#gonna do a couple of drafts and then play some genshin

[mmriesoftvat]

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[velvetwastaken]

Hi i'm here to bother you again with asks!! (lol) 1, 3, 6, and 11 if you'd like

Never a bother, i love the asks 😁

Answers below the cut!

1. What led you to start writing fan fiction?

I think it’s a combination of feeling a certain amount of discontent in my own life, and also a (real or perceived) lack of canon content/interactions for my favourite characters in any given media. Writing lets me create a world and a story where I am in control (usually), and getting to see more of characters I care about and flesh them out more fully is really fun. And if I can give them a ‘happily ever after’ too, that’s even better.

3. What experiences/influences have shaped your writing the most?

I think all my experiences influence my writing/storytelling to some degree. We are all a sum of our lived experiences. But I think the light and easy humour in books like those by Terry Pratchett influenced my style somewhat and unashamedly the Hunger Games made me start writing in the present tense. I like the immediacy, the urgency even, that it can add to a story.

6. What is your writing process like? Describe it.

Typically I wing my stories. An idea/thought/scene strikes and then I write around it until there’s something cohesive there. Not a lot of process, and a lot of stress, lol.

I do have a couple wips that I have either fully or partially outlined, though. It’s kinda nice, because I know where the story is meant to go without feeling restricted by it. It let’s me just sit down and write. But I am discovering that translating a few bullet points into actual prose can be just as hard as making it all up as I go. The getting from point A to point B isn’t any easier for me with an outline, unfortunately.

Whatever the method, once a first draft is done, I’ll start editing. I’ll read it aloud, read it very slowly, comb it for errors and inconsistencies. Then I’ll toss it into grammerly and see if the stupid ai catches anything I missed. I’ll comb it over once or twice more, and then I’ll post it. I always miss a bunch of small typos and things though, so I try to reread it again a week or so later to catch more mistakes. But unlike pokemon, I never catch them all :/

11. What attracted you to the fandom(s)/media you write in?

I only write for Genshin right now, and I started playing Genshin because the pandemic was making me crazy and I missed playing video games after my PS3 died. I could play it on mobile which is all I had, so it was perfect.

The huge cast of characters that the game barely scratches the surface on lend themselves well to writing fics. And my beloved Ganqing grabbed me by the throat and there’s no sign they’re ever gonna let go, lol.