#fic writiing shit

[delphi-dreamin]

Y'all ever get nervous about writing a fic because it's about to expose some shit about yourself that you're not necessarily ready to deal with/share with the world?

[hisoknen]

which fic that i’m never gonna finish should i work on today

[void-of-unparalled-chaos]

Fic Masterlist

Because Tumblr search features are shit. Fandoms, Fics, and Series are organized in alphabetical order. Each link will send you to the Tumblr version but there will be a link to the AO3 version within that post. If you would rather go straight to AO3, my account is linked in the post pinned on my blog.

Assassin's Creed:

Of Blades and Parchment Series

Tumblr tag: #Of Blades and Parchment

Altmal AU where Malik never became an assassin and instead works as a crippled bookseller. Series is in progress.

DPxDC

Two Crickets (My addition is only 646 words but idk about the ones before it)

no tag

An addition to a prompt by @/ailithnight and writing by @/omnicrafts and @/atiyasnake

The GIW has had Danny for an undeterminable amount of time. The strain is finally more than he can handle and he body hops into a brain dead clone, R13. Danny thinks he is having a nice dream. Kon is worried for the escaped clone he found in the middle of a field.

TW: mentions of tortue

Here's Where You'll Stay (3082 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #Here's Where You'll Stay

"As John stared at the door preparing to get his face mauled, he couldn’t help but incredulously complain that this was not how he wanted his weekend to go. He had plans! He supposes that he would be willing to put them on hold for Phantom’s sake, but he wasn’t agreeable to the incoming face mauling. "

When Phantom comes down with Core Sickness it's up to John Constantine to save the ghost from fading.

Nothing Says "True Love" Like Being Given The Soul of Your Murderer (1510 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #nstllbgtsoym

Dead on Main ship. Addition to a post by @/nelkcats

"Another snarl caused him to lose his staring contest with the Bat. Nightwing was now standing between the two of them and appeared to be trying to placate the crime boss while Red Robin made the bloody stupid decision of trying to sneak up behind him. Red quickly paid the price for his folly, finding himself flat on his back pinned underneath Hood's boot while he honest to God snapped at Nightwing like a rabid dog.

"It's my gift! He gave it to me. Now fuck off before I m̶a̷k̸e̸ ̵y̶o̸u̶."

Yeah. Someone should probably interfere before they pissed him off anymore.

"You should corral your kids before one of em' loses a hand."

"Hngh." Batman leaves to break up the fight with Nightwing's aid. Hood scampers off to one of the corners of the cave, cradling the violet ball in his gloved hands as if it was the most precious thing in the world. It sounded like he was purring. John was suddenly very tired."

Rending Flesh From the Bone (3093 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #RFFTB

Dick wasn't so sure about Jason's "gut feeling", but what are brothers for if not to support each other during paranoia episodes? Now, deep underground in an abandoned subway tunnel, Dick is starting to have regrets as he watches the scene before him.

TW: Gore, Cannibalism, Vomiting, Zalgo Text

Slap a Bow on It (4752 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #Slap a Bow on It

Dead on Main ship, written for Dead on MAYn 2024

 "Contrary to popular belief, Danny wasn’t stupid. He could be a bit oblivious, but he always got there in the end.��So when Danny woke up the next morning and realized that last night wasn’t a dream, he had an epiphany. He was being courted by the super hot and apparently undead crime lord who ran the haunt on the other side of the street."

TW: Danny is thirsty as hell, mentions/allusions to nsfw but nothing explicit

sketch of Danny's courting gift

Star Shoes (2772 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #Star Shoes

Dead on Main ship, written for Dead on MAYn 2024

"Things had been going so well for him lately. He should have expected the other shoe to drop. Or the metal pipe in this case."

In which Danny and his totally normal boyfriend who is definitely not Red Hood are abducted by cultists. Danny is super concussed, but he's got the spirit.

The Dead Stay Dead (My addition is only 679 words but idk about the ones before it)

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An addition to writing by @/some-kind-of-creature and @/nerdpoe.

In which the LOA has a rule that those who die are never mentioned again and are erased from their records. Damian doesn't think to mention his late sister. Once he does he creates a portrait to commemorate her, but it turns out his sister is actually his brother now.

The Double-edged Blade of Chance (5309 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #The Double-edged Blade of Chance

Dead on Main ship, written for Dead on MAYn 2024

Not everyone gets to meet their soulmate. It was just a fact of life. There was always a chance, but chance was a double-edged blade. 

Jason quite literally runs into his soulmate at the young age of eight.

“Sorry! I thought you were a ghost!”

"Why would I be a ghost?”

TW: Major Character Death, Child Neglect, Mentions of Abuse, Mentions of Drug Addiction, Depression

Unnamed fic (ghost chirps/unintentional ghost adoption au fic)

Tumblr Tag: #ghost chirps/unintentional ghost adoption au fic

Addition to a post by @/starwrighter

Fic is currently a work in progress with only a minimal amount released to the public under the Tumblr post. Once it's completely written chapters will be posted and linked independently.

[olde-scratch]

ive already got the writing down, i gotta get the drawing and then in like 5 years i will tackle the most daunting of The Big Three Creatives: music theory. (sobs in id rather learn rocket science)

i dont like numbers but music theory...... that thing scares me. im picking up what i can along the way so that i wont get thrown completely into the deep end but im better suited for prose than poetry and everything i write comes out cringy one way or another.... sob

i wanna be able to make something with a fandom sweetspot but the thing abt that sweetspot is that whatever the fandom is based around must be highly enjoyable and not written perfectly which!!! OFC i want my thing to be PERFECT but if its TOO perfect i wont get the fandom i want!!! like, if junji ito had made his entire career nothing but souichi stories he would not be the name he is today, but please sir..... may i have some more.........

me when im home alone so i set up in my kitchen and take cosplay pics for instagram, chill in that cosplay for a few hours, and then don't wear anything but pajamas for the next few months. i gotta post more on my cosplay acc man but my phone doesn't want me to </3

LMAO NOT THE PINTEREST BOARD!! ur so yuuta-coded rn. i had a shared pinterest board for a witch hat atelier fic i was gonna write with my artist friend but for various reasons (mostly my fault.... because of bad mental health.......) we're no longer friends and it fell thru (tho when i get back around to catching up on wha idk i might just write it. i still have my oc and some of his scraps.)

dokushi is not the villain who got Magically Redeemed, he's the villain they infected with morals who wishes he could shove them all in a giant blender and go back to being evil <3 but he cant <3333 loser <333333 im so normal about souichi i wanna chew on him like a dog. tear out his insides and scatter them around the living room under the couches to find next time i sweep.

bro wdym youre already starting the animatic. Bro W D Y M. i fixed up like three frames of my other animatic (its a dungeon meshi animatic i made to get used to opentoonz, which i wanna use cause i cant use flipaclip and nothing else looks nice.) in the time it took for you to do this What Do You Mean.

This is the longest I’ve drawn consecutively. I got BIG motivation..

His sodasona is mostly done? I think? I’ll debate on whether or not to do lineart.

@olde-scratch wanted to see my version so here it is ‼️

(Hope the ping doesn’t bother)

Omg wth I need to fix his shoulder bye

[meddow]

Fic Author Q&A

Thank you for tagging me @curator-on-ao3!

1. Why do you write fanfic?

It’s a bit of a combination firstly wanting to share a plot idea I have with others, secondly, wanting to see something happen which I know won’t happen in the original source, and thirdly, it can be a bit of a fun puzzle – I don’t like this canon, how do I fix it.

2. Which of your posted stories do you think about the most, even though the story is “finished”?

Lately, First Solitary Separate Singular Complete. It was the first fic I wrote after a long break and I was a very rusty when writing it, so mostly what I would have do differently.

3. If you could give yourself fic advice from when you first started writing fic, what would that advice be?

There will be times when you feel you’ve lost the ability to write. It will come back. It never strays that far away.

4. What’s your relationship to fic stats?

I do check them and quite often, but just for hits. I like seeing the hit count on my WIP steadily head up and like to interpret that as it has found an audience.

5. Is there a pairing or scenario or friendship you miss writing? If so, why? If not, why not?

I wouldn’t mind revisiting Lix/Randall (The Hour) a bit more. I still occasionally find myself coming up with AUs for them. I had half a Victorian detectives AU plotted out in my head back in the day and I wish I'd had the energy to write it. Anyway, it was six episodes over a decade ago and yet they still reside in my head.

6. What motivates you to write?

Partly it’s a race against time to get things down before my inspiration runs out. Partly is that writing for me is like cooking. It’s lovely cooking for myself, but its extra special getting to share what I’ve created with the world and seeing other people enjoy it

7. Why do you write for the fandom(s) that you write for?

My muse is very much motivated by newspaper articles and non-fiction and basically shit I see in the world which pisses me off, and Star Trek remains the ultimate franchise for being able to discuss contemporary issues with a shielding layer of fiction over the top.

For example (spoilers for the next chapter of The Endurance of Light) the villains I’m writing at the moment have an ideology which is based of a whole bunch of anti-master, anti-vaxxer and anti-science rhetoric I’ve seen around – and I’m getting to show how the ruling class of that planet use that ideology to oppress the masses and keep themselves in power, while finding and exploiting loopholes that benefit themselves. I don't know if I'm weird, but writing that kind of stuff for me is oddly fun.

Strange New Worlds in particular hits that sweet spot as it has a great set up and characters I adore, but never seems to have enough time/a high enough episode order to really explore the characters and I want to fix that.  

8. If you’re stuck writing a WIP, what do you do?

Go for a walk. I get all my best ideas either wandering around the local park, or in the shower.

9. What do you wish people knew about comments?

I can’t speak for any author but myself, but I’m happy to answer questions about future developments (or the general direction at least, I won’t give a blow by blow) if someone asks me in a comment. I don’t like tagging my fics with whether it’s a happy ending or not or whether a pairing is endgame or not because I feel that ruins any tension and/or mystery I want to build for everyone, but in the comments, I can put details below a spoiler cut.

10. Maybe there’s a question you wish had been on here. What’s that question (and answer)?

As a person who has aphantasia (the inability to picture things in my mind), I’d love to know what other people see when they’re writing, and how much detail. For me, I feel like for a scene I get enough in my mind to create one blurry film still per scene. There's no movement though. I can’t picture things like facial expressions changing or what characters are doing with their hands. Often I feel like I’m just writing off vibes.

I've seen a lot of people I follow tagged already, is there anyone who has missed out that wants to be?

[punch-love]

conflict anon here again and im SO GLAD you agree man. i think what really gets me about it is that i was specifically searching for conflict-packed fic and that's why i was so let down. i also feel like authors are entitled to write whatever they want forever but it just FEELS to me when im reading their fics like they would be happier writing something more domestic, and i want to find something where they're more feral.

i want the ID reveal and the relationship-confirming to cause MORE problems, hell i want them to get together and blow out into a massive argument and breakup then have breakup sex and get back together and then realize the sex didn't actually fix anything and then break up again but they can't stop being obnoxiously in each others space either way

but it feels like fic im trying to find like this fights the very concept of conflict so hard and wants one singular plot point to fix everything as quickly as possible without even walking me through the characters' insight as to HOW that fixed anything other than "problem over, let's be together forever now!" let alone the level of conflict that'd be so engaging like that with a million curveballs

im so aware its a personal taste thing its just been frustrating reading fic after fic after fic and finding so little of it. its no ones fault i can't find fic perfectly tailored to my tastes specifically, i just tend to ramble about my frustration. you and oprime and sci and a couple other authors are my favorite for writing it the way you do, she's not gonna die today will always be one of my favorite fics of all time because it gave me that ever persisting conflict driven by their obsessive need to stick together even when they're fighting every step of the way. i just always get into a longwinded ramble when this comes up and i was hoping youd like to share your thoughts so thank you for answering 🙏

I think this pairing kind of presents a unique challenge to writers (at least it did for me) that action and conflict is such a huge, borderline essential part of their canonical dynamic. If you're not used to writing/utilizing both physical and emotional conflict, your stories can often fall so, so flat for these two, specifically because that's the fuel that makes the engine run. The first true action scene I ever wrote was chapter two of love-punch, and I like, now I'm an action writer for life now (editing an action sequence as we speak) but I had to get out of my comfort zone because I realized that type of stories I wanted to write about them required them to beat the shit out of each other to work.

These two are definitely not problem solvers so much as shit starters. I feel like for them, the problems they actually have to solve are the ways they perceive each other (because both of them heavily project onto the other) and what that means long-term for their relationship - every other form of conflict, to me, is up for grabs forever when it comes to their relationship. The shit talking, ass kicking, and fire starting is what makes them, them.

I've said this before, but a lot of people write fanfiction as an exploration of their own ideal relationships. (which is absolutely fine) I think spideypool is a difficult sell though, for that specific fantasy, because their relationship operates on instability and violence primarily. I think most people aren't looking for a relationship where your communication consists of name-calling, beat downs, and moral differences so severe it makes you almost kill each other a lot. That, does not make a good, a good or healthy real world relationship but SUCH a fun fictional one. People are going to write their fantasies out, though, and that fantasy is that one kiss/one fuck/one confession creates relationship fueled bliss forever because many people, hate conflict - both experiencing and reading it. It sucks, if you're a reader who likes problems. I also always say this, but I encourage you to channel that energy into writing your own work. It's what I did, and it paid off so great for me because now I have 12 works specifically catered to my own personal needs exclusively. Fandom is always going to suck, but you can be the change! (and if you don't want to write, that's cool too, sometimes it's good just to get your qualms out into the world and find people who agree)

tagging @primewritessmut again so she can read your praise straight from the source.

It's a tough fandom if you really like their canonical dynamic more than their fanon one, I feel you man. I am always holding a prayer circle that more writers who like problems more than they like easy resolutions joins in and starts writing some real fucked up shit.

[sprnklersplashes]

I hope to dedicate nanowrimo to attempting to write my novel... and want to paritipate in flufftober/whumptober... and do important fic stuff in october before putting them aside for november.... so I should probably dedicate myself to writi-

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shit

[arctixout]

oh my god alright bokris fic writies i'm gonna need a bitchy cashier!kris being held at a gun point by criminal!bojan and giving absolutely zero shits while Bojan's all "hello i'm threatening your life here dude????"

Scenario: you are robbing a bank

Who do you: assault with a gun, tie with a silver tape, who's helping you

Nace, Bojan, Kris

i'm tying bojan with a silver tape (while paying close attention to taping his mouth because he would be unbearable otherwise)

i'm assaulting kris with a gun (because i feel like he would start arguing with me and being a hater. we'll see how mean he can be with a gun pointed at him)

i'm having nace helping me (he's strong, and he would be charming enough to make the cashiers hand over money with little effort. and this choice has absolutely nothing to do with him most likely wearing all black while doing this what?)

[lieu-rey]

I dont usually write, it's not really my thing, but I got this idea for a thing, basically the worst case scenario of what couldve happened during the plane crash in v6 so uhhh enjoy heartbreak:^)

ps: tw for blood and a pretty graphic description (it ain't that bad tho lmao)

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He's not really sure what happened. He cant see, he feels his ears ringing, his lungs burn from smoke.

He can taste the iron flavor of blood in his mouth.

He tries to move. He cries out, the bones of his legs being crushed further with every movement. He tries to steady his breathing as he feels himself panic.

Slowly, he blinks, his vision beginning to clear and the sounds of alarms filling his ears. Everything is flashing red. He looks down in his chair.

His legs are stuck, crushed under the weight of the airplane control panel. Shrapnel sticks out from his body. Blood is caked against his clothes and across the dashboard.

He sucks in breath so fast he chokes, feeling tears blur his vision.

“Maria!”

She's not there.

“Qrow! Ruby?!”

He’s screaming for help.

“Somebody!”

He heaves in a breath of air, his heart racing.

“Please! I need help!”

He tries to move again, but cries out in pain. Tears stream down his face. He can barely croak out the name.

“Ozpin…!”

He feels his presence, his rapid breath slowing slightly as the man's voice softly speaks to him.

“Shh...stay calm, everything’s going to be alright…”

Oscar takes a breath, the tears still running down his cheeks but more from relief of hearing someone's voice.

“Ozpin, please….help me..”

“Shh, someone will come, I promise, stay still…”

Oscar went into a coughing fit, his whole body shaking from the force. He shivered, swallowing back the blood that kept rising in his throat.

“What do I do…Oz...I feel sick…”

Ozpin’s voice wavered slightly as he spoke. “You’re going to be okay…I'm right here with you, I’m not going anywhere.”

Oscar's breath became more shallow, his eyes glazing over and blurring. He feels weaker.

“I'm...scared…”

Ozpin felt everything he felt. He knew what was coming, it's happened so many times. But he couldn't help but feel his heart break.

“I know...I know…”

Oscar's eyes fluttered shut, his head falling to the side slightly against the chair. Ozpin felt the familiar darkness of afterlife, and then he was still.

I'm sorry, Oscar.

[helly-watermelonsmellinfellon]

Why tf is harrymort something you ship? Not only is Voldemort constantly trying to kill Harry, has killed Harry's parents, threatened to kill all of Harry's friends, and actually did sort of kill Harry, but like. He's definitely over fifty in the books. IDK how old he is exactly, but he's old enough that he was a feared political cult leader missing 6 chunks of his soul and a Hogwarts graduate when Harry is a baby. It's creepy, man.

Bruh, all of my ships are incredibly problematic in more than one way. I'm suspicious over that being the only one you seem to take issue with.

1.) You lack imagination. HP is a very fleshed out fictional universe with many options at your fingertips for fanfic. Tom Riddle appears throughout the series, in the ages newborn, 11, 15, 16, 18, 20+, 30+, 50, and 70. Harry has appeared in the ages of 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 37/38. Time Turners exist. Alternate Universes exist. You can do literally anything because HP is a massive sandbox. I can have Harry find the Diary in his 6th Year and then he is actually older than Diary-Tom. I can have Adult-Harry Time Travel to any point between 1950 and 1970 and end up in a relationship with Adult-Tom.

2.) What attracts me is the potential. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean there aren't ridiculous connections between Harry and Voldy. People would see Voldy's obsession as some kind of mad crush if Harry was a girl and we all know it. Just because Harry's a boy doesn't mean Voldy getting touchy feely isn't weird, or Tom staring at him 'hungrily' many times isn't suggestive, or Harry remarking 18 times between 2 books that Tom Riddle is 'handsome' while doing nothing to tell people about how attractive the supposed love of his life(Ginny) is.

3.) My weakness is Protag/Antag ships. Ever since I was a child and a romance was happening in something I was watching, my first thought was always preferring the hero with the villain. I didn't understand why until I was about 13. Suddenly it's, how would that work? How can they realistically go from being enemies to being in love? Can any fic writers manage it since it isn't canon?

Bruh, I shipped Sailor Moon with almost every enemy she had(even Diamond tbh). I shipped Kagome Higurashi with Naraku and Sesshomaru from the moment those characters were introduced in the story(Inuyasha). Long before we learned any back story on them. I shipped Naruto with almost every member of the Akatsuki at some point out of curiosity the moment I learned about the organization. I shipped Kaname Kuran and Zero Kiryu(Vampire Knight).

As a result of my Protag/Antag obsession, most of my ships end up being unhealthy by nature. Even in cases where they are undeniably canon, like Luo Binghe/Shen Qingqiu | Shen Yuan, they aren't very safe or sane.

Something you need to remember is that it is fiction about fictional characters. Real people are not being harmed. And the only way someone could realistically be 'triggered' by such content is if they go to specific lengths to see it. You have options to curate your online experience. Don't follow blogs/accounts about topics you don't like, mute words/tags that bother you, block ppl who make you uncomfortable. It takes a few minutes to ensure your future is hassle free.

I'm at that age where I've been in fandom spaces so long I don't care about people's ships or interests. Spending my personal time worrying about some stranger's obsession with Tragic Non-Con Reylo fanfic won't do me any favors when I honestly dgaf. I'm here for the fandom stuff I like and only occasionally participate in discourse, and that is never aimed at ships and is always about characters and the people who wrote them.

So yes, I ship fucked up shit, and I could write the fucked up stuff(maybe, if I ever get emotional strength to) but typically I'm more into nuance and drama and slow burns that take 400K words to work through. I don't do Non-Con Triggering horrible stuff because mentally I can't handle writing or reading it very much. But I'm also not up in arms over the people who do. Let people like what they like. Ship and let ship. Live and let live. They're pixels on a screen or words on a page. They don't exist. They aren't real. They are meant to entertain us, and how people find their enjoyment in fiction isn't for anyone to decide.

[rubyjean-jacket-blog]

writing first drafts

as writers, there's a lot of pressure we put on ourselves: obsessing over getting everything right the first time, trying to make everything we put on a page the most incredible, moving, intriguing piece of literature ever written. and not only is that not realistic, it's also not at all helpful. so i'm going to outline a bit of my outlook and process when it comes to first drafts, in the hopes that it helps someone else out there on the interweb, and lessens some of my own discomfort with writing first drafts.

if you're subscribed to my tog fic fanaticism, you might know where this post is going already.

the point is this: writing is a process.

well, duh, i hear you say. that's obvious. you start with the first word, and then you write all the words that come after.

and to that, I say:

you don't have to start at the beginning. sometimes a story idea starts with an ending. sometimes it starts with a middle. sometimes all you have is a beginning, or a setting, or a character. whatever it is, a story does not pop into being fully-realised and in the perfect narrative (or chronological, even!) order.

sometimes you're writing a scene with a baller line of dialogue at the beginning. and when you get to the end of the scene, you realise that the beginning is a bit wonky because of that line, so you move that line to the end.

but wait! there's more!

writing is messy. there's so much more that happens between an idea and the finished work. the first draft isn't good -- it doesn't even look like literature, in most cases.

now, when I say "first draft," i mean that literally. my first drafts are the first written records i have of a story idea. here's another good way of thinking about first drafts:

here's my (completely unedited) first draft for chapter 33 of the aforementioned fanaticism. be warned: here there be typos!

I have to finsih fanatacism. I onkwo i writie it for myself but ther’es people that read it, and so i feel like i can’t just iugnore them. The nett the hapter im writing is kind of boring; its hard ot get it to say the write things’ ha. Funny typo. Yusuf and nicolo are djisjgighs awkward around each other which is kind of difficult because theyve already havd one lowe confession moment and its hard to have two in a row een though i think it makes sense given their characters and the circumstances. Nivolo fon’y let people in easily, and i ddon’t think hes ready to be open with andromache. Maybe not quynh either, but i think they get along better because she’s less pushy thna andromache.  Why is ysuf holding back??? External validation?? That;’s pronbalby it. He came from a very loving home where they said their love loudly, and know he’s with nicolo, half-feral and bad at showing emotions, andromache, who is keeping herself at a distance in ordre to protect her soft heart, and quynh, who’s denying her own feelings and therefore not able to be poroplery genuine with anyone else. Booker. Yipes.

this isn't always what my first drafts look like. this time, i did a freewrite, meaning i wrote without interruption. basically just vomited words onto the page. (post about freewriting to come!)

now, did i have any actual plot in this first draft? any beautiful prose? nope! instead, i had typos and nonsense and vague ideas and tangents into unrelated topics.

it doesn't matter if the words you're writing are shit. you're allowed to write shit. most of the stuff i write is shit, and people more successful than me would agree. the important thing here is volume: once you churn out enough shit, maybe you'll find something in the shitpile that interests you or makes you think of a cool dialogue exchange, metaphor, or whatever. once the words start flowing, it's so much easier to keep them coming.

let's circle back to my shitpile.

Yusuf and nicolo are djisjgighs awkward around each other which is kind of difficult because theyve already havd one lowe confession moment and its hard to have two in a row een though i think it makes sense given their characters and the circumstances. Nivolo fon’y let people in easily, and i ddon’t think hes ready to be open with andromache. Maybe not quynh either, but i think they get along better because she’s less pushy thna andromache. 

That;’s pronbalby it. He came from a very loving home where they said their love loudly, and know he’s with nicolo, half-feral and bad at showing emotions, andromache, who is keeping herself at a distance in ordre to protect her soft heart, and quynh, who’s denying her own feelings and therefore not able to be poroplery genuine with anyone else.

now, this is interesting. i'm going to clean this idea up so y'all can actually fuckin read it.

Yusuf and Nicolo are awkward around each other. They've already had a moment of intimacy between them, but they haven't acknowledged their feelings since that moment. For Nicolo, this is because he doesn't let people in easily. He's not ready to be open with Yusuf when there's an audience, like Andromache or Quynh. For Yusuf, it's because he's used to affection being shown very openly, so he's not reading any of the cues Nicolo is dropping.

okay. those are character motivations. those are emotions. now we're cooking!

so, next, I thought about every awkward moment i've ever had with another human being, particularly ones that i like(d) or love(d) in significant ways. what are some ways that people show affection for each other?

compliments, borrowing/offering belongings, spending time together, gifts

cool. easy. now, write those scenes.

They will sit beside each other at supper – Yusuf will compliment Nicolo on the stew, if Nicolo cooked, and Nicolo will mumble something dismissive and embarrassed under his breath and that will be the end of it. If Yusuf has cooked, the roles will reverse, and Nicolo will be the one stumbling through thanking Yusuf, who flushes so dark that it almost looks unhealthy.

for those of you keeping track, this is DRAFT FIVE. (four, if you don't count outlining the love languages.) in these later drafts, we can do what you probably think of as actual editing: word choice, grammar, pacing, etc.

writing is a PROCESS. it's not pretty or immediate; it takes time. creative inspiration isn't lightning striking a tree and starting a forest fire, it's starting a campfire with flint and steel: striking two ideas together with determination and patience and resilience.

go write. you've got this!

[humiliatedwriter]

-stranger pt 2-

*corpse x reader

*mild angst, fluff at the end

*part two of the ’stranger’ series, corpse grapples with the after effects of finally mustering up the courage to say something to you, and struggles with recovering that courage in order to do it again.

hello! wow, this turned into a much longer project than anticipated, and as it turns out a part 3 (which is going to be as fluffy and romantic as possible) is going to be necessary! either way, this fic is long as hell. so sit back, and enjoy part 2 from corpse's perspective! (feat Emma Langevin being a good friend)

Corpse shut his front door as normally as possible before all but collapsing against the wall, flushed bright red and mind racing a mile a minute, completely dropping his mail and grappling with what just happened.

He had enjoyed your morning meetings as much as you had, but he admittedly never considered actually saying anything to you, he’d daydreamed about being friends, and maybe even more for a long time but all of his daydreams conveniently glossed over the ‘first contact’ part. He didn't even really know how to process all that occurred, he went out of his way to talk to you first, which he was completely shocked at himself for doing, and then he actually went through with helping you instead of just looking for an exit, and he wasn't even ready to process the fact that you told him your name

He spent quite a while just sitting on the floor and processing everything, it was such a sudden and unusual interaction and there were so many new emotions and opportunities and possibilities that came with it

Yeah, he was definitely overthinking.

Eventually, after examining everything that happened from every angle imaginable, he felt confident in his plan of action, tomorrow he would talk to you, and not only that but give you his number, from there the plan was blurry but he had the vague idea of inviting you over for dinner or to watch a movie, but that was a plan for the future, the task at hand was tomorrow.

He failed the task at hand. Miserably.

The next morning, he got dressed as usual aside from putting the tiniest more thought into his choice of shirt, he unlocked his door and cracked it open, right as he was about to step out, he heard your door unlock and begin to open. A sudden wave of anxiety washed over him, and to his future self’s dismay, he panicked and shut the door again, kicked off his shoes, and went back to bed. He sat in bed, heart hammering and already kicking himself, scrolling through his phone and not seeing it, just desperately trying to not think about anything.

He went about his day feeling like he let both himself and you down, a guilty feeling overcoming him every time he looked at the door.

The next day was no better, he managed to trick himself into thinking you were somehow mad at him, psyched himself out, and checked his mail after lunch instead, the same thing happened the next day, and frustratingly the next.

It went on for a full week. A full week of avoiding you at all costs, beating himself up about it, and feeling like shit. He missed your usual rendezvous in the morning and finally cracked and shot the one person he could think of having an answer a message asking to talk.

It took Emma a second to respond, but when she did she was immediately worried, after a little explaining and a recap of the past week, after a long period of typing she responded with a well-needed wakeup call,

Okay, if I'm being honest, you are kind of overcomplicating this and making it harder, which is okay. It's a stressful and new situation and overthinking and making things worse in your head is a perfectly normal reaction, but I think you need to take a step back, simplify the situation and stop trying to read other people’s minds.

I think if you still want to talk to them when you’re done thinking, you should do it in a way that you can premeditate and won't make you have a panic attack in front of someone who is still basically a stranger. Like writing a note explaining your situation and giving them your phone number.

And another thing, you don't have to explain why you suddenly disappeared, but if you feel like you should or they bring it up, I think the best thing you can do is tell the truth instead of making something up.

But once again, I can't make that decision for you, when it comes down to it, all of this is up to you and how you feel and what you're comfortable with.

Corpse sighed and set his phone down. She was absolutely right, in order to actually see what was going on and respond in an actually effective way, he needed to sit down and actually think about things instead of avoiding thinking about it at all costs.

After a good few hours of laying on the floor with furrowed brows and an embarrassing number of letter drafts and not one but two different ‘how to quickly improve your handwriting’ videos on youtube, he finally tossed on a sweater and stepped out into the apartment hallway clutching a sticky note, after a minute of last-minute doubt he took a deep breath and walked up to your door, stuck it near the handle and quickly knocked before rushing back inside.

He locked the door, threw his phone down, and busied himself the best he could. Throughout the day he bounced between avoiding his phone like the plague and checking it every few minutes, and yet he still had no response from you. He did his best to not overthink it but as usual, worry crept in and wore away at him.

He was collapsed in bed, staring at the ceiling and trying to get comfortable, between the past week’s stress and fatigue from cleaning his entire apartment in an effort to not think about you he was exhausted. He found a spot he was comfortable-ish and was lost in thought when his phone buzzed, he almost missed it but just by luck he flipped his phone over and saw a text from an unknown number

Hey! You're the neighbor i get my mail with right? It’s —---!

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Woah hey you finished this! thank you!! part three should be out quick since it's already halfway done, and I apologize for the long-ass wait, I've been both busy, swamped with school, and in a tiny bit of a mental health slump so thank you to everyone who was patient with me!

if you have an idea that you think i could execute well, my requests are open! Rules, writing scheme and people I write for here ~> request-rules-an-my-general-writing-scheme

[the1918]

*hugs lynne softly and gives a lot of magic UwUs* here is my magic powah to help you write writy the bespoke ficc ficcy (lol wtf?) noW AN IDEA WOULD BE to let steeb finally kn*t Bucky into heaven, but hey if they need time, no pressure uwu. Also, I'd love to see jealous Steve? For science, I promise. Mmmmaybe jealous Bucky? Idek. Ksjdb I have to go ily bye

Ok thank you so much for this it gave me one hell of a push thankyou

im going to hone in on the ‘jealous Steve’ part of this bc I think that’s what’s gonna get my creative juices flowing. Alright.

Compatible Alpha Steve:

Is a lot more possessive than he lets on. Like, it takes almost nothing for his lizard brain to be feeling a little greedy and jealous. He sees a little green in front of his eyes every time a fucking waiter talks to Bucky to take his order; and he

has absolutely legendary self-control, which should speak volumes about the intensity of the possessive and/or protective urges he feels in the times he does not manage to control himself (see: grocery store jerk). Like he’s so fucking good at controlling it that 95% of the time his scent doesn’t even betray how he’s feeling.

As is a general theme with Compatible Steve, he’s ashamed of his Alpha urges and tries to tamp them down as much as possible (we’ll get into why he’s really like that later in the fic, I don’t want to spoil too much)—BUT 

He has figured out a way to channel his possessive/jealous urges in a way that also very quintessentially Alpha but in a way he can definitely live with. So what Steve does instead of outwardly acting on it the way his primal Alpha brain wants him to (think growling, bared teeth, all the good shit) is he tries to scratch a different lizard brain itch.

He channels *ProtectKeepMine* into *Provide*

He buys Bucky stuff. So much stuff. Most of it he doesn’t even tell Bucky about; Steve legit has a stash of little presents (soft sweaters, pretty watches, even a little bit of frosty jewelry) hidden somewhere in their apartment and he has no idea what to do with it, doesn’t feel like he can give them to Bucky without facing a lot of protest (which is only partly true)

He tries to disguise it as a sugar daddy thing because that feels easier to explain to himself and to Bucky (and Steve is under the delusion that Bucky won’t like it if he goes full Alpha Provider on him all the time)

So he just. Buys shit. But also, most of the time it’s not monetary as much as it is behavioral.

He’s pissed off because a waiter is talking to Bucky to take his order? Next time, Steve orders for him, and it makes it seem like a smooth gentleman-turned-sugar-daddy move.

Sometimes he can tell Bucky doesn’t like it when he does certain ~provider~ things, so he makes a note not to do those specific things again… but to his continued surprise (Compatible Steve is honestly a fucking idiot) Bucky reacts positively to it, if not a little taken aback/blushy about it.

You know what, that brings me to something I’ve already written for Ch.5 so I’ll just share it now there are no rules anymore to my writing process I have no standards I keep nothing to my chest:

There was no longer a point to denying that Steve—among many, many other things—was definitely Bucky’s sugar daddy. Bucky had recently concluded the slow process of accepting that fact, and he’d moved on to the even slower process of allowing himself to like it. He knew that Steve was being entirely truthful when he said that he could afford everything he did for Bucky—and much, much more. The grand gestures, the little presents, the clothing… the apartment renovation that must have cost upwards of a hundred grand? Bucky knew that none of it was even a drop in the bucket for Steve. Fighting back against Steve’s insistences—‘on principle’—just wasn’t worth it whenever Bucky had to see the let-down expression on Steve’s face in result. So it had taken awhile, but Bucky was finally learning to put his pointless pride aside and indulge in all the gifts Steve bestowed upon him. 

Thank you @dreadlockholiday-01 this seriously provided a boost

[absurdthirst]

idk how y’all upload fics on a daily basis i just did mine and i’m shitting myself lmaooo

Lol. Some days writi his easier than others. I got jack shit done yesterday.

Now excuse me while I head on over and give it a peek. 😂

[asterekmess]

Fic writer questions 4, 21, 35? 💙

Hello! Thank you!!

4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them? Uhhh, if you’re talking about wips, then oh god. So Many. Like 15 in progress? Twenty if you count some older abandoned ones? Ideas just in my head, not a lot? I usually have to get the idea out as soon as possible, which is why I have so many unfinished Wips. As for sharing one, I’ve been working on a Demi!Derek fic, with Alive!Hales and some Bad/Toxic Family!Hales, and some Stackson brotp. Plus it’s got library work which is just my absolute shit. It’s slow going, but I think it’s still going!

21. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting? Ooh boy. Well, see, I’m not one of those people who can write a first draft and just go for it without editing? I just cannot. I’ve tried so hard, and even done those sprinting things where you write as much as you can in the time limit, but I have to edit as I go, so I always get insanely low wpm. Anyway, what I mean is that I’m constantly editing fic/chapters as I work on them, but then I also edit them before I move onto the next chapter, and I reread them just before posting. So It’s like five or six times in all, probably way more if it’s a longer piece. And I still miss things.

35. Would you ever kill off a canon character? Mmm, see I’m not entirely sure what this means? If it means ‘Would you ever kill off a character that already dies eventually in canon, but do it earlier?’ then hell yes, I already have in my rewrite! If it means ‘Would you ever kill off a character that’s supposed to live to the end of the show?’ then...yeah, I think I would. Actually, in a couple wips I already have, but it’s pretty much always off-screen. Not super interested in writiing people dying. I tried it once for a sterek fic and while I loved the angst, I immediately had to bring him back bc that just wouldn’t fly for me. XD

[trickkombowerskru]

I don’t have a request but a question. I’m fairly new to writing. Like I’ve written for a long time but it’s crap so how do I become a better writer? I absolutely love your writing?

Alright lemme tell ya this I honestly can’t help you here hon at least not in the way you expect.This is because no matter what you write you will ALWAYS be harder on it than other people. I know for a fact since  a lot of the time I think something is terrible or I’m nervous about how I wrote the character and then it gets a lot of notes because other people are far less critical of your own writing than yourself. I’m sure what you have written before isn’t crap, you just think it is since it is your own stuff. I also actually just got back into writing this past year by making this blog since I had missed it, but didn’t want to do full stories like I used to, dear God my Qoutev and Wattpad stuff is shit except for like 2 fics I actually am still kinda proud of. I would definitely recommend to make sure to jot down ideas for stories or prompts and just remember as time passes your opinion on your pieces change and your writiing will always improve from hat it used to be naturally, time is key. If you’re writing fanfic and keeping character in character is important be sure to say lines outline and see if the character would actually say them, if the answer is no play around a bit until you get a line that sounds like them. That helps tremendously when I write. Finally make sure to take  little breaks if needed I know if I have something to focus on at school or I just need sometime I take a few days for myself since the last thing you want is for your writing to feel like a job because that sucks the fun out of it.  I hope some of this helped you hon good luck 💕