#have ideas for the first three chapters

[sr-sam-bodypillow]

i really wanna do like a series of loosely connected one shots about all the shitty gooner games kaif keeps playing where he's cursed to randomly wake up in the last game he played and oh my god it's always the WORST game possible for this to happen on. like. fuck, now i have to go get pregnant by a werewolf or i won't ever wake up. and his curse keeps bringing people he knows in real life to act as important characters and this may or may not permanently alter them in real life (as well as the memories of what they did together). everyone's like "????? WHY DO YOU KEEP PLAYING WEIRD PORN AND HORROR GAMES" "con tent :)"

[chantillyxlacey]

after writing that analysis post i kinda want to make a cheeky meta variation of The Princess based on the ideas of "the game Slay the Princess is a narrative about the nature of narratives" and "the Construct is what happens if you turn a narrative into a literal physical cage"

a Princess who somehow is made aware of the loops in Chapter One and in Chapter Two becomes fixated on documenting everything she can about the different routes of the game, the different ways things can play out-- how to get different "bonus" voices to spawn in Chapter Three, how different Chapter Two's can lead into the same Chapter Three, etc.

she's determined that if she can just amass enough information, then surely she'll be able to figure out what it all MEANS, and if she figures out what it MEANS and what it's FOR then she'll figure out how to escape it!! she'd be paired with a new voice-- the Voice of the Curious? Voice of the Obsessed (wildly different from the voice w this name from the first demo tho)?

In one of her potential Chapter Three's, she takes this a step further and is determined to assimilate as many "routes" into herself as possible in an attempt to transcend the narrative all together. She attempts to out-Shifting-Mound the Shifting Mound; to become her OWN story rather than part of someone else's

you can slay her like usual, lead her to the peaceful resolution of realizing that being folded into the Shifting Mound was never being erased-- that not being the Only Part of the story never meant that she wasn't part of the story to start with, or that she didn't matter

OR you can help her achieve her goal, which nets you a new ending to the game (no matter how many or how few loops/vessels you've done at that point)

How are these for Princess/Chapter titles:

The Archivist and The Archive :3

[possamble]

Have you seen that short where Marcille goes to an "ex-dungeon lord support group"?? It's so funny that it EXISTS at all but it ends with her being awkward because everyone there lost something great and she's sitting there like "uh... I lost the will to do my hair." But it's so sweet because her hair is styled in that short by someone who cares for her 🥺

I did!! If I recall correctly, I think Pattadol actually set it up because she wants to help former dungeon lords heal?? It's very sweet and also SO funny.

And kind of tragic. Marcille thinks she got off easy because she doesn't remember how much she used to love taking care of her hair. It was such a huge part of who she was as a person and now she doesn't even remember it well enough to grieve it. She says "oh well, I guess I'll cut it short" like she didn't spend years growing it and taking care of it. Like it wasn't a point of pride for her, like it wasn't something she really loved about herself.

Sure. It's not as bad as what happened to Mithrun and Thistle, who had their entire selves taken away. But the demon still took a fundamental part of her in an active attempt to make her more vulnerable, and she doesn't even think it was a big deal...

[the-dragon-hearted]

YOU KNOW WHAT: HATE COMMENTS

I wasn't gonna make a post about it, but I'm gonna make a post about it.

Writers, when/if you get hate comments. Delete them. Don't even answer. Who's this clown coming into my house, rustling around my trash, and questioning what I've done? YOU'RE IN MY DOMAIN!? -

Long story short I got a comment on one of my rougher works. I started it four years ago -I was four years younger than I am now. That's four years of writing experience under my belt AND -

MORE IMPORTANTLY

I STILL LOVE THAT WORK.

Who tf do you think you are? I'm a confident adult writer now. I know I write cringe and enjoy it, I also know I write good shit sometimes. So when some chucklefuck comes into my house like: "I can do better"

Excuse you??

Writers, there will always be improvements you can make to your writing and you will always look back at your old works and recognize their flaws. That's just part of writing - the important part is valuing those old works because they got you to where you are today. Don't hate the cringy you, you once were. They were important and they helped you become who you are now. Similarly, chucklefuck, if you go into someone's inbox to insult a writer's work you are the worst person to exist in creative spaces.

I am a confident writer. I know I write cringe and I know I can write good shit. I know I do both regularly because it's fun. But you come into my house and spit on a younger me's work. Nah.

Because if you can do that, then you'll do it to someone's first fanfic. You'll do it to new writers just dipping their toe in the water. You'll do it to some starry-eyed kid excited by their first comment. And Motherfucker that fills me with rage.

Never, and I mean never feel like you have the right to insult someone's writing. Everyone who posts their work is brave and deserves to interact with people who appreciate it, and people will appreciate it. It doesn't have to be you. Art is not made to be enjoyed by everyone, it is made to be enjoyed by those who resonate with it. Everyone deserves to improve their writing by being supported - by wanting to improve, not forcing themselves to because some loser under a guest profile decided to be an asshole.

So, if you're a writer. Keep on writing. Be proud of what you've done -of everything you've done, including the stuff you think is "cringe" because that got you to where you are now. You wouldn't want someone hating on a random 13-year-old's first work, so don't hate on the work you wrote when you were 13. Or 16. Or 18. Or 25. Or literally ever -

And if you're that chucklefuck, keep your opinions out of writer's inboxes lest you meet me in the back of a Denny's parking lot.

[lordkingsmith]

wip wednesday (I promise, promise, promise I am limiting my wants to 3): 6) Cursed; a power rangers fic, about the psycho rangers and the what if scenario of Daniel O’Halloran going from Trek’s enemy and murder victim to personal grid ghost of character development to psycho silver and ally to Trek’s lover. I’m currently animating the kid I came up with writing chapter two. Third and final chapter will be fun to do. Won’t introduce Dusk but it will set up how they get to being his parents

lol you can ask about all of them says the man planning to do several of yours I don’t mind. If you’d like a bonus, I’ll do saltwater spoons for this one too 💖💖

One of the songs on Trek and Daniel’s YouTube playlist. Given how in the fic I accidentally made strawberries and summer the most important things Daniel let’s himself miss when he’s dead, strawberry sugar high feels like a fitting song for the two. Especially with Trek trying to describe what he wants with Daniel. Trek never went to earth. He was never meant to be on earth, just the moon, and that’s fine. Daniel got him curious, and Trek knows Daniel’s memories are biased. But he wants to fall in love with everything Daniel loves. It’s easier to couch that in “I want to taste strawberries, I want to experience summer, I want to see if they suck” instead of “show me everything you’re in love with so I can love it too”

Due to family dynamic schtick Daniel is sometimes referred to as “brother in law” by the other psychos, even before he and Trek got together. Yellow and Axe had a running bet who he’d get with, Virgil or Trek. Trek felt obvious but Axe figured the psycho gimmick of mimicking teams and team dynamics might cause Daniel and Virgil to mimic Andros and Zhane. It didn’t happen.

Bonus:

Saltwater Spoons was inspired by a very late night, too many cups of coffee and the song salt skin by Zellie Goulding. Mental image was a prince coercing a pirate to help him kill his sister and frame her bodyguard so prince could take the throne with the pirate at his side.

Turned out the story wasn’t about the prince it was about the bodyguard going to find the only person who could end the prince’s reign of terror; a person who can change fresh water to salt and salt water to fresh water. Fact it kind of clicked eight years after the initial idea with writing Hollyhock of all things is more than a little funny to me. Poor Brill was thought up for a chosen one fic and he’s pretty much chosen one by trauma and kidnapping by love interest. No worries, they work it out lol.

[chronicowboy]

when you suddenly have too much inspiration for that massive void in your plot:

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

I just looked at the price on the back of a book I’ve had for a bit over a decade and it was four. fucking. dollars. Just four with no taxes. No extra 97cents or something before taxes. Just a round number that you would add taxes to.

I googled the price of a new edition and it was almost thirteen! Not an even thirteen, it was like 12.96 or something. Close enough that it’s basically thirteen but if you’re adding multiple items together to try and get the price on a purchase with more items it would add more confusion.

[doyelikehaggis]

I may have updated my s6 glee blam rewrite for the first time in like a year 👀

[ninjaaa-go]

please, I’m begging you, just give me clear and thorough instructions. please

[soyoursoulisgreen]

15 and 32

15. Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chapter fics?

I tend to prefer writing one-shots! I love to read multi-chapter fics, but I always get so worried that I'll lose motivation and just, never come back to it :') My first fic on AO3 is loosely a multi-chapter, in the sense that I've left it open to return to someday, but haven't had any interest to pick it back up in years lol. There's something very punchy about one-shots as well - I have a pretty solid split between short and long one-shots, but it's so satisfying when I Finally have a long one finished!

I also like making connected one-shots, or sequential one-shots, but letting them stand on their own so?

32. What’s a fic you’d love to write, but probably never will?

I think I had a Vargas fic idea at one point that I so badly wanted to read but didn't want to write, and made some concept sketches and an outline for and everything lol - something with the Jake/Edgar/Scriabin dynamic ♥ I do know that someone made a missing scene-fic about Scriabin and Jake's first interaction that I've been quietly making eyes at - next time I'm into Vargas for sure 👀

As for love to write, hm... Probably this overly-convoluted Osmosis Jones NTR fic that I've had in my back pocket for way too long honestly lol - ever since I learned about netorare they were my first and only choice but it's so all-hurt-no-comfort and kinda dark and sad and while it sounds really fun, the self-consciousness monster in the back of my head is like "Really? The White Blood Cell Movie? For that?" lol

[sorikkung]

people interacting w wgoin in my notes... this would be a rly bad time to say all my writing will probably be on hiatus for the indefinite future huh

[southern--downpour]

been slowly reading blue period recently and god do i love how good it depicts art students. had this exact scenario happen in my first couple months of college

[noahtally-famous]

planning a plot of a fic and it’s making me wanna pull my hair out fr

it’s productive but also so aggravating--as someone who isn’t usually a planner, I don’t like how chaotic it’s making me

(this is a general statement that I feel on a daily basis, but specifically as of rn I’m referring to the dashawn apocalypse au fic I’m working on)

[lostxmelody]

Ooh, they all seem so cool -- may I ask about the tango 💃💃💃

yes. that is the hanahaki fic. the title might sound nice but i can assure you that what little i have written is mostly depressing. i actually don't want to give too much away for this one because there are a lot of twists im pretty proud of so... no spoilers, im sorry.

but i can give away the cast...

kayano mikoto/kajiyama fuuta, kayano mikoto & john (milgram), kajiyama fuuta & john (milgram)

kayano mikoto, kajiyama fuuta, john (milgram), kirisaki shidou (maybe one more? i havent decided on who, though. if at all)

[lieutenant-amuel]

Remind me to never make events in my fic happen on certain dates again.

[techno-rat]

ive never had a less organized planning doc. its genuinely absurd. absolute anarchy