#ar1 drabbles

[ar1-thecat]

now i have made the same mistake with a core before

but im growing to love the little goofy aah ball

#portal revolution #stirling portal revolution #can you believe i got into the portal series because of a fucking wheatley plinko gif #portal #ar1 drabbles #portal 2 #pr stirling #what's the player's name

[chayscribbles-archive]

2021 ✨ chay’s writing year in review

well! 2021 certainly has been one of the years i’ve experienced. but besides *gestures vaguely* everything, 2021 unexpectedly turned out to be a breakthrough year for me in writing.

☆ STATISTICS.

total words written: 168 623

monthly word average: 14 052

projects worked on: the Andromeda trilogy, some other side stuff i didn’t get too invested in, and, uh, yeah it’s pretty much been AR brainrot all year

☆ HIGHLIGHTS.

finishing 2 drafts

writing like 20 fluffy, purely self-indulgent drabbles for like a month

(this one is my favourite)

i wrote a space shanty back in april??? ngl i almost forgot about that. it feels like ages ago

☆ A FEW COMMENTS.

after a drought of about 5 years where i was in perpetual unfinished project hell, the fact that i finished something is still so wild to me, let alone TWO somethings. and to think what it took for me to unblock was throwing my characters into space and being as self-indulgent about it as possible.

i’ve also finally accepted that i am truly a plantser at heart. i USED to be a plantser back before reading writing advice posts and getting caught up in trying to be a planner and worrying about every little detail of the story that by the time i was actually writing i just wasn’t having fun discovering my story. and as my characters often surprise me as i’m writing and sabotage my outline (not naming names, AZAMI BLACK-MIZUHARA), having no rigid outline for them to sabotage in the first place gave me at least an illusion of control over them.

actually, THE thing that i would consider the secret to my success this year is to allow myself to NOT write. especially with a relatively new job to stress me out, i couldn’t afford to burn myself out by forcing myself to write every day. maybe 2016!Chay could pound out a 40K novella in a month but 2021!Chay needed new ways to work.

i compiled some little spreadsheets and graphs to track my writing process. my daily average for AR1 was 453 words and 420 words (nice) for AR2, spread over about 5 and a half months for each draft. i very rarely wrote more than 1000 words in one day, and there were MANY days where i would just not write at all. sometimes i wouldn’t write for days on end, and it was hard, feeling like i HAD to be writing, being scared maybe this was it and i wouldn’t be able to write ever again, but knowing i needed to be resting. those rough patches always ended eventually and my writing was better off for it.

what i’m trying to say is, once i figured out what worked for ME, my writing flourished.

☆ 2022 GOALS.

i am SO tempted to be like “to finish AR3′s first draft” but i’m not gonna put that kind of pressure on myself.

my goal for the next year is just to continue working at my own pace and being patient with myself. if it takes ten years to finish AR3, so be it. it’ll be better than if i crash and burn trying to finish it all at once.

that being said i’m gonna start writing AR3 tomorrow because new year new draft and i have nearly nothing planned for it so far besides self-indulgence so wish me luck!!!!!

☆ IN CONCLUSION.

i want to thank everyone who’s been following my writing journey this year, who has read and reblogged my stuff and left nice comments, who has helped me untangle the knots in my plot or witnessed my many crises and breakdowns on discord and encouraged me through it all. not to be a cliche but i seriously wouldn’t have been able to do it all without you. i wish you all the very best in this upcoming year 💕

below, have those sexy graphs i was talking about, because i’m a slut for graphs and i couldn’t resist showing them off.

AR1:

notice the dip in activity in february when i was working on FinnPetra Fluff February. and also that one tall bar on very last day when i went absolutely ham LMAO

AR2:

i feel like for this one i was wildly swinging between “writing a shitton in one day” and “haven’t written in a week”. consistency? never heard of her.

☆ GENERAL TAGLIST. ask to be +/-.

@metanoiamorii​ @unleashing-screamingtemporaldoom @radiomacbeth​ @tragedieds​ @stardustspiral​ @summere21​ @dutifullyloudmilkshake​ @spencers-tomes @avi-why​ @pulitzers-world @jadeywrites​ @hopeeternia​ @stormharbors​ @dgwriteblr​ @extra-magichours​ @cilly-the-writer​ @yuekki​ @catgirlnya​ @the-orangeauthor​ @cecilsstorycorner​ @savonigo @little-boats-on-a-lake​ @athensthebandit​ @quilloftheclouds​ @alicewestwater​ @chaotic-queer-disaster​

#chayscribbles 2021 in review #sorry this is so long kjdfgkjkjfds #i really said 'a few comments' and then proceeded to write my third novel of the year

[ar1-thecat]

@warwithoutreason why did you reblog that 3 times

#ar1 drabbles #i mean idc

[ar1-thecat]

you're all hilarious

#ar1 drabbles #-_-

[ar1-thecat]

I’m sorry but—

I was going through old fandom art to find a reference for something and

#ar1 drabbles #no words #MAN- #what gave me the brief creative outlet to creat something so perfect #my art #huggy wuggy

[ar1-thecat]

Ao3 is down for two hours???!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW???!!!

#ar1 drabbles #FUUUCK ME #I WAS READING SOMETHING AND PRESSED THE NEXT BUTTON AND THEN BOOM #:( #ok I understand the need to check the site out I’m not a karen #but now I actually have to write or draw and be p r o d u c t i v e #or I could just lie on my bed with my darkest thoughts for the next two hours #both are not appealing :C #archive of our own #it doesn’t come back online until 11 fuuuUCK #i don’t wanna be productiveeeeee #>:C how dare the universe force me #and even if I finish a chapter on any of my stories I won’t be able to post it ;-;

[ar1-thecat]

Just went out to watch the new DND movie with friends

and OH MY FUCKING GOD

it is F I R E

(literally at times)

If you were ever planning to watch it, go watch it

Like even if you’ve never played dnd, it’s still so good.

#ar1 drabbles #WAAaaaaahahahajajjakakai #I’ve played dnd and got excited at pretty much anything #dnd movie #dnd honor among thieves #dungeons and dragons

[ar1-thecat]

just watched the new miraculous movie

I’m normal about it

#ar1 drabbles #miraculous ladybug #mlb movie #mlb cat noir #mlb ladybug #fairly certain this movie has sent me straight back into my miraculous phase #fucking christ #I really like the models for the characters

[ar1-thecat]

I feel like I’ve been slammed with a car, then a bus, then a train.

#ar1 drabbles #fnaf #fnaf sb dlc #fnaf ruin dlc #fnaf help wanted 2 #help wanted 2 #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's

[ar1-thecat]

me when I say I'm gonna be more active on deviantart then proceed to drop dead from both sides

that's me

:)

I'll make an effort to be more active

maybe

#ar1 drabbles #deviantart #:P #dont buy shit from tumblr's store

[ar1-thecat]

why am i getting so much springtrap art on my dash wtf happened

#ar1 drabbles #like i mention fnaf in a post and #*rumbling footsteps in the distance* #uh oh

[ar1-thecat]

🎉🤩🥳 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!! 🥳🤩🎉

@literary-squagon @amaristm @astridcookie @asyl-ym @nachosforfree17 @fallen-mist @dr-finn @nexxr3 @officermaddie23 @leafstem-chaos-2 @stardust41 @boyakishan @neoncopy @aspenii @megalosaurusstudios @sw124 @communist-vaporeon413 @octobitheoctagonal @jackthekilljoy @mcicecream @dollmakerdoodles @beechild13 @larry-the-bean @lizardlover-glamrockfam @swiftysilvers @anonaddy

and every other kind person on this platform <3 /p

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

#ar1 drabbles #HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! #20233333 let’s gooo #ar1’s blog worms #NEW YEAR BABY #I’m so tired but awake at the same time

[ar1-thecat]

how big is a tumblr banner

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[ar1-thecat]

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[ar1-thecat]

bruhhh why do you guys like joe so much

#ar1 drabbles #solar lunacy #joe the staffbot

[ar1-thecat]

getting my hair dyed today

except there's something I haven't told my IRL friends

you'll know after school tomorrow 😏😏

#ar1 drabbles