#we have hit 10k 👍

[milkovski]

MICKEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 😭😭😭😭🤕🤕🤕🤕💗💗💗💗😭😭😭💕💕💕💕

#another intelligent thoughtful insightful post from Me #i did in fact just write like 600 words of sad mickey so im thinking about him and wailing and throwing myself against the walls about him #and whatnot #this 'write without thinking and not caring that each sentence is a masterpiece' shit straight up works #we have hit 10k 👍 #i think this is actually the longest thing ive ever written now #for school i never had to write a .. thesis (???) idk what that is and i know people (?) have to write one to get their degree ...? #i didnt have to do that ...? #i also have never written a research paper despite doing research lol #for work i have to write documents but i doubt that any one of them is over 10k by itself #wait jk i just checked my ff dot net account and i have a wip from 2010 thats 19k #wow 2010 me how the fuck #this is a feat im no longer capable of #10 chapters #just looked at the first chapter and am kind of shocked that i didnt understand commas #its quite terrible #2010 me you little idiot (fond) #me clicking post with my overly bejeweled manicured hand a la that g/wen s/tefani (...?) gif #edit i searched it up its c/hristina a/guilera

[thekuraning]

Waaah, could I please have 8, 24, 25, 33 and 38 for the writing ask? 😍

XHAJHSDGHA thats SO MANY 😭 (ty friend!!)

I dont know when to shut up so im puttinf them under a readmore

8. How slow is a slow burn?

I am so bad as accurately pacing a fic so this is something that. Is hard to say. But I think there's no hard limit to how short or long a slow burn actually is. What makes something a slow burn is a combination of 2 criteria: a) the length of time the story takes place over, and b) how long it takes for the reader to get from plot point to plot point. If you consider something like Romeo & Juliet, it takes place in-universe over the course of like a couple days, and you are constantly moving from story beat to story beat since the work is meant to be enjoyed in one presentation. It's complex and moving, but I think we all can agree it's not a slow-burn, more of a sudden explosion lol. Some people may think that sitting around 20k words it's not a short work, and for a play it's average (about 2 hours) but it's only 1/5 the length of a standard novel! (100k)

But if we imagine Romeo & Juliet taking place over say 4 months, and each 5000 words is a moment where he's come to Juliet's window one night each month, and nothing else about the story is different, the entire tone changes to something longer and drawn-out. In fact, I think it's probably possible for a skilled author to write a convincing long burn in 10k words or less if the internal and external pacing of the story is right. I also think it's probably possible to write a slow-burn that takes place within one universe day, but I think the pacing for that would require more words.

In reality, slow burn just needs to feel long, even if it isn't actually long.

24. Thoughts on flashbacks/flash forwards.

GO. FUCKING. WILD. Make time your bitch. Laugh at the linear progression of cause and effect. Storytelling is this weird abstraction where all of time exists at once and won't ever exist again. A well-placed flashback or flash forward will enhance the story by revealing hidden motive, establishing dramatic irony, or building anticipation. Be fucky with time. It's already fake and gay—with your help, we can make it faker and gayer! 🫵

Naturally, like any trope or tool, there's always a time and place when a flashback or flashforward is most effective, and sometimes it won't be. But as long as it doesn't feel pointless, as long as it feels like it's a scene we need, they're great to use! I started really playing with time and flashes in Maelstrom fic because of the villain, and it's the funnest thing even in relatively minor jumps of minutes or hours. DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE FLASH JUMPS THEY ARE GOOD AND FUN!!! 👍👍👍

25. Is writing the whole thing beforehand better or worse than writing it as you go?

I wish I was the kind of person who could write the whoke thing beforehand, because I think that + careful editing really is the best way to create a cohesive, well-balanced narrative but right now i just... dont work like that lol. I feel like i have to be extra diligent in keeping track ofnplot threads and potential holes and such. But on the other hand I think I prefer it this way because I get a lot of good feedback on what's working via comments! Especially in long running fics like Maelstrom or Zubat Fangs I refer to comments a lot when trying to decide how hard to hit certain plot points. I'm always open to (polite) constructive criticism on my fics bc of that!

33. Give your writing a compliment.

I think my writing brings people joy :) in all sorts of ways! My silly writing, my angsty writing, my gorey writing.... it all makes someone's day a little better at some point, and I take a lot of pride in that. I can also look back over the years and see how much my skills have improved since I uploaded my first fanfiction decades ago, which I think I still have on a floppy somewhere lol.

I've gotten so confident that I'm starting to more and more seriously consider working on my original fiction and well 😬 I'd like to publish something professionally. Even if I only self-pubklish an e-book or smth. I think I'm about there!!!

38. "This never happened" fix-it fics or "this happened but" fix-it-fics.

Definitely "this happened but" fix-its. I got my start in pokemon fics naturally and one thing you never see the end of are "Ash is a better trainer and never got pikachu" fix-its which. I mean. Eh. Sure. There's nothing wrong with that per say but like. To me it's the same as writing a coffee shop AU. You're telling a different story conpletely. And of course there's degrees, because sometimes the change is smaller and what that means is the story is basically the same. Idk. There's nothing wrong with that but it doesn't make me excited. "Yes BUT" feels like its adding onto something, not just altering it. 🤔

Thanks again friend!! This was fun!! 🥺

#kurasays #ask game #isleofair

[stackthedeck]

Hi you asked for fanfic writing prompts on tiktok and idk if you want anymore (and i also know you haven't posted anuthing with this ship) but! You're the person who got me into Johnny Storm/Peter Parker (This is a great ship and also how dare you get me into another rarepair) so I'm just gonna drop all the ideas ive got that i refuse to write bc I've got to many projects and u can go wild or change stuff idc obviously have fun

Okay this is less of a prompt and more of just an au but i, personally, think that photo journalism Peter Parker should get more importance to the Plots so like. Idk Meet Cute where Peters trying to scope out a villain or smth and Johnny swoops in to save Civillian Peter Parker, ensue identity shenanigans and general vibes

If u want angst ! We got the Negative Zone bb. There's a lot about it already but my au creating self went "hm what if peter and johnny both went in and Trauma BondedTM" so 👍 do i know if this works logistically no i refuse to read the comics about the Negative Zone

Lastly i think this pair is missing some key tropes on its page, such as: Timeloops, aus where they get hit by some type of Power which causes shenanigans, aus in general man idk what it is they're just never leaving the comic universe (Gods Aus? Absolute Classic. Past Lives? Aus where the characters are so far detatched from the source material that theyre basically different people? Cafe worker/regular? Flower shop and tattoo artist? Bro. Drag racer (cars not queens) and mechanic/pit crew/whatever other jobs. Johnny likes cars why dont we have these! !!!)

Anyways in conclusion i wish u luck on your quest for fic prompts and thank u for listening to this ramble 👍 im going to go read the singular time loop fic i found while writing this lol.

Has this been sitting in my ask box for like a month? Yes. Are these prompts so excellent that I just had to write a long fic for it? Yes!! I also refuse to read the negative zone comics because they make me so sad, it's called self-care

I might come back for the rest of these another time, but I just love identity shenanigans so have this 10k spideytorch fic!

Title: one little slip

summary:

Spider-Man is the hero, Peter Parker is the photographer. Their lives don't intersect except for the byline on the Daily Bugle. Until suddenly Spider-Man's best friend Johnny Storm takes an interest in the only photographer that can get a picture of his favorite hero.

Professional hero and shining star of New York City, Johnny Storm could never be interested in plain old Peter. And Spider-Man could never see him as more than just a friend.

tags: Fluff, Pining, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Identity Reveal, Identity Porn, Getting Together, Meet-Cute, Photographer Peter Parker, don't ask me where this is in canon, Peter Parker is a Damsel in Distress, THAT'S A TAG?!, Peter Parker is a Mess

#asks #these are amazing prompts anon thank you for this #my fanfic #spideytorch #johnny storm #peter parker #spiderman #marvel #fanfic