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twenty questions for fic writers

i got tagged by @irregularcollapse thank you!

How many works do you have on AO3?

currently, I'm at 33 on my main account and another 3 that are under a pseud :)

What’s your total AO3 word count?

166,992 in total!

What fandoms do you write for?

as of right now, i'd say i write for All For The Game, Captive Prince, and Young Royals. i have kind of written a little for Good Omens, but i'm not really counting it bc i'm not sure i'll ever finish it or post it. and i used to write for Yuri!!! On Ice and Hetalia as well, but i don't anymore (and likely never will again).

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

oh man, i was actually kind of surprised about the last two!

the beginnings just another end (Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Yuri!!! On Ice) Victor Nikiforov has friends. He's four time world champion, figure skating god, beloved by most. He's won more medals than he knows what to do with, has more fans than anyone could count, and more money than he could ever possibly spend all of. Only one problem; Victor Nikiforov has no friends. So, he searches for some. And he finds them in a group chat room titled "crazy people talk about figure skating".

(why is there) joy in this poison (Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, All For the Game) Because for as much as Kevin would talk to Andrew about the Ravens, whine about Riko, warn him about Tetsuji, explain to him why he trusted Jean… he had never really mentioned Nathaniel. In a story, once or twice. In passing, perhaps a few times. And Andrew found that he trusted Nathaniel less each and every time he heard the name. Andrew is propositioned at a summer exy banquet, and a deal is proposed.

The Bet (Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, All For the Game) Andrew decides it's finally time to introduce his partner Neil to the Foxes on a summer weekend vacation, but Nicky has a better plan.

running from my heart (Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Yuri!!! On Ice) When Victor arrives the night before the men's short programs at the Grand Prix Final, he's not expecting to run into another skater. Or run into him again. Or again.

Vicchan's Pet Café (Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Yuri!!! On Ice) "It's alright, really. It allowed me to get a closer look at your gorgeous brown eyes." Wow. Wow Victor. Victor Nikiforov, five time Emmy Award winner, actor in countless romances, well-known playboy, just made the most ridiculous pick-up line that could have possibly come from that moment. In which Victor is an actor, Yuuri owns a café, and their dogs just want them to be together.

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i try to, but i am incredibly bad at it :') i always want to reply, even if it's something small like just a "<3" or "thanks!" but i often forget to reply for a long time. or at all.

but i always try my absolute best to reply to comments with questions or any that really touch me in some way

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

in general, i do try not to write angsty endings (although i know i've had some ideas for some, just never written the)

however, that said, swaying as the room burned down is still the worst i've written! it does come with the knowledge that things get better, having been written as a missing scene from yr2 which ends better than the fic leaves off, but the fic itself still ends in a pretty sad place.

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

honestly? Where There is Love, There is Life. the entire fic was meant to be pure fluff and sweetness. most of my fics have happy endings (when i actually. ended them.) and i do have some other fics that were meant to just be fluff, but i think this one takes the cake.

Do you get hate on fics?

no, i haven't! i've gotten some... sort of mean-spirited comments or comments that come across that way, but i don't think they were really meant as hate so much as the tone fell flat.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

i have not. yet. i have one WIP that will have smut at some point in it, but that's the only one i have planned and i haven't gotten to that point in writing it yet!

Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

not really. i think i did, a very long time ago, but i can't remember it at all.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of, and also i sure hope not.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

not that i'm really aware of, but i think it'd be cool!

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

that's tough. it's probably Andreil, though. just everything about their relationship, from beginning to end of the series, is so so good and they've always meant so much to me as characters.

What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

the beginnings just another end. i really wish i could've finished it sooner. it was my first long fic, and it kept the status as my longest fic for years. i still remember how it was meant to end, too. ultimately, if i ever even write YOI again, i think i'd rather rewrite the entire story than just finish it as is. but i really don't think i'll ever complete it.

What are your writing strengths?

Cliffhangers. Dialogue. Humor, at least in my opinion. Ideas galore.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Consistency. i have terrible memory and will often write something in, planning to make use of it later in the story, and then completely forget about it.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

ouhhhh it depends. my opinion on it has changed from when i was younger. i think it can add to the story, like if it's used because the POV character doesn't know the language, but in general i'd prefer not to do it (especially since i'm monolingual rip ;;;)

First fandom you wrote for?

ahhhhhhh Hetalia

Favorite fic you’ve written?

without a doubt, (why is there) joy in this poison. it means so much to me i cannot even begin to explain it. and even aside from that, the story itself is something i LOVE rereading since it was written to my own tastes, and every time i look back in the story to fact-check myself, i end up getting lost in the story again and again. it also makes me feel so good about my writing, it's such a confidence boost and rereading it helps me realize why people actually like my writing!

i'm going to tag @daylightsimon @zee-has-commitment-issues and @spaghett-onaplate for this if you guys want to <3

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just sending out a huge huge thank you to anyone who may still be here <3 i love you guys, and i am so grateful for you

i know i haven’t posted anything here in a long time :’) aside from general “life is stressful aaaaaa” stuff, i have simply fallen quite far out of the yoi fandom and stumbled harder into my other fandoms

anyone who may be subscribed to my ao3 account could have noted the posting of a new story from a different fandom! and it’s something i’ve been posting about a lot on my main blog, and it’s something that i am SO excited about because it’s a new kind of content for me, and my first time writing for this fandom! 

but trust me, i haven’t forgotten yoi, and i sure haven’t forgotten tbjae! i’ve just been having a hard time about it because i have changed a lot since i started writing tbjae, and i feel like it’s not quite the way i want it to be anymore. which has made any kind of effort to continue really disheartened, and that story is meant to be much lighter than i could produce!

i don’t ever want to drop it, it was my first real attempt at a longer fic (and longer indeed- it’s, what, almost 50k?? JEEZ) and i have promised to finish it. and i stand by that. but.

my new story takes precedent right now, because it is writing it makes me happy! and that’s what this whole thing is about!!

so i just wanted to stop by and tell you all this. because i hope to be able to regularly update that story now that my life-schedule is finally become more regular, and while i won’t be writing yoi for a while yet, i am still so grateful for all of our interactions and everything you’ve said and done for me!

[ao3feed-victuuri]

remember that you're not alone

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2FvFIwf

by AmericanCanada

A series of drabbles and one-shots from my fic, the beginnings just another end!

From silly group-chat games, to one-on-one conversations, to "what if..."s, there are so many things going on in the background.

Words: 767, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of The Offical TBJAE AU

Fandoms: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont, Yuri Plisetsky

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont & Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov & Yuri Plisetsky, Katsuki Yuuri & Yuri Plisetsky

Additional Tags: tbjae, Group chat, Online Relationship, Online Friendship, Group Chat Fic, Bromance

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2FvFIwf

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AC Posts :)))

yup i am alive. barely.

i’m just making one post for both accounts bc fuck it.

the people on who've read my fic tbjae should already know that Hell Weekend began for me on Friday. basically what that means is 4 performances over 3 days.

honestly i probably should have told you guys BEFORE Hell Weekend began but i forgot whoops can't go back in time so you learn now.

this is why i've been inactive/not replying to comments (on both tumblr and Ao3) despite having many (BLESS U) as well as some recs (i see u don't worry~)

sunday is the last performance and the cast party and i can tatse the freedom.

so come monday i will hopefully be able to finally start replying/posting/writing again! (do not hold me to that)

[ao3feed-yurionice]

remember that you're not alone

by AmericanCanada

A series of drabbles and one-shots from my fic, the beginnings just another end!

From silly group-chat games, to one-on-one conversations, to "what if..."s, there are so many things going on in the background.

Words: 767, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of The Offical TBJAE AU

Fandoms: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont, Yuri Plisetsky

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont & Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov & Yuri Plisetsky, Katsuki Yuuri & Yuri Plisetsky

Additional Tags: tbjae, Group chat, Online Relationship, Online Friendship, Group Chat Fic, Bromance

source http://archiveofourown.org/works/16666309

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🤩 🦅 and 📚 for the writer ask thing bestie <33

hiiiii avie <33

🤩 Who is your favorite character to write? ohhhh thats hard. i've found i really like writing Erik and playing with his personality and perspective on things since it's much more open to interpretation since we don't see him much. but i also have enjoyed writing Andrew despite the Many Challenges i face with keeping his characterization right :')

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants? that depends a LOT on the fic and what kind of fic it is.

when it comes to oneshots, not usually unless i have a very specific plan in mind for it. ex. when i first wrote "(why is there) joy in this poison" it was a oneshot, and i wrote lots of notes and background information for it as well as outlining it. but "LVOE." had no outline or plans at all, and i just sort of started writing to see where it would go.

when it comes to chapter fics, i've been trying to do more outlines just so i have a full picture of where the fic is going as well as any major points that i know i have to reach to get to the end. i didn't used to though :') one of my biggest chapter fics, "the beginnings just another end" i had a lot of ideas for random chapters and vague knowledge of how it would end, but no coherency or outline. "(why is there) joy in this poison" as a chapter fic has got a pretty good outline and...... several documents of notes and such. and the parallels au has got a loose outline for dare(d), as well as some notes and quite a few specific scenes planned/half-written, and NSTK has got some outline and scenes sort of placed in order.

📚 Would you ever want to turn writing into a career? i've debated it every now and then but idk. it's not like a huge dream of mine, but my friend wants me to try since i write anyway, i may as well get some money from it ya know? which i get that. who knows, maybe someday i will.

~writer asks~

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1, 2, and 22

hello milo <3<3

1. What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year? How did it turn out? Would you do it again? so much. so so much. for one, i had a beta for the first time ever (and the best beta ever, btw) who GREATLY improved my flow, grammar, and also some of my sentences. whom i love immensely. but also i think the biggest two were that i had never done a longer fic with a cohesive plot and i had pretty much never outlined a fic, both of which i did with (wit)jitp and am currently working on with "dare to do it"!

and it's turned out incredibly well!!! i will certainly keep doing this.

2. What’s something you learned about yourself as a writer?

i'm hot and sexy

by which mostly i mean that i learned i was a much better writer than i ever gave myself credit for. even as much as i did write before this year, and even more that i did post before, i never had the confidence in it. i enjoyed my stories, usually, but it was still written wondering too much of if anyone else would like it. but i've also learned that my writing is at its best when i write solely for myself. what i wrote this year (with one exception) has been entirely for me. it's stuff i wanted to see, written to my taste, explored in my own head, and then shared after.

22. Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic? nope :') mostly bc i didn't technically finish anything this year lmao all of my "completed" stories were oneshots! and while i of course adored them, it's not like the stories that i poured months and tears into. when i finish (wit)jitp, and probably both when i finish writing and finish posting dare(d), then i will celebrate! not yet sure how, but i definitely will!!!

[ 2022 year in review - writers asks ]

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1, 9 🐕 15

eheheh :D

1. Is writing cathartic or stressful for you?

that depends i think ksdhfhs cus it sure can be stressful as hell, especially when i get stuck in a section or on a fic that i WANT to write but CAN'T so i'll just be annoyed and frustrated glaring at my screen

but i think in GENERAL it tends to be pretty cathartic! i really enjoy writing and it can help me sort through thoughts and emotions, or experience ones i hadn't faced before, and it can be relaxing to just let the words flow from my head and into my hands :D maybe that's why i have such a fucking high wpm whenever i sprint-

9. Are there any fics you’d love to see but don’t want to write yourself? What are they?

i'm violently shaking my fists at half of the ideas and bs drafts in my writing channel on discord.

currently, the ones i'm thinking i really want to read but don't have the energy to try and write are:

the 11 Birthdays AU; based on the book 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass, a timeloop fic where both Dazai and Chuuya are trapped repeating a day but it takes a few repeats for them to realize they aren't alone. the idea appeals to me for them because in the book, the day repeating is a response to the broken relationship between the two main characters, and it's only through working out their issues (and iirc, fixing the broken pots/plants they had) that the timeloop ends. is it a book for like 9 year olds? yep! and i was that old when i read it! but i still love the concept of it.

any fic with Omega!Chuuya having a kid with Dazai before he leaves the mafia; ok i lied bc i am writing one of these but its, as always, gonna take a while and i REALLY JUST WISH I COULD READ ONE ALREADY without having to put in all this effort ;;;;

and finally, really any fics with Chuuya as the PM boss; i love the concept so much please i need more of this i will sob and cry and maybe beg.

15. Which fic that you’ve written relates to you and your personal life the most?

ok so i had to think about this and i went looking back at my published fics on ao3 and like. niche af answer but "Waiting on the World to Change" was quite literally written for this!! writing it out so soon after i had cut my hair for the first time in like 8 years was so cathartic and being able to express some of the frustration towards others pushing me to keep my long hair simply because they liked it or they didn't think i would suit shorter hair and just finally being able to say "fuck it, i think this is whats best for me. and it will grow back. and i will face my choices."

other than that, i sort of relate to parts of "LVOE." as far as the narration, not so much the contents, but i don't tend to write a whole lot from my own experience any more askdfhshdf oh also "TBJAE" has a lot of my own personal experience as well sprinkled in there :3

[ fic ask game!! ]

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I wrote 200 words and then got tied but you know what? That's 200 words now than I've written in almost a year. so I'm going to take my 200 words and stare at them and smile.

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reading a nice comment on an old fic be like "hello google docs my old friend"

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"It didn’t make enough sense to him to wake up at 5am to drive 6 hours. Then again, he didn’t really understand Ciao Ciao’s insistence on driving for 6 hours anyway."

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Ok so. Um. I am so, so sorry for disappearing on y’all. 

Part of it was due to a lot happening in my life, partly because I had no motivation. 

Not going to lie, 2019 was a lot for me to deal with. I’m going to spare you all of the nitty-gritty, but it involved me telling my mother that I had accounts online and also that I had a girlfriend, which were HUGE for me, as well as working full-time equivalent, being a full-time student, having my sister move back in with us….

I’m not going to pretend like I didn't break… a lot of promises. I’m sorry. I cannot apologize enough for the amount of times I said I would update and just… didn’t. Some times I didn’t even try, sometimes I did, but I couldn’t get out more than a few words.

A lot of this was due to me falling out of love with Yuri!!! On Ice for a while. I went through so many fandoms in 2019, Banana Fish,Bungou Stray Dogs, Good Omens, All for the Game, Captive Prince. And I love all of those series and fandoms, but at some point I had to remind myself about yuri on ice, and about the promises I made. 

Despite me inviting so many other series into my life, yuri on ice still has more meaning to me than all of them. It brought me out of a depression, and it gave me something to hold onto. It’s because of yuri on ice that I met my girlfriend, and through her one of my best friends. It got me reading fanfiction after 2 years without it, and it is because of yuri on ice that I began seriously writing and sharing fanfiction of my own.

And more than just that, it’s because of you all that I write. Because of the nice words you left on my stories, the messages and all of the love you showed my stories. 

I know that I have lost a lot of you to the same thing that I was lost to. Other fandoms, more active, more interesting to you now, and that’s okay. I will never resent people for leaving a fandom that no longer brings them joy the way it once did. Not everyone has the attachment that I do to this series, and that’s okay. 

I am no longer the writer I once was, I don’t have the time or energy to write like I used to, and I may not always have the motivation. But for all of my broken promises and empty words, there is one thing I will never lie to you about.

The Beginnings Just Another End will have a complete ending. 

I will never abandon this story forever. This story means the world to me, even after all this time. I have never put this much thought, time, or work into something before. Not like this. I have 126 pages of plot, ideas, thoughts, plans, and story. 126 pages of this. And I will not leave it without a conclusion. 

This is one promise I will always keep.

So thank you. Thank you for your words, your encouragement. Thank you to those who have stuck with me through this from day 1, 2, 3, 60, 129, 475. Thank you to anyone who is only finding this now, for taking a chance on me.

I truly am sorry. Thank you for everything.

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finally beating myself into rereading tbjae again let’s goooo

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Title: the beginnings just another end Fandom: Yuri!!! On Ice Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont, Yuri Plisetsky, Nikolai Plisetsky, Yakov Feltsman, Makkachin, Vicchan, Original Characters Pairings: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont & Katsuki Yuuri, Katsuki Yuuri & Yuri Plisetsky, Victor Nikiforov & Yuri Plisetsky, Teen and Up Audiences Chapter: 22/? ; maybe i’m waking up... today

How okay was Victor really, following Yuuri's panic attack? And what does it have to do with the Grand Prix Final?

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hello i love every single one of you and i am overwhelmed with the support the latest chapter has gotten TTwTT thank you so much, y’all are the reason i write

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oh boiiii an idea just came full force into my mind and I'm 👀

do I dare include this in tbjae??? do I dare let this happen in the story????? I can already see the drama, the screams. I can see it working its way into the plot.

.... I probably dare.

oh how much I want to scream about this to someone dksksj I'm going to have to get my sister to let me rant