#like. ''lincoln li-wilson'' ''taylor swift'' [n/a] ''liiiiiiiincoln'' ''link'' [n/a] ''lincoln li-wilson [again]'' girl we GET IT 💀

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Writing Patterns Tag Game

Tysm to Travvy (@officialgleamstar) for tagging me 🧡🧡🧡

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

heart, liver, and other matters of the body: Lincoln Li-Wilson is buzzing with nervous energy all throughout their shopping date.

out of my head (when you’re not around): Taylor Swift wakes up to bright orange against the backs of his eyelids and the sensation of being held. 

in somniis, veritas: “Highness, might I have a word with you?”

don’t kiss and tell: “Liiiiiiincoln,” A familiar voice whines behind him.

(i will) stay for you: “Link,” Taylor says quietly, contemplatively.

hunter’s mark, reversed: You never forget your first kill, they always say. 

midnight (close to you): Lincoln Li-Wilson is tossing and turning in a vain attempt at sleep when his phone buzzes.

are we out (of the woods yet): Life is good for you.

dust to dust (tell me i am good enough): The silence between the two of you stretches like a rubber band, chafes like an ill-fitting starched shirt.

kiss me on the sidewalk (take away the pain): Being the main character is not all it’s cracked up to be, sometimes.

As far as underlying patterns go, i feel like the very obvious one is that I tend to establish the POV character like. Immediately. From the get-go, since the majority of these have the name of the pov character in them (even if they're not always narration of the pov character themself). It also looks like there's a slightly lesser tendency to start off things with an action of some sort - or inaction, in some cases - which I think is kinda interesting since I hadn't clocked that about my own writing before! And tend to keep things pretty short and sweet for the beginning hook (with one notable exception, but I think that's because Terry Junior's just Like That in my head lmao). All in all, pretty neat insights. Thanks again for the tag, Travvy - this was pretty fun 🥰🥰🥰

Tagging (non-obligatory, as always!): Ummm!!! @silverlistenstothings, @hey-its-puddlesock, and @catlliecal, as well as anyone else who'd like to give this a go! (And apologies if you've already been tagged 😅)