutter.

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