#writer games

[stardustndreamsofsilver]

Fic Writer Asks

Thought it would be fun to make one of these myself

🫓 What is your most popular fic?

🥘 What category do most of your fics fall under?

🍲 When did you start writing and why?

🍱 Do you read your own fics?

🍛 Have any comments, tags or reactions to one of your fics every made you laugh or cry or both?

🍜 Do you ever feel pressured to write?

🍠 How long does it take you to write one of your fics or a chapter/part?

🍢 Have you ever gotten hate on a fic?

🍣 What helps you focus or get in the mood to write?

🍥 What's your favorite fic you've written?

🥮 Do you have any writing milestones you're working toward?

🍡 Which of your fics was the most emotionally difficult to write?

🍘 Is there a fic or idea for a fic that you've abandoned?

🍙 Is there a fic you wish had gotten more attention?

🍚 What genre do you have the toughest time writing?

#writer asks #writer games #writer questions #questions for writers #ask game #ask games #ask tag #writer ask game #asks #send asks #ask away! #writers on tumblr #fan fic writer asks #fic writer tag game #fic writer asks #tag game #ask the author

[chaos-and-ink]

Writer's Ask Game Questions:

I wanted to do a writer's ask game but I couldn't find any new ones so I'm making my own! Feel free to reblog and use :D And feel free to send me as many of these as you'd like, please, I love getting these so much, they really do make my day so much better.

🎨 What inspires your fanfiction?

🚗 What vehicles do your characters drive or use for transportation?

🏷️ Do you have specific tags/themes you like to write about?

😃 What are some headcanons you have for a character in your fic?

💭 What's something you haven't written about that you'd like to write about?

⛔️ How do you handle writer's block or any kind of creative block when they come up?

🤝 Have you ever collaborated on a fic? Would you like to?

👀 Is there a fic you wish got more attention than it did?

✂️ Share a snippet of a WIP

🎯 What are your characters's goals?

🚦 Why/when did you start writing fanfiction? Why did you start posting?

💽 What kinda music do your characters listen to?

🏫 What have you learned about while writing your fics? (either about writing, the themes, the community, etc)

🚧 Are there any plot holes in your fics that you're sweeping under the rug or tried to fix?

💌 Which of your fics mean the most to you and why?

🤪 What's a fun fact about one of your fics?

🏆 If you won an award at an awards show for your fanfic, what would your speech be? Who would you thank? What would you say? What award would you win?

💡 Are there other fics or writers that are inspirational or influential to you?

💬 Do you prefer dialogue or description?

👕 What kinda clothes do the characters wear?

🐶 If turned into an animal that reflected themselves, what animal would your characters turn into?

⚽️ What hobbies do your characters have?

🏙️ Where does your story take place? Are any of the settings inspired by real places?

🔑 What's a secret about your story/a secret a character has?

📅 What are some important dates that relate to the fic?

⎯ Do you have a timeline for you story? What does it look like?

#writers ask game #ask box #writer games #writers game #ask game #ask games #writing #fanfic writing #fanfic writer #fanfic authors #ao3 writer #ao3 author #writers on tumblr

[geralts-yenn]

Your Majesty

VampireKing!August x reader

warnings: dom/sub dynamics, bondage, oral (male receiving), dacryphilia, vampire bite

word count: 520

A/N: @peyton-warren and @amournoir tagged me for this fun little thing and this is what I came up with in those 15 minutes...

You were shivering uncontrollably. Or at least uncontrollably for you. The ropes that were wrapped around your arms and legs kept you from shaking more. Your knees rubbed over the raw concrete floor.

The sound of footsteps echoing on the walls told you he was coming back. Your heart reacted to it by increasing the rhythm of its already racing beat. Your pussy reacted differently. A moan escaped your lips as your walls clenched around nothing in anticipation. 

He stepped into the dimmed light of the room. You knew you should have sank your head to the floor but you just had to look at him. His strong thighs were right before you, you followed them up to see his wide chest heave. And then there was the face you dreaded and loved. August glared down to you. A muscle on his jaw flexed, making his mustache twitch and you couldn't help but think how it would feel between your legs. His red eyes were gleaming. 

"Your Majesty!" you finally addressed him which he countered with a crooked smile.

"I almost thought I would have to bend you over my lap and teach you manners before we had even started." He grabbed your chin with his slender fingers and made you look up to him again. "Be a good girl and open your mouth for your king." 

As if your mouth wouldn't have fallen open anyway when he unzipped his slacks and took out his throbbing cock. Your tongue darted out to tease his tip and to spread your saliva over him. You'd need every bit of it to be able to take him all the way down your throat.

August was impatient. You gave your best to work on his dick, with every dip of your head you took him deeper. But it wasn't enough for August. His hands wrapped around the sides of your head and he thrust into your mouth, his cock kissing the back of your throat.

You tried to suppress your reflexes as tears were running down your cheeks now. August's thumbs were rubbing over them and when your gaze fell on his face you realized what it did to him. 

He was so close to losing control. 

Your head shot forward, your nose pressing against his skin left you without air. But his cock was filling your whole throat anyway. More tears fell from your eyes and as August brushed them from your face he filled your mouth with the thick, hot ropes of his climax.

He was circling around your body and pressed you forward to go down on all fours. Squatting down next to you, his fingers ran up your thighs, over the small knots of rope that August had tied around your flesh so skillfully. "Good girl! Now let me take a little bite and then we are trying to find a solution for this." He had reached your dripping pussy and to emphasize his words he slapped it. You opened your legs for him and he sank his head. With a snarl he sank his fangs into the soft skin.

#vampire!august #my writing #writer games #believe in me

[autisticlancemcclain]

thank u @zenstrike for the tag <333333333 i see ur mic and i'm elated about it

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

185! but i haven't updated in like a week and a half so we're probably closer to 190

2. what’s your total ao3 word count?

556,104. i am very excited to watch it jump up when i finally finish my longfic teehee

3. what fandoms do you write for?

literally just voltron lol. well not counting baby me's wattpad lol. i started writing almost two years ago and just went ham basically. i've been intentionally avoiding things that i know i will get hyperfixated on bc i don't want to stop my writing obsession lol

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

ooooou i'm excited to check. i know it's changed quite a bit over time. i usually sort them by hits!

i will grind you to sand (beneath my louboutin heels) [voltron, 2573 words]: bamf lance fic where i give him a revolver and let him go ham basically

mr. snuggles [voltron, 1656 words]: one of my very earliest fics! lance, lover of weirdo animals, finds a demonic cat-sized spider and adopts it despite his friend's freakouts

he might not look like he gets bitches (but honey that dick was eleven inches) [voltron, 1136 words]: this one is so dorky lol but it's just secret relationship klance coming to light in the most embarrassing possible way

does anyone know where the love of god goes (when the waves turn the minutes to hours) [voltron, 4283]: a canon divergence au where lance is a seer and convinces the skeptics on his team of his abilities by ending the war

this is the part of me that you're never gonna ever get away) [voltron, 3262 words]: a lance & shiro hurt/comfort with a small autistic lance character study! i'm very proud of this one

5. do you respond to comments?

i definitely do on tumblr! it's one of the first things i do when i wake up actually. on ao3, though...i'm pretty sure i have about eight hundred unanswered comments sitting in my inbox 💀 it's an ongoing issue

6. what’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

i'm almost sure it's this post-game show lance leaving fic, because i got comments and asks for weeks begging me to write a happy ending lol. but this fic from the hana universe, from when keith is little and shiro is fighting for custody and they haven't figured things out yet. that one is sad. this dream pov adashi fic is also sad and has no happy ending bc, you know. shiro is in space and adam thinks he's dead and everything. my loneliest series is also still in progress and as such there is no happy ending. and this is my earliest angsty-ending fic with MCD

7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

oh god pretty much everything i write has a happy ending?? if i’m being serious?? frankly i don’t do a lot of linear plot. i just write Scenes that are vaguely connected. BUT my h2o fic had a plot that ended happily, as did my cowboy fic, but truly i’m more of a slice of life kinda gal. all my active wips are plot-driven, though, and i plan for all of them to end happily.

8. do you get hate on fics?

oh god yeah. i get it on brown eyed lance, autistic lance, adhd keith, allura just in general (are you sensing a pattern), my refusal to use readmores, and lately just some demands for me to write differently/more?? most of it is just funny so i post it to goof on it lol, but some of it i just delete and pout about until i forget about it 💀

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

yes and it’s nasty and i will literally never ever post it. although i guess i’ve written some softer stuff that’s more allusion than anything, like in my loneliest series.

10. do you write crossovers? what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

not anymore, but i did when i was a kid?? i think i wrote a pjo/hoo/divergent/the mortal instruments/homestuck/a bunch of other shit fic when i was 13. i’ve successfully blocked that era out of my mind tho so i’m not sure. i do a lot of insane aus, tho. i wrote a fic based off a country song written in the sixties. so.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

i’ve had people write continuations of my wips?? which i didn’t rly like. i just ignored it.

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

someone has asked me about translating a fic before! haven’t heard anything since tho.

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

i have tried. i’m not very good at it. i have very Specific ideas about things and can be very controlling, so it’s honestly better that i don’t lol.

14. what’s your all-time favorite ship?

klance, easy. been in the trenches of this goddamn fandom since i was 13 years of age. it’s been a Journey.

15. what’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

god, the butterfly effect. i get people asking me to update all the time and i genuinely feel bad, because i have absolutely no ideas or plans for it. i might try to come up with an ending of some kind?? but i wrote that like two years ago, so i have changed a LOT about my writing since then.

16. what are your writing strengths?

dialogue and humour, i think. and sometimes writing lack of emotional communication (if that makes sense — i like to try and write around an emotion).

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

i over explain a lot. and i overuse dialog ur tags sometimes. i have a Very Specific scene playing out in my head and i want everyone else to see it like i’m seeing it, which is my downfall a lot. i’ve been trying to work on implicit stage directions.

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

i think sometimes it’s necessary? it can be a good tool for humour, like with cussing that can’t be achieved in english. but while i understand and read several languages i have always always struggled to speak or write in them. it’s very frustrating so i often avoid the subject entirely lol.

19. first fandom you wrote for?

i’ve been writing fanfic in my head since before i knew what it was, but i started typing things at around 11 when i used to homestuck roleplay with my friends lol. messy messy times.

20. favorite fic you’ve ever written?

oh i am my own target audience. i have several.

i need a man (who’s patient and kind): keith-centric post canon (divergence) fic where lance takes him to his family and keith is good with kids and just keith being loved is the whole point. always.

what if i lose it all: an alternate universe where lance, as a baby, loses both his parents, and then is raised by his oldest siblings. in luis’ pov.

when does a ripple become a tidal wave (when does the reason become the flame): brogane fight & angst canon divergence post season 6; covering shiro’s guilt complex and keith’s unwavering loyalty

he’s into superstitions (black cats and voodoo dolls): halloween verse with witch lance and vampire keith! i have barely spoken about this au on here but rest assured i’m thinking about it all the fucking time

the applebee’s universe: modern au with young keith and lance learning how to love each other

ceilings (plaster): non-linear dream-like fic that’s just so trippy and strange i’m obsessed with it

if the sky comes falling down (for you) there’s nothing in this world i wouldn’t do: a keith character study about how the biggest bleeding heart in the universe loves

the hana universe: brogane-centric universe as their family starts rocky and grows

thank u again for the tag zen <33 open offer for anyone else who would like to hop on!!

#writer games #? #info #tag game #longpost

[deception-united]

The WIP Questionnaire

Thanks to @modernwritercraft for tagging me! Filling this out for my current WIP, cowriting with @leisureflame.

1. What was the first part of your WIP that you created?

The plot and worldbuilding drastically evolved in leaps and bounds quite a few times. The first part of the first version of this WIP that we wrote was an excerpt from somewhere near the end—but for the current version, we started with the initial meeting of the MC and the future love interest.

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?

Runaway by AURORA—the lyrics about escape and freedom fit well with the theme.

3. Who are your favourite characters you've made? Why?

Blad. He's a bald black chicken and the MC's brother's adopted son. He is majestic. You wish you were him.

Another favourite is Finneas, the MC's love interest. He's tall and blond and a loser, and we love him.

4. What other pieces of media do you think would share a fan base for your story?

Fans of novels similar to Red Queen, or really any other dystopian novel, would likely (hopefully) enjoy it.

5. What has been your biggest struggle with your WIP?

The chapter outline. We've been stuck on it for the longest time—we know a number of plot points, but really fleshing it out and figuring out every little detail has been challenging.

6. Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!

Yes. Blad.

7. How do your characters get around? (e.g., trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.)

We haven't put too much thought into this just yet, but seeing as the novel is dystopian and set in the future, the methods of transport are likely futuristic as well. I'll update once we figure that out.

8. What part of your WIP are you working on rn?

Like I said, the chapter outline. We're struggling.

Aside from that, there are a couple characters we have to finish developing, and a few others whose exact role we've yet to ascertain.

9. What aspects (tropes, maybe?) of your WIP do you think will draw people in?

Betrayal, opposites attract, slow burn romance, reluctant acquaintances to friends to ALMOST LOVERS to enemies, grumpy x sunshine, lovers in denial, love/hate.

10. What are your hopes for your WIP?

Getting it published. And assembling a fandom. Every writer's dream, isn't it?

Tagging @paranoia-art, @replayjay, @writingwithfolklore, and @celestialwrites. (Accidentally posted this once before I finished editing; ignore previous mention)

#writeblr #writing #wip questionnaire #wip ask game #writer games #tag game #creative writing #deception-united

[kazoosandfannypacks]

🎶 The Writer's Playlist Ask Game!

Send me a "🎶" and I'll shuffle one of my playlists and share what song I got, and post a line from my WIP that fits that song's vibe!

#ask games #writer games #writing things #writblr #kazzy writes #gonna be answering about my original work for this one!

[megan0013]

12 + 26 for gabenath? also ur literally like one of my favorite writers for them likeeeee

THANK YOU!

12. pushing a strand of hair behind their ear + 26. kissing the top of their head

He’s staring at a window, utterly transfixed, when she comes across him in her burrow.

“Ah,” Bunnyx says, smiling softly as the scene Monarch is watching comes into view. “I thought you might be drawn to that one. It’s one of my favorites, too.”

Monarch’s chin tilts in her direction, but his gaze never leaves the vision of Betterfly striding through the atelier to greet a seemingly healthy, happy Nathalie. “Why?”

There’s a baby in her arms.

“It gives me hope.”

“It shouldn’t,” Monarch says, voice thick with an emotion he’s trying very hard not to think about as he watches Betterfly tuck an errant strand of hair that had fallen out of Nathalie’s ponytail behind her ear. “That’s not me. That’s not my Nathalie.”

The baby squirms, effectively capturing her parent’s attention.

Bunnyx frowns. “How do you know they’re not?”

Betterfly coos something at the baby and sweeps his thumb along her perfect little cheek. Her bright, steely blue eyes widen.

“They can’t be.”

“Maybe,” Bunnyx suggests with a nod to the window, “you should take a closer look.”

And despite his reluctance to do anything suggested by one of the heroes, Monarch does. He takes a small step forward, gaze darting from one little detail he hadn’t originally noticed to the next - a familiar set of crutches in the corner of the room, the charcoal portrait of a sleeping Nathalie he’d sketched sitting framed on his desk. But it’s the differences he sees in Betterfly’s costume that truly give him pause.

It’s sharper than he remembers it being, the cut and color more reminiscent of Hawk Moth’s darker style than what he associates with Betterfly. The mask and hair are different, too. Silver, like his cowl had been, and slicked back.

“This is a very real future for you, Gabriel Agreste.”

Monarch sucks in a deep breath as the hero in the window leans down to place a gentle kiss on the baby’s forehead.

“You will play a pivotal role in the war to come,” Bunnyx continues softly. “You just need to make the right choice.”

prompt list

#writer games #meg answers #gabenath #i haven't watched more than an episode or two of season 5 #and didn't see the movie #so i'm sorry if this makes zero sense

[thewritingautisticat]

*Le gasp* my first ever writing game tag! 😁 Thank you @annakayy ! I loved your last line!

LAST LINE TAG

"I-- I promise I'll be good! I'll be really good! And I won't break anything else, or be too loud, or--" "Ash. Ash!" Jett put out his hand to slow the sudden burst of words. "Buddy. It's okay." He got up and knelt beside the bed, so he was lower than Ash, not in any way physically over him. "Ash. I am never going to hit you, okay? I promise."

This is from a stand alone novel I've been working on instead of my main series. Quick context is that Jett, one of the main characters, just realized that the kid he recently took in has been abused. 😭😭

I'm pretty new to Writeblr, so I'm just going to tag some of the others who reblogged the "I wanna be tagged" post:

@wynters-writings @chronicler-of-narrative @rhyaxxyn @the-writer-nerd-ro

And also tagging my bestie @sparkles-rule-4eva

Post the last line of your WIP, then tag others to play!

#writing #writeblr #writeblr tag game #tag game #writer games #writers on tumblr #christian writer #my story #wip #work in progress #thanks for the tag!

[ginervacade]

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Tagged by: @jmrothwell (Thanks babe)

Tim opted to ignore Conner and capture her lips instead, earning a collective grumble from the rest of the table and an obnoxious laugh from Superboy.

Yeah, I can’t tag as many people as the words in that sentence but I will tag ( no pressure of course my loves) :

@kels-n @phantomwriter95 @thebusytypewriter

#tag game #thanks for the tag! #writer games #writing stuff #fanfic writers #Tim Drake #conner kent #( and an oc that Kelsey knows but the rest of y’all never will)

[salvador-daley]

Can’t Post Tuesday

Because AO3 has been down all day, let’s play a game. Show me a snippet from your WIP (fic or art or mash potato sculpture) and tag six of your favourite creators from any fandom. If they make disgusting smuts and other LGBTQ+ and NSFW things, all the better. Go, go, go!

Tagging a few peeps to get the ball rolling: @super-unpredictable98 @seanfalco @badsext @merrilark @allisoooon @darbydoo22 @firstpersonnarrator @pepperf @lochrannn @kaufmann-6 @booksasfurniture @i-seeaspaceshipinthe-sky @anglophile-rin @autie-hobbit @mokolat

#ao3 writer #fanart #any fandom #tua netflix #tua fandom #tua #writer games #wip game #happy tuesday #can’t post Tuesday #the umbrella academy #umbrella academy

[ablatheringblatherskite]

So we did this ask game in the Wyler fandom but I can't find it anymore, so I'm making a new post and bringing it to the POTO fandom (but not just the POTO fandom LOL, anyone from any fandom can join! It can even be from an original story!)

Send an ask with any word and I'll share a snippet from one of my WIPs with that word

#FEEL FREE TO SEND ME MULTIPLE WORDS AT ONCE #ask games #my ask games #asterrisks #writer games #writer asks #writer ask games

[celtic-crossbow]

WIP TAG GAME

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

•The Dixon Chronicles chapter 8

•Blood Ties Chapter 7

•Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread

•Long Forgotten, Lying Broken

•Where is the Queen to My King of Pain

•I Remember You’re the Reason I have to Stay

•Rewriting the Rules that now We Bend

Tags (please don’t feel obligated):

@loganlostitall @lazyneonrabbitt @walker-bait-1973 @littlegodzilla @gutsby @daryl-dixon-daydreams @sinsandsweetness @writella

#tag game #wip game #writer games

[leahnardo-da-veggie]

Find the word tag game

Thanks @kaylinalexanderbooks for the tag!

My words are: rib, write, expect, spin, person

Rib: (fair warning this is kinda gory) From my short story Lich-Queen

With my magic, I kept him alive beyond the bounds of humanity. As I hacked out his ribs, pulling the first hunk of meat and placing it on a plate, I was struck by the beauty of his face. Even weeping, eyes bulging, nails ripped off from clawing at wood, there was a noble gallance to him. I smiled, and tenderly tore out another rib.

Write: From my completed short story Honeycake!

Ah, crap. I knew learning to write would haunt me someday. My mother had, in fact, been Rose-the-baker, and she had brought me to Ako's temple to learn to write. The priestesses there watched as I drew squiggles in the dirt, learning from Ako's Word. They taught me other things too. Like how to pick locks, how to lie through your teeth, and how to steal without getting caught. Great people, Ako's priestesses were. But then the gov'nor of Jannik decided they made too much trouble, and burnt their temple down, and hunted all their followers.

Expect: From my WIP novella Chase

I took it from her by its dull leather hilt. The dagger was plain, unadorned but well polished. "What exactly do you expect me to do with this?" My voice came out a smidgen squeaky with shock. Was she truly expecting me to murder him in cold blood? "Surely…" I trailed off and bit my lip.

Spin: (the closest I could find was spinning) From my completed short story A Thousand Lives (it's one of my first posts on Tumblr)

Hence he had taken up arms against the King, spinning a tale of injustice, of gold for the poor and bread on everyone's tables. He had led a revolution, overthrowing the order of the country. There was blood, and turmoil, and for a moment he had feared defeat, but the revolution prevailed. The people had placed him on the throne, and he had given freely to them, distributing land as evenly as he could. It was a hard and thankless job, for the bread was never enough, and other countries reared their ugly heads upon smelling weakness. He had been beheaded by an angry mob for a sin so small as feeding a duck a piece of bread that they claimed belonged to the people. Though he would go down in history as King Sonder the Kind, the country that he sacrificed everything for had reviled him. It embittered his soul, and he found himself wishing that he had not been so openhearted.

Person: From my miniseries Wanderer! (Part 1 here)

It seemed that I was the only person for miles around. Nothing stirred in the red-brown meadow, not even buzzing flies laying eggs in putrefied flesh. Nothing breathed in the flesh-rotted air, not even carrion-vultures feasting on the dead. Nothing lived in the hellscape that I wandered, not even the crawling maggots that should have lurked in the rotten meat. I hummed to distract myself from the uneasiness of being all alone.

I'll tag @bodoramzap, @beloveddawn-blog, @oh-no-another-idea, @memento-morri-writes, @sharktopusnadozilla and open tag for anyone else who wants to have a go!!!

Your words are: life, loved, luck, learn

#tag game #writer games #writer stuff

[1lostsoul0fishbowl]

annual writing self-evaluation 📝

Many thanks and muchas smooches to @justhere4thevibez for tagging me! 🥰

1. List of works published this year (in no particular order):

chapters 56-84 of With a Little Help From My Friends (completed 5/15/23)

Next Time I Fall (24 chapters, completed 12/19/23)

Lost and Found and Turned Around (7 chapters, completed 11/16/23)

2. Work you are most proud of (and why):

I’m incredibly proud of all my works, but I think probably I’m most proud of Next Time I Fall. I created a brand new rarepair, shaped a beautiful fluffy love story for them, and persevered through extreme personal difficulty to finish the fic despite the temptation to abandon it.

3. Work you are least proud of (and why):

There are a couple of chapters in Little Help that I feel aren’t as strong as they could’ve been. 64, 73, and 81 in particular. I don’t know what I should’ve done to make them better; I just know they needed more.

4. A favorite excerpt of your writing:

I’ll pick one little snippet from each fic…

Little Help:

Wayne waited until she’d finished her tiny blueberry slice and was debating over which to try next. “Actually, sugar,” he said quietly to Max, “I wanted to talk to you about that.”

“About what?” she asked, puzzled. “About gaining weight? That was a joke.”

“No.” He watched Eddie let Lucy lick a tiny smear of pie filling from his finger, despite Chrissy’s protest that sugar wasn’t good for cats. “About staying with us.”

A chill ran through her. “It’s still okay, right?” she said hesitantly. “My mom’s getting out of the rehab next week, but Claudia said I could stay longer if I needed to. But if that’s changed…” She trailed off, swallowing hard.

Wayne patted her shoulder. “Naw, sugar, that ain’t changed. You can stay long as you like. Fact is”— he rubbed the back of his neck, suddenly bashful— “fact is, what we really want is to keep you for good.”

~~~

Next Time I Fall:

Gareth couldn’t imagine having to grow up without his mom and dad. He thought of the way Janie held so tightly to his mom every time they hugged, and a lump formed in his throat.

“They never found your parents?” he whispered. “Baby, I’m so sorry.”

Honestly, he hadn’t even thought before speaking, he’d just blurted that out. But somehow it had been the right thing to say; Eddie and Chrissy’s tense expressions melted into something that looked like relief, and Janie’s crushing grip on his hand finally relaxed a little. Gareth laced his fingers through hers, giving her hand a little squeeze, before gently turning it to examine the small number tattooed on the inside of her wrist.

“Is that where this came from?” He lifted her hand to his lips, softly kissing the tiny 011. “Did they do that to you in the Lab?”

She nodded, tears spilling down her cheeks. “It was my name,” she murmured. “That is why everyone calls me El. El is short for Eleven.”

Fucking hell. Gareth felt tears running down his cheeks, too.

~~~

Lost and Found:

“Jane, you need to wake up!” Kali tried unsuccessfully not to shout. “You really are naive! They can always take you if they really want you. You need to face facts. Your policeman cannot protect you, you have to be able to protect yourself. Are your friends helping you with that? Is your boyfriend? No, they just want you to be ‘normal’. They want you to suppress your gifts instead of using them, and they want you to forget who you are and where you came from. And if I stay here they’ll do the same to me. Putting on their hypocritical smiles as long as I convert to their idea of normal. I don’t want to hide who I am, and neither should you, Jane. You can’t heal by hiding. The only way to heal is to face up to the truth, confront and conquer your past.”

“Stop calling me naive,” Jane snapped, “just because I am trying to accept my past instead of confronting it. I confronted Papa face to face, and then I let him die, and it did not change anything. All your revenge has not changed you either.” Just as quickly as her anger flared up, it dissipated again. Her voice softened, her entire demeanor settling into something more gentle. “You talk a lot about healing, but you are still so mad, Kali. I think I am more healed than you are. Maybe if you stayed here, as part of my family, maybe that can heal you like it did for me.”

5. Share or describe a favorite comment you received:

I love every single comment I get, truly I do. But I think the ones that made me smile the most this year were the few on Next Time I Fall that basically said ‘I never would’ve considered El and Gareth together but your fic made me ship them’. Is there any greater compliment? 😄

6. A time when writing was really, really hard:

Basically the last eight weeks have been awful. I got covid, and had barely recovered from that when a family emergency happened and I was thrown into the role of caregiver, and since then just more and more stuff keeps going wrong. I’m exhausted and honestly in a pretty dark place, mentally and emotionally, right now.

And yet. In spite of that I finished both Next Time and Lost and Found. Neither of them seem to have made any great impact— I barely even got any comments on either finale— but it was a goal of mine to finish them both and I’m still proud I managed to achieve that.

7. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you:

Kali, in Lost and Found, was so much fun to explore! I rewatched “The Lost Sister” before I started writing this fic, and I realized that I still hated her obnoxious friends but Kali herself was a super interesting character with a lot of potential. I had a lot of fun digging into what might possibly make her want to reconnect with El, and what would make her feel drawn to Steve. Also it surprised me how much I ship Stali now!

8. How did you grow as a writer this year:

I learned that my stories come out better when I write them the way I want them, instead of “taking requests” and pushing the characters in directions I wouldn’t have chosen if left to my own devices. I feel like certain parts of Little Help suffered because of this, so I resolved I’d stick to my own plans for Next Time and later Lost and Found, and I think those two fics came out better for it.

9. How do you hope to grow next year:

Next year, if I write any more, I want to somehow learn not to be so obsessed with stats. Stop comparing my kudos/comments count to other fics and feeling sad and inadequate. I have no idea how to accomplish this, but it’s where I need to be if I’m going to keep writing.

10. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc):

Oh it’s 1000% @pearlypairings — she’s been all of the above for me and so much more! Lost and Found would never have happened without her, and Next Time would likely have been abandoned unfinished.

11. Anything in your real life show up in your writing this year:

Lots of things, yeah, I don’t think I can help adding little bits and pieces of myself to my stories. I write the kind of world I’d like to see, and populate it with characters I either want to be like or wish I’d had in my own life.

A very silly specific example, though, is that I made Eddie adopt a kitten because I lost my cat last year and I missed her so much.

12. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers:

Um. Not really? I don’t think I’m good enough yet to be passing on wisdom to others!!!

13. Any new projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:

I have a couple fun ideas jotted down in my Plot Bunnies folder, but no definite plans to start anything new right now. I gotta get out of this awful headspace before I can even think about new projects.

14. Tag three writers/artists whose answers you’d like to read:

@sokkas-first-fangirl @bratanimus @slowandsteddie

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[wynnyfryd]

WIP Weekend ✨

In a reblog of this post (so people can find you in the notes) or new thread (w/ rules attached) if you want to play on your own, post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to play!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file. If the filename is one you can't share from (for example, an event or gift fic), write 3 sentences on it anyway, and then 3 more on another to share.

That’s it! You can invite others to join in, or just post.

tagged by @thefreakandthehair thank you <333

the wips:

bbico prose (classified for like 2 more weeks)

SEW spicy

yoga steve for lex

A Veritable Flood

ITSAD

the snip:

from wip #2, which is basically crack-smut of sub eddie being a goofy little freak while getting eaten out

“This is what you wanted, right?” Another sharp thrust of his fingers, twisting on the backstroke; opening Eddie up to get him ready for his cock. “Say it, or I’ll stop.”  “Wanted it!” Eddie gasps, convulsing as Steve crooks his long fingers in and up. “Wanted it, want it; want your cock, Steve, please.” “There we go.”  Two fingers becomes three, and by the time Steve's tongue starts trying to join the party, Eddie has well and truly ceased to be a living, breathing boy. He’s not even sure where he is anymore; riptide of pleasure pulling him into the weird, deep waters of his brain. One time when he was in middle school he drilled a hole in a watermelon on a hot summer’s day and tried to stick his dick in it.  He kinda feels like the watermelon right now. 

tagging: @steddieas-shegoes @steddie-island @occasionaloverboy @jewishrat420 @wormdebut @cranberrymoons

#wip weekend #steddie #steddie fic #steve harrington #eddie munson #tag game #writer games