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fizzycherrycola · 2 years

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✨ and 🎶 and ⛔ please! <3

Fanfic Writer Ask Game

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

Aw, geez. I think I have decent grammar and control of language? Not on the level of an expert poet, God no, but decent. And based on the feedback I've received from others, I'm good at writing descriptions.

On that, actually. I think I should mention I have a background in visual art. It’s my career. Likely, it’s helped me when choosing my phrasing, for say, the colour of a bird. So when describing a scene, if I can’t see it (in my mind) when I read back the paragraph, then neither will my readers. I love including those little details, even if they’re “unnecessary” to the plot, because it feels a bit like painting. I’m building up a world or a character with words, layering on detail. And like with art, you capture emotions with those words, and attempt to convey them to your audience.

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

Yes, all the time! I cannot function without background noise. I stick to classical music playlists or lofi hip-hop streams. I find that music with lyrics will distract me from writing, and I'll just sit there listening to some pop song before noticing I've totally lost my train of thought. Pre-writing music is another story, though! If I'm starting a happy fic, I'll turn on the radio and listen to whatever the Top 40 Hits are today. For something more moody, I'll put on Low Roar's entire discography.

⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

I don't scrap my fics, ever. There are two that I've abandoned, 'The Hours That Remain' and 'Moonlight Desires' (nsft). You can find them on my AO3, if you're curious, but I warn you they were written ages ago and are a bit messy. I was a less experienced writer when I wrote them, but despite that, I'd rather not delete them. Old fics reflect growth and there are some readers who've told me that they enjoyed them. It'd feel wrong to just scrap those stories.

Thanks so much for asking, cake!!

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