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For the fanfic asks: 2, 15, 20. Hope you’re having a good day 👌

I'm having a great day, thank you! Onto the answers:

2. What character(s) do you find the most difficult to write for? Why? Rachel Amber - At this point I've collated enough headcanons, read enough fics, and have enough practice that I reckon I'm decent at writing Rachel. That being said, I still struggle a lot with her because I have difficulty conceiving of her motivations properly: I can write her in interactions with other characters, I can do a decent rendition of her voice, but trying to picture what it is she really wants as an individual is something that eludes me because of how open to interpretation her character is. As a result, I feel like I'd really struggle writing from her perspective. Kate Marsh - Something that makes Rachel easier to write for me is that I feel like I can draw on some of my own experiences, thoughts, et cetera when writing her because I can see parallels between myself and her in a roundabout way. Kate though? I really struggle to write Kate. I've never been a person of faith, I find her character frustrating to discern, and I know for a fact I struggle gauging how much to lean into certain aspects of her: how naïve is she, how willing is she to go against her own beliefs in the name of friends and loved ones, et cetera. I just never know what to do with Kate in a story. 15. What is the fanfic you’ve written that you’re most proud of? negative space, hands down. It's a character study that just cracks 1k words, less a story and more just an examination of what I think a pre-canon Rachel and a post-canon bae ending Max think about each other. It's nothing exceptional: it draws some parallels between their thoughts on each other, has a few lines I'm proud of, and I overall like it, but I don't think there's anything in particular that marks it out as exceptional in that regard. I will write stuff better than it in the future. What makes me proud of it is that it's exactly what I set out to do. I wanted to write a fic that touches on how much the fact Max and Rachel never met in canon haunts me, I wanted something that evoked the feeling of grief I've always been so drawn to in other stories, something that dwelled on the 'what if' question that drew me to fanfiction writing in the first place. Not my most popular work, and I can see why, it's no magnum opus, but it definitely represents a peak for me in terms of how I managed to crack open the skulls of these characters I love so much and explore the absence of interaction between them in 1,117 words.

20. What feedback makes you the happiest to hear? A trend I've noticed is that a not-insignificant amount of people seem to think I'm good at characterisation. I constantly worry about whether I'm writing characters properly, whether they sound correct, if I've strayed too far from who they are in the service of a plot, or even if my characterisation is too accurate yet static to the point that it feels as if there's no extant arc/development that helps make them feel real. So whenever I get feedback that points out when I managed to capture a character well, I totally freak out lol. It's this moment of realising that despite all my stressing about getting things right, I do have an actual aptitude for it. It's incredibly affirming.

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#thanks for the ask!#asks #my struggles with writing kate are why i haven't updated my chasemarsh fic in forever lol #i love her i just can't write her well yet #need more practice

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