#oughhhh im stuck on one part and im not liking being stuck on it :((((((

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does anybody want. chapter crumbs. for the pressure fic. rant in tags smile emoji

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oughhhh ur writing is so good!! and ur art!!! do u have any tips on how to improve writings? i feel like my fics ive written are very bland...if u have a process im very curious to hear what it is too!

thank you so much!! ;w; first of all, your fics probably seem bland to you because you were the one who wrote them -- you got used to the plot and prose, and maybe get caught up in the technical aspects of what to tweak/improve, so much so that the 'magic' of reading becomes lost. have a little faith in yoruself! when it comes to general writing advice, it will probably be super unhelpful and something you've heard before but: writing a lot helps. it doesn't have to be good/finished/"publishable," it's about getting words down on a page. i write between 100k and 300k words a year. most of them are utter garbage or ideas that don't go anywhere, but that's kind of the point, to get into the habit of not agonizing over it. the other unhelpful and generic piece of advice i have is to read/watch media criticism -- i know it won't work for everybody, but for me, seeing why something works or doesn't work in a piece of media helps with knowing how to "steal it" and include it in my own writing. if i may be pretentious about my own writing, cicadas leans heavily on everything i had to read on horror/the gothic and weird fiction as a genre -- seeing the elements of why these genres are successful in evoking discomfort/fear and what techinques they use in plain language makes it easier to put in plot points/descriptions that mimic it (for example, disrupted/stretchy/unverifiable time to get a confused, fever-dream atmosphere).

when it comes to the process itself, i highly recommend a beta reader/friend to bounce ideas off of. they don't have to be super familiar with the original media (hi @nullians who bravely soldiered on despite not liking these guys, i owe you my life) -- it's about whether the ideas you have translate onto the page. i would usually ask for a creepiness rating on a scale of 1-10 and whether certain parts were too short/dragged on too long and then adjusted accordingly. the other thing is an outline. my outlines are notoriously shitty, no matter if it's fanfic/ original fiction/non-fiction, so i'm perhaps not to be the best person to be getting advice from on the technical aspects. but to me, it's helpful to have both the crucial plot points and the "mood" i want in a given segment/chapter. it's so i don't forget where i was going with it after a few weeks, so i can see if the bare bones of the story work without being 'pretty', and lastly, to see if the pacing works. it helps to have an 'objective' to hit within a given segment so i don't get off track and spiral into talking about something that's only tangentially related but really, doesn't contribute much to the 'goal' (if you end up with these bits, save them! i have a dumping grounds document where all the rejects go to save me when i'm stuck)

anyways, this got VERY long, but i hope it's at least somewhat helpful!! and again, thank you so much, it's so nice to hear ;w;

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daiya, miraschon, and hmm abbacchio!

already got daiya here! apologizing for not having reread part 6 in like a year so not remembering a lot and also for my brain being like v far from part 5 so these might be kind of short, im sorry :(

Miraschon:

do I like them: uh from what i remember i think so?? SO is so blurry in my memory so i apologize </3

5 good qualities:

1. from what i remember shes like a menacey as fuck character and thats soooo fun like yes!!!

2. OMG YEAH YEAH THE UHHH THE SCENE W PUCCI!!!! that was a rly good scene

3. shes so ourple omg...

4. her stnad looks like its wearing a uhhhh welding mask thingie i love it <3

5. shes like d'arby adjacent ig? in the way some of her mannerisms r similar when i was looking up panels <3

3 bad qualities:

1. lowkey hate her hair but its like idk not the worst hair choice its just rly strange?

2. didnt get enough screentime for me to rly come up w more im sorry :(

favourite episode/etc: i rly liked the uhhh baseball arc that was a fun one <3

otp: well >:) her and delilah obvi <3

brotp: uhhh i think she and gwess are friends unless im going solely off of fanon in which case oops sorry :(

ot3: uh none? idk i cant think of any sorry

notp: none rly??

best quote: every single time she says good... that stuck in my head for some reason but i love it

head canon: loves her lil gf <3

Abbacchio:

do I like them: yeah hes rly good hes just like idk hes rly good...

5 good qualities:

1. hes so fucking ourple oh my goddddd (except in ghgr where hes blonde but we dont talk abt that)

2. him and bruno oughhhh

3. his past and like how it still affects him i just guhhh its done rly well

4. his stupid little overcoat thingie... he just refuses to wear a shirt its funny like good for him

5. OMG HOW HE UHHH KICKS THE SHIT OUT OF THAT ONE CIVILIAN!! VERY FUNNY!

3 bad qualities:

1. the uhh teapot thing :(

2. how he is towards giorno omg its like... this isnt necessary bud

3. this mans hair is the bane of my existence when i recolor anime screenshots... its soo long and so many straight lines i hate it

favourite episode/etc: during the uhhh mitm fight those were good

otp: bruabba easy!

brotp: hes not rly like friends w anyone in the main group?? idk closest is maybe nancia?

ot3: none!

notp: abbagio... die!!

best quote: him refusing to let giorno see his stand is always rly funny to me like hes so protective over it for no reason

head canon: nonbinary as fuck idc <3