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todorokitops:

Never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

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Holy shit did I need to read this today

djdangerlove:

“You’re Not a Good Writer.”

I once received a DM comprised of just that sentence. Nothing else. No constructive criticism or any reason as to why this person clearly agreed with my own view of myself.

For someone who has never told anyone in their real life that they write anything, reading something like this from an anonymous user only solidified in my mind the fact that this person was right.

I’m not a good writer.

After an embarrassing amount of minutes passed, in which I thought about deleting every story I ever posted, I decided to delete the message instead. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean I could delete the feelings it caused or change the fact that I’m not a good writer.

Two weeks went by and I didn’t write anything, let alone post. Then I received a comment on a story I had posted three years prior, one I’d written after a death in our family. The comment read, “Thank you for sharing this heartfelt story. I really needed this. I just lost my mom and this really got me today.”

I stopped thinking about being a good writer after that. I thought instead, “what if I had deleted my stories and that one person three years later hadn’t read it that day?”

Here’s what I realized: no one is a good writer.

Good means to be approved of, but stories aren’t created from approval. They’re built from life experiences, feelings, and emotions Therefore, the impact of anyone’s story isn’t good or bad. It’s a million other things.

Heartfelt.

Sad.

Funny.

Inspiring.

Romantic.

So to all the story writers out there, hold your head up, write what is in your heart, and never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

So, no.

We’re not good writers, but why would we want to be?

And if that person is just yourself, that’s okay too. I mean it, literally the only reason I started writing is that no one was writing what I wanted to read, and let me tell you, my writing may be a mess, but it’s a lot of fun for me to read. :)

Reblogging because I need to remind myself of this on a daily basis

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1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.
2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?
4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
5. Share one of your strengths.
6. Share one of your weaknesses.
7. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
9. Which fic has been the hardest to write?
10. Which fic has been the easiest to write?
11. Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?
12. Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?
13. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?
14. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?
15. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
16. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
17. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
18. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?
19. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?
20. Describe your perfect writing conditions.
21. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
22. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).
23. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?
24. Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?
25. What do you look for in a beta?
26. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?
27. How do you feel about collaborations?
28. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
29. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
30. Do you accept prompts?
31. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?
32. How do you feel about smut?
33. How do you feel about crack?
34. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
35. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
36. Which is your favorite site to post fic?
37. Talk about your current wips.
38. Talk about a review that made your day.
39. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
40. Write an alternative ending to [insert fic title] (or just the summary of one).

Oh look who’s only mostly dead? Just wanted to play with this for fun.

1) Prequels or exploring backstories. I love thinking about and exploring backstories of characters for whom we get very little.

2) The rivals to lovers trope. I don’t think I can do a good job though…

3) I can’t pinpoint one off the top of my head…

4) Too many… and if I share them I may end up not writing them, so probably shouldn’t

5) Timelines, genealogies, and remembering little details about lore

6) I have a lot of trouble finishing projects (as anyone who is still reading my Bleach fics would know…)

7) Without context, and from an original work, so it might not entirely make sense….

Her son was still so small. There would be so much he wouldn’t understand, and he would never truly know how much Rio loved him. But it was fine. Kyoya would be there to love him for her… he had enough love for both of them.

“Of course…” he said in a ragged voice.

“Promise me… that one day… you’ll take him to meet my family… my brother… he will understand… please…”

“I promise…” Kyoya said, his voice cracking.

She smiled, and closed her eyes, leaning close to his chest. She could still faintly hear his heartbeat, and remembered that day when he’d first confessed that he loved her in the snow, how they’d kissed and she’d felt his racing heart beneath her hands. That heart had loved her when she didn’t think she deserved love, had beat for her even when she had been at her lowest point… despite all his family’s disapproval, despite all adversary, he had always held her in his heart.

“It’s so warm…” she whispered. Her vision was growing dim. Her mind was fuzzy.

“Rio, please,” he said, a pleading note in his voice. “Please… don’t…”

The warmth was fading too. She couldn’t feel her body at all… She struggled to hang on to his heartbeat. She felt wretched for causing him pain, but knew that this was probably for the best.

“You’re free now, Kyoya… just as your father wanted… It is enough… to have had you for four years… thank you…”

And with that, she let out one last breath, and let go at last.

The velvety black welcomed her silently into its folds.

8) Two snippets from an Eternal Love of Dream fiction I wrote… a conversation between Dong Hua and Lian Song after the final battle.

Despite the copious amounts of sleep he was receiving, there were still dark circles under his eyes, and his lips and cheeks bore a sickly pallor.

But his gaze was filled with its usual sharpness as his eyes flickered over to him.

“Oh, it is you today?”

Liansong could have cried with relief at his biting tone. Donghua’s particular brand of sarcasm was almost like music to his ears, a hint of return to normalcy. If Donghua could muster the energy to be savage, he must be on the road to recovery.

“I have a lot I want to say about how you were an idiot, but I’m sure you’ve heard it all already.”

Donghua’s lips twitched a little. “I’ve heard variants of that, yes.”

Liansong sat on the bed beside him. “You’ve known my opinion from the start. I won’t bother repeating it. I’ll just say I’m glad you’re still here.”

Donghua smirked. “What’s this, you are getting sappy on me?”

Liansong rolled his eyes. “Hardly. I’ll just be sad to lose my best weiqi partner.”

“Oh? You think you can last longer against me when I’m in this state?”

“I’d like to try, but High God Zhe Yan might rip my head off.”

Donghua actually let out a small laugh at that. If there was one way Fengjiu changed him, it was this. It had been so difficult to get any expression from him before. Liansong had been proud to be one of the few people who could elicit them. But after meeting Fengjiu, Donghua was expressing emotion everywhere. Subdued, subtle, but unmistakable.

“Yes, I have never known him to be such a tyrant,” Donghua mused. “I know he is enjoying this a little too much… but I suppose I ought to give him his moment. He really has done a lot for me and Xiaobai.”

***

“That little fox really is something. She really has changed you for the better.”

Donghua closed his eyes, smiling to himself. “She did. That is why I must do everything in my power to save her. At the moment, I can do little, but once I am stronger, I will use my blood to treat her.”

Liansong rolled his eyes. “I knew there was an ulterior motive for you going along with Zhe Yan’s orders so easily. Of course it’s for Fengjiu.”

Donghua didn’t deny it, just grinned wider. “I’ve really caused her too much pain. Clearly I still have much to learn in how to be a good partner. Nevertheless, she has given me that chance again and I will not waste it.”

He opened one eye and glanced at Liansong. “Perhaps you should also think about changing your approach to Chengyu as well.”

“I’m not sure you should be the one giving me love advice,” Liansong grumbled.

“Which one of us is married?” Donghua stated with a raised eyebrow. “I think I at least knew how to make it further than you.”

“Alright, alright,” Liansong said, standing. “That’s enough conversation for today. Lord Zhe Yan says you are to take your medicines after we’re done.”

“Drugging me to avoid an argument you know you’ll lose? My, my, how low you’ve stooped,” Donghua teased. But without complaint, he reached for the four small bowls that Zhe Yan had already laid out for him. Liansong hid his frown. So, Donghua truly was feeling quite awful. He didn’t even put up a token effort to keep talking. He said nothing as he watched his friend drink each concoction, and then slowly ease himself back down to bed.

“Are you going to keep staring at me until I sleep? I must inform you that it’s quite uncomfortable and mildly creepy,” Donghua stated as he closed his eyes.

Liansong didn’t have the heart to keep quipping with him anymore. “You better not be putting up a brave face and hiding your injuries from Zhe Yan,” he said seriously. “I don’t care how invulnerable you want to appear in front of me or the others, he needs to know.”

Donghua scoffed. “I’m not a child, nor a fool. You can rest assured on that front.”

“Good.”

9) The hardest fic right now is probably my re-write of my first Bleach Fic “Final Battles’. After the ending of Bleach invalidated a lot of my original ideas, I just lost a lot of motivation. However, I am still dedicated to someday going back to it, and I will finish Heavenly Blade one day! Also… any and all Game of Thrones fics I’ve tried to start. That ending killed all motivation for me.

10) My Three Lives Three Worlds fic… however, I don’t intend on posting that so…. the snippet above is probably all that will see the light of day.

11) It is both a passion and fun hobby. Not my career by any means, but I do hope one day to actually publish something

12) Ummm, not really? but since I’m still stuck on Eternal Love of Dream… it’s last episode.

13) "Everyone has to start from somewhere. If nothing else, just write a stream of consciousness to get your ideas down”

14) “Fan fiction doesn’t count as real writing”

15) Oh man…. uh…. I can’t choose, because most of them are not suitable for live action. but I’d live to see ‘When the Sea and Sky Meet’ (posted on AO3 only) actually become animated or something.

16) I can’t pick OTL but current muse is Miphvali

17) Definitely out of order. it’s a bad habit, because I sometimes end up not finishing the middle and abandoning the fic…. trying to fix it now or at least hold myself accountable to writing the rest of it

18) Timelines. Also character sheets. I actually find these more fun to make sometimes ^^;

19) Uhh…. usually something that makes me sad or mad or just overly emotional…. I guess not really a muse? just anything that evokes a strong emotion. it could be completely unrelated to what I want to write too…

20) Middle of the night, right before a major deadline ^^; It’s so terrible I don’t know how I’ve managed to get everything done

21) Previously… like 0.5x… nowadays, I strive for twice, but sometimes I only have time for a cursory read-through.

22) This is getting too long so I’m going to skip it. but I’m planning to re-work my Heavenly Blade fic and repost it to AO3 at some point…. so maybe then?

23) This was originally planned for 'Final Battles’. I wrote it in 9th grade, and after writing Heavenly Blade, I wanted to do a re-write to include the Soul Society Arc. So… if I ever get around to it… that one will be it.

24) No…. though some make me cringe

25) I’ve never had a beta reader? I guess I’d just want one I feel comfortable talking about anything with.

26) I don’t. I wouldn’t have minded trying, but my time is so limited I doubt anyone would want me to beta for them.

27) Oooh, never tried it before! Am curious!

28) Oh definitely emletish (who is emletish-fish on Tumblr!) They write some of the best AtLA fics I’ve ever read. it has all the humour, angst, family, lore, and warm fuzzies I could want! I reread their fics all the time! As well, there is inichuinmylife (Previously Obsessed-Language-Freak, also inichuninmylife on Tumblr!), who had some of the best Hetalia fics I’ve ever read and that I also re-read. (Zoe, if you ever read this, I’m so sorry I’ve just disappeared for so long, but I want to thank you for all the support you’ve given me over the years, both in terms of writing and real life! There are no words that can express how much it has helped me throughout the years, especially during one of my lowest points) Also Longclaw 1-6, who was one of my first ventures into GoT fanfic. I don’t read/write much GoT stuff anymore, but I really liked their work and will probably go back and read their latest story when I find the time!

29) Oh man, I would not want to step on any toes…. but probably “White Unicorn” by Natileroxs on AO3…. or possibly an expansion on their original idea, both in terms of prequel and sequel!

30) I accept them… but can’t promise I will be able to deliver

31) I’m usually super strict about it…. unless it’s a portion of canon I’m playing with. This strictness was what killed my Bleach muse, so I’m thinking about relaxing it somewhat.

32) I *ahem* don’t mind it

33) I have a love-hate relationship wit it

34) Strong dislike/distaste. Though I recognize sometimes it can be plot relevant and I’ve seen it done well, but I guess this would probably be the trope I wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole (though I never say anything with 100% certainty)

35) *nervous laughter* yes

36) It used to be FFN but I’ve been considering moving to AO3 completely… that is if I begin posting regularly again… I will probably cross-post eventually to be honest

37) Ummm… too many to discuss, and most of them half-baked, so skip

38) A PM I received recently on FFN regarding my previous Bleach Fics…. I honestly cried after getting it. Also two other reviews I recently got on my old fics that made me feel so validated and actually made me want to get back into writing again! Though my current muse is Legend of Zelda (and specifically Miphvali)

39) eh… I probably have in the past. they can really kill my self-esteem, but I just try to talk to people in real life about it, and try to take what is useful from them and then leave the rest. it sometimes takes me a while to get my motivation back though.

40) Uhhh…. that might lead to spoilers so pass on this one.

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moroheiya

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keybladesoras:

Hyrule Warriors.

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gastrogirl:

oreo birthday cake.

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「前線に参りました」

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whatweshouldcallubc:

How it always has been and always will be.

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