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this hit me like a truck

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1/24/15: Johnny Gaudreau on his ideas for the skills competition

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Slow burn but it's written by an impatient person

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Sometimes the rats in my brain come together and start yelling “YEARNING” and in trying to appease them I ask “FOR WHAT” but they are too small so all they can say is “YEARNING” which is a very big word for such a tiny creature, even collectively

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Ever since I was a little girl I always wanted to get hit by a car in a way that would make me a lot of money

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1-2 & 10 for the Princess Diaries fic?

HELLOOOO SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO ANSWER also thank you!!

Start to finish, how long did it take to plan and write? Did you take breaks during the process?

this is my favorite story about writing a fic. ALRIGHT so on january 2nd, 2021, i made this post about my idea for a princess diaries au. i started writing the next day (january 3), and finished five days later (january 8). that fic happened in a week. from idea to finish, it was seven days. i went shopping with my brother one day and took a nice break from it, but uh. no other breaks. i want whatever high i was on that week to come BACK TO ME.

2. How did you come up with the idea?

honestly, i don't remember. i don't THINK i was watching the movie, but i very well could have been. i know that my inspiration for making it prince alex was because i didn't feel like the movie did a good job of capturing mia's anxiety well, so that was a goal of mine!!

10. How did you approach writing the fic? (e.g. wrote it start to finish in order, started with the ending, starting with the twist)

i wrote this fic extremely out of order with no plan. like, to the point where i'm genuinely surprised that it created a coherent fic in the end. i had a vague idea in my mind of what i wanted to happen, and somehow... it worked? looking back, i really wish i had sat down to actually plot, because i feel like i could have done SO MUCH MORE with that story, but i also don't regret it, yk?? is it my favorite fic i've written?? no. but it does mean a lot to me and i do love it and hold it close to my heart.

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💯🙏💛🟨👍

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

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I get how the whole “listening to music as a dick-measuring contest for who can listen to the most obscure band” thing can get grating sometimes but I don’t think people realize just how vital that phenomenon is for new up and coming bands to get a foot in the door. it’s understandable to be annoyed by hipsterism but unless you want all music to be industry plants and former child stars you’re just going to have to accept it as part of the social ecosystem.

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this poem is about being nonbinary.

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y’all should reblog and put in the tags what your first concert and your last concert were, and what your next concert will be if you know

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applying for jobs seems to mostly consist of lying and submitting to indignities, which is whatever. but it is very difficult for me to override my innate instinct that anyone demanding i write a cover letter has insulted me so greatly that the only way to retain my honor is violence

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✍️ even more fic writer asks!

This one is a behind-the-scenes dive into a specific fic. Followers can send an ask with a number & the fic they’d like you to talk about ✨OR✨ you can decide what fic you’re focusing on and just ask for numbers. (Or reblog and answer everything like a Q&A)

Start to finish, how long did it take to plan and write? Did you take breaks during the process?

How did you come up with the idea?

Did the idea change at all by the time the fic was complete?

If the fic required it, what did you research in order to write it?

Did you outline the fic?

How did you decide what tense and POV(s) to use?

How did you decide what character(s) would narrate the fic?

Did you cut something out of the outline or an early draft? What was it and why did you decide to cut it?

Did you get stuck at any point? How did you get past that?

How did you approach writing the fic? (e.g. wrote it start to finish in order, started with the ending, starting with the twist)

What was the most challenging aspect of writing it?

What program(s) did you use to write and edit?

Did you write any of the fic by hand? If yes, which parts? Do you find you write differently by hand vs typing?

Talk about the fic’s opening scene & how you approached it

Talk about the characters’ struggles & how you decided on those

Talk about the fic’s biggest moment & how you came up with it

Talk about the fic’s ending. Why did you end it where you did?

Talk about your editing and revision process

While editing, did you kill any darlings? What were they?

Did you work with a beta? How did that affect the finished fic?

Did the fic end up shorter or longer than you had planned?

What is something you learned about yourself as a writer from the experience?

How did you come up with the title?

How did you celebrate finishing?

Share your favorite line

Share your favorite detail

Share a piece of lore you made up for the story

Write a new summary for the fic, but badly

If you made a playlist, talk about the songs on it and share a link

Would you ever return to the story’s universe and write more?

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happy disability pride month to everyone who will not be seeing a positivity post for their condition this month because their condition is too rare

you deserve to have pride in your disability. you deserve to be supported for your disability. I see you and I love you. you are never too rare