#match ups strictly base on vibes only :D

[r26yz]

[sunrayyellowhalo]

writing tag game

Thank you for tagging me pooh! @bangtanlalaland 🥰🥰🥰

what is your ideal setting for focusing on your writing?

Ideally, I would love to be in a quiet place like a self imposed nook that I’ve carved out in a library or outside peacefully among nature. Truthfully, I do a lot of writing in my room (which for the most part is quiet lol) Cozy blankets, macrame decoration behind me on my wall complete with flowers, candle lit and lo-fi playing on the computer most times hehe. I live with a relative and our rooms are RIGHT next to each other. SOOO.... I normally do my writing at night when they are sleep and I can just chill, vibe and let the creative juices flow <3 

what is your favorite genre to write?

I am a history buff and a total romantic SO I typically combine historical eras with romance alllmost always? Yeah it’s kinda my thing lol. I’m trying to get more into writing more in the modern era but hey what can I say? I’m an old soul. I like ‘old’ stuff lol. I have always written interracial fiction (brothas do NOT come for me I love y’all too. Don’t start that. LOL) I’ve taken to writing mainly AMBW or Asian Men and Black Women fics because not only am I attracted to Asian men but as a teenager, I did NOT see many fics that I could relate to...involving guys I was attracted to. It was rare then and it’s still in the minority now tbh. So, my motto was if it’s not there then I have to create it. And I did. 

  I’m also um...very sensual so 9/10 my stories will have love scenes in them. lol. 🙈💯 It’s taken a long time for me to transition from a smut writer (listen... ya girl used to be W-I-L-D. I used to write NASSSSSSTTTTYYYYYYYYY SH*T. 🙈 cause I’m a lowkey freak like that-I meannn um...🙈🙈🙈) to a writer of what I call erotic art? Though do NOT get me wrong... some of y’all smut writers GOT THAT TALENT OMG. Y’all be writing SO FREAKING WELL I FORGET IT’S SMUT LOL. *looks at @bangtanlalaland

 I haven’t written smut in so long I forgot what it reads like lol. But I been kinda getting into BTS smuts? Like with Namjoon primarily 🙈. I LIKE ACTUAL STORYLINES OKAY. STORYLINES WITH THE SMUT THANK YOU. (AND FLUFF TOO).

do you prefer to write on paper or digitally?

I mostly write digitally but when I do not have access to my computer, I write on paper. Sometimes, I prefer to write on paper more but 9/10 it’s on my computer. My computer has become my new notebook. I take it EVERYWHERE. 

it’s the middle of the night and you suddenly wake up with an idea. what do you do?

I IMMEDIATELY write the idea down. I’m a very VISUAL person so I have to SEE the characters’ faces first. I try to find who in real life match with how they look in my head. Depending on how inspired and solid the idea is... I might come up with teasers, a self made trailer, self made book cover and even a moodboard. But yeah first, WRITE IT DOWN BEFORE YOU LOSE IT. 

who is your favorite person to write about?

Mmmm.....to be honest I don’t have a specific person I like writing about. All of my characters are original characters, they are not based off of celebrities. 

do you like making your own characters, or do you usually write about real people?

The question above kinda answers this one hehe.  All of my characters are original. Completely made up in my head. 

have you ever written a book, or a story with more than 15 chapters (100k words)?

YES. YES I HAVE. I’ve written it and PUBLISHED IT Y’ALL! It’s called Accordance. I’ma be a shameless plug and put the link here! GO COP IT Y’ALL! OH AND WHILE Y’ALL AT IT CHECK OUT MY TRAILERS I MADE ON MY YOUTUBE. YA SIS WORKS HARD LOL. 

how often do you get ideas?

Mmm depends on when the creative bug hit me. Since the beginning of this year though, A MILLION LOL. This year been off the charts. I’ve never felt this creative in a LONG WHILE. I LOVE IT. 

do you ever get an idea that you really like but just can’t seem to finish?

Of course!!! Whenever I am close to finishing a work, the writer’s block hits me H-A-R-D. It sucks so much booty man. I be like BRUHHHHHHH. Sometimes, I try to push through and finish and others, I just let myself rest and wait until I am up to 100% to write again. 

what is your least favorite plot?

Hm. I don’t... really have any I think? I’m pretty much down to read whatever I suppose. I just don’t like stories where there is no character development, focusing only/strictly on sex and ones that are extremely fast paced with no appropriate spacing in between. Make it make sense y’all. Thanks. hehe 

THANK YOU AGAIN LOVELY FOR THE TAG! AS Y’ALL WILL LEARN ABOUT ME IF YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW... I WRITE DISSERTATIONS LOL. Hm....I don’t really have many mutuals that I know of that write?? Not that I think can of! If y’all do, send me a comment and I tag you hehe! Muahz. 😘

[dictacontrion]

Hi Dicta! When you wrote your erised fic, did you know who you were writing it for? How do authors who are friends manage to keep it a secret from each other? What about authors who are friends and beta each other's work, but one of them got the other as the recipient? What if you receive a gift fic and discuss it with another author, do you have to be really cautious to give criticism in case that person wrote it?

Hi anon!!

When writing for @hd-erised​ you def know who you’re writing for, because it’s a gift exchange, so you’re writing specifically for someone else. Everyone who’s participating fills out a sign-up post saying what they do and don’t like, what appeals to them about H/D as a pairing, and leaving a couple of prompts for their gifter. You also say what you will and won’t write or draw. (You can see past sign-ups here). Then the i n c r e d i b l e mods, @gracerene09​, @capiturecs​, and sassy_cissa, do a genius job of matching people based on what they’re interested in writing or drawing and getting (also a very time-consuming and meticulous job, and they do not get *nearly* enough love for that, y’all are supremely generous and thoughtful and generally titans of fandom), and you get a lovely email with a link to your recipient’s sign-up. And then often people do additional recon - going back to read their recipient’s work, looking at their recipient’s likes and dislikes list if they have one, reading comments their recipient has left on other fic. It’s amazing, the love and care people put into writing for their recipient. So yeah, not only do you know who you’re writing for, you’re writing specifically for their tastes and preferences.

Info about who your recipient is is strictly on a need-to-know basis, and people keep it pretty close to the chest, so you don’t necessarily tell your friends who you’re writing for, and that’s normal and understood. For mine, my beta knows, people who I write side-by-side with irl know, and if I have specific questions for someone they might later be able to guess based on that (like while writing about a spoonbill I had some questions about birding in the UK for birdsofshore, and she was able to put that together and guess properly). Also, on your sign-up you designate someone who your gifter can contact with questions, and that person might know if they get contacted, but they’re sworn to secrecy on both sides. That’s a pretty small circle and people really do keep mum about it!  The surprise is fun, and people want to keep that!!

On the receiving end, people do tend to not be very critical of other people’s work, but tbh, that’s a norm I’ve observed pretty widely in the H/D community, or at least my corner of it - people are more focused on talking about what they loved than criticizing things they didn’t like. I don’t think I’ve had anyone say something more critical to me about an erised fic, before or after reveals, than “eh, wasn’t really my cuppa” or “I didn’t love this specific thing.” But (a) that’s pretty normal outside of erised too! and (b) people just genuinely love to talk about fics they loved and rec things to their friends! Which is a good use of energy, and a really nice vibe!

If you get a friend or your beta, it’s time for subterfuge!! I’m not sure I’ve heard of this actually happening, but the plan I’ve heard people throw around just in case is to write a short decoy fic. So like, tell your friend/beta that you’re writing for another participating friend, who you’ve gotten to agree to play along, and send them something short to beta. Then gifts posts and reveals come around, and voila!! Mission accomplished.