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imgoingtocrash · 4 years

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thank u for your pity savannah joke’s on all of my followers I am absolutely going to answer them all because I’m bored

1. who is the hardest character for you to write?

At the moment it’s MJ--but I’m slowly overcoming that writing block and getting to know her better as I write her. Otherwise...I don’t know, I rarely write for characters if I don’t feel I have a decent angle on them.

2. who is the easiest character for you to write?

Deadpan Snarkers, lol. Tony, Kanan, sometimes Jyn...though I used to like writing for Felicity a lot too because she’s very cute-funny instead of snarky-funny and it was interesting to play with.

3. How do you know if your writing is “in character”?

This is tough, because I think a lot of the fun of fanfic is that we play with what “in character” means, but in my writing, I imagine it all very cinematically--could I imagine the character being played that way by their actor, could I make this scene happen in some alternate universe tv show and feel like it meshes with the real thing (or what I would prefer the canon character was like, in some cases)?

4. Where do your story ideas come from?

It depends. Sometimes it’s seeing something that already exists and taking inspiration (EX: an AU, a trope, an episode of TV, a movie) and other times it’s a very specific scene in my head. (EX: Tony finding Peter in the cabin in your energy has not died. I had to iron out the details of the story as a whole, but I saw Peter’s cabin and Tony’s approach very clearly.)

5. Do you tell the people in your life that you write fics?

I used to, but now I’m more careful about it. My parents have always supported it, but they didn’t really get it. Friends I’ve had since high school are either fandom friends who read it or friends who I showed my writing to at the time. My roommate in college wrote some, so we’d talk about it sometimes. I don’t talk about it at work because it doesn’t really come up, but I don’t think my boss or anyone would think it’s too weird bc we’re all creatives.

6. What has been the hardest fic for you to write?

Invulnerable is off and on hard, just because it’s a very “I HAVE AN IDEA...aaaand now I have to make it into a whole Thing” process that I have with it. this was is the story of our lives was pretty tough just because it’s futurefic, and I was determined to get my ages and dates and things right, and with Star Wars that can be a whooooole monster.

7. What fic of yours makes you the most emotional?

Chapters 5 and 6 of Invulnerable made my eyes water for sure. I haven’t been through anything like it, but the emotional, physical places that I put Tony and Peter in for those chapters were really raw. A Foreign Feeling is pretty high up there now, because it took MONTHS of work with Savannah, and it was fun and emotional and we both had writers block at times but WE DID THE DAMN THING and it feels really good and weird to have it done. Also, you got me hoping for a miracle, because it’s THE HUG WE DESERVED!!!

8. What is a scene you wrote that you are most proud of?

The Vanity Fair article in i fell for mantle photographs is a point of pride for me. I don’t know why, I just always wanted to do something like it, and it feels sleek and modern and super in-universe.

9. Is there one character that you refuse to write? why?

I don’t have any hard and fast rules or anything, but it’s unlikely I’ll ever write for villains. I know some people get a kick of exploring their POVs, but I rarely do.

10. When you write fics, how much of canon are you willing to ignore/skip over?

It seems like a cop-out to say it depends, but it does. In general I’m pretty flexible (most commonly, in who lives and dies), but there’s a point where it essentially becomes original fiction with character names slapped on it, you know? I like to be able to recognize the characters I’m reading about, even if it’s in an AU.

11. Do you prefer to be cold or hot when you write?

Cold. I like to bundle up and sit in my little writing blanket cocoon.

12. What is your ideal writing area?

I do just about everything on my laptop, in my bed. It’s made for staying comfy while writing for hours.

13. How do you come up with your titles?

I’m a fan of using details and quotes from the stories themselves. I also like using songs/quotes as a title that have relation/meaning to the story. I just want things to connect and have meaning.

14. How do you come up with chapter titles?

Honestly, I usually don’t use chapter titles much. When I do, it’s pretty basic.

15. At what point in writing a fic, do you decide to quit?

Well, passion is a big part of it. If I don’t want to write the fic anymore...I won’t. There are also some points where I just...know it’s not going anywhere. If I can’t come up with the next section, if I’ve been stuck on one place for months and purposefully am writing everything else BUT that fic...it’s time to let it go. If an impulse idea makes me want to pick it back up, it’s always there, but I have a lot of WIPs and I try to prioritize and keep it fun by doing whatever I feel like doing.

16. How much of your personal life do you put into fics?

Too much? Not enough?? Tbh I’m inspired by events/people from my life more than I directly reference specific things. Like, 287 Miles, i like (the idea of) you, and the Twenty-Something series weren’t my college experience, but there were a lot of things inspired by campus life, stressors I experienced, or ways I wish my college life had been.

17. What is the most supportive comment you have gotten?

Most recently, the user Laronia on AO3 literally commented on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY MARVEL FICS. ALL OF THEM. AND THEN LEFT A GIANT, AMAZING COMMENT ON A Foreign Feeling. I am so incredibly touched about it. No one has ever done that before. I felt like a fucking superstar all day.

18. What is the most negative comment you have gotten?

Someone left comments on a couple of my Star Wars Rebels fics that were literally just. Fact correcting me. The most UM, ACTUALLY, bullshit. ON CANON DIVERGENT FICS. Like, no other commentary about the fic. They took the effort to sign in and comment as a guest--not a member, a guest with a username--just to “correct me”. Why. Anyway, in retaliation, I then took the effort to put those comments in the I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS DUDE meme from It’s Always Sunny and sent it to a friend to make myself feel better.

19. How do you handle negative comments?

I really don’t get many, which has been a relief. I think a lot of us do extra research on things like canon timelines, medical jargon, etc. because we’ve experienced gatekeepers like the above commenter and it sucks. We’re terrified that with every fic we have to prove ourselves as “real fans” “worthy” of writing fic. I still do it, even though a part of me wants to be the kind of person that doesn’t spend an hour researching smoke inhalation treatments, what ages everyone was before the Blip, or what year x Star Wars battle happened. I just...try to be kind to my fellow writers and hope that karma comes back to me.

20. What story that you have written makes you the happiest to re-read?

The Cloak Verse is so soft, as a series. Everything in it is fluffy and whumpy and there just because I wanted it to exist. Also, everything I did for Pepperony Week 2019! I worked really hard on all of them, and every one came out really well imo. Again--they’re fics I wanted to read for them, so I made them. OH, and Honorary Stark. It’s EXCELLENT 5 Times fic in general, and I love when I get to do The OTP + The Parent&Child Relationship. (Plus, 3rd Person Perspective on The OTP!)

#i've come a long way as a writer tbh #over a decade of writing and almost a decade on Ao3 #my writing #asks #savvysass

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feeisamarshmallow · 4 years

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tuesday, wednesday, and saturday please!

thank you <3

tuesday: name a fic you have posted which you think is overrated?

I think I’ll go with The Nine Nine Cares. I still really like the fic, but it gets a disproportionately large number of hits compared to the rest of my fic (almost double the hits of my second most-viewed fic), and I definitely don’t think it’s my very best work.

I can’t figure out why it gets so many hits, whether people are searching specifically for episode tags to AC/DC, or this fic is recc’d somewhere, or maybe it comes up in a google search. It kinda drives me crazy not knowing, tbh. And it’s mostly guests who leave kudos, and while I still get lots of hits, I almost never get comments. That all makes me think it’s lots of users without archive accounts seeing it and...how??

Sorry for this huge ramble, I’ve been wondering this for a while now.

wednesday: name a fic which you have posted which you think is underrated?

All of my Veronica Mars fic never gets much attention (which is totally understandable because I write a lot of gen for secondary characters, so not a very popular subject). I’ll go with my least-kudosed fic, with a grand total of 4 kudos, Until They Stay Down, which is a look at Weevil and Felix’s friendship over the series. I took a chance on writing characters whose voices are very different from my own, and I’m still pretty proud of how it turned out.

saturday: what gets you excited whilst writing?

I love when I write a really good joke that makes me laugh. It gets me excited to share it, and hopefully make someone else laugh too. I was pretty proud of my Hamilton joke in But ending up... and my very favourite joke is the Seasons of Love scene in Right Beside You.

Ask me fic asks.

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kimtotes · 3 years

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🤣Sutter is doing the TikTok thing,he had a TikTok ffs🤣He posted an example of what he is asking for,a guy impersonating Jax,and he was like show me your talent🙃I 100% agree with you though,I don’t see many Soa fans as TikTok users,maybe I’m wrong,we’ll see,the whole thing is hysterical to me😂I actually came across Katey’s new show because Sutter posted it on Ig,it looks good,I think that anon meant that the whole concept of the trailer was how badass her character is😅I’m genuinely surprised so many people think Jax didn’t love Tara,I thought it was the other way around,that Tara was the bitch who never deserved his love😠Nooo,I have forgotten all about the Daddy line from Colette,I barely remember her tbh,🤮who says that shit,why Sutter??why??I don’t think he even wrote her to be likable or so people would want her with Jax,is a weird ship😬I haven’t contemplated Dayton could be the guest,but you are right,Theo have a great relationship with him and they love him,please I hope it’s Dayton🥰If it’s not Ryan some people are gonna be very dissapointed😈🤣

I can’t believe he had a TikTok, I have to look this up right now 🤣. He’s trying so hard to be cool, I can’t imagine he’ll get a lot of submissions either 😆. I’m gonna look up the trailer, I didn’t even know she was in a new show! Another badass character, at least she’s actually the main and Sutter’s not writing it this time! I’m sure Katey will kill it, I still love her and she is amazing 😎. Right?! They actually kinda flip flop with their relationship, it’s actually both 😑. She’s a stone cold bitch who doesn’t love him and he’s the guy who is just stringing her along to use her 🙄. Me too!! I think I may have mentally blocked that out 😆. Poor Kim Dickens had to deliver that line, it’s so cringy and unnecessary! I don’t think he did either! I really think he just wanted Kim to play a sexy character on the show, so he fit her in wherever he could! Can you imagine some of the snarky shit that Dayton will say?? I really hope it’s him too 🤣. Theo always talks about how he doesn’t give a shit, coups you imagine some of the comments he’d make about the writing or about Gemma?? People are defintiely gonna be upset if it’s not Ryan! I can also seek them being upset and rude if they get someone that was a very minor character, like a side character.

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