#its september and im just at 48k

[arnold-layne]

ive been pretty consistently keeping stats on my wordcount throughout the year and i can't wait to share it with you at the end of it

[iarixai]

im just really proud of him

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not me crying over this nerd, again

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he hit 40k subs. To reference mr innit. Thats a shroud type number.

another update, plus i wanna document this

plus the ranboo email just came in.

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he hit 42k subs

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THATS MY STREAMER

also hes number one trending on twitter. THATS MY STREAMER WERE HE BELONGS

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he hit 10k in one day, i didn’t even think it would happen but holy crap.

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got this awesome moment. Goddam i have to stop crying over being proud of Ranboo.

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PogU Ranboob- Tubbo

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I cant post images anymore cuz tumblr, but he 45 k subs. and he is in top 5 most subbed streamers on twitch.

update: he hit 12k subs in one day, and 12,000% hype train. Holy mackerel.

update: Ranboos getting a fax machine, also has 46.6k subs pog!

update; 13k subs pog! also next subgoal is lore things so i need this.

update: 14k subs today(2/16/21) thats gotta be a record or something. This is because of Ranmail. RANMAIL CAUSED THIS.

update: 48k total subs. Let the man organize his chests goddam.

update: 15k subs in one day. I remember when he had that as a sub goal. WTF. (6:20 pst)

update: 49k total subs. WOW.(6:40 pst)

update: 16k subs today. to give you context of how much money that is. I live in LA, and if you want a decent apartment its about $2k a month. That covers over a year of rent, and utilities depending on the place(this is estimating he is getting $2.50 a sub). (6:55 pst)

UPDATE: 50K SUBS THAT MEANS NEW RANBOO DANCE TO SEND TO TUBBO. holy crap thats a lot. (6:56 pst)

update: (7:06 pst) 17k subs in one day. how much taco bell is that guys.

update: (7:11 pst) 51k total subs. thats insane. Thats past a shroud type number. Also, just realized, right now, he is the most subbed person on the SMP. WOW. thank god he streamed at the right time today.

update(7:20 pst) number 3 most subbed on twitch. Ranboo, who started in september. Ranboo, who used to be in debt to his parents becuase he wanted a new PC

update: (7:31 pst)18k subs in one day. It wasn’t that long ago that that was the freaking regular sub goal. Like a month ago. WTF. And maybe around two months ago he was on that many viewers, on a good day.

update (7:43 pst) 52k total subs wow.

Im just so proud of him. I have only been watching him for like 3 months. But goddam have I gotten attached. I literally have been talking back to his streams because they honestly feel like a friend. AND THE FACT HE STARTED IN SEPTEMBER IS JUST, THE FACT THAT THE OG PLAN WAS TACO BELL.

Ranboo i know your on tumblr. Thank you, and your welcome. We love you Ranboo.

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Advice for writing multi chaptered fics?

!!!!!!!!!! this is gonna be long probably so

first of all im so happy you have come to me!! to ask this question!! i feel so honoured!! i will do my best to provide u w an at least sort of helpful answer

so

ill start w a disclaimer that ive only ever actually finished 2 mulit-chap fics so. Yea im gonna talk abt my experience w those first then general advice

that being said!!! the first multi-chap fic i ever wrote was totl, which ended up being about 46k. when i decided to start posting (COMPLETELY on a whim, jsyk) i had done about 3 chapters? and i decided to commit to a once a week posting schedule so. w 12 chaps and 46k total (totl, haha) i think i was writing just over 3800 words per week? which like, looking back. How The Fuck

totl spanned august-october of 2015, so when i was just starting grade 12! i was writing each chapter like. in the week before it was posted mostly so i had Deadlines which i think! really did help motivate me to write it because i REALLY wanted to stick to my schedule

also, i knew exactly what i was doing - before i started posting chapters i’d outlined the ENTIRE fic in a rly nice kind of spreadsheet thing w like. plot points, chapter stats (title, words, date to post), the quote for each chap, and bookkeeping details like timeline! i think that was the MOST helpful thing for me cause in general i need to Plan Out My Entire Life like i wouldn’t be alive w/o my planner!!!

also i have the best friends in the entire world so i had a really really good support system when i was writing totl - both irl and tumblr friends that would hype me up and were really invested in the fic so that meant a LOT to me and was just all the more motivation to finish it and make it really good!!

also i think since i’d had the idea for totl for almost 3 years before i actually wrote it (fun fact it was originally gonna b for a diff fandom but i changed it to tailor to tmr) i had a LOT of time to consider like. overarching themes and the artistic aspect of it? so like by the time i got around to outlining/writing really all i needed to figure out was specific plot stuff and tailoring it to tmr

so that was my approach for totl!! in addition to like the Main fic ive also done a number of shorter fics in the same universe cause it is so dear to me!! you can find that here if ur interested ;))

my other multi-chap fic i’ve written is called expedition and its a 48k space adventure fic!! this one isnt a modern au, but like, canon universe if wckd had decided to send the gladers to space to repopulate instead of like. Using Them As Test Subjects.

this one i wrote over a Long period of time, i think the original conception of the idea was march-ish of 2016, and then i actually got my shit together and started writing that summer, but didn’t finish it until september 2017! there’s a lot of factors as to why it took so long but it was mostly school (bc i started uni that year) and the fact that i didnt meticulously outline! i had a rly good idea of what i wanted for general mood and themes, but plot was only a few rly general points that didnt get really detailed until i was actually writing the fic

also because i hadnt outlined i didnt start publishing until it was Completely done bc i knew i wouldnt be able to keep up - and this is just a personal preference for like My Own writing but i generally don’t post things until they’re Done i just like. can’t have the chance of not finishing/disappointing ppl/etc but thats just me!

so w expedition i was going into it a lot more blind but i was curious to see how that affected my creative process? like. just letting myself Loose and seeing where the story went and i liked it!! i feel like for me. my writing style in terms of both artistic style and like. the technical stuff and how i prepare/etc for a fic REALLY depends on the fic itself!! like. i dont know how to explain it but. yea

okay! this is way too long lets have some general multi-chap fic writing advice:

outline if that works for you! some people think its to constraining on their creativity but i find it really helps me stay on track/motivated!

have some ppl to hype u up! my irl best friend who Did Not Care about tmr read all the books just so he could talk about it with me!! and he read totl every single week and discussed it w me and it was. so Blessed its hard but if u can find urself a hype friend

figure out why the hell u want to do this!! personal achievement? hell yea! just really need to tell this story?? awesome!! you know that that one person will abs love it?? perf!!

even if it’s bad/ends up not really fitting your story in the end, save it. you can always spin it into a one shot or maybe even its entire own thing. also, it’s just nice to look back on your own writing!!

in that vein - the one shot i just posted for totl was a scene between thomas and minho that didn’t make it into any of the other totl fics. it’s nice bc i can explore those moments, and also it was just like. a dialogue study btwn those two characters - i find those are Really helpful to explore a dynamic esp one u might not get to see a lot in whatever fic ur writing

let yourself be bad? like this sounds like weird advice but. don’t get caught up in having the first draft be perfect - when i’m writing a first draft of anything i dont edit AT ALL (if i think of something to change while writing ill usually use google doc’s comment feature) because i find it rly disrupts the creative flow!! let urself word vomit! dont worry abt making it good, u can do that later!!

know urself. if inspiration doesnt strike that often, make use of when it does. you can train yourself to be in the mood for writing - it’s fuckin hard, but if you get into the habit, it becomes a LOT easier to write more regularly. try to write at least 100 words a day

for multi-chap fics, keep track of ur shit!!! it helps to make a separate document w like. a little timeline of when things happen. even if they’re not all relevant in your story or are never mentioned, it will help you to keep things straight logistically

if ur commiting to a multi-chap and ur gonna update it every how many ever days, try to like. write a good chunk of it Before in case u fall behind!! but if u do end missing a deadline dont! beat urself up! 

have fun. writing is supposed to be painful but like. fun painful

ok i think that’s way longer than it should b so im gonna. stop. but this was FUN anon i hope at least some of this was helpful and if u ever wanna talk abt writing w me!! come hit me up yall!