#writing just to write

[missazurerose]

FFXIV Write 2024

I guess I'm going to make this my master post for this 30 day challenge. I don't know how this is going to go. Never done anything like this before. I can't imagine I'm going to make it through all the prompts but part of why I wanted to do this was just to do it.

The whole point is to make not to make perfection. And I think it would do me some good to do that. And to write something other than WoLmeric. I mean, I'm still gonna do that. And maybe if any of these have legs, I'll try to flesh them out into a full story.

Definitely Endwalker spoilers. Probably Dawntrail too but I'll try to keep them very vague if they're there.

Primary WoLmeric pieces are 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29 and 30 if you're unwell like me. 23 and 29 are also light NSFW. There are somewhat significant DT spoilers in 16, 19, 21, 22 and 30. You've been warned.

Steer ~ Horizon ~ Tempest ~ Reticent ~ Stamp ~ Halcyon ~ Morsel ~ Extra - Stealth ~ Lend an ear ~ Stable ~ Surrogate ~ Quarry ~ Butte ~ Telling ~ Extra - Tundra ~ Third-rate ~ Sally ~ Hackneyed ~ Taken ~ Duel ~ Shade ~ Extra - Calibrate ~ On Cloud Nine (Explicit) ~ Bar ~ Perpetuity ~ Zip ~ Memory ~ Deleterious ~ Extra - Afterglow (Explicit) - Two Heads Are Better Than One

I finally started uploading everything to AO3. It's not all up yet but if for some reason you want to read them again after this post gets unpinned and lost in the shuffle, there is a place

[tenderwatches]

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

[heartbreakincident]

nothing but respect for our troops (smut writers) but listen. i dont want to be the person to tell you this, but not every character is going to be a dom or a sub. some people. and i know this is hard to hear. but some people do have vanilla sex. and some of those people might even be The Character.

[alivingtypo]

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

[sergeantsporks]

"Aro/Ace person gets given a love potion" story but instead of them being immune or whatever, it DOES work, and they realize IMMEDIATELY that they've been fed a love potion because this feeling is so wrong and foreign but everyone keeps laughing off the idea of it being a love potion because "they were probably just a late bloomer" or "no, you just finally found the right person!" and it's just a horror story about how no one believes them even though they know, they KNOW this isn't right and they can't stand it.

[fairytwles]

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

IT MAY TAKE ME A MONTH TO PUT OUT A CHAPTER BUT AT LEAST IM NOT USING AI TO WRITE IT

[sentientsky]

characters going “we were lovers once”: eh, it’s okay i guess. it’s nice enough

characters going “we were friends once”: absolutely devastating. one hit knockout i’m gone

[bookwyrminspiration]

sometimes a theme recurs in your work without your permission. and sometimes it reaches a threshold where you're like. well now i think this is saying something about me against my will. don't know what though

[arynneva]

wait do people read first person stories and think they're the ones in the story???

Saw people talking about not liking first person, which is fair, but their reasoning was like "I would not do that" and I don't understand that mindset.

First person stories are still about a character. A character making their own decisions. First person isn't about you???? At least I thought it wasn't. What am I missing? I've always seen first person as just a more in-depth look into a character's mind and stricter POV. Not as a reader stand-in.

[incandescent-creativity]

Do you ever write a sentence and then realize “Nah, that’s too self aware for you” and backspace a bunch of times.

[missazurerose]

FFXIV Write 2024 Day 2

Two days in a row, probably the last time this is gonna happen.

Horizon

This is definitely an interesting chance to spitball ideas for Riona's early lore. I really haven't developed that much of her story from before the game starts. But we'll start here. And just taking the first step is a big part of it.

[specialagentartemis]

“Be curious about what you’re writing about” is not stock Common Writing Advice but it really, really should be. There are a lot of written works that fail due to the authors just being obviously incurious about what they are writing about.

[theaftersundown]

fanfiction truly being the savior for everyones sanity

[fromcainwithlove]

author’s notes today: hey guys so just a warning there isn’t 100% explicit verbal consent even though they’re both really into it so remember this is FICTION, also they don’t use a condom :((( but in real life safe sex is important!!! please be safe out there everyone

a/n back in the day: kept thinking about ____ stabbing knives through both of _____’s hands to pin him in place while they fucked so here you go lol =P

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!