#know that it couldn't be more different from last WIP if it tore itself to pieces

[thegreatobsesso]

working on my new wip like

[shinygemstone]

I have no preference, probably ariel?

Yes, I used to do that before I got my chromebook

Sit wherever with 3.4 billion tabs open and go back and forth between writing three words to a paragraph and the 3.4 billion tabs. Anyone who sees my search history will break.

Flutist. WHY IS THAT PRONOUNCED LIKE IT'S OU AND NOT JUST U AND WHY DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE FLUTE???

Nah

Being unable to finish anything

Posting stuff

Without action is soooo much easier.

No lmao

Yes. It was cursed and vaguely creepy in hindsight and stAY AWAY FROM MY 7TH GRADE FANFIC WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE CRINGE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

I- NO

I would wish for a magical, self-sustaining farm that I own and the government cannot take from me, to end global warming and for once a month, for the richest person on earth to be k*lled until there are no more people with over ~500 million net worths left.

I struggle to write manipulation. It's meant to be subtle, but when I write it it's so overt. Healing, on the other hand, is a piece of cake for me.

People don't usually borrow books from me. I have one book that I let a girl borrow in 5th grade and then we graduated and I haven't seen her since soooo

No, but I might annotate a book at some point. For fun. And I don't judge people who do these things, unless they're doing it with library/other people's books. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, KID WHO TORE THE SIDES OF PAGES OUT OF WARRIOR CATS BOOKS. I HEARD A RUMOR THAT YOU ATE THEM. KEEP YOUR DIRTY PAWS OUT OF THE LIBRARY

A stick of gum.

Well, the love interest is a reboot of a reboot of a character who was based off of my friend in 7th grade. The friend has since come out as genderfluid asexual and the current version of the character is an evangelical christian, so they couldn't be more different.

Uhh there's this moment where a character convinces another character to get drunk by making her viscerally uncomfortable. I'd been planning that scene for ages and it was honestly kinda disappointing and made me drop the WIP.

I've always wrote, I guess, but my writing was kinda dog shit for a long time. I didn't know how long was "normal" so I was cool with ~500 word long chapters on Quotev. Then I went onto AO3 and learned that you want to be more than double that. I have posted some fics on AO3 but those are a fandom I don't think my Tumblr moots will enjoy. I also don't post about it on here because the source material is kinda dog shit.

Eternal happiness, thanks. My WIPs don't need to be finished as long as I can write a oneshot every now and again.

No and no, it's just not something I think about

I use sheets if I have a lot of characters and that's about it.

Anywhere, anytime. As long as nobody's looking over my shoulder.

Prep is for NERDS, the story half writes itself in the first draft. Then I edit it and make it good.

Pandora would get along very well with Luz Noceda

I just think about them. No and no. It's really simple.

Definitely Eleanor Earl, because she requires a lot of research to make her both historically accurate and not a racial sterotype.

Syretia Longfoot, because she's just such a vibe. Syretia does as she pleases while being loyal and is not afraid to challenge someone but also won't get herself killed. She's so fun.

Everything around me, I suppose. AUs are a very fun spot to start, especially in my head. For example, remember Syretia? She was originally Undyne from Undertale but the narrative changed and distorted and warped until she became herself.

I do not remember my dreams sooooooo

Hahahahhaaaaa what readers

Sic semper tyrannis is overused in my fandoms and I love it. It's the last words of one of my OCs.

Yes, I also draw. Especially my OCs. I can't make comics, though.

YES. YES. IT IS SUPERIOR. FUCK NOREDINK AND IT'S IRRATIONAL HATRED OF THE OXFORD COMMA.

Never end or start a sentence with the word "and" or "or".

Honestly nothing in this context. Except maybe band shit.

That I was incapable of finishing anything.

My writing process is so random that I couldn't say, but I think cats think I'm weird 'cause I shower so much.

Weird Questions for Writers (because writers are weird)

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

5. Do you have any writing superstitions? What are they and why are they 100% true?

6. What is your darkest fear about writing?

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

9. Do you believe in ghosts? This isn’t about writing I just wanna know

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve?

12. If a genie offered you three writing wishes, what would they be? Btw if you wish for more wishes the genie turns all your current WIPs into Lorem Ipsum, I don’t make the rules

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

20. If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you've always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch

21. Could you ever quit writing? Do you ever wish you could? Why or why not?

22. How organized are you with your writing? Describe to me your organization method, if it exists. What tools do you use? Notebooks? Binders? Apps? The Cloud?

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

24. How much prep work do you put into your stories? What does that look like for you? Do you enjoy this part or do you just want to get on with it?

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

27. Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?

28. Who is the most delightful character you’ve ever written? Why?

29. Where do you draw your inspiration? What do you do when the inspiration well runs dry?

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

34. Thoughts on the Oxford comma, Go:

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?

37. If you were to be remembered only by the words you’ve put on the page, what would future historians think of you?

38. What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? If you are comfortable, please share. If you’re not comfortable, what do you think cats say about us?

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up?

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.