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bisexualshakespeare · 3 months
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fic writer asks
I saw these questions by @ficwip and decided to just answer all of them rather than waiting to be asked
30 questions below the cut!
What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year? How did it turn out and would you do it again? Uhh I wrote a lot of smut? 😅 oh I have a fic that is just a sex scene? it was part of a series so the lead in was technically there and also I was about to start my period and was very horny. I loooove a long lead in to the sex. Lightning Strike, and kind of Nymph Butter too, has like a couple horny paragraphs and then sex. I don't know if I would do it again but it wasn't really planned? so I guess we'll see what happens!
How many fics did you work on this year? (They don’t have to be finished or published!) it looks like 25??? wild
What’s something you learned about yourself as a writer? I think I have a better grasp of how I intuitively write and I learned that it's NOT a thing I need to train myself out of. It's okay if I write non chronologically or in dialogue only for the first draft, because following the way my brain works will lead me into the most energetic path and I can circle back and add description or transitions later. I think I'm better at description than I think I am but it just doesn't come as quickly.
What piece of media inspired you the most? I mean I published 5 Willow fics in less than two months and started several more so I feel like I have to say Willow!
What fandom(s) did you write for this year? Willow, Ted Lasso, Haven, a couple other one off fandom filks
What ship(s) captured your heart? Airk/Elora/Graydon I am such a sucker for ot3s
What character(s) captured your heart? THRAXUS BOORMAN MY LOVE
Did you write for a new fandom or ship this year? Yeah I watched Willow in i think April and enjoyed nothing else as much
What fic meant the most to you to write? Finishing Multivocal was soooooo wow. Like it is The longest thing I've ever finished and it really brought writing back into my daily life as something to look forward too rather than something to feel guilty for not doing? I wrote it for like three years. This year I made some edits and added some scenes that made me feel really good about taking my time. I really wrote the fic I wanted to see (except i mean i would've preferred them to fuck but other than that lol)
What fic made you feel the happiest to work on? Eckleberry Pie was so fun. It was really stream of consciousness. I just had no worries about what other people would think cause I literally was like no one is gonna read this but @lowkeyed1 so I can do whatever stupid shit I want 😂
What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing? I think Apple Candy. I didn't realize how it was going to end until I got there. I kinda sped through the end of the chapter cause it was already going up after the October collection was closed and I wanted to get it done, so I was just kinda awkwardly figuring out what we were gonna leave on and then I wrote that Graydon was loved and I was like 'oh. yeah. that's what this was about!'
What fic was the most difficult to write? Did you finish it? All of them were difficult. If we're including fics I didn't finish then probably every ted lasso fic I tried to write and couldn't. I was planning on writing a series from Jamie's perspective, I tried to write a fantasy AU, I tried to write PWP, just so much did not work and then I left the fandom.
What fic was the easiest to write? I think I wrote Lightning Strike in like an hour lol
What were your shortest and longest fics this year? If we're ignoring filks and Multivocal, which started posting last year, then the shortest would be Bridges at 670 words and the longest would be my as yet unposted Cyrano AU at 21K.
Rec a fic you wrote or posted in 2023 I mean I have to go with Eckleberry Pie and the rest of the Harvest Festival series right?! Or if you don't want a bunch of smut then In The Middle is a filk about yelling at creators, so that's a mood
What were your go-to writing songs? I got really into these "immersive writing session" videos where someone buys the rights to a bunch of instrumental music and puts it together to fit a vibe. I listened a lot to traveling through a medieval fantasy world but it gets darker the longer you write What were your go-to writing snacks? tiny bottles of wine cocktails from the grocery store
What was the hardest fic to title? I guess Lightning Strike? I almost always name fics after phrases I use in the fic and in the Harvest Fest series I wanted them to be named after food cause I knew the last one was going to be called Apple Candy, but Lightning Strike didn't have any time for food cause it was just fuckin so I had to find something that felt like it fit but was different. It was a change in perspective, Elora instead of Graydon, so once I decided I wasn't mad about the title not fitting the theme.
Share your favorite opening line Okay I actually wanna use a filk for this cause I love the first verse of What You Believe: How on earth could I be calm When inside my chest's a ticking bomb? The nicest guys can be deceiving Lift you up, then leave you bleeding It's a goddamn tragedy like Misérables
Share your favorite ending line As the moon rose on the final day of the Harvest Festival, Graydon knew, with the utmost certainty, he was loved.
Share your favorite piece of dialogue From Apple Candy:
“So what am I gonna do while you and Airk are together? Sit in my room twiddling my thumbs?” She scoffed and dropped her hands from his shoulders. “I kinda thought you would do things that I don’t like, like studying your languages or practicing the flute.” “Yeah or sleeping with Boorman.” Elora groaned and rolled her eyes. It was kinda cute though. Knowing she was in love with him made it better. He ran a thumb over her hip. “Hey so, Airk left us your bedroom for a few hours. What do you think he’s doing, knowing what we’re supposed to be doing?” Elora’s eyes narrowed. “He better be twiddling his damn thumbs.”
Share an excerpt from your favorite scene From Multivocal, a scene between Duke and Audrey I added right before posting and was much needed:
“I think it could work." She pressed. "The three of us.” “Oh you’re not even gonna ask me? I could have other offers. I’m a very well liked guy.” “As I can see by the gigantic mess all your friends left.” “Hey I don’t mind a mess,” he held her eyes, “as long as I’m not the only one trying to clean up.” She stepped closer. “You’re not.” Audrey put a hand on his chest. She had almost done the same thing several months ago, when she thought the only option was giving him his family trouble again. But then she’d wrapped her hand around his neck instead and pulled him in for their first kiss since Colorado.
Share the final version of a sentence or paragraph you struggled with. What about it was challenging? Are you happy with how it turned out?
this is so hard. I feel like I forget what I used to struggle with cause I'm so focus on what i'm currently struggling with 😅
I had a really hard time writing Nymph Butter because it was this mix of humor and smut and sincerity and I wanted to have like real moments of connection between Graydon and Elora without it being so serious that it killed the sexy mood. The whole fic was a big balancing act there.
“Can you stop talking about Airk? He has nothing to do with us.” “Of course he does!” She shouted, hitting the ground in frustration. “I thought I loved him, but what if I was just using him to get over you? Like you're using Boorman to get over me.” “First of all, Boorman likes being used. Don't you, pal?” Boorman’s moan came from behind him, along with the sound of his hand sliding with help from the nymph butter.
I'm pretty happy with how it came out. I was very meh when I first posted it, but on a reread I think it holds up. Since my new main ship is an ot3 I'm sure I'll have many more chances to work on this mixture of sex and relationship negotiation.
What’s something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?
I think I was surprised in Apple Candy that Boorman got a little jealous of Graydon and Elora. Boorman was always supportive of them but when I was writing the morning after, I started thinking in Boorman's voice and I felt that little twinge of sensitivity that he has and how he runs away from his emotions and I was like hmm okay I'll follow that. The overall story was the same but I think it added a little weight to the Graydon/Elora relationship negotiation that came after.
What did you use to write? (e.g. writing programs, paper & pen, etc.) a combination of GDrive, LibreOffice, OneNote, and a physical notebook.
If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year? Probably in August when I first started writing Cryano AU. I hadn't written anything the whole month and then in the last week and a half I wrote like 5k
Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?
No but I should! I need to think of a good finished project ritual. I think I usually just text a friend and sigh and watch youtube videos and wait to get a comment.
How did you recharge between fics?
I...don't? Should I have a recharge ritual too?
If this were an awards show, who would you thank?
🥺 I would like to thank my IRL friend Lee for beta-ing Multivocal for me. I would like to thank lowkeyed for leading the way in the scary world of rare pairs. Thanks to everyone on the Revolorilution server for encouraging my ideas. Everyone at Voiceteam for encouraging my filks, especially klb! And of course I thank everyone who commented and gave a kudos on my fics! I love you all so much! It's been a great year of writing! Thank you 😭
What’s something that you want to write in 2024?
I want to write all of the willow season 2 fic ideas. I am manifesting an announcement of the show coming back and I want to make sure I get all my thoughts out before that happens. I'm definitely excited about the possibility and would like to have trust in the writers, BUT I put off all my ted lasso ideas until season 3 and now they're all dead to me so gotta grab my joy while I can!
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I saw a poll about unposted fanfic word count… which is how I tallied up everything I have unposted on google docs (which only goes back to late 2018! this is not a complete list!!) and realized I have a 111,701 word backlog of unposted stuff 😭
frankly kind of insane but also encouraging because my older drafts were really bad lol. I tend to angst a lot about the productivity of fanfic and it being a waste of time vs focusing singularly on original stuff but the low pressure environment has definitely helped me improve as a writer
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vapemaster42069 · 1 year
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🤡 ⛔ 🦅
:D hello!!
🤡: i have a little unposted thing imma stick under a readmore below because i was hysterically giggling the entire thing i wrote it and idk if i'll ever post it lols. here: !!
⛔: oh my gosh, so many. i'm notorious for starting fics and never completing them because of one reason or another; usually i lose inspiration or get a new idea to hop on. most recently, i was planning a 20+ chapter fic that i had about a half planned and a third written that follows a scarian life series+hermitcraft timeline. mainly, i wanted to write the angst bc that's waht i enjoy lols. (ok so. respongin to this actually inspired me to finish a scene so i might end up posting at least one part somewhere lmao, can always rely on you for inspo :] ). uhh, another one was just a party during the hc/empires crossover, one was a jrwi riptide hamlet au, there was a thanatos backstory thing that was Very similiar to Kaladin from TWoK if you're into that, there was a southlands coffeeshop/pottery class thing, much ado twelfth night au because i thought the convolution was funny, and a lot of chatfic-style crack stuff that i live for but will Never see the light of day
🦅: depends on the fic! i have a doc where i scribble down ideas, quotes, or good sentences, so sometimes i'll go off that and ball with whatever strikes inspiration, but i do have a tendency to do specific au's where i know where it's going! (rip jrwi twelfth night au draft you will be missed. ao3 draft deletion hates me fr). kinda off-topic but i feel like i frequently have a starting point and an ending point, especially for longer works, and i have a really hard time filling in the in-between scenes! probably, i should outline more than i do lmao.
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"Joel, have you gotten shorter?"
"I- What? No!"
"No, I swear you look shorter." Grian paused and backed up, looking him up and down quizzically. He rubbed his chin to hide the quirk of a smug smile. "Scar, come look at Joel. Does he look any shorter to you?"
Scar, who had been slowly picking the leaves off of a plant, wheeled around. "Hey, yeah, he does, now that you mention it!"
"Scar!"
"Weren't you like 11 foot last time I saw you? You only look like 10'8 now," He leaned back in his chair, lifting a hand as well to scratch at his beard.
"Must have taken out the lifts in his shoes," Grian nodded sagely.
"Grian!"
"Little Timmy's rubbing off on you now, Joel--"
"I do not have lifts in my shoes!"
"--Every time you visit him, you get smaller."
"I do not-- I am not-- wait! I'm 11 foot, still!" 
"It's okay, Joel," Grian couldn't hide the amused lilt in his voice, "Us short kings have to stick together."
"Us-- HUH? I am not a short king!"
"What's this about short kings?" Sausage, ever with good timing, strolled around the corner and casually leaned on a fencepost next to Grian, propping an elbow on his shoulder. He leaned over and promptly toppled over with a yelp when the unsupported pole moved, before Grian hopped out of the way, grabbing him before he could smack his head on the ground. "I love sho-- waAAAH-- thank you, Grian--I love short kings. I am a short king! What do you have against short kings, Thunder Cheeks?"
"Hold on--"
"Nothing, Sausage! I'm just not one!"
"--Thunder Cheeks?" Grian squeaked.
"Oh, yeah, Joel's Thunder Cheeks, or Thunder Daddy! When his cheeks clap, thunder happens!"
"... I don't know how to respond to that,"
"Which cheeks?"
"Scar!"
"Whichever ones you want to,"
"Joel."
"That an offer?"
"Scar."
"Only if you want it to be,"
"Joel, I swear to god,"
Sausage giggled, his eyes alight. He had, evidently, already had his third cup of coffee today, based on his buzzy hands as he spoke. "You know what we gotta do, the four of us, is go to my tavern sometime! It could be like a double date, I'll show you a dance!"
"Like a-- no, Sausage, we aren't-- I mean, I haven't--" Grian could feel his face burning, "Scar, back me up here,"
"I'd love to go on a double date with you, Sausage! Would Joel and Grian be together, then?"
"Uhh. I mean, sure! Totally..." Sausage sideyed Grian, who looked away, desperately fanning his face to try to ease his blushing. It wasn't working very well, "So, you and I, and Grian and Joel! it's a date!"
"A double date! Oh my gosh, Grian, I'm so excited, we gotta get you out of that red sweater and into something snazzy?"
"I-- Scar, I look so snazzy in this sweater!"
"I mean," Scar wiggled his fingers at Grian, his eyes lighting up, "You're adorable with it on--" Grian squeaked. "--but not formal, like for a date! Come on, let's get dressed up all fancy!"
Sausage clapped his hands, bouncing on the balls of his feet. "Ooh, Scar, I might have this beautiful vest that might fit you, if you need one? The color would really pop on you."
"Oh, maybe! I could show you the shirt I had in mind, if you'd like!"
"I'd love to! Oh my goodness I'm so excited, maybe we could match shirts..." Sausage trailed off as he dragged Scar away by the hand, grinning, going a nerve-wracking speed down one of the hills surrounding Sanctuary, towards the nether portal.
"In about 5 seconds we're going to hear a crash, aren't we,"
"Most likely." Joel turned to Grian, a smug look on his face. "Anyways, Grian."
"Don't you dare."
Joel grinned, crouching down to his height. Grian scowled. It was a bit funny, as Joel was approximately 6 feet taller than Grian was, so he was fully doubled over in a squat to meet his eyes. "Got your eyes on someone, pretty bird?"
Grian covered his face, pressing the heels of his palms into his eyes. "Joel, I swear to god--"
"I won't tell him!” Grian looked up at him.
“Promise?”
“Promise. But I can’t guarantee I won't never blackmail you for it,”
Grian sighed. “I guess that’s all I can hope for,”
“Are you– is it that uncomfortable to go on a double-date with him there? Because, I mean, I could invite some other Empires members too if you think it’d help. Make it more like a server party than a date?”
“That–” Grian paused, looking extremely relieved, “I don’t want to ruin it for you and Sausage, but that would be a lifesaver, I think.”
“Then it’s done! We can probably drag Timmy in, and if he comes, Tango and Scott will come, which will get Oli, and Sausage can get Keralis, which means Jev will come, and I can probably get Lizzy, who will get Doc and Impulse, and– Well, we can figure out the specifics later, I’ll text Sausage.”
Grian sighed. "Well, what are you wearing?"
"Uhh. This?"
"You're wearing that to our date? Wow, Joel. I see how it is," Grian mock-pouted.
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Joel startled, playfully indignant.
"It's not bad, you just wear it every day!" Grian winked, "Let's get snazzy."
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ickmick · 5 months
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Inktober days 16-25
hi!! small scheduling thing I wanna say before we get into it!! if you just wanna see the art you can skip to under the cut!! where it says 'keep reading'!!
Im posting 10 (thats right, ten!) drawings today, and 5 tomorrow!! (hopefully!) that way, I can just post one final drawing on Halloween!! I didn't fully think this schedule out tbh... but thats okay! I think this'll work fine, Im just ensuring you all know :D
as for how I'll post after October... we'll have to see!! I *might* do novelember! but I also might instead of daily prompts combine them into one per week or generally do less, just because I can't write as fast as I draw! (glances at my finished but unposted scarian pt 2.... so maybe i can write fast but it takes a bit to be satisfied with it....) /silly
so I hope to see you again tomorrow and then on Halloween! enjoy!
(heres week one, week two, and week threes posts!)
I'll only list the prompts I used that day, but here's the key for acronyms n such;
wh = welcome home
hc = hermitcraft (I have 2!)
ink = official inktober
gore = goretober
(actual gore will be triggerwarned! so far none has any blood or violence!)
Day 16
ink: angel
life: yellow life
ehehehe... yes me drawing a scene from something I havent even posted LSVSJSVSK- but uh!! first time drawing ren!! yippee!!
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Day 17
life: time
gore: plant growth
ink: demon
yes me planning out a little 4 panel angsty thing because the life series has my heart... and then cleo and tango!! I want to draw cleo in full one of these days...
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Day 18
hc: meme
life: horse
the horse curse!! poor scar... not even a peaceful dinner pffft
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Day 19
wh: bakery
hc: action pose
last year I drew/painted scar and grian baking halloween cookies on my sketchbook, so this is sort of a homage to that! I never posted it because it never got finished... but it was a bit silly too!
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Day 20
wh: siblings
ink: frost
pearl and grian as siblings make my heart happy <3
also some subtle tango and grian shipping!! these are both silly drawings, but they were fun!!
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Day 21
hc: hermit w/ a mob
grian and the sniffer are having a little mimir... and jelly and scar are hanging out too :D
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Day 22
hc: star
life: wolf
I dont remember when/which life series this would refer to... but wolf pearl is cool!! (and of course we have miss ariana griande!!
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Day 23
life: ocean
ink: crystals
the second one is actually a slight reference to this GIG(G)S phasmo fic! go check it out, its great! its a chat fic, and it still has a really good plot and interactions! :D
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Day 24
life: canary
first time drawing jimmy!! the canary!! but also the sheriff!! I saw something on tumblr a while ago where hes literally like a little bjd (ball joint doll, I think!) and I think thats really cute! I fudged the proportions on that middle drawing, but thats okay lol
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Day 25
hc: fullbody / celestial (sort of!)
I love this one the most I think- at least from this batch! watcher grian has always been something I love even though I havent seen Evo... and it was fun to play around with wing placement! and the pose was fun :3
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my app crashed while I was drafting this so im sorry if anything seems stiff or rushed TwT
I had to rewrite it all! makes it feel like energetic I think... oh well...
anyways!! theres all of them for now!! I'll try to post 26-30 tomorrow... we'll see how many I actually post, but I will post tomorrow!! see you then!! 💜
heres week 5.1's post, and the last one (5.2) :D
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jrueships · 2 years
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any wip updates or are you busy?? :(
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OH GOD... ASKING ME ABOUT MY WIPS... YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE NEXT
i DO have SOME!!! updates.. So I actually finished and cleaned up some of the wipes I had (spida!donovan fic being one of them), but im also very stupid and self conscious so i thought it was stupid and it’s just sitting in my docs now unposted LMFAO… love my life.     
   I wrote some more on the jaylen x Donovan fic where jaylen and Donovan both saw each other depression brooding late at night at the store (i should’ve had Giannis surprise cameo there like.. cheerfully pushing a grocery cart around and going ‘wow!! Shopping late at night in the grocery store is so peaceful <3!’ While donovan And jaylen are in going through the nine gates of hell). Basically jaylen treats Donovan out to a hotel where they sad make out to help each other feel better and cuddle themselves to sleep. Haven’t written the ending yet but they basically both wake up and go ‘that was our cringe era. Never speak of this again’ and flake out the hotel let the two nonhomosexuals they’re trying to be. And the Dennis luka fic was going so well until I realized i’d have to write and or mention the word bootyhole/anus, so i gave up — naturally. Same roadblock that came up with the pg/kawhi redacted fic like… the [redacted] thoughts be so easy to have but then having to put them on paper really just serves as a sign telling you how mental you really are LMAO im hoping one day the power of horny will get me over that threshold but for now… roadblocks remain  
And then I started a few more wips that i ALSO won’t end up posting as fics because i am STOOPID and WEEK and they’re literally All rarepair fics… like. I think kyle/demar and pg/kawhi are some of the only like.. Bigger ships I’ve written for ?? Weird as hell!  But anyways,  here's some pics of a Fultz/fox draft.. it's kinda long and tumblr kept Buggin when I tried to send it so here's pics of the wip?? lmao?
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The other wip I had was a Keldon/Ant one! They’re both knights in the medieval ages serving their respective Households! Ill talk about it more later with another ask I have, but it ends with them having to kill each other in a final joust or whatever lol
Another one is a kris dunn x Rolo fic because im a cycle path and to make sure y’all know that fr fr, it’s a redacted fic lol,, also gonna talk about that more in ANOTHER ask ,,,
I have MORE but like,,, they’re,, odd. I may add onto this post to talk about them, but yeah.. basically they’re more rarepair fics that, even if finished, probably won’t see the light of day SO, YEAH! THIS IS THEM ! Sorry the text in the pics are so small.. idk it's kinda honophobic
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