#ive been reading a LOT of dp fic recently

[considerablecolors]

Hiii! I recently started one of your fics (the anderperry Tumblr au) and I was so sad to see it wasn't finished! I was wondering if you were going to write anymore, I guess. Have a nice day!

this ended up being kind of long lol- so im putting it under a read more, and i have a tl;dr at the end for anyone who wants the broad strokes without the whole backstory :)

hi! first of all, thank u so much for reading, i hope you've been enjoying it! tbh, this is probably something i should have addressed ages ago, so genuinely thank u for reaching out and motivating me to finally talk about this lol. so to be 100% honest, this question is kind of a hard one for me to answer?

dead poets society is a piece of media that means a lot to me and will always be a key piece of me, but it also sort of represents a part of my life that i don't like dwelling on if that makes sense. tbh it's probably obvious that i was going thru a rough patch just by reading some of my earlier dps stuff (neil perry is not okay is... yeah... lol). additionally, dps is something that i associate heavily with someone that's not really a big part of my life anymore, so sometimes it honestly feels wrong to write certain characters without thinking about that. it's also prolly obvious that dps is not really my main special interest anymore and hasn't been for a little while now.

ALL THAT BEING SAID- dead poets society will never not mean the world to me. despite all the mixed feelings i've come to associate with it, i keep rewatching with the film and engaging with content in small ways specifically because i don't want to let my past struggles ruin something i love. even if it's not the main interest of this blog or ao3 account, i'm definitely still fond of it.

but what does all this mean in terms of content? i'm not really sure. one thing is certain- i intend to write for dps again. i actively have been, in fact. ive been working for a while on a long dps fic and am probably around 1/3 done with it, but im holding off on uploading it until it's completely done specifically to avoid leaving people hanging with a WIP. i have absolutely no idea when it'll actually be finished, but i am really excited for u all to read it.

as for the current dps WIPs i have? unfortunately, i don't think i can say they're getting finished :(. we'll kick it when i hit the ground (anderperry tumblr au) and the whole "being dead" thing (ghost neil au) are both still in the very early stages of their stories and sadly i just don't think i have the energy to finish them. i'd be more than happy to talk a bit and summarize what i had originally planned for the stories if anyone would like that, but i think the stories themselves are probably done for now. as for the neil perry is not okay series, another long, full-length fic like there will be light is definitely a no, but i'd say there's a good chance of me writing a one-shot or two at some point.

in general, i'd say other than the big dps fic im working on, expect any future dps fics from me to be short one-shots that are much lighter in tone. probably still some hurt/comfort cause that's my jam, but less of the heavy angst i typically wrote lol.

lastly, i do want to just take a minute to say thank you to everyone who's still reading my dps fics. like i said, a lot of them represent a pretty bad time in my life, but i can never bring myself to hate them or resent them sheerly because of the outpour of love and appreciation they've received from the fandom. even if im slow to reply to comments sometimes, i promise i read every single one and they mean the world to me. while it's hard to think about some of the things i was going thru while writing things like there will be light, those fics provided a safe place and a source of comfort for me to work out my feelings and find solace, and nothing in the world makes me happier than seeing my writing create the same space for other people. from the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone that's even clicked on and glanced at a fic of mine. it means the world to me <3.

while it does make me really sad to say that i likely won't return to some of the writings i put so much love into, im really proud of some of the things ive been working on lately, and i hope you all will enjoy it as well! if not, that's ok too, im eternally grateful to anyone who's gotten something out of any of my past work too.

TL;DR:

unfortunately, any WIPs i had for dps are probably going to remain unfinished. if people would like to hear a summary of what id had planned for the remainder of any of these, id be happy to provide that. while i am taking a break from the dps fandom, i still love dps and would be happy to chat about it with anyone that wants to, and i do intend to return to creating dps content- i just don't know when exactly that will be. thank you from the bottom of my heart to anyone who's enjoyed my content in the past, and im wishing you all the absolute best. carpe diem <3

#cc writes #dead poets society #neil perry is not okay ao3 #cc speaks #asks

[soldrawss]

Danny Phantom, except his 'Going Ghost' outfit looks like something a 14-year-old would put together

#my art #danny phantom #danny fenton #ive been reading a LOT of dp fic recently #probably not good for my health but god do i love this ghost boy #love drawing me some boys with dynamic poses let me tell you #also love any chance i can get to draw glowing eyes #im weak af to that shit

[reallydumbdannyphantomaus]

hey im recently getting back into dp and im wondering if you have any fic recs? ive really on read switch so far lmao

sure! I should give you fair warning in case you weren’t aware: the phandom leans heavily into angst, especially the older works on ffn that we’re really popular back in the day. if that’s what you’re looking for, i might suggest some older classics like phantom of truth by haiju or pits by cordria, or something newer like everything was white by @lexosaurus but fair warning, these are not for the faint of heart. as much as i love lexx and think her writing is amazing, i generally can’t read her fic all at once because it is very very angsty and i tend to need a breather in between my angst. it’s not a knock on the writing, but just a notice that when i say heavy angst, i mean heavy

tbh, there’s a LOT of angsty dp fic, and i’ve seen a couple of other rec lists floating around that focus more on angst so i’ll try to reblog those so you can see them too, and instead i’m going to focus on less angsty (or at least less bad/not great/bittersweet end) fics

@realghostboy is a fic by @dotsz which hasn’t been updated in a while but is still super fun and not super plotted so its not like you’re left on a huge cliffhanger. it’s a fun social media fic, mostly twitter iirc

Social Networking by ChaosDragon (PlotWitch) on ao3 is also a personal fave featuring the popular kids finding out danny’s secret and then working to protect him

omnis immunde spiritus is a fun fic by @captainkirkk (aloneintherain on ao3) about danny being a spooky boi (with my boy KWAN THERE at least a little so i get excited)

Easy Target by WriterGurl128 on ao3 is a good one about dash finding out danny’s secret and realizing that bullying is wrong and helping him out

The Trouble With Ghosts by @ladylynse (Lynse on ao3) is another fun one about Mr. Lancer learning Danny’s secret and trying to be a Responsible Adult (that i haven’t read in a while and really need to catch up on....) and tbh @ladylynse has a lot of fun aus and reveal fics that are worth checking out if you go to her profile

the Danny The ViewTuber series by ZombieMerlin on ao3, where Danny just like. does parkour on “ViewTube” and also accidentally reveals his secret to the whole school? its a fun ride man

Dancing Around The Truth by @dannyphandump the incomparable tali, this fic is so fucking cute???? excellent paulina characterization, fun and cute valerie/danny, reveal and just very very sweet ok i love this fic

and yeah! like i said, i’ll also reblog some other rec lists focusing more on angst in case that’s your cup of tea. hope this helps!

#bug posts #fic recs #danny phantom #replies #Anonymous

[ladylynse]

Hi Lynse, I feel like my writing style is just... stunted ig. like i dont feel like ive made any growth in any of my recent stories(i think i write pretty regularly) and i dont really love how i write and i want to improve. do you have any suggestions on how i can? thanks from a fellow writer ♥

Hey, Anon, I’m sorry you’re dissatisfied with your work at the moment. I’ve never actually focused on my writing style, though. I don’t change it up as often as I probably should; even though every once in a while I’ll try something a bit new, it’s rarely enough to properly expand my horizons. I’m not even sure I could tell you what my writing style is. (More introspective than action and logical but incorrect conclusions/assumptions?) 

If you’ve been writing regularly, you are better than you were. You will have made improvements even if you can’t see them without going back and rereading a lot of your older work. Improvement isn’t going to be a steady incline, though, where you’re visibly getting better each month, and you shouldn’t shortchange yourself by expecting that. You might currently be improving a bit more slowly than you were when you first started, but you will have made a lot of progress since then. And if you really think you’ve hit a plateau, that’s fine. That’s normal. It doesn’t mean you can’t or won’t improve.

Also, be aware that this is going to be something you’re far more aware of than anyone else. For example, take one of my DP fics, The Trouble with Ghosts. The first, oh, six-ish chapters were written a good four years before the rest of the fic and I only did very minor editing. No one has really commented on that being blatantly obvious (no one has commented on that at all; I’m just assuming there would be a comment if it was obvious to the point of jarring), which means my writing style has barely changed in years if it’s changed at all. What does that say about me?

I can give you some suggestions, but I have no idea if they’ll work for you. In the past, I’ve worked on a collab fic with someone where we tried to mimic each other’s writing so it wasn’t overly obvious who wrote each scene. My humour still needs a lot more work when it comes to writing (I usually stick with irony), but it at least made me more aware of how to slip it in. Descriptions? Same thing. I don’t focus on that as much as I should, relying too much on people’s familiarity with the fandom I’m writing. (These were different people, so different fics, none of which ever got finished or posted. Not yet, anyway. But that’s fine, because we still got a taste of learning from each other.) 

You can probably do that without actually working on a collab fic with anyone by reading some of your favourite authors (books or fanfic) and trying to mimic them. Your first attempts will probably not be great, but first attempts are never great. And if a lot of what you’re reading is in a style similar to the one you currently have, ask yourself why you don’t like your current style if you like that, and if it’s not your current style, try to mimic it. I admittedly mostly read fic that is written similarly to how I write; it’s what I look for when reading, so that’s what I write. To expose myself to more kinds of styles, I typically need to read books, not fic. (That’s not to say that I don’t read fic that isn’t written in a similar style to me. I have, and quite enjoyed it, but that’s not the vast majority of what I’ve read.) I’ve specifically mimicked writing in the style of a book before for a school assignment, but how easy that would be for you depends a bit on how you write in the first place. (I try to put myself in the characters’ shoes and go from there. Sometimes their voices get stuck in my head if I’m writing a lot in a single fandom, making them very easy to write and the characters I can’t hear very difficult to write in character.)

You can force yourself to work out of your comfort zone by participating in fandom events or taking prompts, too. That’s one of the reasons I do the three sentence fics. They don’t eat up a lot of my writing time, and it’s a way of challenging myself. Sometimes.

If you feel overwhelmed and frustrated because you feel like nothing you’ve written is any good and nothing you’ve tried to get better is working, consider taking a break from writing--preferably completely, but if not, at least your current stories--and try not to feel bad about it. Sometimes, you just need to clear your head. I usually say this when it comes to writer’s block, but in my experience, if you try to force your writing, you’re probably not going to like the words you manage to put down on the page, and every sentence will be a slog. You need to take care of yourself.

#ladylynse #asks #writing #Anonymous