#ONCE AGAIN IM NOT A PROFESSIONAL

[ghost-proofbaby]

hey ghost!! so ive finally taken the plunge and started plotting my first ever eddie x reader fic, and i was wondering if you had any tips?? i haven’t written fan fiction in so long, and ive never written an x reader and i really really don’t want it to come across like a ‘my mom sold me to one direction and they all want me because im perfect’ type of fanfic. and like i was outlining a scene that was kinda pivotal for eddie and reader’s feelings for one another and i love it but also. it’s so fuckin cheesy and i don’t want people to think that the reader has main character syndrome. and i don’t wanna write eddie out of character and ACK im overthinking this. the perfectionist jumped out.

if you don’t have time to give tips, feel free to ignore this ask, but if not, send me a message! seriously no pressure, i was just wondering if you might be willing to give me some writing advice when it comes to x reader fics. no hard feelings if you can’t or don’t want to!

i don’t mind at all!!!

i think the hardest thing with x reader fics for me is avoiding being too specific until reader is no longer relatable (in sense of background, experiences, emotions, etc. physical appearance not so much haha), but i have found that overthinking is the number one enemy.

who cares if it’s cheesy? life can kinda suck, we deserve a lil cheese to sweeten it up. who cares if reader has main character syndrome? we are the main character in this fictional world we set. i struggle with both of those a lot, but the best thing i do is sit back and ask myself if concerns like that ever deter me from reading stories. and honestly? it doesn’t! i like cheesy and i don’t mind when stories aren’t perfectly aligned to reality. half the fun of reading is escaping reality <3

the issue with writing OOC is honestly one of those things that’s scarier. i’ve certainly written and then chopped/rewritten scenes because i read back and go “oh he absolutely would not do this what”. most of my editing process has recently just become trying to reread my works as if they aren’t my own, as if i just came across them on the dash, and that’s helped a lot. putting myself in the shoes of actual readers and asking if i’d like it/read it!! trying to set aside that terrible perfectionism that lives in so many of us as writers.

overall, if you’re having fun and enjoying your work, that’s the point. as long as that’s happening — you’re golden, babe. <3

[weirdglassthing]

LOA Shiptober Day 4: How They Met

October content month was ambitious..

This one took me. Shockingly long. Whoops! I’ll probably end up jumping around the prompt list and it might extend into November 😋

I’ll try to do day 31 on the actual date of Halloween though 🫡

[bhadgal-tahtii]

Unpopular opinion #1,000,000

Y'all. Why are half the stories under the Rhaenyra Targaryen x Reader tag Aemond/Aegon/Daemon imagines? Unpopular opinion alert!! With all due respect ppl, if you're writing an Aemond x Reader story or whatever, you shouldn't put Rhaenyra Targaryen x Reader tags on it. Like I get it if the reader is Rhaenyra's daughter or something, and they have a strong relationship. But, regardless, if Rhaenyra is barely mentioned in the story, then what is the point of using the tag? It's misleading and a bit annoying. I can't be the only person with this issue. I've scrolled past about 30 Aemond/Aegon/Daemon stories in the past 20 minutes. Help.

[xfactor7aurora]

Im so mad ab the think fast breakup I'm so serious

[kimtranssexler]

I love fujoing out as much as the next man, but I just have to say this about Amadeus (1984) — I’m sorry, he did not want to fuck that old man. He just didn’t. He did not give a single fuck about that old man.

[knockknockknockingonhootysdoor]

please believe me when i tell you i have been trying very hard to try and draw but it eludes me like the wind in one’s grasp. i’ve collected all the little doodles i’ve made to at least put SOMETHING up.

[lilowoof]

ngl gamers, I think I'm gonna inevitably lose to the hormones and depression in the near future XD

Can't bring myself to be active cause I'm using a lot of energy to not vent post all the time. But fuck it, into the tags I go!

[rickybaby]

No matter how much Helmut annoys me at times, but this man really was there for the beginning of Daniel's career. No wonder Daniel knows what he has to do to impress him. Their relationship is wildly complicated.

en.espn.co.uk/hrtf1/motorsport/story/53044.html

Imagine you're Helmut Marko. You've seen hundreds of young drivers come and go. You've made the careers of some, and broken the careers of many more others. It's 2007 and you see this lanky guy with big poofy hair come 6th in some regional junior championship and you think he's maybe quick enough to be part of your junior team. And then he shows up to meet you and the team boss for the first time with his shoes squelching water all over the floor because he fell into some fountain outside because he was too busy gawking at the Red Bull headquarters. Surely, you wouldn't have much hope of him surviving the shark tank that is the red bull junior academy, but yet he surprises you by jumping through every hoop you throw at him, by his sheer dogged determination to show you he can be your next golden boy. So, of course, he's going to have your grudging respect and you wouldn't mind playing godfather for a bit and use your influence to get him a seat at some struggling team - it's like here's another challenge for you, show me what you can do.

[i-appear-misssing]

I just had the horrible thought that I need to fall in love because having devastating crushes on beautiful, competent, authoritative women that I desperately want to please is exhausting and I need it to stop

[todayisafridaynight]

Dude ur cosplays are genuinely so good 😭. I don't think I could cosplay anyone from RGG because I look too fem for it, but you're killing it!

AW thanks fam that means a lot :']] tbh if you really want to cosplay a character, you should go for it! even if you dont plan to go anywhere or do anything crazy, even just putting on the outfits is pretty fun :]

[meateater-rabbit]

[dandyshucks]

trying to decide if i want to show the counselor/therapist my self insert art or not djdkslsl I think it is too obvious that it's Me to ever be able to say "hey look at this cute art i did of two random characters neither of which are me or in any way connected to me :o)" but AUGHGHGH she wants to see more art of mine and most of my art recently (ALL of my art so far this year i think) has been selfship stuff,,,

[earlyspringtranscendence]

btw i think one of the most impt hobbies in the world is having a mostly non-existent, mostly self indulgent crush on a professor/lecturer just to zone out to their classes to and focus instead on their hair and their hands and their dark circles speaking NAWT from experience. maybe a little bit.

[sparrownnax]

it's astonishing what can make people think you're a genius in your field and i mean this in a negative way

[teenagers-from-outer-space-1959]

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[alchemiclee]

a secret 11th option of I got my ears pierced at Claire's (as an adult), somewhere else (as a child), by a professional (as an adult), and did it myself (as a kid and adult)

Okay. I gotta ask.

Obvs pls share to get more votes etc etc