#UMMMMMM WHAT IF I BAWLED

[mrsbsmooth]

i am in love with all the prompts you've made and how all of your writing seems to be so cohesive and in character and just the way that you all put a scene in words is so satisfying to read :')) so i wanted to ask if you have any tips for writing especially in fanfiction? i'm just kind of scared to start writing since some might not agree with my hcs for characters and mc oc might not be to their liking ;(

i meant to send this to @/litgwritersroom but seeing that you guys might be piled with prompts i'm just gonna send it individually >< hope that's ok akbsjskah

Ummmmmm wow!? What a beautiful ask! Thank you so much anon :) We definitely work very hard over in @litgwritersroom. It's a lot of work, but ultimately it's a passion project.

Here are some tips from me (personally) in writing fanfiction:

1. Read fanfiction.

Read all of it. Read for different characters. Read different styles. Different people. Read longfics. Read oneshots. This is, without a doubt, the best thing you can do to help yourself get started.

2. Rewrite an ending.

This was the first thing I ever did. One of the first fanfics I ever read was @sparxaf's The Sun In My Eyes, and I fell so deeply in love with the characters. In fact, I read the entire thing in an insomnia-fuelled binge, and when I got up to date, I thought it was the end, and I was so upset I spammed her with comments bawling my eyes out. (It's still a bit of a LOL moment. Honestly. She was quite upset that she'd, quote 'ruined the game for me' - Sorry Christy!)

But a few days later, before I got her response, I opened a word doc, and I rewrote the part that hurt me to make it all happy and fluffy and make all the characters do what I wanted them to do. It wasn't great, and I've (obviously) never shown anyone, but it satisfied an urge in me that I didn't know I had. And it really helped me. It wasn't nearly as overwhelming as it would've been to come up with my own premise, or my own story.

Edit: I don't condone plagiarism!!!! Also this isn't to say I thought my ending was better. Since she's posted more chapters i definitely understand why HRH had to do what she did in terms of character development. I just needed the fluff at that point in my life so I wrote it myself and locked it away in my heart forever to relieve my own anxiety. I think of it as fanfic of her fanfic

3. Write something. Anything.

It can be six words. Five hundred words. 256,304 words (TTIS). Just write something. Just write something down. Even if it's a sentence that you picture your favourite character saying. I have an entire google doc of funny one-liners, metaphors, random thoughts, or activities for my LITG characters. One thing I originally wrote for Bruno, ended up going into a fic I wrote for Tim. An entire six-chapter span from the original work of TTIS might end up going into a Jake fic I've been trying to will myself to write.

Also, do a prompt. Here are some:

r/LITGFanFiction prompt on reddit. I enter most months (except if it's sad, I don't do sad well). The stories can be a maximum of 7,500 words, and you can post them completely anonymously. It's really good practice, and literally anyone can enter. You can ask for feedback on that subreddit as well. Everyone's really nice :)

Follow some prompt blogs:

My faves are @prompts-in-a-barrel, @promptsgalore @daily-prompts

4. Tell someone when you've written something

It doesn't have to be someone IRL, but you should put it out there.

Put it on AO3! Set up a side blog on Tumblr! Post it on r/LITGFanFiction. Literally anything.

You can definitely write fanfiction just for you. And you should! Your main audience should be you. But me personally? I love, love, love the thought of publishing things. It makes it feel real. Just shout it into the abyss. Put it out there. Tell the universe what you did.

I love you, anon. You made my day by sending this. I know it was for all of us at LITG Writers Room, but I appreciate you sending it to me directly too.

All the love in the world!

[mortaljortlebortles]

I definitely flirt worse than The Dr. 

somebody shows me small sign of wanting to be my friend( ie talks to me twice in a day)

Me: I am psychotic, traumatised with a difficult past, I am scared of church bells, won’t sleep in the same bed as anybody, sex is scary because of my trauma, screaming, crying and I regret not going out with a girl who kissed me and essentially felt me up for a year and a half at a Christian youth group in a homophobic woman’s house. Did I miss anything?

A girl flirts with me

Me: UMMMMMM EEK

Them: are you okay

Me: bawls

Them: what wrong 

Me: has panic attack on the floor cause I think i upset them.

Literally happened

And people have the audacity to tell me I am normal and question me for identifying with The Dr.

Thank you for the guide I will be using it.

The thirteenth doctor's guide on how to flirt with women:

Take her to admire the sea floor and call it a date

Say she's one of the greatest people you've ever known

Confess your feelings while saving the world together

Make sure to mention your wife so she knows you're gay

Dazzle her with a beautiful bit of improvisation

Take her on that beach holiday she wanted

Skim stones and discuss your future together

Say you wish it could go on forever

Tell her it can't go any further because you'll both get hurt

[sammyoliviawatson]

30 songs

I am on a long train ride home rn so I actually have time for the tag game! Thanks so much for tagging me Sev @slightlyintimidating, I really enjoy doing them! =))) 1. A song you like with a colour in the title. “Blue Eyes” by Mika Also “Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen” by Hildegard Knef (For me it shall rain red roses, but that sounds more graceful in German) 2. A Song you like with a number in the title. Haha - “Eins und eins, das macht zwei” by Hildegard Knef a terribly cheesy and cliché love song, but by Hildegard Knef which makes it all the better. Go check it out, this song (and Hildegard) is amazing. (The title translates to “One plus one equals two” but refers to people, as in like one plus one equals a couple/ lovers. 3. A song that reminds you of Summertime. “Escape (the Pinã Colada song)” by Rupert Holmes (maaan, that song) 4. A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget. “No sleep for the dreamer” by BOY No no no no tearing up god no why 5. A song that needs to played out loud. “Dancing Queen” by ABBA 6. A song that makes you want to dance. “Sway” by Pussy Cat Dolls My god that song the innuendo my god I need to dance a Tango to that at some point. 7. A song to drive to. Elvis. Everything by the Kind of Rock and Roll. But for the sake of this list I choose “Guitar Man". 8. A song about drugs or alcohol. What do you expect of me? I'm boring. Okay okay “Strawberry Fields" by the Beatles. 9. A song that makes you happy. Sooooooo depends on my mood. But I’ll just go with the generic “Happy" by William Pharell because it’s true too NO “Lass die Sonne scheinen" by the Wise Guys (translates to let the sun shine, and the song is about how you MAKE the sun shine in your head when there’s every weather (also emotionally) besides sunshine. This song is amazing.) 10. A song that makes you sad. “Fairytale” by Sunrise Avenue also “Ich will zu dir" by the Wise Guys (the title translated to “I want to (go) to you” aw god no that sounds awful and doesn't have half as much melancholic meaning as the German title does. It also implies “I miss you" but like in a stronger way because “I" can’t bear to be in a place you’re not in, everything draws me to you. It’s about a break-up I suppose and how one feels soon after.) 11. A song you never get tired of. Phantom of the Opera. Everything in it. 12. A song from your preteen years. “YELLOW SUBMARINE” by the Beatles. I have no idea what was on the radio when I was in my preteen years, but that was what my dad was listening to. 13. A song from the year you were born. “No Diggity” is the only song I know 14. A song you'd love to be played at your wedding. “All I ask of you” from Phantom of the Opera. Although no, actually I will probably propose with that song. Even though I don't have anyone to propose to, and I am aware that I am a cliché lesbian with that. I already know how to sing that song in its entirety…Also at my wedding I will need to hear the song “This" by Ed Sheeran. And if someone performs “Read all about it" by Emeli Sandé I will bawl my eyes out but in the best possible way.

15. A song you like that's a cover by another artist. “Crazy little thing called love” by Maroon 5. Also everything by Postmodern Jukebox. 16. A song that's a classic favourite. RETURN TO SENDER! ADDRESS UNKNOWN! THERE’S NO SUCH NUMBER! NO SUCH ZONE! by Elvis 17. A song you'd sing a duet with someone on Karaoke. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and also RISE LIKE A PHOENIX (a good friend of mine wrote a beautiful beautiful second voice to that and we actually sang it and we also sang Phantom of the opera together although we still have to sing a duet together in front of people but I would love to do that one day!!! Our voices mesh very well together, both very classical in sound. So phantom of the opera is really perfect for us. Anyways....) 18. A song you like from the 70s. I don’t know? You expect me to know what time the songs I like are from? Well, you expect too much from me. 19. A song that makes you think about life. “What do I know" by Ed Sheeran 20. A song that has many meanings to you. Sev, I hope I may steal your song because that is also very true to me. So “I will survive” by Gloria Gaynor 21. A song you like with a person's name in the title. GRACE KELLY  by Mika HELL I LOVE THAT SONG 22. A song that moves you forward. In which way though? I shall choose “Three little things” by Jason Mraz 23. A song you think everybody should listen to. MY OWN SONGS no, joke, I didn't publish anything anywhere at all. Hm. Let me think. Okay what the hell “Das Wasser" by Wise Guys (the title just means “the water" and the song is about reaching an oasis in the desert after a long, long journey, who knows how long, maybe days, weeks, months, years even and about just jumping into that water and how that feels. I mean it’s obviously a metaphor but yeah. That song is amazing and means so much to me.) 24. A song by a band you wish were still together. You think I know that much about bands? Well, you thought wrong. Oooooorrr I could just say Beethoven to mess with you. 25. A song you like by an artist no longer living. Ummmmmm yeah I'll go with Beethoven's fifth. Or Carmina Burana? There is too much good stuff out there. No, no, I choose Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata because that piece is fucking magnificent (and I have started learning how to play it!!!) 26. A song that makes you want to fall in love. All songs. No. Sorry. I am currently in a state where I want a relationship. Sadly. I wish I could be a 100% happy single and I am 100% happy, but when I'm in a relationship I am 150% happy so - yeah. I am not a good single. Annnnyways. “Ein Kompliment” by Sportfreunde Stiller 27. A song that breaks your heart. Everything by Adele pretty much. But probably “Love in the Dark”. That might be tmi but WHO CARES the content of the song is half the reason me and my ex broke up (but like I was Adele and she was the person she’s singing about). What a self-conscious bitch with shit-ass commitment issues. Sorry. It was mostly a good relationship until the end, I just gotta bitch sometimes. 28. A song by an artist whose voice you love. Adele. And Kristin Chenoweth. And Hildegard Knef. And Marlene Dietrich. But probably most of all Ella Fitzgerald. I choose her song "Mr Paganini", it is so beautifully funny and masterfully sung. 29. A song you remember from your childhood. “Singing in the rain” by Gene Kelly. I remember dancing on the carpet in our living room to that song and them spinning so long until I would fall over from losing my balance. I was a happy child. 30. A song that reminds you of yourself. Ahahahahahaha "Glitter and be gay" from Candide, I still love Kristin Chenoweth's (and my) version most. This was soooooooo much fun I love music so much my god. And there was suprisingly much German music in there =) I’ve been listening a lot to Hildegard and Marlene lately =)

NOW I MAY TAG PEOPLE MUAHAHAHAHAHA (I love you guys):

@whos-to-know, @piscesbuffy, @pixiesstolemysocks, @randomreindeer, @cassiopeiasara, @monsterintheballroom, @pandorabox82

[thisloveistaylorreputation]

What is one song you’d love to see Taylor sing live that you haven’t heard her sing live before?

AAAAAA OKAY OKAY SO UMMMMMM. Okay I am calm. Okay probably something from reputation ;) hahaha yeah but probably long live because it just means so much to me and I would probably start bawling

my ask box is opennnnn

[sickandvomiting]

multiples of twoooooo

Wow this was a lot of questions haha! Thank you!!!! It was fun :D

————-is your room messy or clean?Messy. Definitely messy.

do you like your name? why?No I don’t. It’s boring just reminds me of the Christian values that have been pushed in me since birth that I don’t agree with and that have caused me and my sister more harm than good over the course of our lives.

describe your personality in 3 words or lessSarcastic, caring, witty (????) Alternatively, quirky, asshole, and curious.

what kind of car do you drive? color?I drive a metallic grey Scion IQ. It’s tiny and fantastic.

how would you describe your style?Weird. And probably ill fitting for my body type but fuck society I’ll wear short shorts if I goddamn want to. Really though I have like two modes: biker girl with leathers and dew rags and skinny jeans, or crazy bright colors and patterns and overalls and flower crowns and converse. There’s no in between.

what size bed do you have? Twin. Lifted. It’s nice.

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?Austria. Just outside Wien, I think. Wien is one of the safest cities in the world to live, I already speak the language, many of my idols (composers) lived there and roundabouts, and there’s mountains and shit there which is super cool because here in OH it’s just flat for miles and miles and miles in every direction. favorite makeup brand(s)Ummmmmm, the cheap ones??? I can’t afford expensive shit…. Though I did get some eye shadows from online, a company called BH Cosmetics, for pretty cheap and they are FANTASTIC. So shiny.

favorite tv show?You can’t do this to me man I can’t choose just one there’s way way way too many that I LOVE.

how tall are you?5'2".

do you go to the gym? Nope. Too self conscious. I do work out but in my own home.

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?Ha. Haha. Ha. One single dollar. That’s it. One dollar and an empty debit card.

how many pillows do you sleep with?Like six or seven I wanna say? Honestly the pillows take up more of my little bed than I do.

how many friends do you have? A few close ones, and a couple not so close ones, and one or two acquaintances.

whats your favorite candle scent? CINNAMON. I love cinnamon scented ANYTHING.

3 favorite girl namesSaoirse, Jacqueline, and Fritzi haha

favorite actress? Currently probably Daisy Ridley just because she’s so frickin cute I die

favorite movie? I CANT CHOOSE ONE OH MY GOD

money or brains? BRAINS for sure. Money doesn’t matter.

how many times have you been to the hospital?I wanna say like three times in my entire life. And only twice to emergency services. Once for physical, once for mental. I’ve been in and out for studies and testing and ultrasounds and shit all the time but I don’t think that actually counts.

do you take any medications daily? I’m supposed to but have I been? No RIP

what is your biggest fear? Failure. And disappointing others. And being abandoned.

whats your go to hair style?The “I barely brushed this when. Woke up and haven’t washed it in like three days so I’m just gonna hide it under a hat” style. Or a high ponytail if a hat is too hot.

who is your role model? I have a lot of them. One is Sta//cy Pers//hall, a mental health activist and author with BPD. One is Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H, minus the drinking and womanizing. Another is a cardiologist I shadowed who was honestly the sweetest man I’ve ever met. And there’s plenty more. Like, A LOT.

what was the last text you sent?To my sister: “Dad is being disgusting and racist help me”

what is your dream car? Pontiac GTO, 1967. Black. Those things are sexy as hell and they’ve got enough torque in there to make the good start bouncing when you rev the engine.

do you go to college? Yes. I’m a biomedical engineering major with minors in German and American Sign Language, and maybe a cluster in Piano Performance who knows hahawould you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? UGH rural for sure. I’ve always wanted to live on a huge plot of land in the country. Own goats and cows and horses and chickens and lots of cats. Maybe have a small field to grow and sell sweet corn and a corner of the big yard designated to fruit trees and blueberry bushes.

do you have freckles? If I get enough sun, I get a few light ones on the bridge of my nose. Other than that, no.

how many pictures do you have on your phone? Too many. I hoard pictures it’s kinda bad.

do you still watch cartoons? No not really. I watch some animated films *cough*Ghibli*cough* but those are hardly cartoons.

Favorite dipping sauce? Ummmmm ranch??? Maybe FLG sauce from KFC just because I lived on that shit for the year I worked there in high school?

have you ever won a spelling bee?Yeah. Won the class then the school-wide one in fourth grade, went on to counties and then got out on some stupid hard word when the kid before me had the word “ballerina” and the kid after me had “thunderstorm”. Fuckin BALLERINA AND THUNDERSTORM. I’m still goddamn salty all these years later.

can you draw? I like to think so haha

what was the last concert you saw? Tony Bennett, still alive and kicking and a great showman at 90 years old. He did the last song a Capella with no microphone and honestly it was one of the greatest things I love him.

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?Don’t really give a fuck but since Starbucks is more available at my school, Starbucks.

what is your crush’s first and last initial?Don’t really have crushes. More squishes. And a lot of them. Hahawhat color looks best on you? Dark reds and oranges, probably. They match my hair.

do you sleep with your door open or closed?Closed. I’ve got a personal AC unit in my room and I ain’t sharin’ that with the whole rest of the house. No way that cold air is mine.

what is your biggest pet peeve? There’s a lot of them. Mansplaining and patronization are up there, chewing loudly is too, getting unreasonably upset about tiny things, belittling people for things they can’t control (or literally anything else), bad spelling/grammar in educated native speakers which shows that they’re just not trying…. basically everything my dad does….

favorite ice cream flavor? Cake batter, cotton candy, mint chocolate chip, and cookies and cream.

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? RAINBOW.

what is your phone background?A picture of my lovely cat, Cheddar.

do you like it when people play with your hair?Depends on the context.

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?When I shower and sometimes in the mornings if I have time. At night if I wore makeup that day but that’s rare.

have you ever been drunk? Nope. Which is simultaneously a good thing and kind of unfortunate. favorite lyrics right nowMozart’s entire “Leck mich im Arsch”. A beautiful and wholesome piece. \s

day or night? Night. I love the stars. Also the temps are way lower so walking at night is nice

favorite month? Tied between December and February. December is Christmas and my sister and Beethoven’s birthdays (they share one), and February is my birth month.

who was the last person you cried in front of? Campus public safety I think. I was having a panic attack at like 4 am in the lounge and someone called public safety to make sure I was all right and they found me bawling, hyperventilating, rocking back and forth, and ripping a newspaper to shreds. They were a little confused to say the least haha

[mc-dankenstein]

@sylviian​ thamk u c:

Are you named after someone? nope, my mom wanted Dafne and my dad wanted Barbara, but then my sister (who was only 10 at the time, bless) insisted for Laura so that was it

When was the last time you cried? ummmmmm three days ago i think? i had a really bad panic attack that almost made me lose my flight home lmao

Do you have kids? not yet, i literally just turned 20 and i wanna take my time with everything, but i do hope to have at least one in the future

Do you use sarcasm a lot? what’s sarcasm?

What’s the first thing you notice about people? the way the look at me and talk to me, or in general their attitude and demeanor towards me

What’s your eye color? brown. suuuper boring, but i genetically had no choice lmao

Scary movie or happy ending? definitely happy ending

Any special talents? i’m not musically trained but i’ve always been pretty good at finding multiple possible harmonies for a melody even during my first listen (idk if this qualifies, but it spooks one of my best friends so much when i do it so i’ll put it here lmao)

Where were you born? Italy babey

What are your hobbies? music is such a big part of my life so whatever concerns music i guess, definitely drawing, also baking (even tho i get really frustrated when things don’t go as planned haha)

Do you have any pets? my parents got a lil kitten and named her Cora when i moved away for uni, so i don’t see her as often but i still love that baby little white fluff ball so much

What sport do you/have you played? i used to swim when i was a little kid but that didn’t really go well since now i’ve forgotten everything abt that experience and i’m scared shitless of swimming close to the bottom (either of the sea or of a deep pool, doesn’t make a difference), i only remember ending every lesson bawling my eyes out while being held by the instructor so i guess some traumatic shit must’ve gone down lmao; also i did ballet up until i was 11 or 12 and i liked it a lot but then i moved and there wasn’t a single ballet school near my town so i had to drop that

How tall are you? 5'3'' i’m smol lmao

Favorite subject in school? i think teachers have succesfully killed every ounce of interest i may have ever had, bc i never really disliked anything before high school, now everything is just something i have to read/study and i have no motivation, plus it took away any desire i had to write, i used to write whole books of stories and now the only thing i can think about when trying to write is the dumb rules my professor laser-printed in my fucking brain while forcing us to write nothing but essays and reports for 5 years

Dream job? psychiatrist

i’m only gonna tag @flaweddragonwing​ but if anybody sees this and wants to give it a go you can just say i tagged you c:

gamegamegame

answer 15 questions and tag 15 mutuals

tagged by @n3bel thank ü

1. Are you named after someone? no, I don't think so

2. When was the last time you cried? when I suddenly remembered most of bad things I had done

3. Do you have kids? no

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? maybe

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people? I've never thought about it but hm how they affect me ?

6. What’s your eye color? something between blue and grey

7. Scary movie or happy ending? happy ending

8. Any special talents? noticing things I don't want to notice

9. Where were you born? Poland

10. What are your hobbies? doing jigsaw puzzles, daydreaming

11. Do you have any pets? no

12. What sport do you/have you played? horse riding

13. How tall are you? 5'8''

14. Favorite subject in school? I don't think I have one

15. Dream job? director

I tag @sylviian and @lunedin if they want to do it