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No words, only Uzumaki Kouki

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actually the only reason anyone hates madara is bc he came closer to realizing his "everyone lives/nobody dies" fanfic au than they did

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‘You were my best friend till the very end’.

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ugh I've been watching Madara scene packs and I hate him so much. how dare he be the apple of my eye

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Writing isn't the hobby. Being insane about little fake people is the hobby. Writing is just the only outlet i have for that

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The problem is every time I upload a chapter and it's not the last thing I do before I go to bed, I sit around completely useless for the rest of the day because what even is my purpose in life besides writing

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sasuke day 117

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it is once again past 2 am, I am drunk* and writing my fanfic

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do you have any writing tips, writers you look up to, or maybe resources? i love your writing style and it inspires me a lot to improve my own.

This is a beautiful thing to be asked, and it did make me reflect a bit more on why I write the way I write. I’m going to assume this ask comes as a result of Only Shot at Honour, so I’ll focus my answer based on that.

I draw inspiration from other writers (think George RR Martin and his A Song Of Ice and Fire universe) in regards to world building. I think it’s really important to have a cohesive sense of the world around your characters, because that’s going to ground their actions in their history and values. It’s what makes them feel real, in my opinion. This is great news for fic writing, because there's already a world built around the canon, and you can use it as a guideline. It's harder for original stories, which I think is an entirely different matter, and is what distinguishes original story writing from fic writing.

Style wise, I don't think I take inspiration from anything in particular. My personal style was very much developed in time and through trial and error. There’s a few key takeaways I like to remember as I write, though, and those I’ve learned both through my own experience and media I’ve interacted with:

Trim the fat: Sometimes, details or scenes you might like as an author don’t serve narrative purpose. At that point you’re at a crossroads. So either a) make it serve narrative purpose, be it character development, plot development, or worldbuilding, or b) cut it. I’ll give an example: in chapter 20, Hashirama’s POV, I really wanted to include a scene wherein Hashirama asked Hikaku to bring him to Madara’s armour. The scene would have been about mourning, and about Hashirama reaching out to the ghost of Madara to try and gain clarity. There was an option to include some foreshadowing in it. In the end, I decided to cut it. It would have bloated the chapter and cut through its tension. People would have liked it, I'm sure, but I'm a firm believer in narrative integrity over instant gratification, which leads me into my next point.

Don’t pander: What I mean by this is, don’t fall into the trap of writing something, or not writing something, based on what your audience might think of it. The body of the work is more important. Don’t undercut your own themes so that people like it. This will ensure that the ending hits, and sticks. I can’t tell you how many excellent fics I’ve read that left me disappointed with the ending precisely because those themes ended up being sabotaged by a desire to make readers happy. In this sense, I’d recommend a TV show: Loki. I’m not a huge fan of Marvel, but the Loki show did right by its ending and by its protagonist. It carried Loki’s story to a very satisfying and ultimately inevitable conclusion, even if it might not have been what people thought they wanted. And speaking of inevitability —

The plot is inevitable: if your characters act in accordance with their morals, their context, their world, their journey will feel inevitable in hindsight. Readers might have their hopes, but as they read, they’ll end up saying — of course it had to happen this way. This doesn’t mean that you can’t alter the course of a character, but it does mean that you have to put effort into it and think, what would compel them to do what I want them to do? This is hard. But it’s also very satisfying, once you’ve figured it out, and you’ll know you have because it’ll click. You, too, will look at the course of your characters and think — yeah. It has to happen this way. Sometimes, though, this will lead you to realise that wait, no, it actually can't happen that way, because that's not who my character is or ever will be. Which means you have to redirect, and come to a new, and better conclusion for your story.

The characters: they’re people. Make them fallible. Make them lie to themselves, be hypocrites. Make them second guess. Give them blindspots. This both makes it easier on you as an author, and serves to flesh your characters out.

Other than these lines, which I personally think should be generally applicable to most works (I’m of course talking about longform, complex stories), what I personally do when I write is I visualise. I like to think my writing feels cinematic, because that’s how it lives in my head — the flicker of light in someone’s eyes, betraying a certain emotion, or the rush of wind, serving as foreshadowing. I listen to music a lot, mostly instrumentals, that help infuse the writing with the rhythm of the song. I think writing stories and writing music are similar, in the sense that there’s ebbs and flows, understated parts and explosive parts. Together, it’s a symphony. That’s how I see it, anyway. How I feel it.

As for the resources I’d recommend — a bit corny, but your heart and soul, the media you’re already drawn to, and practice. Just write. In this sense, I’ll leave you with a personal anecdote: I wrote my first longform story last year. It took me three months to write and I couldn’t rest until it was done. I loved writing it, thinking it, and breathing it. But when I went back to reread it, I read chapters 1 through 7 and thought — god, I could’ve worked so much harder on this, I’m embarrassed to have shared this. But then I turned the page to chapter 8, and suddenly, it was as if all the work I’d put in had manifested into skill. It was jarring, as if someone else had written chapter 8 and onward. That’s just how it happens, though. Time and wordcount.

So, yeah. This was a bit of a long winded reply, but I hope it helped. Thank you for the ask, I loved answering it — and happy writing!

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absolutely love abusing the power that comes with 3rd person limited pov and just ignoring things and being vague sometimes. does the character know all the details? no? then I don't have to either.

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not that i don’t appreciate the female form as much as the next person but HWHY is tumblr suddenly flooding me with artistic and tasteful naked ladies given i exclusively interact with (1) uchiha content, (2) the funnies, and (3) the bg3

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I havent had time to write At All and unfortunately i keep getting visions. So i turned to music to alleviate the stress and I’m proud to report these are my top two OSAH Madara songs:

Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons which correlates with chapter 11

And Up&Up by Coldplay which correlates with chapter 19

I’m so tired I can’t wait to get some time off

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nothing more flattering than someone saying "oh don't get her going" in reference to you when a topic you're passionate about is brought up

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Seeing this always makes me think about how GRRM was asked how he writes such compelling female characters and his response was something like idk. They’re people

everyday i wake up and think about the wasted potential of the naruto female characters, and idc about kishimoto saying he can't write female characters like dawg that's not an excuse. every single female character could have done so much fucking more but instead they got watered down so badly at the end

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we don't talk enough about how hashimada are also zodiacally tied together... hashirama is a leo (fire sign) and madara is a capricorn (earth sign).. they're literally each others abilities

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still thinkin about that  one post