#pretend the emoji's there im on my laptop

[messrsrarchives]

how are you?

in however you want to interpret this question

radlaaaaa hello !! <33 we're doing okie! making it through the christmas season as quickly as possible mhm yah yah. feeling incredibly grateful to found families and fanfiction for getting us through :nod: :nod: currently speedrunning a oneshot that i never finished for xmas LOL so non-stop from hamilton is on REPEAT

i hope you're okie :hug: !!

[wcbweblog]

the storyboard i did at 3am last night, with audio *im on my laptop so just pretend there's a thumbs up emoji here*

admitedly i Do Not Like basically all the scenes w willow in them except for the lil spin, but i dont have her character design pin down... at all, so that's my next task (and should hopefully help. i just needed her Doing Motions and improvised from there haha)

[chaisshitposts]

hey chai, i just wanted to say that, i am proud of you for not letting that post get to you. it almost got to me too lol but i just ignored it bc THIS IS MY REALITY(duh) but what made me not waver is the FACT that, thats their belief, and NOT mine. so it doenst apply to me, their word is NOT the end all be all and we create our own realities and our OWN meanings. thats their reality and dont let them get to you. youve worked TOO hard to allow ONE persons perspective challenge you. so happy that you prevailed. WE GOT INTO THE VOID ALREADY, WE ARE ARE LIVING OUR DESIRED LIVES. fuck everything that doesnt resonate with us. luv ya

(also can i be your sea otter anon, im using me laptop rn so i cant use emojis lmao, so lets pretend the sea otter emoji is here)

(also i will be coming with a success story soon, thank you so so so much for help, you are the best)

:((((( you're so sweet oml ty for yer kind words, I really appreciate them!!! I'm glad we both managed to prevail in the end! things can only go up from here!!! and yee haw I'll be here for yer success and we shall celebrate!!! :D 🫶🏾💕

[tojiscrack]

liar liar is STRESSING ME OUT (lighthearted) the anticipation is really killing me, i dont think i have ever consumed any media ever where i am so lost on what is gonna happen next. i feel like im blindfolded and im only given certain information at a time, the foreshadowing is both brilliant and gonna make me go “omg i am so dumb” once i see it 😭 you truly are a magnificent writer🤞

ALSO LFMAO THIS MIGHT BE A WEIRD QUESTION but ur user “tojiscrack”, is it meant to be in like “tojis crack (as in the drug)” or “tojis crack” (as in tojis asscrack) like i have been pondering this 🤔💭

excuse the dryness of this response, i'm on my laptop so no emojis :/

'kay, ANYWAYS, you need to stop stressing out, like i'll TELL you when it's time to stress. you won't have to start stressing for another... six or seven chapters (i believe?). let me check my notes actually waittt

okay i lied, u guys have more time. you can stress in TEN chapters, not six LMAOO. so really, u should be happy. in between then is a shit ton of filler and a small bit of plot. like we're building up is all. if anything, you should be a tiny bit concerned during them, but not STRESSED or WORRIED. you'll see what i mean lmao.

just remember that this story is gonna be the slowest burn you'll ever read. you won't find books in real life that can combat how slow it's gonna burn (for good reason tho, so be patient lol)

'you are truly a magnificent writer' -- stop i'm blushing. (pretend there are a shit ton of emojis here to clear out the dryness, it's like a desert over here). you won't feel stupid with the foreshadowing. sure you'll think 'omg it's right there', but i wouldn't blame you 'cause i did hide some of it, and then reveal some of it too so... yeah lmao, you're good!

YOU'RE RIGHT, WHAT A WEIRD QUESTION KKJDHAKSJSKDJ

so basically, during april of this year (i believe?) i put a poll up where ppl could pick if the user should be 'tojisbum' or 'tojiscrack'. they picked bum but i didn't like that :/ so i picked crack. crack = his buttcrack, NAWT drugs because we don't do drugs around here (i've never even seen or touched a vape in my life, i don't party, idek the different drug names, u get the gist lmao).

[tasteleeknow]

hey jade! i recently became active on tumblr again and I saw that you've started a new job!!! congo!!! (also yaas the adhd meds woke a new version of me when I first started them lolll. never knew I could be so productive tbh)

i remember sometime ago you said that your basic outline for hello stranger was for like 10 chapters?? do you feel like that has changed over the progress of the fic? i wanna write some things for myself too but I'm terrible at planning :( do you feel like you have changed significant plot points or character traits instead of how you initially envisioned them??

im sorry but i just love the way you write and I'm soo curious abt the brainwork that goes behind it

(im sorry if the tone of this msg comes off as pushy. I'm on laptop and I'm feeling too lazy to copy/paste emojis because my laptop doesn't support them :(( )

hi! (the adhd meds have allowed me to accomplish things ive been putting off for actual years, its insane)

its def longer than 10 chapters at this point yeah. i'd say maybe 15 but again i dont know bc i end up adding scenes as i go, beyond my outline.

planning sucks and you dont need to do spend ages on it if you hate it (like me). i use a method where i brainstorm at the very start like super super vague basic outline of my idea and how it will progress as a story (start/status quo, external/internal obstacles or conflicts, dark moment, final conflict, closing). then i just say fuck it and see what happens as i go. it usually ends up completely different than the starting outline. i often edit the outline as it changes with each chapter.

THEN i draft without editing bc editing will keep you (me) stalled forever. just write the chapter/one shot without intending for anyone to read it at all. the first draft is just for your eyes. the sentences can be as ugly and as grammatically incorrect as you want.

like im serious, no editing. aim to not go back and edit at all just word vomit into google docs or whatever until ur brain is empty. pretend you cant move the cursor. you are using a typewriter (with a really fancy backspace feature that you get to use sometimes, so lucky and spoiled). NO REREADING AND OBSESSING OVER PHRASING AND VOCAB AND DIALOGUE AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE. attempting to perfect every part as i write it..... worst possible writing method.

then when ur empty and ur ideas are out of ur head... u can begin editing. which is my least favourite part of the entire process. read it over and over and stew and think abt how u could be better and then remember its just for fun and then stew some more and second guess everything and never write again (until u do).

that's my process.

thanks for asking, i love talking abt writing!!

(and it doesn't come off as pushy at all, ur all good!)

p.s i often just give up on editing and let it be bc i will stew forever (i'm a struggling perfectionist) so yeah editing can die

[zeldaelmo]

im on my laptop but pretend i put a star emoji here for the director's cut love u

Haha, thanks Bella!

Ok, so since I can choose myself I'm going with The Promise.

The scene under the cut is from chapter 3. Link has finally met his fiance Zelda, but from then on, everything goes awry. Her cousin Ghirahim isn't willing to let her leave, rightfully fearing he'll lose access to her money if she marries. Link panics and they flee.

I chose this scene because I learned something important from my beta @itcantbe . The scene was much shorter originally and still dramatic but not thrilling. She wrote me a comment that basically said, 'girl, this is the big escape scene. Make it bigger! More drama!' and she was so right about that. It's the finale of the first part!

It seems like something that doesn't need to be pointed out, but I learned to take a step back and look at the structure again and check: where are the big moments? What needs to be big, have a lot of words? A quick pace, strong verbs? What has an emotional impact on the characters? Where is the turning point?

Sure, a first kiss scene is easy to flesh out because it's obvious that it's important. But other scenes may be more difficult to spot. And that's why I love working with beta readers! A good beta reader will tell you what works, what might be problematic, and point at thin spots so that you can rework the scene.

But now a little excerpt:

"Come back, coward! I'm not done with you," Ghirahim yelled from somewhere behind them. But before he could fight his way through the bystanders they’d barely left behind and grab Link's collar, a thundering noise rolled from the walls of the town hall and the stables. A single cry split the winter air and the horde finally began to move again.

Epona burst through the crowd, and all the nosy tattletales scattered to the side, pressing themselves to the wall and against each other or finding cover behind the fountain at the end of the courtyard. Cries mingled with Epona’s agitated neighing, and her nervous hooves drummed a rhythm on the cobblestones that reverberated from the walls and heightened to a deafening staccato. 

She barely skidded to a halt next to him. Link had never been happier to see her — he owed Mipha big time for coaxing the stable boys into bringing her out. 

“Easy there,” he muttered, but it was to no avail. The turbulence of the crowd had made her so agitated that she reared up and he had trouble pushing Zelda out of harm’s way. More people cried which wasn’t helping in the slightest. Swallowing all his own anxiety down, he straightened his shoulders, and relaxing his face as best as he could, he began to hum Epona’s favorite song.

He only just barely was able to grab the reins and jam a foot in the stirrup. It was sheer madness to try and drag Zelda along with him, but he managed to swing her up with him somehow. She immediately threw her arms around his waist, burying her icy hands in his waistcoat. Oh, Goddess, they hadn’t even grabbed their coats! They would freeze to death, Zelda shook already like a leaf behind him. This was a horrible plan!

[gavisuntiedboot]

girl I will literally DIE if you make a Pedri spinoff for JP. like I used to PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE (not literally but like literally). you're my fav writer on here as someone on the gavi to pedri pipeline rn (mainly bc im also 21 and pedri is a) cute and b) only a couple months younger than me), seeing your post about the spinoff made me scream. ik things are like up in the air rn with it but if you doooo decide to write it or write more Pedri content, I will be seated 🫡

Not the Gavi to Pedri pipeline *pretend there's a crying emoji here I'm on my laptop*. I'm so happy that you're enjoying my writing enough to support as I try and branch out. <<33 I've decided that it would be really cool to do a spin off (omg the Gavi's Untied Boot Literary Universe!!), and I have a way to introduce it in the next chapter. That being said, I want to do a different trope for that one. Like JP is friends to lovers (i think), and so we need something different for Pedri. This is where y'all come in. Pls send me recs for what tropes you would like to see for Pedri in this new series! Either in the replies or in my inbox.

[demonstars]

fire emoji (im on my laptop pretend its there) opinion on dream

i understand his need to not be missundertood and over explain so fucking deeply

[ashnsweet]

played taste and spotify gave me an ad for shawn mendes

talk ab messy?

i want sushi so BAD (won't let me do purple heart im on my laptop)

AND I SAW THIS GORGEOUS LEHENGA IT WAS GIVING BRIDE IT WAS IN A TT LIKE "THEY SAY U FIND LOVE WHEN UR NOT LOOKING" AND SHE WAS IN THE LEHENGA PRETENDING NOT TO LOOK IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORE GETTING ATTA SO FUNNY

OMD ITS MOON EMOJI IDK WHY IT WONT LET ME DO IT

YK IM THE YAPPER

no because sabrina-shawn-camila performing songs about each other in front of each other was so funny sjsjsj

need a pretty lehenga for daily use but it's hot here to be doing extra shit like that LOL

[heystephen]

<3333 <- im on my laptop so i dont have my emojis but pretend thats like 6 purple heart emojis:(

[horsegirlimogentemult]

@jewishfitz replied to your post “i’m liking taz, i really am, but why must be the episodes be so...”

for what it's worth I think the first few episodes are the hardest to get through? like, when I first listened to taz it took me ~6 months to get through 10 episodes and then i was like. HOOKED

ooooh that early?? [eyes emoji] that’s so nice to hear.......(tma took me until like mid-late s2 to get truly hooked asjkdgn) but i’ve heard taz gets better after the first arc or so and i’m excited for that

like i do like it so far!! but im also ready for it to get to like...what people post about and stuff

(but also a lot of it is that they’re all at least an hour when im used to all the other podcasts i listen to being about 20-30 minutes lajksdn so i feel like i’m not progressing through episodes as fast as i’m used to)

[ofbetterbodies]

Love you Karina 🥺💗

reem i love u sm <3 

[bilvy]

happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!! :)

thanks lauren <3 

[yrdogteeth]

Blog about whatever you want! Cottagecore is neat, and if you like it, go for it! Literally nothing else should matter here.

my thoughts exactly ! also, i like your pfp because I feel like the cat wrote this.

[pk-majora]

Happy Valentines everyone!

[gavisuntiedboot]

Hi!! Just wanted to say I sincerely hope you don't let the performance of the enemies to lovers one-shot deter you from writing more - you're an amazing writer and I'm a die hard reader of this page and will always support this page!! Maybe an enemies to lovers in the same format as Just Pretend might do better? That being said write whatever you love/you're comfortable with and we will support you always!! <333

I honestly am so overwhelmed by all he die hard positive support I have gotten on the enemies to lovers one shot!! People have gone feral for it in the comments and in my ask box. There are so many full fics I would love to start/ write, and it's messages like this that make staying up to write rlly worth it. I think that after I finish Just Pretend, an enemies to lovers full length fic might be in order... *eye emoji but im on laptop*