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man i wish i knew how to write

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because i think its funny, some select out of context commentary on the first couple chapters of FETB and the outline lol

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this is actually like my third or fourth rodeo so i sort of get it but sort of dont

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I wasn’t sure if I should leave this on your writing or art(main?) blog but I figured this was technically about fics so….

I’ve been really getting into rdr recently and Jack has taken over my brain.

I desperately love fics that deal with reacting to the media or time travel. I was very excited too to find some on Ao3 about time travel with Jack. I was even more excited to find your time travel art! I saw a post you made on here about how you hope when you write the travel fic that people will still enjoy it even if there are others. I think I might kinda be that person. The concept you have for how you’re doing your story feels quite original to some of the fics I’ve found. I love all the art you’ve done and what you’ve talked about with the story. Thank you for sharing your stories and art, it’s been amazing, and I can’t wait to read the fic if/when it comes out. Till then I’ll be absolutely consuming all the art I can get of it

baby the way i beamed and blushed reading this ask 😭 like this is so freaking sweet i love you

while i have been working on FETB in the background, i will admit that i am a much slower and less confident writer than i am an artist, and picking up my metaphorical pen is so difficult for me to do consistently. i do have a couple of chapters penned up! but i would like to figure out some more and troubleshoot where im really going with this in the details before i really try to start grinding (because writing is always a grind for me rip), or publishing anything. JUST FOR YOU i will attempt to get my big girl pants back on and pick up chapter 3 where i left off (needing to be re-plotted) soon, but atm artfight has my juice and attention.

regardless of if i can manage to make anything complete of this self-indulgent little thing, i hope you still enjoy whatever else i manage to make, and thank you so so much for the compliments and encouragement, really 😭

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I assure you: somebody, somewhere, is on the exact same wavelength as you are.

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me looking at both of my fic projects and seeing all the similarities (strained father/son relationship, slowly learning to see and care about the evil you are committing, supernatural themes as a plot driver, [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS x3]) like bitch only knows how to write one thing!!!

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AI “writing” got em-dashes and “moreover” from fanfic and online serials, not the other way around and if you ever accuse me of using AI in any capacity i will find you and eat your wifi router

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if you ever feel awkward leaving a long ao3 comment getting no reply remember that at this point receiving any feedback at all will leave most authors too stunned to speak

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me, struggling to write: hmm, this part is a little difficult. maybe i should check my planning document, which i created as a helpful tool for my writing process!

the planning document:

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worlds slowest fanfic author tries really really hard

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maybe i SHOULDNT prevent myself from writing things that aren’t OLM out of guilt and should maybe instead let myself explore my other ideas in other fandoms so that i can still be creative and get better at writing as i go and not lose all my cool ideas and maybe ill be happier. just an idea

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chapter 19 is up!

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i am about to create an au SO self indulgent. the target audience is 1 person and that person is me

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someone on twitter is trying to claim that use of an em-dash is an indication of AI-generated writing because it’s “relatively rare” for actual humans to use it. skill issue

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It feels like this every time I write a fic