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urconductor · 3 months

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#URCONDUCTOR; indie roleplay blog for pom-pom from honkai: star rail, written by ender. canon & headcanon-based. please read rules before interacting!

DOSSIER. (tbd. pom-pom is an adult and goes by they/he pronouns tho)

RULES BELOW CUT.

Hello, hello! I’m Ender, an adult and an extroverted gal with autism and ADHD. Thanks for taking the time to read this! There’s no password to send in, so no need to look for one! Please read these carefully. Be 16 or above to interact.

BLACKLIST: TRIGGERS. i NEED these tagged. i have a physiological and psychological response to these topics that can greatly affect my mental health. if you can't respect my triggers, we cannot write together. My catch-all tags are "ender dont look" and "ender don't look".

any religious themes, emphasis on them when they're minor, and/or religious intolerance.

use of the word “god” in reference to powerful beings. Replacing such things with “ruler”/etc and generally making relations akin to king/subjects are good buffers that I can work with.

excessive verbal swearing

craneflies and daddy-long-legs

Extremely heavy organic gore visuals, especially in regard to organs, guts, and the heart

vi.vziepop, good omens, supernatural, c.ult of the lamb

BLACKLIST: SQUICKS. i'd appreciate these being tagged as well, but they do not spawn a severe reaction from me. i just want to avoid them.

any deep, in-depth descriptions of non-fantasy occult/magic + occult in general (like direct mentions of ouija boards, details of rituals, and stuff)

all smut and lewd content

politics/drama

TAGGING. I tag writing and fictional-related talk of potentially triggering topics as #trigger cw. various medias are tagged as #media cw. If I miss anything or you need something tagged, please tell me in DMs! i’m happy to help you curate your experience, and i want everyone to stay safe. /gen

INTERACTIONS.

non-roleplay blogs, please do not reblog any of my posts. if it's someone else's art/musing/photo/etc I've reblogged, those are free game! but please do not touch posts made by me whether they are in-character, out-of-character, or just my sketches. thanks!

I am mutually exclusive but am generally super friendly! I'll give nearly everyone a chance, even if I don’t know the muse or media! Crossovers, even with no plotting beforehand, are really fun.

i require a rules page to read before I follow, and won’t follow until I’ve read the rules. I tend to like promos to bookmark them so I can read the person’s rules later.

i won’t follow people who do not tag any of their posts. even basic “ic” or “ooc” or “musing” tags and such are good! I don’t care how fancy or simple your tags are, I just care that you have them and use them consistently.

i am duplicate and OC-friendly! For OCs, I require at least a simple About page to look at ‘cause I prefer to know your character a little before interacting! Duplicates are also fun for me to plot with ‘cause past/future meetings, AU meets canon, etc. are SUPER epic plots and very fun! I’m very used to duplicates and have been for years across different RPCs ^.^

i do not roleplay in “character: text” or *action* format. I prefer to interact with people who roleplay paragraph style and have a basic grasp of grammar, punctuation, and spelling; I completely understand if English isn’t your first language, though!

i do not mind unplotted violence against my muse, especially if they're messing around and finding out. however, make sure you are also prepared for the consequences. I love action and battle threads, but anything significant must be plotted.

MUN POLICIES.

Mun does NOT equal muse. Just because I, the mun, think or know something does not mean that my muse will. I’m an omnipresent narrator, they are characters in-universe. They each will have different thoughts and opinions than I will. It should go without saying that I do not condone everything any of my muses do.

i am a slow writer. I have college and several other things that take up my time, so I can’t be here twenty-four-seven! Also, my muse fluctuates. I may reply to something instantly if I have the muse for it, or I may get to it weeks later. I hoard drafts and asks like a dragon to get to them eventually! BUT feel free to nudge me if you want to remind me, I won’t mind!

importantly, I match my partner’s energy. If someone frequently engages me to talk about our characters, I’m likely to do the same! Unfortunately, the same applies if we hardly interact or talk at all; I’m good at interacting and communicating first, but I have a limited pool of energy.

i do not ship romantically on this blog. I don’t mind others’ romantic content, I simply personally abstain from writing romantic ships due to being harassed over them in the past. However, I love familial ships, platonic ships, rivalries, work relationships, enemy/antagonistic dynamics, and relations that can't necessarily be defined with words!

ON FANDOMS & MEDIA.

Expect headcanons to sometimes fluctuate and also expect canon divergence.

i am unaffiliated with any fandoms or creators.

i will interact with/make AUs for the following fandoms. Still, they can be tagged upon request: Final Fantasy(i know the most about VII, VIII, IX, X, XV, Unlimited, Dissidia, Dissidia 012), Sonic The Hedgehog, Pokemon, Portal, Gravity Falls, Ducktales 2017, A Hat in Time, Little Nightmares, Over The Garden Wall, OMORI, IB, The Legend of Zelda, Don’t Starve, Pocket Mirror, Super Mario Bros., Spiderverse, and Overwatch. I am very selective but not opposed to Five Nights at Freddy's, Murder Drones and The Amazing Digital Circus interactions. For these, if I followed you first/we’re mutuals, then we’re chill!

#ender/pons ■ adult ■ she/her

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dddragoni-drabbles · 1 year

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I've been thinking a lot lately about the differences between writing and art as forms of creation and expression. (Yes, I know writing is a form of art, I'm using "art" here to mean drawings, don't get semantic on me.)

I've written a fair few things. Most of stuff ive posted publically is fanfiction for Blaseball, but I've got a couple original story drafts that have yet to see the light of day, as well as stuff I've written for dnd campaigns or dramatizations of games I've played. I've also doodled a few things, but I'm far more of a writer than I am an artist.

And what gets me about that is that art is able to be simple in a way that writing just... isn't. I'm not saying that as a way to put down art, to be clear. Doing art is hard work and takes a lot of practice, artists have earned their skill. What I mean is that while art can run the gamut from a doodle to a magnum opus, writing is locked to the top half of that scale. There's no written equivalent to a sketch or a portrait, something simple that is complete in and of itself. While art can tell a story, a written work, by its very nature, must include a story. And a story, by its very nature, must be dynamic.

There are a couple of things i feel like this impacts. First is the ability to create stuff for people. If I message a friend of mine and say "hey, I drew a picture of you," that's fun! It's cute! Totally normal thing to do. But if I tell someone "hey, I wrote something about you," that's a little weird. Because in writing, there must be a story, and in a story, there must be things happening. By writing an actual person into that story, I'm not just representing them, I'm ascribing thought and actions to them. Not a great thing to do to a real person. It leaves me feeling like I can't make things to show my friends how much I care about them without some convoluted workaround, like inputting us all into a simulator and narrating the result. I'm not making the decisions. I'm just the messenger.

The other thing that this affects is the ability to practice. Artists have sketchbooks, doodles, studies. References and techniques they can learn from. They can draw something over and over, refine their skill. There's no way to do this for writing. If you write out a story over and over, all you refine is your carpal tunnel. A story must have substance to it- not just to be good, but simply to exist.

So I'm going to try something. An experiment. I'm going to make a sideblog (the one that posted this,) and on that blog, I'm going to try and "sketch" stories. Little scenes, a few paragraphs long probably, without a greater context to them. No beginning, middle, and end. Different genres, different styles. Some original, some maybe fanfic-y. Some characters might show up again. I don't know. We're gonna see where this goes.

My goal is for this to be a daily thing, but I can't guarantee that because life happens.

#writing #personal #explainer #i guess the writing equivalent of a portrait would be like writing a description of someone or something?#i dunno doesnt feel the same

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galpalaven · 2 years

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oh! i hope these are still going?

how about oc codex 3 and/or 14 for kohava?

3. writing found in your OC’s trash can

A crumpled piece of parchment found near the wastebin beside the Champion's desk in Hawke Estate.

Fenris, Hello! This is a practice letter. You've been doing really well with reading lately. This is so much easier than it was trying to get Carver to read when I was teaching him (which, of course it is, you're an adult who can speak in complete sentences). I think my idea of swapping letters to get you in the practice of writing is a great idea, if I do say so myself. But what should we talk about? Gossip around Hightown? Varric's chesthair? Maybe I should start simple. I adore admire you. You are so strong and handsome clever that it amazes me every time we speak. Everything you do is graceful and magnetic. I can't keep my eyes off of you most days, which has made this whole 'teaching you to read' thing fun. I You enchant me. I can't stop thinking about you. I'm so scared to tell you how I feel, but it keeps me up at night. I want you and I want you to want me back. All I want to do is kiss you until neither of us can see straight. I want

The last paragraph is scribbled out viciously. The words are barely legible. The paper appears to have been crumpled into a ball and thrown.

14. something written about your OC, post-Trespasser

A letter found on the desk of Divine Victoria in Val Royeaux.

Leliana, I'm going North. I know you told me to keep my nose out of it, that Anders and I have already done enough for mages, blah blah blah. I don't care. I already failed Fenris once in the Fade. Even though we got Hawke back out of there—I won't let myself fail them again. We're being careful about this. We haven't heard from Kira in a while, but I assume she and probably the rest of the Wardens left from our little band of misfits have made it to Weisshaupt by now. The Calling hasn't beckoned either of us yet. Hawke and Fenris were already planning to head into the Imperium to follow up on rumors and stoke the embers of rebellion into a flame. You've known that the Imperium was always on my list. I won't let Hawke do this on her own. She's one of the best friends I've ever had, and whether or not I have my own grudges to iron out with this decision, I want to be there for her. To be there to see them both through to the other side of this. They deserve their happily ever after, as does every slave in Tevinter. I have freed the mages—it is time to focus my attention on helping the rest of my people. Wish me luck. —S

The seal of the Grey Wardens is stuck to the letter.

#kohava hawke #nadia surana #THANK YOUUU #my writing

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ivy-forevemore13 · 29 days

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I've been following the whole Vienna 'drama' for a while now even though I'm not a Swiftie (I like her songs that I know and love seeing TikToks of all the bracelets but that's about it) and I've been itching to give an outsider's perspective. So maybe you're intersted? Otherwise just delete it :)

I completely understand why Vienna Swifties 'needed' a statement. This wasn't just a simple concert or transaction (like I've seen people call it). From what I've seen on TikTok about other concerts, that's exactly the point. It's so much more than that. So of course they were devastated to have that taken away from them.

I'm no expert when it comes to terrorism, so I can't comment on the safety of making a statement at certain times. However, by not making a small (even covert) statement, I think it was even more present everywhere. Especially since the crowd was the target, it wasn't about Taylor or her reaction. And I also don't understand why it's safer to talk about it now, when the tour isn't over yet. I doubt that terrorists care about continents. But again, not an expert and my biggest issue is actually with the statement itself.

I've seen some video of Coldplay acknowledging Taylor Swift fans and it makes me wonder why she didn't do something at her last concert in London (if we stay true to the it wasn't safe to speak out before explanation). Something along the lines of "This song is for my fans in Vienna. I'm so sad I didn't get to sing for you.

Reading the statement as an outsider makes it seem to me that Vienna was very much an afterthought. Even the paragraph about Vienna starts with a reference to London. Then she mentions that she loved to see the unity, instantly followed by saying that she then decided to focus on her fans in London. I don't understand why she links these two things so closely together, pushing Vienna into London's shadow.

I would have expected some direct words to the Vienna fans, something like "I'm glad you're safe." Sure, you can argue it's implied, but why not addres them directly, and give them what they're craving.

The paragraph starting with "let me be clear" sounds very passive agressive to me, signalising that she agrees with so many Swifites that the Vienna Swifities "should just get over it and that she doesn't owe them anything". She could have written something like "I couldn't adress this before because it wasn't safe. And I know that was frustrating for many of you, but I will always put the safety of my fans first." She could have even added something about please giving her the benefit of the doubt the next time because she loves her fans.

I have so much more to say, but this is already way too long. In the end I think people forget that this isn't just a random person deciding what to post. I'm sure this was looked over or even written by someone in Taylor's team, so all these little digs and the overshadowing Vienna with London are in my opinion deliberate.

And finally I did expect her to give some sort of "hope" or "closure" to the Vienna Swifities. Something like "I'm devastated you didn't get to see the Eras tour, but I can't wait to come back in the future for other tours."

hey:) thank you for you perspespective! as someone who would‘ve been in vienna, we are currently getting a lot of backlash by the rest of the fandom. i‘m no expert either, but maybe i can comment a bit on it from a more „inside perspective“(as far as one can call it that and if you want to read about that):

‼️this is reaaaaaally long and also probably not always proper english, i apologize in advance‼️

1. a statement wasn‘t inherently necessary. the reason it „escalated“ is, i‘d say, that taylor normally puts out some words on awful situations pretty quickly. so this felt a bit weird as we firstly didn’t get anything. but at least we got something now. and yeah, people saying to „just get over it“ also adds a lot of salt to the wound, especially as many of them went already and call it one of the best days of their lives.

2. i‘ve also wondered. people have also made things up like „it‘s an open investigation“, which it hasn’t been for about two weeks, to reason her not speaking up. it‘s not just the attention that it brought to the topic by not speaking, but i‘ve also wondered how taylor‘s word would make her fans more of a target if she speaks up even though it feels like the entire world (fans, other artists, politicians, governments) are consistently talking about it. (if anybody on this app can explain this in kind words, i‘d appreciate it). and i‘ve also thought about the continents thing, as if someone wants to attack, i don’t think it matters to them much where they have to go to execute. but i‘m guessing it’s also because there is a bit of a break between the last shows in north america. so maybe that could make it safer? or maybe more dangerous because there is more time to plan? (i don’t really know, there is a lot to consider)

3. i love coldplay for this action! i also think it would‘ve been nice to get something dedicated by taylor in london, but maybe she didn’t feel comfortable about addressing the issue on stage or didn’t want to drag down the mood of the crowd, so i‘m not too „angry“ about that.

4. i also feel like the statement was more of a „let’s talk london“ thing. i‘m not going to complain about it (calm down, vienna-haters) but i would’ve appreciated something nicer as well as about us. i was also confused these were the only cities mentioned, as she talked about the entire european leg of the tour, but not about any other cities.

but maybe explain the london-heaviness: taylor LOVES london. they got something special nearly every night(like hayley williams, travis on stage, gracie abrams, ed sheeran and and and) as well as a total of 8 concerts (3 were already in june). so that she makes most of this about london isn’t all that surprising.

5. i‘m guessing it is implied, but i also would’ve liked seeing some of those words. people say she reacted to it because of the way fans commented on her and her teams (taylornation) posts with „we would like some words about vienna“ or „we feel ghosted“ so they (or we) get told off for being bullies and putting pressure on her. which, yes it was repetitive, demanding and could’ve been handled better, but also there is a lot emotion of behind those comments. just as much emotion as there probably was behind taylor’s rather passive aggressive answer to all of that. i think that both us vienna swifties as well as taylor just put out „frustration“ into all of the commentary.

6. as i said, i also don’t really like the passive aggressiveness to the vienna swifties. but as i also said before, it’s probably stress and emotional distress. but people use it to reason their hate to the vienna fans, so maybe that’s the reason i would have worded it differently as well. it also rubs me the wrong way as she has the brand (yes people, don’t get mad, taylor is a person but also „taylor swift“ is a brand to the public) of being really kind and empathetic to fans. so this just felt like a gut punch.

7. i don‘t mind the length! but yes, i also thought about her having her pr team a lot since the situation has been unfolding. and that the dig was highly likely deliberate does hurt quite a bit. especially thinking about the amount of money lost (i lost nearly the entire money for the hotel because i couldn’t get myself to go to vienna either way, as well as not even the entire ticket price). of course, the money isn‘t her issue, but i saved a loooooot to get to see her. especially since i would’ve driven to another country and still go to school (ikik i‘m pretty young and quite irrational, i know that, no need that anyone points that out). we don’t have the fortune of having a pr team to tell us how to handle our impulses and stop us from doing something stupid. so yeah, that went deep and definitely reopened some of the disappointment.

8. that‘s pretty much everything that we wanted as well. some had hope of rescheduling, but mostly people just wanted something so we can properly move on. so i‘m guessing it just wasn’t in for us.

thank you sooooo much for your opinion:))) it‘s nice to see kind people, no matter if part of the fandom or just casual listener, especially since i’ve had to distance myself from a lot of the swiftie community as many have just consistently been hating and some even bullying us (that street goes both ways, everyone. not just taylor can be bullied in this fandom). so i hope you aren’t too annoyed by my overly long answer:D

#taylor swift #the eras tour

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andithiel · 2 years

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Hey pal!! 💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback? 🍭why did you start writing? and a wildcard of your choice, pls and thank youuuuu!! Also if these do not spark joy or you already have done them, feel to swap them out with whatever you want!! xox

Hey babes, thank you for the ask! I love these questions!

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback? I honestly love all types of comments, be it a simple "loved this!"/"extra kudos" or keysmashes or emojis or unhinged screaming or quoting back entire paragraphs. But I think what I love most is people accusing me of making them cry or telling them they've stayed up way too late because they couldn't put my story down, or when they tell me they like my writing style, because I feel like I don't really have one (which I guess is because they're my words so it's harder to see a style, sort of the same way it's hard for me to see that my brother and I look extremely alike).

🍭why did you start writing? Okay, so in all honesty, and this may come off as sort of conceited, but the first fic I wrote was for Dramione, which I read on ffn (because I hadn't found ao3 at this time in my life), and I was so tired of the quality of the stories and thought "I can do better!" 😂 (Not sure I did, but I'm still a little proud of that story, even if it's not executed very well.) The thing is, I've always come up with stories in my head, but it was mostly pretty banal scenarios with plot points you'd recognise from soap operas or YA novels, never anything I thought was worth writing down. But then I fell into the Drarry rabbit hole around 2017, and after a while I was suddenly struck with a scene with the two of them while I was driving. I wrote some of it down and thought that once I had written and posted that story, I would be done. And then a friend sent me a video of a man dancing and it just screamed Harry to me, so I started writing that instead, and that became my first posted Drarry fic. And then more and more stories came to me, and I started new ones, and new ones, each shinier than the next, and now I don't know how to stop. The first story I came up with is still a WIP though.

Wildcard! 🍉in what ways has writing helped you process trauma and/or navigate through your own life? Let's get personal, personal! I didn't even realise it at first, but basically all my fics are about being afraid to let people close, or to make yourself vulnerable for someone else, which I guess I know is something I struggle with. But the fic that was my main therapy session (without me realising it until my dear friend Etalice asked me questions about it when I was struggling with writing a satisfying ending) was my Jeddy fic Love on Hold. Realising that I had basically written James as a younger (and more outgoing) version of myself was very difficult but also very cathartic, and once I had stopped crying I knew how I could write the end. (There was also a fic where I wrote in a thing that happened to me as a teenager (that also happens to be one of the reasons why I have a hard time trusting people) but I made it so that it had been a misunderstanding, and gave me Draco a happy ending.)

Let's get ((REAL)) fic writer asks

#fic writer asks

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backslashdelta · 2 years

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4, 14, 19, and 24 for writer asks!

Ahhh thank you so much for the ask!! :)

4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like)

How do you tell your husband you kissed another man? How do you tell your husband you wish that's what kissing him felt like? (from Echoes of You)

It was actually really hard for me to think of a specific line or paragraph that I was really proud of, so I went back through some of my fics looking and decided to go with this one. There are a lot of things that I've written that I really love, but I feel like oftentimes they kind of require additional context and don't have the same impact when taken out of the fic. I don't think these lines do, though; it's pretty clear exactly what's going on here. It's really really simple but I still feel like it hits hard, and that's what I like about it.

14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?

Usually right at the end before I post it. I am miserable at coming up with titles so I put it off pretty much as long as possible!

19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)

I have... a lot of run-on sentences lol. I tend to write a lot of characters' thoughts, and when their thoughts start spiralling (which is often, since I like to put them in less than ideal situations) I definitely have sentences that go on and on and on and on. I'm sure there are other things too, but that's the first that comes to mind!

24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?

Not that much except that I have a harder time writing now than I used to lol. I do think that I do less planning now than I did when I first started out writing multi-chaps. I also think I've gotten a little better at deciding which things to leave out; there have been times in the past where I've thrown something in because I just really wanted it there, but it may have actually detracted from the story. Sometimes less it more, and I think I'm getting better at making that call.

#ask #ask game #mine #my writing #thelegendofjenna

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vidalinav · 3 years

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Better late than ever, right?

Where to even begin with??? Well I haven't forgot about your birthday, truly I haven't, I just didn't want to go on the traditional mode and wish you a plain happy birthday because you deserved not a simple paragraph with cliché wishes but something as long as and as well written as the perfect chapters of your fics, but unfortunately I couldn't come up with it since I lack of braincells that can actually work 🤓

So instead I'm here with my clichés and a very traditional birthday wish heheh. May I your dreams come true, may you live wonderful adventures and make some great memories, (also wish you good grades in case you are a student and need a little positivity), cheers to the many years that will come 🥂

Im also really grateful for your blog, for the fics, headcanons, snippets, for the rage you out on ACOSF, I've been following you for a while but I think I only started to interacting with you this year and I hope my english mistakes don't disturb you because I'm not thinking about stopping it 😬 HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN

In a perfect world now Nesta is sharing a chocolate cake with you at the house of wind at the private library while discussing about smutty books with monsters on the cover

I didn't post a thank you until now because I just kept reading it over and over. You own my heart

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katrinawritesthings · 2 years

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jonghyun / jinki; at least received; PG

hey so. maybe you noticed maybe you didn't but this april i've been doing something kind of different where instead of posting things specifically for jonghyun i've just been posting old things that i've written these past few years that. not to say that they're not for him because like everything i write is for him now lol but things that i wrote specifically when i was in my feels about him if that makes sense. for me about him

i've posted a couple before if you look you can find them and for the most part they're like the other four things i posted this month where they're like. simple and uplifting or whatever but the thing about this one is that i didn't realize i was in my feels for him until the last like 2 paragraphs and they hit kind of hard i think

not in like an angsty way or anything i don't think but hard in a way that made me go hey i should probably mention it before people read it lol anyway this one is really nice i think but if you don't want to read it then that also is chill

“Whatcha thinking about?” he asks pleasantly. Jinki blinks, and then blinks again, giving his head a little shake like he's coming back into focus. What he focuses on is Jonghyun’s eyes, looking into them with his own, looking vaguely sad in a way that Jonghyun can't exactly place.

“I'm sorry,” he says. It comes out sincerely, but also with a kind of blankness to it that makes it seem like he doesn't really know what he's apologizing for.

Jonghyun hums quietly to himself as he delicately snips away the edges of a Polaroid he took last month. He cuts away the white border, the legs of both him and the chair he's sitting in, and hesitates before he actually closes the scissors to cut through the blue of the sky above his head. He likes that. It was a nice day outside at that little cafe. He'll keep it in.

Putting the scissors down, he grabs the glue stick instead and flips the photo over to glue up the back. Then he slaps it down, not carefully but not exactly carelessly either, into the scrapbook page he's working on. He doesn't really have a theme that he's going with it yet; he's kind of just winging it with this one. He feels like it's coming along though, Polaroids of him and other stuff outside, shots of the sky, shots of trees and bushes planted neatly on the street, one picture of a neat bug that he saw crawling on the sidewalk one time.

Then he picks up one of his glittery gel pens to write the date down, but hesitates with the purple in his hand. He's not sure if it really fits with the color scheme of the page. Looking up, at Jinki sitting kitty corner to him at the kitchen table immersed in his laptop, he reaches out and gently pokes him with the end of the pen.

“Hey,” he smiles when Jinki looks up. He wiggles the purple pen and taps the scrapbook page with his other hand. “do you think this would be good? Right here?” he asks, pointing to just under the picture.

“Mmm,” Jinki hums. “maybe the dark purple instead of the light,” he says, pointing at all of the little art supplies strewn over the table. The direction his finger is pointing in is so vague that Jonghyun is barely sure he's even directing it at the pens, let alone the dark purple, but he grabs the pen anyway with a bright smile.

“Thanks,” he chirps, grabbing the dark purple and uncapping it. He picks up the scrap pieces from the Polaroid as well, sorting through them until he finds the one and that he needs and copying down the date and location written on the bottom of it. Then he continues on his work, looking through his mounds of pictures and stickers and decorations to arrange well on the page and make it look just like the image of it that he has in his mind.

Which isn't really a picture perfect image in the first place; it's just as vague in his brain as the theme is, so he's not really following any sort of guideline at all, except maybe “cute,” but that's always what's the most fun to him. To have an idea in his head and then just work with it and let it happen and allow it to come out naturally, piece-by-piece, mistakes included, until he has something that he can look at and be proud of because it's something that he made by himself.

“Jinki?” he asks at one point, holding up two soft little felt birds, one blue and the other pink. He looks up a second after, to ask for Jinki’s opinion, and finds Jinki looking at him in a way that suggests he already had been for a long time, like he never really looked back down after Jonghyun’s question about the gel pens.

“Both, I think,” Jinki says, before Jonghyun can dwell on that feeling and ask about it. Instead he looks down at his scrapbook, at the right corner of the page that he was going to ask which bird would look better in. Instead, he pictures both birds there facing each other, giving each other a little bird smooch, and is instantly filled with delight at the idea.

“You're so right,” he says, and goes back to his work, none the wiser to Jinki’s alleged staring except for how he is incredibly wise to it now.

It's hard not to be wise to it; it's hard not to notice someone staring at you after you've already noticed them staring at you. He feels it in the way that it creeps over his skin, he hears it in the way that he doesn't hear Jinki’s fingers tapping away on his laptop, he sees it every time he glances up curiously just to check if Jinki is still, in fact, staring at him. He definitely is.

He doesn't comment on it at first, but eventually, his curiosity gets the better of him and he takes a break from his scrapbooking to prop his chin in his hand and smile contemplatively at Jinki.

“I'm sorry,” he says. It comes out sincerely, but also with a kind of blankness to it that makes it seem like he doesn't really know what he's apologizing for. So Jonghyun decides to find out in the simplest way that he knows how.

“For what?” he asks, an amused little smile playing with the corners of his mouth. He doesn't want to laugh, because he feels like that would be mean, but this is still kind of funny to him. Jinki opens his mouth, and then closes it and then shrugs vaguely, running his fingers through his hair.

“I don't know, really,” he says. His hand falls to slap lightly on the surface of the table, and then rises to hold his own cheek. “I'm just,”, he says. “Sorry.” And there's something heavy in the way he says it, something serious, and that makes it stop being as funny. Jonghyun chews on the end of his glitter gel pen, watching Jinki sit there and be apologetic.

Apologetic, he thinks. That's the vaguely sad emotion that he couldn't place half a minute ago. Which really doesn't help him now, to be honest, because knowing the emotion doesn't have jack shit to do with knowing the reasoning behind it. He looks down for a moment, and then back up, one of his eyes kind of scrunched in a teasing, but still gentle grimace.

“Is this just you having another one of your self-flagellation parties?” he asks. It feels like the sort of thing that would warrant a vague, unprompted, external apology. Vague, unprompted, internal self depreciation.

“What?” Jinki asks, this time with a blankness that denotes confusion instead of unrealised existential emotions. “No, I—do I really do that a lot?” he asks, looking genuinely concerned. Jonghyun lessons his grimace into more of a comforting, sympathetic smile and shakes his head.

“Not as much as you're thinking that you do, but enough for it to be a thing,” he says kindly. He kind of thought that Jinnki knew it was a thing that he did already. He's been parlay to quite a few of Jinki’s pity parties himself. Not that pity parties are a bad thing, necessarily, or anything, just that they’re a thing that Jinki does sometimes and that's okay, as long as he comes out of them on the other end feeling better and less down on himself, which he usually does. “You haven't started hating yourself for no reason in a while, so I was just curious.” Jonghyun says. Just curious if maybe another one had come up so he would know if it was time for him to be lovely and adorable and comforting or not.

“Oh,” Jinki says. He looks troubled for a moment—Jonghyun wonders for an equally long moment whether or not he just spurred one along anyway—but then shakes his head decisively. “No, it's not that, it's nothing about me,” he says. “I just. I don't know.” he shrugs, and looks at the table, and then looks at Jonghyun. He reaches out a hand to cup Jonghyun cheek this time, warm and gentle, running a thumb softly over his cheekbone. “C’mere,” he says, scooting his chair back and reaching to tug on Jonghyun’s wrist at the same time.

Jonghyun, mildly baffled but without any excuse or reason or even desire to say no, obeys. He lets Jinki tug him out of his chair and into his lap, sitting across his thighs. With a soft oh, Jonghyun finds himself being enveloped in Jinki’s nice warm arms, his cheek tucked into his chest, his head kissed softly by his mouth. He hugs Jinki back, because he wants to, one arm around his back and the other crossing his chest to hook under his arm and around his shoulder.

“I’m sorry, Jonghyunnie,” Jinki mumbles.

Sitting there, in Jinki’s lap, with Jinki’s arms warm around him, Jinki’s lungs and heart moving slow under him, and Jinki’s words inside his head, an apology not from Jinki exactly, but just delivered by him, Jonghyun feels like maybe. Maybe, or maybe definitely. Yeah, definitely definitely. He deserves it. In the same way that Jinki inexplicably knew that he deserved to be given an apology, Jonghyun knows that he deserves to hear it.

So he accepts it, turning his face into Jinki’s chest and squeezing him close. He doesn't exactly forgive, but he accepts that it was given to him and, with Jinki pressing another soft kiss to his hair, says, “Okay.”

#jongyu #jongyhun #onew #jinki #pg #fluff #oneshot #ydw #🌙

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yuezhong · 4 years

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593 followers special! + appreciation & shoutouts <3

Hi guys! I’m back. Now, I know it’s been a while since I last posted anything as uni has been kicking my butt, and I was busy with my final sem exams. But now that I’m back, I would like to do something simple to celebrate me reaching 506 followers (596 currently) a while ago, and that is to open a discord server.

Yep, you heard me. I’m having my own discord server! :3 So don’t be shy and come join it if you want. The mods are lovely and so are the users that have joined. The criteria for joining my server is that you have to be 15 or older ! And don’t even try to lie about your age, we can tell from the way you carry yourself.

https://discord.gg/pA9au9S

In addition to celebrating my 5th milestone, I would like to thank these people, which are my lovely friends, fanfic writers and non writers alike, those who are in bold write nsfw/mild nsfw :

To start off, I want to thank these three servers/groups as wholes:

1. Jay and Co.:

@oikawasass -- Jay my spicy cinnamon roll! You are very cool person, periodt. Tbh, I was a little intimidated by you when I first spoke to you in your server. But overtime as I spoke to you more, I can see that you're actually a very lovely and sweet person in your own way. Also, I love how you can be super blunt and say the most hilarious things with a serious tone. You’re self-assured, bold and not afraid to speak your mind, and that is what I admire about you. And thank you, for being there and talking sense into me when I needed it, I appreciate that very much 🥺

And boy oh boy, your writing? *Chef's kiss* the first time when I read one of your works, I fell in love with how easy on the eyes it is. Your writing style is simple yet beautiful. Your choice of words, the imagery and the cohesiveness too! It’s godtier💞, must stan it. I especially love your crack fics/hcs and you whole aesthetic as well. Ma'am, pls spare some of your skills.

@archn my dear cupcake! Honestly, you're the sweetest person I've ever met and you're so so supportive and patient 🥺, plus I love how crackhead you can get when we’re fooling around lmao. Other than that, you’re really easygoing, not only towards me, but to everyone in general. You’re like that cool cousin that everyone looks up to and deserves all the appreciation in the world.

Also, your writing style is gorgeous and you write the characters' personality so spot on! I also love the flow of words sm ahhhj. I especially love your headcanons of the bnha boyos working out with their fem s/o, that idea is really creative!

@mizukuni -- Mizuuu, my beautiful, gorgeous sweet red date! Babe, you have come so far from starting off as a new writing blog not long ago to finally achieving 1k followers! I just wanna say congrats for reaching your 10th milestone and you deserve every one of your followers! You can definitely go further and achieve more milestones. As for your writing style, it is simplistic but beautiful: you don’t use many flowery words to express your writing, yet those simple words you choose bring out what you want to show in your works exactly, and the flow of words is just rly smooth and I stan the cohesiveness 💞. Oh and you have such a cute minimalistic art style that is very pleasant on the eyes! And lately I can see that you’re improving at a quick pace; your drawings are getting more detailed than last time and that’s really amazing! Also, did I mention that I love your blog’s aesthetic as well?

Also, thank you for being there for me when I was feeling down and needed someone to talk to, I cherish that gesture of yours greatly luv 💞As for my first impression of you, I could tell you’re a really chill person and go with the flow easily. Honestly, that helped a lot to buffer my social awkwardness and made me open up to y’all easier. So yeah, I must say a very big thank you once again to you babe 💞

@cherry-pancakes -- Diiii my sweet cherry blossom! You are the cutest person I’ve ever met sjdnjsn. Your antics remind me of a sweet little sister and that is pretty darn adorable. Even though you can be a little bit wild and spontaneous sometimes, that just adds to your charm! Plus, a little wild every once in a while does’t do harm < 3

As for your writing, it has a simple flow but it is easily understood. If writing styles were aesthetics/ sceneries, yours would be a small flowing stream-- small but smooth flowing, simple but not insignificant. Beauty in simplicity describes your works perfectly. Also, did I mention that you have a really adorable artstyle as well? Your art style is relatively simple but it is so so cute 🥺

@chizo --Guava my gummy bear! Babe, even though you are no longer active here, I just want to say a very big thank you. Thank you for giving us so many beautifully written works. Seriously, when I first met you through discord and followed your writing blog ( @izukyu ) I fell in love with your works. Something about your writing is just really special, plus I love the fact that you start sentences with small letters (Caps lock be damned lol). Your writing is a mixture of sophistication and simplicity, yet they compliment each other perfectly when you incorporate them into your works! It is pretty impressive because it is not an easy thing to do.

As for my first impression of you, I can tell you’re genuinely a vv caring and supportive person. You give off motherly vibes as well in a good way! You’re like the cool mom friend of the group who looks after everyone tbh 💝. So yeah, once again I want to say a very very big thank you to you again. Thank you for blessing the writers’ community with your wonderful fics and thank you for being such a good friend, let’s continue to be good friends in the near future!

@sourbkg -- Emmie my blueberry! Babey you are another sweetheart who is caring and so so supportive. I still remembered that time when I felt a little ill and sad and you immediately sent some cat pictures to cheer me up, thank you sm for that love, it helped me a great deal 💕, plus I’m never one to say no to cats and kitties! Also, you know exactly what to say at the right moments! Your easygoing personality makes it easy for other people to open up to you as well.

As for your writing style, it has a simple yet realistic approach. It’s like I can see what is happening in your works like a movie scene and I think that is really cool! Keep up the good work < 3! I really love that one shot with Shoto’s s/o attempting to scare him, it’s so cute ahh! And I love the ending lol, Shoto cracking a joke is golden.

@kozumie -- Kai! Oh man, where do I start. Okay, here we go. When I first met you in the server, I gravitated towards your easygoing, cool and chill vibe. After talking to you more, I can tell that I love the laid-back chill vibe you give off, you’re so awesome!

Also, even though I haven’t read much of your work, I must say I really love the way you write. It’s precise and your vocabulary really helps with imagery, the words you can help the readers easily envision what is going on in your story, and that is really amazing! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more works from you.

@succu6us-- Anni! Babe, ahh it has been a while since we last spoke too hasn’t it? I missed you along with the others too 🥺 But now that I’m back for the time being, I’m going to be more active. Anni babe, your writing style is minimalistic yet gorgeous. I can tell you’re not a big fan of writing long paragraphs and that’s completely fine! Because if I’m being honest here, I tend to keep things simple and short as well if I can. Yet your simplistic style captures the gist of your works perfectly! did I mention that I love your nsfw works as well

As for my first impression of you, I could tell that you had a very self-assured, confident aura about you, and you still do! But you are not arrogant at all. On the contrary, you’re a humble and supportive soul! I quite envy that self-assurance and air of confidence you have dear, and I can say that I have grown to be a bit more confident in myself by having you around, so you’re a wonderful influence! Let’s continue to keep in touch sweetie.

@mysterypotatoink -- Morgann! Sugarcakes, let me just say that you are the best big sister figure we could ever ask for! You are so sweet, supportive, loving and willing to help us whenever we need it. You are our server’s big sister and guardian 💕💕 You always make us feel loved and warm inside. Personally, whenever we talk to you, it gives off the vibe like a child wrapped up in a safety blanket-- toasty and secured.

You’re so strong and wise, I look up to you a lot and want to learn from you in terms of being the pillar of support. 🥺

@needs-serotonin -- Joanna! Muffin, you’re another one of the sweetest, most supportive people in the server. You’re so honest about what you say in the group and know when to say it at the exact time.

Also Joanna, you give off a really cool vibe! Initially, I was a bit shy and unsure on how to approach you but overtime as I warmed up to you, you’re actually pretty easy to get along with! I would love to get to know you better, let’s talk more dear.

2. Deku protection squad! (Aka dps) :

@suckersuki -- Lei! Sugarplum, you are another one of the sweetest, most supportive people I’ve ever met. You are always there for us when we need it and I love how crackhead you can get hahaha, I still remembered that time when we teased you by shipping you with shinsou hehe. Anyways, back to the original topic of appreciating you, you are a great listener and offer good advice! Also, you’re very easy to talk to and give off a cute vibe!

Did I mention that I love your writing as well? Your style consists of a mixture of comedy and seriousness. Like, your hcs for the tik tok trend and argument scenario for the bnha boys are really funny; on the other hand, your fic with yandere shoto gives off a completely different aura and it sent shivers down my spine. Miss, pls spare some of them writing skills.

@babydabi -- Mei! Gingerbread, you are a another kind, loving and supportive soul that I have the honor of meeting in the dps. You are really easygoing and considerate. You are not afraid to speak up for your friends, but you do it with a careful choice of words and this shows that you’re really considerate.

As for your writing style, it is much like yourself. You know how to choose the best words to express what you want to and you’re cautious doing so. As I can be a little indecisive on deciding my choice of words, I’d love to learn from you!

@bakugoustanaccount — Bri! Dear, tbh I was a little intimidated by your vibe when I first met you, bc you just seemed so cool,,, and I’m awkward and still don’t really know how to socialise well with people. But after interacting with you more, you’re actually pretty chill! Let’s talk more, I’d love to get to know you better.

As for your writing style, it has a certain smooth flowing, poetic aesthetic. I fell in love with it the moment I read your latest fic. The way you phrased everything is just so fitting! Pls teach me your ways miss.

@bnhatrashh -- Izzy! Luv, you give off a similar vibe like bri, so I was also kind of intimidated by you at first. But like bri, I opened up to you more and here we are! Let’s get to know each other better, I’d like to talk to you more often.

And I really love, love your way of writing! Your writing style has a pleasant, smooth homey vibe. It’s very soothing to the eyes and your vocabulary complements it really well!

@cellotonin —cookie! Love, you’re another one of the sweetest and most supportive people in the dps server ahhhh. You’re always ready to support us whenever and I love your vibe! I’d like to get to know you better sweetie.

Also, I love the way you write! it’s so sweet, warm and ahh so pretty 🥺, did I mention that I love your blog’s aesthetic and theme as well? Your style of writing is mellow and gorgeous! I would love to learn some of that from you pls.

@hoekaashi — Ash! Dear, you give off a cool and mature vibe. You’re like the awesome aunt of the dps. When I first spoke to you in the dps, I was like “this person is really cool, I’m kinda scared if I mess up”, but that thought quickly faded as I chatted with you more. You’re not only cool, but also super chill, supportive and easygoing! Let’s talk more, I’d love to know you better.

Also, I really love your way of writing! It has this realistic touch and lets people have the feeling of being in that scenario/situation. Plus, the flow of words are smooth and complements your style! Keep up the good work dear, I look forward to see more works from you in the future.

@xoxo-dede — Dede! Darling, you’re bold, outspoken and really cool. You speak your mind and I like that, also I love your crackhead side. Most of the time, you can say the most hilarious and crackhead things that never fail to crack us up (hahaha, see what I did there? Ok I’ll stop) , you’re a big bouncy ball of energy that we simply can’t get enough of! Oh, and your art style is really cool too!

As for your writing style, it’s simple but has that realistic vibe, like I can see what’s happening clearly through your words and that’s really amazing! Your writing is gorgeous dear.

3. 我的家庭!= my family (tree <3)

@moonlit-xio -- Ara! My sweetpea, love. You are the sweetest, kindest and most understanding sweetheart I have ever met. You are so selfless and loving, making sure that we’re always accounted for and put us before you. You always make sure to give us the attention, love and support. But love, please let us give you back the love and attention too, for you deserve them as much as us. And you’re absolutely adorable!

And did I mention that the headcanons you come up with for us in the server are absolutely 100% beautiful and on point? No? Well, now you know, because they are. Queen ara, your writing is gorgeous, has a poetic touch and deserves more love, your descriptive skills are immaculate! The words you use to express your writings is just immaculate. Also, you’re very musically talented! Your music taste is delectable and refreshing, not to mention that you have the voice of a siren as well. Your singing is lovely, sweetpea.

@sunshhinnee -- Sunni! My darling pudding, love you are literally sunshine (hahaha,get it? Okay, I’ll stop). You’re so bright, positive and always look at the good side of things even if the going starts to get tough. You bring a warm and chaotic good atmosphere to our server, which serves as a nice distraction whenever I had a bad day or feel upset about something.

Also, your art-style is really really cute! I like your shortcut way of drawing expressions and the anatomy of your characters haha. It’s not too detailed but you can tell what their expressions are saying and their poses are clear.

@bumbbo -- Max! Bubblegum, you’re another one of the most adorable people I ever met. You’re really easygoing and chill, but can be chaotic good sometimes, I like how crackhead you can get when Sunni is in on it too, haha. I especially love it when you two send memes and funny tiktoks to the group, I do enjoy them very much! Also, have I mentioned how much of a cutie and sweetheart you are? You’re so caring, giving and strong. Always willing to help out and so patient with us.🥺

Also, you have great taste in music and you’re great at writing too! Have I mentioned how on point your headcanons you wrote for us are? If I haven’t, now you know <3. Oh, and your editing skills are superb too!

@sondering-thoughts -- Aria! Macaron, you’re another one of the sweetest, most understanding, and supportive people in our server. You’re like the server’s mom, living up to your nickname. You always watch out for us and make sure that we are doing well; if we felt down, you never fail to cheer us up by writing comfort headcanons for us and console us with the words we need to hear! Thank you so much, for doing all that for us dear 🥺 Also, the way you fluster us? You’re a pro at it snjssk, you make us blush so easily that it’s unfair 😭😭

And speaking of writing, you sure have a way with words macaron! Your writing has a poetic take in it, which is something I hope to incorporate into my writing style one day.

@what-a-creative-username --Liana! Chocolate chip! My bro to my bromance, the kuroo to my bokuto, the bread to my shinya! Bro, you are another 100% cutie plus sweetie! I love it when you’re being chaotic along with the rest of them and spam the group with memes and chaotic Youtube vines/vids lmao. Also, the aesthetics you made for us are so pretty ahh!

Besides that, you’re also really considerate and willing to lend an ear. I still remember when I was anxious and vented to you and you let me rant. Then you reassured me and comforted me, which both calmed me down successfully. Thank you love, I appreciate that gesture very much 🥺 . I miss your presence very much in the server, hope we’ll get to talk again and raise hell all together soon!

@txmxkis --Linds! Cake pop, dearie you’re another kind, loving and sweet soul I have the fortune of meeting in the server. If Ari is the mother, then you’re the cool aunt who’s always wiling to hype us up! And support us when we feel down or need someone to vent to ofc. You’re really chill, easygoing and so adorable! Even though you can be a lil mischief and fluster us on purpose sometimes, not that I’ll ever admit it Your vibe is rly pretty, and okay...I admit that I like you flustering me...maybe a little bit.

Honourable mentions! :

@cosmicskin --Lily, my dear love. Honestly you’re the sweetest person I first met on tumblr. Back then when you gave me that shout out, I felt happy, shocked in a good way, and honored all at the same time. And yet, you claim that you are not an angel. Sweetie, you are wrong. You are an angel, even if you claim that you are not. And the way you write? Immaculate, your fluff works have a poetic vibe in them and I’m in love with it. Even though you are no longer writing, I still want to say a very big thank you. Thank you for giving us so many beautiful, gorgeous stunning works.

@keigos-dove --Eli my sweet! Dear, you are another lovely soul that I’m really fortunate to meet here. I still remember that time when I asked you to proofread a fic of mine and you did, giving me your honest opinion about it 🥺, so thank you very much for that love! Also, you’re really easygoing and I love the way you carry yourself, you’re not only sweet, but also really cool! I love talking to you and the way you write? Absolutely gorgeous. There’s something about your writing that’s just... so pretty and it tugs at my heartstrings! Keep up the good work, gorgeous!

@seashellsandshores--Emmie dear! Another fellow sweetheart that I have the honor of meeting here. Dearie, you are really chill and easygoing. I like how easy it is to talk to you and rant to you about ons besides bnha lmao, it has been a while but I want to let you know that I enjoy the time I spend with you and hopefully we’ll get to talk again! Also, the fact that you gave me and your fanfic writer friends a shout out on your birthday says that you are not only a sweetheart, but you’re also a really kind and supportive soul 🥺. And boy, your writing? beautiful. Your url complements your writing style perfectly. Your style is simple, but gorgeous and I can easily imagine what is happening in your fics, like I can mentally picture the scene and hear what the characters are saying. Keep up the good work sweetie!

@birds-have-teeth -- Ashi sweetie! Again, I just want to say a very big welcome back. I hope that you have been resting well during your break sweetheart 🥺. Also, I was caught off-guard when you posted that appreciation post! How dare you do that when I was least expecting it >:c, you have no idea how flustered I felt when I read that ahhhh 🥺. You are such a sweet, supportive, easygoing and loving person, I really love talking to you! And the way you write? IT IS STUNNING, BREATH-TAKING MMM PERFECTION. The flow of words and vocabulary are just so in sync! Immaculate! Also, your art style is really awesome too! I look forward to see more works from you and can’t wait to get back on a regular basis of talking to you again💕

@90s-belladonna -- Aixa! Queen, you’re another one of the coolest, most easygoing people I have ever met! I was kind of awkward when i first talked to you in our dms on twitter, but overtime we got closer and could talk about almost anything! I really love love your laid-back chill vibe, let’s talk more lovely, I enjoy talking to you a lot! Also, have I mentioned how delectable your writing is? Even though most of your works that I’ve read are headcanons, i can say that your writing style is sophisticated yet easy on the eyes. The way you write takes my breath away, I look forward to see more works from you! Keep up the good work <3

@pastelgurlie --Kassy dear, you are really dynamic, funny and outspoken.Thank you for approaching me first on wattpad and dming me, you give off a really fun and cheerful vibe that makes you easy to be around with. Initially, I was a little stiff and unsure on how to interact with you, but fortunately you were patient and willing to stick around until I came out of my shell ^-^. Oh, also did I mention how cool your artstyle is? Your style consists of a semi-realistic coupled with elements of anime in it and that’s really awesome! And the way you draw my and Amy’s oc for free? That’s so sweet of you 🥺.

@adelheidvonschicksal -- Adel my love, you’re another sweet supportive babe I have the fortune of meeting here! You’re really chill, laid-back cool and I feel like a fan living the dream of befriending her idol when I talk to you! You are the very first Shoto blog I came across on Tumblr, and when I first read your works, I fell in love with them. And to have you follow me back, ahh I feel so honored 🥺! And as for your writing style, it is immaculate! I read most of your fics, including the nsfw ones (cough) and they have this beautiful, realistic touch. You characterize the characters rly well and it’s like I can picture what is happening in your works in my head! Keep up the good work, senpai 🥺, I look forward to more amazing works from you.

@lavander-cherry--Cheska! Dear, my second writing senpai for shoto. First I want to say it’s good to have you back! it has been a while since we last talked and tbh, I felt a little sad when I saw your announcement about leaving the bnha writing community, still I do respect your decision back then! And now, I feel really happy that you are back writing for this fandom. Your works are superb, dear! Your characterization is on point and your flow of words complements it very well. Also, I like how you are not afraid to speak your mind and how bold you are, let’s talk again soon!

@shoutodoki --Val! Dear, ahhhh you are another sweetheart that I'm so so fortunate to meet here! You're really easygoing and sweet and it's really easy to talk to you. Your vibe is gorgeous and I cannot stress enough on how much I adore your writings! The flow of words throughout your stories, works and headcanons is just so immaculate and aesthetically pleasing! Even though you have deactivated your acc, I just want to say a very big thank you. Thank you for all of your wonderful works that you have written, you have been a really big inspiration to many writers(including me), I’m sure of that.

@random-mha-thoughts -- Rachel! Sweetheart, dear I still remembered the way you first helped me back then, we didn’t know each other at all, and yet you were so willing to stand up for and help me! I’m trully grateful for the help you provided so so much. And thank you, also for sticking by me even after that and being such a kind soul after all this while. Let’s continue to be friends sweetie!

As for your writing, it’s simple and sweet. The way you write brings a mellow feeling that’s very pleasant to the viewers, it brings about a fluffy feeling and is easy on the eyes. Look forward to more works from you! Keep up the good work!

@min-atoo --Minny my sweet! Man, it has been 3 years since we known each other hasn’t it? You’re just the sweetest, super understanding and kindest person ever! I’m really glad to call you one of my closest friends <333. You’re really easy to hang out with and I love the vibe you give off so much! I still remember the moment when we got into a discussion about what todo’s beard color would be on ig lol. It’s really fun hanging out with you, and yoi and chessie ofc. We should get tgt and have a discord grp call sometime!

Oh, and you have the cutest artstyle ever! The pastel colours you use and the chibi aesthetic you have go perfectly together! All of your works are very easy on the eyes and are super cute! Let’s stay in touch bb x

Make sure to show some love to these lovely ppl that I tagged above by giving them a follow! Oh, I also want to show some love to @dee-madwriter , @dimplesum , @heroprose @kingtamakimurder @love-toxin @lovelove-dere , @yandere-daydreams, @trafalgar-temptress @wonderwomanfantasy, @combust-catalyst @talpup @shoutogepi and @bnhabadass ! They are some amazing fanfic authors as well so go follow them if you haven’t already :3

Words cannot express how much I love and appreciate every one of you, both my friends I have tagged in this post and my dear followers. I am very thankful for every one of you, let’s work hard together!

So, what’s next? Since that I am back for now, i will finish off the belated birthday fics I left unfinished for some of my lovely writer friends above, move on to one last request from the last time and finish off some fics of mine. As for when I will re-open requests...they are put on hold until further notice. Oh and I'll be clearing my asks and tags at the same time.

Until then, see y'all soon!

#lovingshoto's 593 followers special #announcement #hi yes I'm back

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wollfling · 4 years

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Hello! I have an art question, if you don't mind talking about art stuff! I'm trying to get better at drawing, but having a really hard time with figuring out how to draw people. I feel like I've made progress with things like animals, objects, etc but I just can't get my drawings of people to improve! You draw people (and everything else tbh!!) so beautifully, do you mind if I ask how you learned to draw them? Or if you have any advice? Thank you for posting your art here, you're such a big inspiration and I love seeing your posts when they come across my feed! 💗

I love talking about art stuff!!! ♡ firstly, thank you aww ;×;) !! I'm so flattered, its really so sweet of you to say that!!

(( oh my god once again I've written so much I am so sorry! I put a tldr at the end, I couldn't quite go into much detail about specifics because im not quite sure what specifically you would like to improve, but I did try to cover some bases but please don't be afraid to message me with any more info or questions!!! ))

I'm a bit of the opposite where I can only draw people and struggle making progress with everything else lol, I admire you a little bit!! 🤭

People can be hard to capture, because we naturally (subconsciously?) examine them trying to determine things like emotion and im not quite sure how to put it but... health? For most people, its easy to see if someone is tired or sick at a glance. This comes into play when drawing people because we are wired to immediately analyze everything about them and pick up things that are wrong (think of uncanny valley type stuff!)

I often think about something bob Ross said, I dont have the time to hunt it down but what he said was basically along the lines of; he prefers painting scenery, because when we see a scenic painting its easier to think "this looks like somewhere ive been!" And its more believable. Meanwhile, its hard to capture the exact likeness of someone. If its a little off, we feel it looks "bad". I may have changed or added some points in there, but I think that was the general idea? 🤔 thats not to say scenic paint is easy in any way, its just about how we view it.

My point in this is, the key to drawing people is to create a believable figure. And how to achieve this depends on the style you draw them in ! I can only offer advice for stylized drawings (i struggle to draw hyper realistic people, and I also just don't enjoy it? Lol) but im assuming that since you like my art you're okay with that? ^^

In regards to how I learned to draw, well.. ive been doing it since I can remember ^^; I grew up watching anime which definitely altered my style and interests, and when i was in high-school I transitioned from an "anime adjacent " style, to a generalized "stylized" look, and now I strictly use photo reference which has helped make my style less cartoony but it still shares cartoon elements I feel? For a long time I drew without using references at all which im sure also contributed to how I draw things now. I havent had a chance to take art classes, so I've learned mostly by self study. Practicing drawing from reference, looking up tips and tricks youtube videos, watching other artists work and looking closely at their pieces to try and see how they achieve certain looks. Eventually it all adds up! How i draw people is a reflection of like 20 years of this!!

My biggest regret is not taking art "seriously" and going nearly all of those 20 not properly studying. This is my biggest piece of advice :^( unfortunately, im still learning how to do this myself, I think "studying" is a learned skill and hard to do without instruction. But if you can draw animals and objects I think you probably know a little bit on how to. So then looking a bit deeper into "improving", what about your drawings do you feel are lacking?

Circling back to my earlier paragraphs, how you want to improve depends on what sort of style you are going for and the way you want to portray or capture people. Portraits rely on technical skill i think. I'm not sure i could offer valuable advice here..

Comics, manga, and graphic novels sole intention is to tell a story through drawings. They don't give metaphors (usually!! Sometimes they do but not in the context im trying to explain) and/or tell us how characters are feeling, they show us! This is why the art styles of them often have exaggerated features, and simplified features. The eyes tend to have more detail because we read eyes for emotion, mouths are exaggerated because they are key to reading emotion (most importantly so I think! Watch: 🙂☹ the only difference is the mouth, but we can tell they feel totally different emotions.) Noses in comparison are usually more simplified as they, out of all features of the human face, are the least expressive.

If you want to improve your drawings of people so that they are more expressive and relatable, I would try to analyze how your face changes with emotion and perhaps practice with one of those emotion chart meme templates!

Illustration work is similar, but I feel the face doesn't actually matter as much. If you look at full bodied illustrations of people and zoom in on the face, you'll find that they are sometimes quite simplified! When viewing a full bodied person we generally take in the body's language first. It would take me a long time for me to explain in detail on this post (though I would love to talk about body language in illustration please let me know of you would like me to... also the body language of two figures.. but ill spare you for now ♡) I would recommend gesture drawing and timed studies. I improved drawing so much when I started doing this (I use the site quickposes a lot, set a high timer and draw!!) If drawing the face is hard for you and you can't seem to get anywhere, try focusing on the body for a little bit! Especially how bodies look when bending and twisting.. which might sound random, but I think it helps get a better understanding on how proportions can change with pose.

I wrote so much and I really didn't mean to. Its always hard to answer questions like this without much information like what your goal is and what look you want to achieve. I hope I didnt scare you away with my horrible novel of an answer but if you'd like to give more detail or ask any more questions please I welcome you to!! I love talking about art and I love love love hearing about other peoples art ;^; ♡

Tldr; when trying to improve drawing people it may not be as simple as working on technical skill, its important to keep in mind purpose, emotion, body language, and art style

#i always feel bad when people message me and I reply with an entire novel #which is 90% of the time....dhsjhsj #anon i hope i was even a little bit helpful..

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rpmemedumpster · 5 years

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Hi, I'm an old Role Playing veteran. I've been trying really hard to get back into the semi literate rp world (do people still use these terms??) but all of my old rp sites and forums have been long shut down. Do you have any advice for me on where I can start my rp journey again?

Hello! I have no experience with forum rp, i only used to rp through private messages on DeviantArt, so if any followers here would like to chime in with more advice that would be superb! I have an rp aid tag that might help as well.

Anyway, tumblr is a pretty good site for rp if you ask me, because of the format. You’ve got your inbox people can send messages to and publish, and the nature of text-posts I’ve always found super helpful. I’m going to go into this assuming you’ve got no knowledge of tumblr rp so I hope this doesn’t come across as condescending or anything but I wanna be thorough!

Firstly! You’ll need info on your character (on tumblr, these are frequently called “muses”).

A muse can be a canon character from a piece of media, or an original character. This information is best held on some kind of about or bio page, however those who roleplay on mobile cannot edit their blog pages to my knowledge so many have been hosting their bios on google docs, and linking to them in their description! This is the most important thing, because if nobody knows anything about your character, it’ll be hard to rp.

Next, a rules page!

Many will not want to rp with anybody who don’t have one. A rules page includes basically a little bit about your boundaries. Whether or not you rp with ocs, whether or not you engage in sexual rp, if you like to ship your character, things you need tagged, ect. If you don’t know where to start, it might be a good idea to look at some other folks’! I found that very helpful in my start on tumblr.

Get some kind of promotional post, and utilize the tags!

Some people create pretty graphics, I’ve got templates for them in my resources tag. Other people tend to do something a bit more simple, just an icon of their character perhaps and a little short advertisement of their character in a text post. People can find you if you use the tags. Say, if you’re roleplaying as Naruto, you’re gonna wanna tag the post as: #naruto rp, #manga rp,#anime rp, ect. For something like an oc you might want to tag it as: #oc rp, #fandomless rp, and any genres you might want to rp in such as #horror rp, #crime rp, #historical rp

Lastly, reach out!

Sometimes the tags, especially original character ones, can be super flooded to the point where you might get lost in a sea of posts. Following people in my opinion is a good way to get noticed, because often they’ll check your blog out and maybe follow back. Some people are particular with who they interact with and there are some community specific terms I’ll link below but it never hurts to reach out and ask people if they’d like to roleplay.

Community terms: (some may be missing but i tried my best)

rpc: roleplay community

muse: a roleplay character. Can be an original character, or a character from an existing work. Sometimes real people as well such as youtubers but this is frowned upon generally.

mun or mod: the person who writes the character

ic: in-character

ooc: out of character. Can also be used to say a particular portrayal is poorly written, or not true to canon. (ie: this ___ blog is so ooc)

fc: face-claim, some blogs may used icons of actors or models in place of drawings for their characters appearance. FCs may also be from comics, manga, or cartoons.

mun fc: icons on ooc posts from the mun, different than the blog’s character.

private: (usually) will only roleplay with people who they follow, and also follow back

selective: this person may be choosy with who they chose to write with

semi-selective: this person is more open about who they write with, but will still deny some blogs

nonselective: this person will most likely right with just about anyone

musings: reblogged posts that often are something their character might say or think

thread: whatever particular rp scene that is being written. Usually takes place in the form of a text post.

meme/starters: something to be sent into the inbox for rp. Can be ooc or ic depending.

multiverse: multiple “verses” or timelies. Used for AU’s or for separating multiple ships.

multiship: this blog ships with multiple characters, each existing within separate timelines so that the character is not dating 10 different other characters at the same time.

multimuse: this blog has more than one character.

f2f: face-to-face, the characters are interacting in person

blog or online: a more meta (i guess?) style of rp where the characters are interacting on their tumblr blogs or otherwise online

one-liner: usually just dialogue in a response

para: a single paragraph in a response

multi-para: multiple paragraphs in a single response

novella: very long thread responses

group: a roleplay group! I don’t actually know how these work but that’s what this is.

indie: independent rp, not affiliated with a particular group.

fandomless: usually for an OC, this is an original character not created to exist within a pre-existing piece of media. tldr; not a fan oc/fan chara

self insert: an oc that exists to be the mun within the rp space.

Other helpful stuff:

new x-kit: very very helpful and a must-have as this will allow you to tag asks on desktop, check mutuals right on your dash, and most importantly trim posts so they’re not super long.

sessionbox: if you have more than one character you rp, and have a separate blog for each of them, this extension allows you to be logged into multiple accounts in different tabs

fancy text generator: lets you get text 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘, just by pasting in the plain text!

BeFunky: collage maker for moodboards and such

I hope this helps, if you have any more questions feel free to send another ask!

#admin #answers #not a meme #rp aid #i hope this doesn't come across as talking down or anything ;o;#i just want to make sure i'm not leaving anything out!#comfy coco

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morallygreyprompts · 5 years

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How did you get the confidence to post things online? I have always had a really hard time sharing what I've written with anyone, and I thought that making a tumblr where no one knows who I am would help. I nearly had a panic attack when I thought about just writing something to post. I'm just wondering if you've ever had anxiety about posting and what you did to help. Thanks

How indeed... I talk a lot on this, so to answer that basic question, my answer is this: I get anxious all the time, writing is something somehow weirdly... personal. It’s okay to be nervous. What do I do? If I am genuinely happy with what I’ve written, but I’m nervous about posting. I read it over- just once more to be sure, and then I hit that post button before I can stop myself.

Well, I guess I’ve always been a perfectionist and self-conscious with the things I do. As far as I’m concerned barely anything I do is good enough, my work simply to be perfect and outstanding and revolutionary- hell, why’d you think it’s taking me four years to write an (admittedly 160K) fanfic? But in a way, writing is the exception. Let me explain, maybe it’ll inspire you a little.

Writers are lucky. We’re different from artists, and musicians and chefs. Hell, we can be writing a deadly serious post about a hostage situation, write ‘and then a clown came out of nowhere and yanked his trousers down‘, delete the sentence, and not a living soul would know about it. We can make little errors without anyone ever knowing, we can make plot holes and fix them and delete entire chapters but people only ever see the finished result. I think sometimes people forget that. The process doesn’t matter to the reader, they don’t need to know a damned thing.

That helps me- I can work with what I have, and no one needs to see it until I’m happy with it. It’s only then that you decide when others get to see it, and sometimes a little optimism goes a long way. I expected to write 3 or 4 posts, forget about this blog and disappear into the abyss, but people liked it, they liked my stuff, and honestly, I have never felt a greater feeling. Sappy, maybe, but dammit, it’s true.

I’m proud of my work, and yeah, I’d say writing is my talent. But it doesn't matter how good you are, it doesn’t dull that incredible feeling when there, right in front of you, you just made a world, a scene, a whole story. You did that and other people are going to read it and enjoy it. For me, after a while, that feeling of things needing to be perfect? It just faded. You can make mistakes, and that doesn’t make your stuff bad or worthless. It just takes a while for that message to sink in I think. Writing is tough, anyone will tell you that. I’m self-conscious about my stuff, still am, and the occasional hater does hit me pretty hard. But you get back on the saddle, tell yourself you can do it, that that one person doesn’t matter- and they don’t. Writing is just something I have to do, I couldn’t have gotten through the last few years without it. I started off writing Sonic the Hedgehog Fanfic. Looking back, I wanna curl up and cry at its quality, but hey, it got me started and it got me over the fear of the first online publication while I still thought I was mint. So I got off topic but bear with me, this is important. You’ve never posted anything before? First off, write for yourself. Write what you want to read, not for the faceless audience on the other side of your screen. Post the paragraph you’re most proud of. Three sentences, something as simple as a few lines of dialogue. It might only get two likes in a month depending on how many people find it. Commenting on other writer’s work might help speed the process along though and it’ll help them too.

But hey, posting wasn’t so bad, was it? Then you can write a little more if you feel more confident. Just don’t get caught up on the numbers. Your writing is pretty much a whisper in a music concert if you’re just starting out, it’ll take time for people to find you, and two notes doesn’t mean you’re bad, and that’s the important thing to remember.

I think I’m finished with my pep talk, and self-conscious me is insisting it’s a mass of incoherent nonsense, but I am going to tell that person to shut up and post this anyway. I’ve covered what I need to, I think. The biggest lesson to take away is, by all means, start small, but just do it. Imagine what the worst that could happen is, how likely that is to happen. Then think realistically about the best thing that could happen. I hope somewhere amongst my rambles, you find something that will help you bite the bullet and just try.

“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” Richard Bach

“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” Margaret Atwood

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wintersongstress · 5 years

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Hello💜 I've come to you about writing before. I was the anon asking about how to not subconsciously steal others ideas and how to make it not sound cheesy when writing. So a update on this whole situation is: I'm seriously thinking about doing it!💜 Do you have any key tips for writing? For instance, things to remember, using proper punctuation, or just key tips that you feel is essential across the board?

The very first rule of writing is simple and well known.

Just write.

The second rule is that any other rule hence after the first can go out the window at any moment for the sake of creative intent. This is another way of saying that there are no concrete rules to writing—if you know what you’re doing.

In the grand scope of writing, there is a lot of ground to cover. I’ll do my best to go over some of the essentials, for I can go in depth about any of these tips if you want further explanations. But without further ado, here’s my crash course in creative writing and things you should know.

DISCLAIMER: Some of these are my personal opinion of what makes good writing. Every person who reads this has to option to agree or disagree, I am just doing my best to inform others based on my experiences and perceptions. I am not a published writer, merely someone who recognizes good works and what comprises them.

If you’re just beginning to write there are a few tools you will need to get started properly. It is crucial to understand that writing is foremost about. You. Before you begin anything, you have to consider what you hope to accomplish and strive for that goal.

Along this journey, you need to identify your style: what you like to write and read, what you want to create and inspire in your reader’s imagination. The more you write, the more you develop your style and become more comfortable with it to produce more. Get to know it. Discover how you want your writing to be. The best way to accomplish this is through practice. No piece of writing should be regretted or deemed worthless, for every sentence you write improves your skill. I’m going to break up this post by the basics and some tips for improving/stuff to watch out for.

— POINT OF VIEW❧

When you have your idea for a story, you need to begin to think about whose voice you will need to tell it with and how. This is done through whatever point of view you decide is best, given each ones advantages and limitations. Think about the distance you want to have between the narrator and your reader, and which point of view will put your reader in the center of the protagonist’s experience. Point of view isn’t just about what pronouns you’re going to use, it’s also about how you want to convey scenes and the feelings of your characters. Here are the three types of POVs you should be familiar with:

Limited — this view only includes details and information the main character would know. It is fixed inside one character’s head and shouldn’t hop out of it.

Objective — this one is less frequently used; it focuses solely on observing the story’s happenings, and the narrator isn’t involved. This leaves the reader to interpret what the main character is thinking, for there is no commentary and only reports on what is being seen and heard in the story.

Omniscient — the all-knowing point of view. Omniscient can report on all of the happenings of the story, past and present, and relative to any character in the story. With this point of view, the author has to decide which information to divulge and include about the characters, as well as the events of the story in order to proceed in their desired direction.

As you can see, point of view is a pivotal aspect to your writing that you should carefully consider in order to give your story the best-suiting voice.

— VOICE❧

I mentioned in Point of View how you use a certain voice when you write to convey your story. Going beyond the perspective you choose, voice is how you express ideas and feelings in your writing, as well. It is the mood that speaks to the reader and suggests what your words want to inspire in your reader’s mind. Voice helps to paint a picture. You accomplish voice through the style of your sentences, whether short and fast, to long and slow, and through the words you choose to use.

The other counterpart to voice is prose—prose is what you are communicating, and voice is how you are speaking. Consider what tone of voice you want in your writing. Every passage speaks to the reader in different ways.You can control what you want your reader to feel about what is happening in your story through voice. I’ll touch on how to do this more in my section on prose.

— PUNCTUATION❧

Punctuation is something we need to get down as soon as possible. It’s impassible. You have to know proper grammar. Rather than give you a boring grammar lesson, I’m going to provide a link to a very helpful website that will clear up all of your questions on punctuation. This stuff is need to know and surprisingly easy to get down.

— PARAGRAPH BREAKS❧

It is absolutely essential to know when to break up your writing. No one wants to read one long block of text. Start a new paragraph whenever the camera shifts focus, the setting changes, a new character shows up or speaks, a new idea is introduced, times moves forward/backward, or a new event occurs. You can also make new paragraphs to create a dramatic effect when you isolate a sentence or two.

— SENTENCE VARIETY❧

As you’re writing, you might start to notice that your sentences may be beginning to look and sound alike. Don’t panic! That’s completely normal, and completely fixable. Everything can be fixed in editing and rewriting. However, you should be mindful of the types of sentences you compose. The variety of your sentences impacts the flow of your writing and how it moves. Too many long sentences will start to drone and tire your reader, while too many short sentences come off as percussive and rough. To get your passages to flow smoothly, you need a mix of both.

— SHOW, DON’T TELL & WRITING WITH DETAIL❧

Show, Don’t Tell is one of the most immersive techniques you can use in your writing to captivate your reader. It is the practice of describing the setting, characters, and actions in the story rather than blandly telling the reader, allowing them to interpret your writing with their own unique imagination. As a writer, it’s your job to imagine your story and write it as you see it in the hopes that your reader sees what you do. Certain details will stick out to you that you wish to embed in your reader’s mind. Pay attention to them. Sometimes, sentences have to do an efficient job at getting your story where it needs to go with little flourish and that’s fine. Other times, they have the job of luring your reader directly inside the protagonist’s experience.Show, Don’t Tell is how you absorb them into the story. It can make all the difference in the world. Let me show you a few examples of how to show, rather than tell so you can see what I mean.

He was angry. — This is telling your reader that He is angry. Consider showing them instead by describing what anger looks like on the character.

He clenched his jaw, veins throbbing in his neck as his hands curled into fists beside him. —This paints a better picture by showing that the character is angry through his body language.

The house at the end of the street was old. — Again, we’re telling the reader that the house is old. Describe the house in a way that shows the reader that it’s old.

Beneath the suffocating grasp of ivy, the house’s faded paint was peeling and cracked.The rotting wood of the front steps creaked beneath her feet ominously. — Notice how the words suffocating and ominously give off a distinct connotation in this description. The reader knows the house is old and now has a certain feeling about it because of the words used to describe it.

Using details stimulates the imagination more than simplybeing told something, and when you begin to write with these kinds of details,you start to show rather than tell.

— PACING/WEAVING ❧

There are three discernible elements to writing:

Narrative — your main character’s thoughts and musings, as well as observations and descriptions that gives your story its depth and substance.

Dialogue — all of the words spoken by your characters and that which brings them to life.

Action — the movement of your story with your characters and events.

When you continually weave all three elements, your story keeps its momentum. To have good pacing, you should refrain from leaning too heavily on one element for an extended period of time. Your reader needs variety to keep them interested and involved. If you describe a setting for paragraphs and paragraphs on end, it will get boring. Weave in thoughts and dialogue, and keep things moving with action to keep your reader invested and your writing from slowing down.

— PROSE❧

There are a lot of ways to define prose, and I feel like prose is one of those words that people throw around without fully understanding what it means.

Prose is more than just the words you use and the way you use them. Prose is the use of careful diction and select imagery to communicate a feeling or a concept in your writing. Voice is how your writing sounds. Prose is what you’re saying. Syntax also plays a huge role in your prose, which is the conscious way you order the words in your sentences. Let’s look at an example of one sentence written two different ways:

I wandered through a garden.

and

Through a garden, I wandered.

While these sentences are rather simple, you should note that there is a difference between them.

The first one is a passive statement of fact. It places the subject noun, I, first, and finishes with a prepositional phrase.

In the second sentence, you’ll notice that there is more of a flow to it. Contrary to the first one, this sentence leads the subject onto whatever sentence succeeds it because it echoes.The reason why it echoes in the reader’s mind is because it doesn’t end on that prepositional phrase! In some cases, that is the weakest way to end a sentence,and in prose you should always write each sentence in the strongest way possible. With that echo, that second sentence leads onto the next and carries on the prose that is being established, line by line.

The imagery of a garden,and the diction of the word wandered crafted a prose and a voice that is wistful. When editing,determine if each line is written in the strongest way possible by playing around with your diction and syntax.

— DIALOGUE❧

I can tell you that the best way to write better dialogue is to study movies, tv shows, and plays and note how it moves a story forward.That’s dialogues primary job.

You should avoid small talk that adds nothing to your characters and you should say things that are interesting. Act it out, recite it, and read it aloud to make sure it sounds realistic, because that’s important. Moreover, keep in mind that your dialogue should be an act of unraveling something. There should be a goal in mind for where each conversation eventually leads to that enhances your writing. Keep the dialogue tags minimal whenever possible and make sure you are punctuating correctly!

— ADVERBS ❧

Adverbs are fine, although sometimes I find myself using them as a crutch and a placeholder when I don’t know the proper word to use. They can be unnecessary(“he yelled loudly”), and sometimes they can switched out for one word instead(“she whispered”, instead of “she spoke quietly”). Whenever you use an adverb,briefly consider if there is another word you’re looking for that may be a better match. If not, leave them be, unless you’re using too many of them in a sentence! Keep in mind that the more concise your writing is, the clearer it will read.

— UNNECESSARY DETAILS/SPECIFICITY ❧

Sometimes, you have to cut out pieces of your writing you don’t want to part with. It’s a tragedy, sacrificing a description or a scene that you love for the good of the story because it doesn’t add anything when it boils down to it. Trimming the fat, however, let’s your real writing shine through. You should focus on what’s important and not “overwrite”. Let’s say your character is sitting in restaurant waiting for someone. It’s not necessary to go into detail about what everyone is wearing and the color of their clothes if that’s not important information. It’s fine to describe the setting so the reader can imagine where they are, just don’t go into the minute details if they’re not truly essential to the story. It becomes distracting. Worse, it’ll show more of you, just writing for the sake of it, than the story.

Also, phrases like nodding your head, standing to your feet,squinting your eyes, thinking to yourself, and grabbing with your hands are overly specific. It can be understand that your head is what you nod with, your feet are what you stand on, and so on and so forth. You’re specifying the verb unnecessarily.

Anything that isn’t working for your story is working against it.

— FILTERING❧

This relates to Show, Don’t Tell and there’s a lot to be said here.

What I see too much and think should be avoided is something called filtering, which causes your writing to tell your reader rather than show.

I want it to be understood that these types of phrases—which I will get to in a second—aren’t completely bad. Sometimes they’re necessary.Sometimes your sentences need to be effective and have no flair and that is well and truly fine! You can use these lines to create distance, but if you want your reader to be as close as possible to the narrator I would consider dropping them.

When reading something, it can be understood that everything being perceived is being done so through the main character. They are who is seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, and smelling everything you describe.Therefore, it is unnecessary to announce what sense is about to be triggered.Here is an example so you know what I mean:

He heard the birds singing their cheerful song outside first. Feeling the warmth of the sunlight on his face, he turned over and buried his face in the pillow until he distinctly smelled the unmistakable aroma of pancakes floating up from the kitchen.

Here is a revised version without the filters:

The cheerful notes of the morning birds’ songs stirred him from his sleep. At the warmth of sunlight on his face, he turned over in his bed, burying his face in the pillow until the distinct aroma of pancakes floated up from the kitchen.

That reads much clearer and smoother, doesn’t it? The reader understands what is heard, felt, and smelled without being told because they are shown. Phrases like he heard, she felt, I watched, bog down your writing and make it murky. Consider avoiding phrases with: saw, heard, smelled, felt, tasted, watched, etc. Dismissing those filter words can do wonders for your writing.

In a third-person point of view, these kinds of phrases are commonplace. Understandably. That point of view requires a distance to be maintained. All I want you to notice is if it’s a tendency you have and consider if it’s essential to keep in your writing.

— BORING FIRST LINES❧

This is the most common mistake I come across. People seriously underestimate the power of the first line and they shouldn’t because I believe it’s the most important sentence you’ll write, followed by the last one. It has the most significant job: to grab the reader. The first line has to give the reader a reason to read the next one. Too often, I see bland opening lines that describe the weather or the setting in a broad capacity. While this isn’t inherently bad, it can be boring and uninteresting. You’re about to step into the world of your writing, think of the most important and unique detail that sticks out if you’re developing an opening scene. Zoom in right away and bring the reader into the heart of it. Don’t start at the edges. Setting the tone shouldn’t be neglected, but your first line has to slap and immerse your reader. Be creative; this is your opportunity to make your piece unique off the bat. It’s okay to contemplate what your opening line should be and come back to it so you can give your writing the best start. Sometimes, I find that I can’t write the best-fitting first line until the last is written.

— DON’T HATE YOUR BABY❧

The final thing I want to tell you about writing is the most important and hardest to remember.

Don’t Hate Your Baby.

Whatever you write, you made. It’s yours. That is your creation. That is your baby. It will have flaws, but that’s okay because it’s a baby. It can’t help it! You have to accept the flaws and nurture your baby, loving it regardless. That’s the only way it can grow into its full potential. You have to be patient and humble with yourself. Your writing is your responsibility and it has the potential for unique greatness, as any child does! Don’t compare your writing to others, because as I said before, your style is unique to you.

I know that was really long but I hope at least some of it was helpful to you as a beginner. My inbox is always open to further questions! Thank you so much for sending this ask and looking to me for advice, I am more than happy to give it!

Take care, I wish you the best of luck on your writing journey

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Just a quick request for some advice, I've noticed you seem to be very good at promoting your works, requesting feedback and actually getting some, and reposting on Tumblr and such. Now admittedly, you are an awesome author and I pretty much love everything you write, but I have to think your promotion abilities are part of what brings you hits, kudos, likes, and feedback. Do you have any advice on the best ways to promote my fanfiction, build a fanbase and short of begging, get more comments?

Self-promotion and marketing definitely are a large part of my fanbase. I’ve seen it go both ways; amazing writers and fics that don’t have much attention and not-so-great ones that have huge followings because of social media presence of the author. So while having quality stories is still a large part of it, so too is marketing.

My background is not actually in marketing but journalism, but I did run a number of social media pages and have always been a very big people-person and engager, which I’ve applied to pretty much all aspects of my life. One of my favorite slogans I’ve learned from retail (and marketing) is you can’t sell what’s not out. i.e., if you don’t present your product you can’t expect to have any customers (or in this case readers).

In my case, I’m a very prolific author, meaning I have a lot of stories under my name and I’ve been fortunate that a couple of those have become bigger name ones in this fandom for extra exposure. The more you have, obviously the more you will “sell” and therefore, generally, the more exposure you’ll get and then comments (comments though are a fickle beast and it really really varies).

I’m borrowing some of the advice from a previous post (you can always search my blog with “#writing advice” for more things) but these would be a couple of strategies I would recommend you try out :) Not all of them may be applicable to you either, as all authors write at different paces and volumes and have different time constraints, but maybe something in here will help ;)

1. Have an update schedule! This one is really important. Whether that means you pre-write the entire fic or you buckle down and commit to a regular posting (which is how Color was for me for the first couple months until I pre-wrote enough to kick back and relax a bit xD) be it weekly or bi weekly or every two weeks (the other bi weekly? Such a weird word) you do that.

When you get people on a schedule and they are more likely to come back and comment with something other than the dreaded “update soon!” because they know you are going to update soon and when exactly that is. Give readers something to plan and look forward to, just like a favorite TV show that airs weekly.

2. Respond to comments. Whether you write giant-ass paragraph responses or even a simple “thank you ♥” it goes a long way. I know I always am more inclined to really keep up on a fic where the author has shown to appreciate their readers (although if I read your fic and like it I will comment regardless ♥). I know for me right now I have stopped doing this as it just got... draining for me, to respond in detail and never see those readers again and it felt hurtful to me. But I still make a point to say thank you in the author’s notes and if anyone has a question I do try to answer that too.

3. Read other authors’ works you enjoy but do not self-promote. Please don’t do that. I hate it when I see that and it makes me even less inclined to check out a fic (I’m already very picky with what I read and don’t read much at all). By all means comment on the fic and be like “I headcanon Keith is a good cook too!” because those personal details are lovely and maybe that’ll inspire that other author to click on your profile to see if you’ve got a fic with such a theme to go read.

But otherwise, keep your comments about their fic (or your reaction to it) and show your excitement and passion for that fic. Bookmark too (and Ao3 lets you add comments; you can bet if I see a nice comment on a bookmark tag I’m clicking on that author to see a; what else they’ve bookmarked and b; if they’ve written anything). Well written and passionate comments tell a lot about a person and if they can write a nice review they likely can write a nice fic and could be worth an extra click to see their profile. That is indeed how I’ve found several authors and fics I now read :)

4. Chapter length. This I have noticed over time but shorter chapters (for me around 3k-4k) tend to get more comments than longer ones because people have “more time” upon finishing to leave a comment. It doesn’t always work but it is something I’ve witnessed on more than one occasion. That said, don’t write a chapter of only 1k words and think they’ll pour in because it’s short. Leading on to…

5. Whatever your chapter is, make sure it has content that people will want to respond to. Not every chapter has to have explosions and action and intense heart-to-hearts, but every chapter should have something memorable. Filler chapters are unavoidable, especially in longer fics, but do what you can to make them not quite so “blah” and give them some heart.

6. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, meaning write multiple things (although perhaps not as much as me ^^;). Having a mix of a longer running chapter fic (for those “episodes” back in bullet point one) to keep people coming back and having a few shorter fics (be one-shots, two-shots, or shorter chaptered fics) to draw in new people and help you out when you get stuck on your other fic is invaluable. I definitely expanded my audience and brought in new readers that gave me little boosts of support when I started publishing one-shots semi-regularly.

7. Don’t be afraid to self-promote on your blog. Reblog your works, pull out snippets to share, reblog those too if you don’t get many notes. I don’t really get how Tumblr’s tag system works, but tag your first few tags with the biggest ones that those browsing might stumble across. Ao3 does let you link to your Tumblr so long as you aren’t advertising commissions or patreon or the like in said blurb so make sure you link to your tumblr too to get cross-traffic.

8. Post sneak content on your blog; previews and snippets. Get people excited about the work before you post it.

9. I don’t know how reasonable this is for most, but holding little games or contests can really up the engagement. Starting out, doing something like a bingo card prompt event could be one to consider; the “prize” is writing the prompt which gets you both more content, therefore more eyeballs on said content, and hopefully a very grateful fan who will leave you a nice comment and reblog it for their page.

10. I like ending on this number. Um, oh, okay! This is both great for writing experience, content and engagement! If you see a piece of fanart you like that you feel compelled to write a bit for, do so and reblog it! Anyone who clicks on that art will see your reblog of it and maybe, maybe, the original artist will reblog your selection too! Not just artists either, but there are lots of “prompt” type posts I see that you could do that for as well.

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