#With barely any intervention from me. Just slice of life fluff and flowers and Sqq trying to be a good teacher for his kids
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The thing I like about my writing is that I never write a story the same way twice. Everything I write demands a different flow.
For example, of the two stories I'm writing now, one wanted present tense (which I am, it turns out, terrible at) and lots of Internet slang/grammar, and the other one decided it had to be made of very short snippets, with one or two longer scenes forming naturally and lots of run on sentences. Both of them I originally tried in my 'more typical' style and both times it failed miserably to click until I scrapped it entirely and restarted.
Ironically enough, the present tense one I'd been intending to write in more episodic bursts, and the snippets one is the start of a long and twisting story delving into deeper themes than I ever have before. But that's the way they wanted to be written! It's more thinking on my behalf than I might have wanted (I am truly fighting my instinct for past tense), but in return I'm finding a rhythm and pattern that's working so well!
I guess the morale of the story is that if you've just started a story or art piece or whatever but it's just not working out, try approaching it from an unusual angle, something you haven't tried before. Something about it isn't clicking, so try a new method entirely!
But most importantly, have a folder somewhere you can move all the little bits and pieces you made but had to take out. It's old advice, but the problem is usually further back than you think. Doesn't mean you have to lose your progress.
#writing#creative writing#fanfic#fanfiction#They're both crossovers of course. I do love crossovers. Reincarnation crossovers especially.#The present tense is mimicking the style of a comedy anime that doesn't really have much of a plot. It's very enjoyable. (it's saiki k)#The protag is a comedically op psychic in normal highschool. He gets into shenanigans his powers exacerbate and hates flirting#The whole show is his dry narration and I'm carrying that into my fic because it's a great fit for Sqq (svsss) and it'll spiral massively#With barely any intervention from me. Just slice of life fluff and flowers and Sqq trying to be a good teacher for his kids#The other is bloodborne and I've already killed wwx a bunch of times. He's very traumatised. He baby too. HIS narration is run on sentences#Because I've found it strikes a good balance between 'appropriately conveying gothic horror' and 'terrified 5yo pov'#And the short sections means I can run through a bunch of minor but important scenes without sacrificing pace and#It lets the world building happen more naturally as wwx learns about his circumstances#That and it balances the run on sentences because there are many and they are long#I can't wait to get back to my computer. I've MISSED writing but it just hasn't been the year for it
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