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avenueofesc · 3 years

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Fic Writer Interview

Tagged by: @softlystarstruck ❤️

Name: Em

Fandoms: Primarily HP, and Drarry (also enjoys Wolfstar, Pansmione and Ginsy [or whatever Ginny/Pansy are called] and Jeddy). I also like Spirk, Sterek, and Laurent. And will dabble in others occasionally.

Most popular multi-chapter fic: I only have one, so that would be Everything You Want (is Right in Front of You).

Actual worst part of writing: I have two. (1) I absolutely agree with @softlystarstruck: finding the time to write, in between all of my other obligations, is difficult. (2) Starting. I have found that once I start on a fic, I’m generally okay. But getting to that point…that’s hard. I may have an idea and outline ready to go, but writing is another problem all together.

Best part of writing: There are so many wonderful things! Beginning to write earlier this year has helped pull me from the depths of a depression that I honestly did not think I would come out of. Not only because it has given me an outlet to explore a creative side of me that I never thought was good enough, but also because I have met so many wonderful people through writing. Completing something, and knowing that oh my god I made this is such a surreal feeling. And obviously, we live in a world where the opinions of others does influence us, as much as we may wish it does not. Seeing how my writing affects others—what they feel from it, or if they see something in it that I did not—is truly amazing.

Do you outline: I don’t for my short fics. Anything written as a microfic/drabble/wheel of drarry challenge is generally not outlined. I write those based purely on a feeling or one specific idea. I did outline Everything You Want (is Right in Front of You). It wasn’t a hard outline, and I still randomly changed things as I wrote it, but I knew more or less what scenes that I wanted and needed to include. I am also working on an anon fest piece right now that is currently being outlined.

Fic ideas you probably won’t get to but wouldn’t it be nice: A lot of them lol. I have a list of fic ideas I would like to write. Some are just general ideas that I think would be nice but I’m not necessarily invested in. There are others that I think will be really difficult…but damnit, I want to do it. (One is the idea that gave me the push to start writing in the first place. So when I write that, it will mean a lot to me.)

Callouts @ me: Uhm…anything having to do with insecurity, I suppose? Or having an idea and not starting it.

Best writing traits: I have no fucking clue. I’ve been on a second person POV kick lately, so maybe that? And I have had some people comment that, in relation to those second person POV’s, the fics do a good job of pulling the reader in and making them feel what the narrator is experiencing. Which is very flattering…so I suppose that?

Spicy opinions: I probably have a lot of them, honestly… They aren’t super spicy. More mild, if anything. But if I have an opinion about something, I have a fucking opinion.

Tagging: @frenchmarshmalloww @orange-peony @fw00shy @the-sinking-ship @zoupia @wheezykat @rei382 @moonstruckwytch @phoebedelia @apr1cots @samyistrying @sweet-s0rr0w

#tag game #get to know me

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onbeinganangel · 3 years

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first line game

oh holy mother of god, i have never felt this popular before! thank you @teacup-tai @the-sinking-ship @skeptiquewrites @tackytigerfic @the-starryknight @ohdrarry @shealwaysreads and @orange-peony for tagging me on this, you bunch of lovelies!

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

so my last 20 stories would be... 18 kinkuary fics, a sad drabble and a threesome lmao, let's do this

1) heavy (drarry, 6.5k, E): Potter isn’t nearly as slick as he thinks he is, is all Draco can think about through the alcohol haze and the dizzying atmosphere of the club.

2) watch (pansy/ron/viktor, 1k, E): She tugs at the chain around her neck, making sure the matching keys are visible just under her collarbone.

3) sharp (george/angelina, ~500, E): The bite of the rope is just right.

4) yours (pansy/percy, ~900, E): By the time Percy licks a long path up from Pansy’s calf to her ankle, he realises with the most fierce certainty that this had been inevitable all along.

5) sweat (blairon, 1.4k, E): Ron isn’t good at asking for things.

6) reach (draco/james/teddy, 1.4k, E): Draco knows exactly what he’s doing.

7) clean (romione, 1k, E): There are a lot of things that live on the invisible line between magic and Muggle superstition.

8) shake (ginny/tonks, 1.1k, E): The finger lifting Ginny’s chin up is gentle, Tonks voice is soft.

9) beast (ronarry, 1.1k, E): Ron doesn’t know what he noticed first.

10) water (pansmione, 1k, E): “Granger, I don’t give a fuck."

11) concerned, worried, desperate (drarry, ~300, M): He’d always known it would end in some stupid way, much like this.

12) slide (bill/draco, 1.5k, E): Theo seemed to be of the opinion that now that he was dating a Gryffindor, all of the Slytherins needed to be subjected to endless pub nights, garden parties, chaotic Sunday Quidditch matches and boozy dinners.

13) start (blaise/ginny, fred/lee, 1.3k, E): Taming a Weasley is no small feat.

14) honey (parlavender, 2.3k, E): Parvati isn’t quite used to the Matron robes yet.

15) night (deamus, 1k, E): Dean is hard as a rock by the time Seamus finishes speaking, cheeks burning, hands worrying the hem of his jumper, stumbling a little over his words.

16) storm (wolfstar, 2.7k, E): Sirius doesn’t know why he suggests it, but he’s drunk and the day has been happier than most days are recently.

17) faith (draco/james, 1.3k, E): “You want me to do what!?”

18) chase (jegulus, 1k, E): He’s across the room from James, leant against the table in the little backroom of the Apothecary.

19) Misfortune's Bitter Storms (bill/fleur/tonks, 5.6k, E): Being the eldest of seven siblings gives you an advantage a lot of people don’t have.

20) still (perciver, 1.3k, E): “A sore arse on a broomstick could be the difference between a victory and a defeat” was the first lesson Oliver Wood had learnt as a professional Quidditch player.

Oh. I love this. If you'd asked me to predict any patterns before I actually looked at these properly, I would have guessed the complete opposite. I now wonder what the difference would be if I looked at other fics I wrote before kinkuary (might analyse that later), but anyway. It seems we're most looking at short and punchy? Very rarely dialogue (2 out of 20?), and mostly just intriguing curiosity grabbing setting-the-scene wee sentences. We open straight into action in a lot of these too, which I wouldn't have said it's a me thing. Truly a mixed bag here. Really interesting. Maybe I should start looking at my own writing more often lol.

Has everyone in the world done this? I shall tag some of the microfic gang because I just realised I went straight to ao3 for this and didn't look at my own microfics like an idiot! @dynazty @dracothecupcake @floydig @amortentiaboys @hullaballoonsie @peachpety and @graymatters do this if you fancy <3

#tag game #m writes

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owlswithfins · 3 years

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hiya gorgeous, anyways like i looove drarry but cant stand pansmione cuz imma sucker for romione is something wrong with me?!

hi there! 💖 i don’t actively ship pansmione (despite liking the fics i’ve written about them in the past) so it would be quite hypocritical of me to judge you for that. but more importantly:

there is never anything wrong with you for not liking a ship!!!

i know sometimes in the fandom it can seem like everyone ships a certain pairing and you’re the odd one out for not following suit (oh bOY do i feel that!), but there are plenty of reasons to ship or not to ship, and i guarantee if you look hard enough, you’ll find a community who feels similarly.

some fans only ever read or write their otp while others multiship the hell out of their media of choice. some fans like pairings that have a lot of potential in canon (or get together in canon) and others like throwing together characters who barely interact in the source material to see what happens. with pansy and several other fan favorites, it’s often not about canon at all but rather the fanon representation of them. all of this is fine!!!

when it comes down to it, shipping is about personal preference. the only way you can really do it “wrong” is if you harass fans who disagree with you or post hate in the general tags.

there are several popular hp pairings i don’t actively ship, but i’ve found lots of other fans who make and consume the kinds of content i like, and i filter tags/unfollow as necessary to avoid the content i don’t. imo, having a few lovely mutuals + a healthy amount of tag filtering is what really makes the tumblr fandom experience a positive one

tldr; there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you! ship whatever makes you happy and be respectful to other fans and you’re golden ✨

#thanks for the ask <3 #sheesh this ended up being longer than i expected #the owlery #fandom #anti pansmione #(not really but just in case)#yay asks!

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fleetofshippyships-archive · 5 years

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Fanfic Author Meme

Tagged by @diligent-thunder and @rockmarina =)

Okay, so I’m me, and I talked way too much, so I’m putting this under a cut to save your dashes. You’re welcome 😘

Please do not reblog this post.

Author Name:

Fleetofshippyships + Knowyourincantations + Legendaryroar

Fandoms You Write For:

(in order of decreasing # of fics) Harry Potter, Voltron, Merlin, Yuri on Ice, Star Trek, Star Wars and then a few one-offs that aren’t really worth mentioning.

Where You Post:

AO3 primarily, Tumblr, trying to post more on Pillowfort, I also post on a couple of sites for knowyourincantations

Most Popular Multi-Chapter Story:

RestraintNone of my old multi-chapter fics are available to read at this time and I don’t really write multi-chapter fics anymore.

If oneshot/drabble collections or two-shots count, then:

Fleetofshippyships: Vanilla and Sweet Spices (Drarry, Explicit, 2 chapters, 20k)

and this really doesn’t count, but technically it has multiple ‘chapters’ soooooooooo

Legendaryroar: Kinktober 2018 (Multiple ships (Voltron), Explicit (duh), 31 ‘chapters’, 26k)

Favourite Story You Wrote:

I don’t think I ever have a static favourite, I’ve just written too many things, I too quickly move on to the next (and frequently forget some of my own fics exist XD), but recently I re-read In Pursuit of Red Wine (Dreville, Teen, 29k) and really enjoyed that again, and I am really attached to it cos it was my first longish rarepair fic, kind of proving to myself that I can write longer rarepair stuff.

I also recently re-read Unburdened (Merthur (BBC Merlin), Explicit, 2k) and really enjoyed that too, had a total disconnect from having written it since it’s been so long, so I was able to read it without self-judging, and oh boy that was nice.

I’m also quite proud of Healing What’s Left (Parkgrass, Teen, 2k) for some reason, I dunno, maybe the dark political backdrop of the fic, or maybe just cos it’s the first time I’ve written Daphne as the main character and I’m happy with the result and now have some headcanons about her rather than her being an unknown blank character to me.

I also binge read a lot of my Voltron stuff recently and had big feels over that so....I also specifically enjoyed re-reading The Perks of Skincare (Klance (Voltron), Explicit, 3k) again cos I dunno, I like how I wrote Lance XD and also the Sheith fic I linked earlier is a fav for sure. Shiro/Rest is the ultimate OTP.

It really depends how soon after I write something or when I go back to re-read it as to what my fav is at any given time (or people commenting on it and hyping me up for it again).

Story You Were Nervous to Post:

Everything. But most recently I was terrified out of my mind before posting:

Friday Night by the Fire (Harry/Neville, Teen, 583 words) because I have a lot of fears about screwing up trying to write ace characters and somehow not even making that a focal point of the drabble made it even more terrifying, No More Waiting (TianShan (19 Days), Teen, 2k) because it was a new fandom to write in, Harry Potter and the Maudlin Merman series (Drarry, Teen+ Mature, 3k +6k) due to my feelings of inadequacy because it would be better as long fic but I struggle too much with writing these days to write long fics and can only manage short things. I’d rather write this as a long fic, but then I’d never finish it so connected oneshots are the best I can do right now, but I still feel it’s not good enough and have a meltdown whenever I post one. And speaking of which, I’ve been sitting on the next one for months and should probably just fucking post it already.

Actually, most recently: Minding One’s Limits (Cho/Ginny, G rated, 1.5k), because I gave Cho a disability modeled off my fibromyalgia and wrote a scenario similar to something I’d dealt with myself, it was incredibly uncomfortable to write in the first place, and then terrifying to post, even though it’s so short. But in the end I’m proud I finally wrote about it a bit? I dunno, might take me a while to work up the nerve again though XD (also was my first time writing that ship, so there was a lot of nervousness over that too)

Oh, and I was a super ball of anxiety posting Kinktober 2018 (Multiple ships, Explicit, 31 ‘chapters’, 26k) because for almost all of those it was the first time I was writing those kinks (and some were kind of squicks for me but I wanted to see if I could write them anyway cos I’m dumb like that) and in a lot of cases those ships were completely new for me to write too, in addition to trying to write and post 1 a day, so...yeah. Also that was my first time writing tentacle and human/werewolf smut so...yeah. I was an absolute mess that month and not in a fun way. But I’m still really glad I did it, it was fun =D

In summary, I’m always an anxious mess posting anything, but most especially if it’s something I’ve not written before or is personal to me XD

How Do You Choose Your Titles:

Most of the time I’m staring down the empty title field in AO3 cursing like a fucking sailor when I choose titles XD Sometimes it’s a line/theme/feeling from the fic. Sometimes it’s totally random and just comes to me. Sometimes I just grasp the first thing that I can no matter how stupid it sounds cos it’s been three days and I still don’t have a title and I’m over it and ready to post before I lose my nerve.

And tbh, it’s only getting harder to think of titles as my number of fics increases, and I’ve now started thinking of the perfect titles only to realise I already have a published fic by that title so....TITLES CAN DIE A FIERY DEATH

Sometimes, not so much anymore, it would turn out that I would give a wip doc a name just so I’d know what it was, sometimes as a joke with whoever was reading it and cheerleading while I wrote it, and then I would refer to it by that and think of it as that so much that when it came time to actually give the fic a title, it was too late and I could not think past that stupid file name, and that’s how Potter’s Insatiable Cock happened, and how I very nearly called a Merthur fic Arthur’s Wanking Tower (saved that one at the last moment thank god cos the tone of that fic is actually really serious and emotional and wtf was I even thinking with that file name and actually I linked to that fic above XD it ended up being called Unburdened).

Potter’s Insatiable Cock slipped through cos it’s actually relevant to the fic content and I could live with it.

But needless to say, I don’t give my wip docs joke names anymore XD

Do You Outline:

Only if I never want to actually write the idea...once I outline, it’s over. I can’t write to a detailed plan. It stifles me. I’ll always get stuck having to try and think ahead to the plan, and then I lose the flow and nothing works because I’m a pantser/intuitive/instinctive writer not a planner. Sometimes I jot down ideas but in like, the vaguest of ways, usually more focused on emotional development than actual scenes or events or anything because then I won’t be able to write it (and I rarely stick to those vague ideas anyway).

I can really only write when I’m staring down a blank doc with no idea where it’s going and discover it as I go (which is why writing is so fun for me). I can only finish a fic if I don’t think too hard about what’s going to happen next and just let it happen as I write.

This of course means that editing is a fucking bitch when I finish anything, beginnings often get totally re-written, but if I plan, it just doesn't happen at all, so I’ll take the extra editing if it means I manage to write something.

I do have a lot of detailed plotty fic idea outlines...and I mourn them cos I’m never going to write them now, but they’re so goooooooooood XD

Complete:

Online (across all 3 accounts): 381 (incl. my hidden drarry fics as they are technically online just hidden, not incl. individual oneshots/drabbles in collection ‘fics’, of which there are ridiculously many). Offline: 20 (I have the worst habit of just sitting on completed fics and I really need to stop)

In-Progress:

Too many to name, last time I counted it was ~60 but that wasn’t even including my vld wips so...I don’t actually know. I hoard wips and just switch up what I work on all the time depending on mood/interest levels/effort required.

Current main focuses are a 50k+ plotty Drarry (*fingerscrossed* cos this is my first time seriously attempting something long (will probably reach 80k at least) in a very long time and I put it down for a few months and thought that was it but then I picked it up again recently, yay!), and re-writing some hidden fics I can’t put them back up in the quality they’re in, I just can’t guys, they’re awful.

I’ve been thinking a lot about working on the longish 8th year Pansmione fic I started for the wlw big bang before I had to pull out of cos stupid life stuff. I might pick that up again for a bit too, couldn’t be more different from the Drarry one so it’d make a nice focus break =)

Coming Soon/Not Yet Started:

I don’t even plan fics I’m writing, I sure don’t plan ahead to stuff I haven’t even started XD The only think I can think of for this category would be me re-writing my hidden long Drarry fics.

Oh, and there will be a Merthur oneshot coming (hopefully) soon, because @april-thelightfury115 won my custom fic giveaway with a merthur idea. Just waiting for my brain to cooperate so I can start that and not suck XD but I’m so fucking excited to write some Merthur again, you have no idea.

Oh, and lots more Sapphic September drabbles coming too, I’m way behind and only just posted day 11 cos this month is literal hell for me, but I am still planning on finishing the prompt list, no matter how long it takes, but no plan for those, not even which ships, I just sit down with the next prompt and a blank doc and see what happens.

Do You Accept Prompts:

Yes, I love writing to prompts, I’m take them via google form here, but I’m in such a bad space with my health I’ve been really struggling with writing lately, managed to do a bit of editing (fuck knows how), but writing new stuff is so hard, so there’s a long wait while I wait for my fibro fog to ease off to the point I can write new stuff with more regularity (and less stupid errors I have to edit out later).

Upcoming Story You Are Most Excited to Write:

Again, I so don’t plan. But I really want to be making more progress on the long plotty drarry wip I’m trying to write. I’m still not sure I’ll have the guts to post it even if I do finish it, given its subject matter (it would make a great careers or consent fest fic tbh), but damn I’m really excited by it. Not sure I can maintain it being plotty and not revert to focusing on the relationship (which is easier for me), but I can only try and see what happens. (trying to write a non-relationship plot without planning is a nightmare but I don’t have a choice if I want to write it at all XD)

I’m also now excited for my longish pansmione wip too actually, just because it’s already longer than my Dreville long-ish fic and it’s exciting and scary to do longer rarepair stuff. I’m way out of my comfort zone with the fic itself, but I dunno, I re-read some recently and fell in love with it all over again, like, flustered lesbian-awakening, disaster for Pansy (but sure she still hates her) Hermione? YES PLEASE! and also, I am guilty of not writing female characters as much as I should because, well, canonically, they don’t have much depth and I’m very meh about them, but in this there’s a huge focus on them because they’re all determined to band together for 8th year and Hermione is making friends with them (Parvati is like, dragging her along all the time XD) where she once dismissed them so it’s scary but exciting =D I’m getting more practice with all the sapphic I do over on knowyourincantations, so I feel more confident working on this wip now =D

I’m also kind of excited about re-writing my old long fics, because they’re all 3 years old now, and my writing tastes (and skill, yikes) have totally changed, so it’s like I’m writing the story again but how I would write it now while maintaining the overall same plot, so it’s really interesting, like discovering the story all over again. Like in one (Making Malfoy Blush) I’ve gone as far as introducing a new side character to replace another’s parts because I no longer feel those parts are in character for them. It’s super terrifying, but it’s fun at the same time =) it’ll take me forever to do these though, so I dunno about ‘upcoming’ really, I only chip away every now and then when I’m unable to write new stuff but am still coherent enough to do something.

Eh, it is what it is, I can’t write like I used to, hence me being inactive more than active these days, but I’m trying to work within my new limitations instead of getting frustrated with them and just giving up entirely =)

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Now, who to tag....I think anyone I would tag has already done it, and if not..I blame the fog if I’m forgetting someone obvious, if you wanna do it just say I tagged you so I can be nosy and take a look =)

Again, please do not reblog this post

#*#tag meme #tag game #about me #hope i don't regret linking to my other ao3 accounts #but i'm at the point if I get more bullshit like before i'll just abandon fandom entirely rather than shift to one of my other accounts #they served that purpose well when I needed it but the reasons for having to do it are not a problem anymore #so i'm tentatively linking to them for anyone who wants to read my other works #and hoping no one is mean about it #and please don't reblog this post in case I have to delete it to cut the link

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