#nonfiction nibbler

[nettalee3]

Nonfiction Reading Challenge 2024 - Nonfiction Nibbler

So I’ve just discovered this non-fiction reading challenge hosted by Book’d Out and I think it’s a perfect way to begin the month of April. Choose a goal, read, review, and share your review on Book’d Out. I chose Nonfiction Nibbler which means I’ll be reading and reviewing 6 nonfiction books before the end of this year. To learn more about the challenge and to sign up, visit Book’d Out. You…

[oneunexpected]

Omg hey andie!

I love asking games! Answer which ones you want, im sorry i asked a lot fujdhf

28, 29, 4, 3, 10, 11

*sends hugs*

Omg I'm sorry I reblogged this ask game and then disappeared for two weeks, thank you so much for the ask!

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing? I think my advice is sort of... "just do it." Practice really does make you a better writer, and even if you just write something quick in your notes app and it never sees the light of day, I find that can be a really nice way to get some thoughts out of your head and on paper. Another thing I do, both when I'm writing fic and in my day job as a journalist, is if I'm having trouble with something specific — for me, usually scene openers or ledes — I just won't write it. I'll leave placeholder text in all caps, write whatever I can, and then by the time I work back to whatever I was struggling with, it's usually easier to come up with something.

29. What's the hardest thing about writing? For me, it's staying consistent, eating the elephant one bite at a time. I have a tendency to get struck by inspiration and want to get everything down on the page right then and there, even if it means I'm sucked into a hole of writing for four hours at a time. Fine for one shots, but not conducive to multi-chapter works.

4. Do you have any OCs? Do you have a story for them? I don't really have any OCs for TUC, although when I was younger I had a sort of self-insert-y daughter of Gregor and Luxa that floated around my head... perhaps one day I'll return to her.

I did come up with a few new nibblers in Mars Quirinus, and I've thought about writing about them again one day. Or at least making character sheets or something.

3. How would you describe your writing style? Hm... it depends what I'm working on. In more narratively-driven fics, I tend to be pretty direct. In character studies, a little more vivid and purple prose-y.

I took a class in school where the professor was a long-form nonfiction writer and he told us to "write cinematically" but also was really strict about trimming fat, keeping things from getting too florid. I try to keep that advice in mind, and I would say it influenced my writing style a lot (although most of my published fics were written before I took it, so you'll just have to trust me lol).

10. Top three favorite fic tropes? CUDDLING FOR WARMTH. Followed by its sibling, there was only one bed. Third, hm... does found family broadly count? I'm a disciple of the James Cameron School of Hanging Out Scenes. I like moments of downtime where you can tell there's genuine affection between characters, outside of whatever conflict drives the narrative they're coming from, so I really like fics that have that.

11. Three tropes that are fine but overrated. Sick fics, a lot of hurt/comfort, modern/high school/coffeeshop AUs. Still some good stuff in there, but doesn't usually get me going.

Questions are from this post. Thanks again for the ask, Sofia!