#semmafic

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13, 15 for the writers asks!

13. What fic was the easiest to write?

I had a big year of writing and I'm actually proud of myself for seeing through, and in the new year, I can only hope to write more.

I think I've had the easiest time writing Where Are You Now?

I have myself on a strict deadline (Christmas) and the story has been an absolute labor of love, and feel genuinely good about it. I can bang out chapters like no shaboggle, no lie. 😉

14. Rec a fic you wrote or posted in 2023

So the fic Imma discuss that I wrote is Faking it, since I'm sure my moots are sick of my most recent Where Are You Now? which I've been more focused on lately because it's a seasonal kind of story. Now, Faking It features a lot of the same characters used in WAYN but is less au, set in the high school era, mainly around the season 5 mark. By contrast, WAYN is canon to s3 around Holiday, and then it changes and is set years later in adulthood. There are vignettes to bridge gaps, that's why they exist if you do read it and don't know.

The best way to describe it is like a fake romance au. Emma wistfully and even pathetically crushes hard on the new kid in school, Peter Stone, and is too cowardly to tell him. It's worth noting that this version of Peter isn't that important and is just a distraction, but s5 drops out of canon and is a bit over the top, follows the HS years and has differences making its own storyline.

Sean is newly returned to Degrassi and has his sights set on winning back Ellie's affection, but she won't give him the time of day and is angry with him for how he left her with the rent and everything else, overall is in a better state of mind. So Sean and Emma join forces to get what they both desire just as friends posing as lovers or whatever. It gets complicated when Sean learns of Jay and Emma's secret tryst in the ravine, and some lingering feelings they'd been denying make them question if this is what they want anymore, in turn they draw nearer to each other, and it blurs the line between their friendship and more and other storylines relate to that. I have quite a bit done with that one, and then I kind of got a bad case of writer's block and left it alone but I started around April of 2023 for that story, and do plan on seeing it through in time after I finish with my current WIP.

Where are you now? is based on music and such a commentary on superstardom and grief, family, friendship, loyalty, trauma, and the question (rhetorical), can money buy happiness, or love? The answer is obvious. Loosely based off of the song Lucky by Britney Spears, and titled with era album-mate Where Are You Now? It is a love story against the backdrop of Christmas, present day.

Okay, here is a link from a03 to Faking it, and here is a link to Where Are You Now? ✨

💌thank you for the ask! if anyone wants to send more lmk.

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is it bad how i named friggin my original character who typically goes by kat (btw she's craig/manny's teenage daughter) in full her name is katrina maude manning (where are you now?)??

she is named after a destructive hurricane that impacted people in 2005 big time, as one giant simile or metaphor for her role in the storyline, when she fights and self-sabotage she can only be described as just that, a stormy girl whose harbors a lot of baggage. hm? her name has been intended to be that since the 2003 ROUGH first draft, but initially it was just a coincidence, but by 2005 it solidified her name must be katrina at that point, with all due respect.

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i added chapters 7 and 8 this week to faking it. 😊💗

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In an alternative season 5, Sean makes his return from Wasaga, he enlists Emma's help to craft the perfect relationship to get Ellie jealous, only thing is it's absolutely fake. What will happen when their real feelings reemerge and some horrible truths come out? Faking it can be read here and here. Please read and review, I appreciate it.

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what wip are you most excited about andd what story would you like to write at some point ?

My newest, most ambitious one titled faking it. I honestly have so many wips right now and idk if I could take on a new project with like a few left unfinished. I'd like to revise backtrack since it's been the oldest and honestly it needs some love. So finishing that and some of my others. I'd like to write a road trip one or one about zaya once I finish together forever (emjay pandemic muse) and backtrack and of course faking it before taking on anything long fic. 😊

Thanks for the ask 💌

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wip wednesday

Emma shook her head in disbelief. “So what does it change?”

“Everything.” A large silence encapsulated the two of them for a minute, perhaps he was being a bit melodramatic. He simply reminded her,  “I mean we’ve got Paige’s big party tonight. I mean, it doesn’t ruin everything. We’ll dress nice and sharp. We don’t have to talk about it I guess.”

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chapter numero 6 is up of faking it!

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i might update faking it tonight, once i make the necessary edits.

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I feel 'evil' holding back on my 3 newest chapters of faking it.

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what's your favorite fic that you're writing currently ?

hmm, the favorite of my own work is a tricky question. i don't want to sound like all tooting my own horn. while i'm proud of my work, it's hard to pick a favorite. i like my fics for different reasons.

right now though im really into writing and loving on faking it. it's my newest and I'm so glad i got an ask request for something like this coming out of my comfort zone but on my most favorite relationship to write about. i just like trying new things, having an adventure with writing, and playing with familiar characters. so if you haven't already read it. second place would go to backtrack which holds a special place in my heart even though i've changed a lot through that one. my pandemic muse favorite goes to together forever which is about my favorite crackship emjay/jemma.

thank you so much for the ask.

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yayyyy i added chapter 3 of faking it! i'm excited.