#I really need an editor for this kind of stuff 😂

[slexenskee]

Okay so on May Death Never Stop You there was this forewarning that you don't recommend anyone read JJK and that you'll probably rant about it on Tumblr later. As someone who recently consumed all of JJK in a fever dream this is me politely requesting that rant because I deeply resonated with that, lmao.

OOF hi finally got back on tumblr and let me just roll up my sleeves here for a second 😂

ok at some point I had a whole rant about this with references to interviews and everything, but at this point the open wound that is JJK doesn't hurt as much so I'm not as passionate about it and don't have the spoons to come up with a thesis-worthy response here.

Basically, I think Gege just kind of gave up on this story about halfway through with it. Take your pick of reasons - first of all, he's on record saying his editor forced him into the premise. he didn't want to do the usual shounen trope of 3 protagonists, 2 boys and a girl, and he didn't want them to be in school either. (I think this is why JJK always reads better to me if I pretend they're in college, but I'm also a GoYuu shipper so I'm probably biased lol) we can infer there were probably a lot of things about the usual shounen troupe that got shoe horned into his story that he didn't like, so straight from the get go it wasn't the story he wanted to write. He was also told it was 'too dark' - which, if it was too dark in the beginning boy oh boy did that editor not know how things would go! He's also on record saying he wants to write an idol manga, which is just... sure?

Also towards the middle of it I kind of realized all at once that the character development I was hoping for was just never going to come. This was an action manga with more emphasis on convoluted power systems and video game mechanic buffs and debuffs and fight scenes than it was on backstories or authentic developing relationships between characters. He's also on record saying he finds that aspect very difficult, so yeah that checks out. And that part I totally get. If it's not something you want to write or are good at writing, of course you struggle with it and all that. So I guess I just wish he had a stronger editor to push him or just remind him that that kind of stuff is really important in a story where we need to be motivated by being invested in characters? Or maybe I'm just an outlier viewer and most of his audience is more interested in the fights.

Which brings me to another ??? I didn't understand. Purely from a marketing perspective, why would you kill off all your most popular characters? I guess in the end Nobara wasn't actually dead ,just noped off screen for most of the storyline, but Nanami and Gojo? I guess maybe Nanami wasn't that popular outside of internet fangirls haha, but Gojo? He and Nobara were main characters- they're in all the collabs and all the merch, it felt very odd to just kill them off. But now I recall that Minato merch is pretty successful in Japan, considering I could get my hands on it years after the show ended, and homeboy was literally dead for the whole series lol. So maybe it just doesn't affect the bottom line as much as I assume.

Anyway, I guess part of the reason I like the shounen genre so much is that it follows a script that I find comforting. It's like a romcom, you know? Yeah they can be novel and original but at the end of the day there are some universal truths, like the main couple gets together in the end, and even if the premise seems dark it's always funny somehow. Shounen is the same. The hero comes out at the end, and it can be a long and difficult journey, and there will be deaths that hit hard, but every since Dragon Ball there have always been characters that have plot armor against that, you know? Like if the main character dies, he gets resurrected again. Most of the main cast has close calls but never actually dies. Sure, there are some heavy deaths, like Ace in One Piece, or Jiraiya in Naruto, but there's a reason Bakugou didn't actually die in MHA. That's just not Shounen to kill him off, and I think fans appreciate that. So Nanami dying in JJK felt like that - like it was meant to be the heavy hitting death. So did Mai for Maki. Nobara's 'death' always annoyed me because it was completely glossed over and didn't serve any purpose. And then there's obviously Gojo. It didn't feel like it had a purpose to me, other than the fact he was too powerful to make sense in the story to leave alive.

Like why did you just drag us through this sad and exhausting slog through a very high-stakes chase to unseal him, only for him to just die after all that? It just felt hollow and exhausting to read it. Like I was done with despair. Despair is good when it's paced well, but it felt like there was nothing in this story but doom and gloom ever since the 'heroes' failed in the Shibuya Arc. There was nothing to break it up, it was just more doom and gloom over and over again. Not to mention I just found everything about the Culling Games to be deeply confusing. There were way too many convoluted rules involved. I can't fathom trying to read that arc one chapter at a time, once a week. I would never be able to remember what was supposed to be going on.

I honestly stopped caring after the Maki arc. It was my absolute favorite arc besides the hidden inventory one, and I think the story peaked there tbh. JJK was his first long-form project and I think it shows. The pacing is off, the story beats are misaligned, and it feels very rushed. JJK 0, Hidden Inventory, the Maki arc, those are some incredible and tight storylines that hit every beat and are just incredible. And I don't say this to point a finger at him - it's his first long-form story and his debut to boot, of course he'll find it hard. I blame his editors for it honestly.

Okay now my fingers hurt lol sorry for the rant I hope it was as cathartic for you to read as it was for me to write!!

[slaaverin]

Hi,

So, one of my absolute favorite edits from you is Two Men in Love. The song is quietly devastating. The buildup is epic and paired with your clip choices. It becomes almost haunting. I'm an editor myself, so I see how the two combined make for an almost 'fated', or 'star crossed lovers' undertone to Jikook. When in reality, for all we know, they do not feel those kind of desperate feelings regarding rheir love. So that is all down to your edit! How did you come across that song, and in general, what makes you choose a song?

Woooow thank you so much 💜🥹

Who knows maybe jikook think they are star-crossed lovers themselves 😂 they talked about fate many enough times haha but I get what you mean

I knew this song before from another fandom, in another "star-crossed" ship who has similar vibe as jikook (two sides of the same coin)

I thought the song highlighted a very ethereal and pure vibe and that's how I personally see jikook. I see them as very bright lights.

I think my song choices are heavily biased because often that's not necessarily how jikook are (I mean I don't know how they're truly living their relationship I guess that's their business) but I pick my songs in the ways that I personally perceive them

In fact, usually the songs I pick for jikook and the songs BTS make in general are not my usual taste in music.

I pick songs that I feel are emotionally/instrumentally interesting, can still appeal to general public (bcs I usually listen to very niche stuff so if I made edits with those nobody would like it except me lolololol) and that fit how I perceive jikook.

There are the songs I personally listen to but the songs I listen for jikook are in a whole other category especially for them and they don't mix at all

In fact for the edits I really need to adapt to things I'm not entirely familiar with to begin with.

That's why I still do not use very popular songs (if I used very popular songs like Angel baby or birds of a feather I would get a lot of views) but I don't do that because that's going a little too far from myself. I really don't listen or particularly like mainstream music.

And the songs I usually choose are a mix between listenable/semi-mainstream sounds but hopefully still interesting for my personal taste lol

This is a bit of crazy artist talk but I really put a loooooooot of thoughts in the music. Sometimes it takes me months to find the right one. The music is always what I pick first and it's the whole reason to make an edit in the first place because that's where all the emotion will stem from.

A "good" jikook song for me has parts in it where the instruments can evoke emotions whether it would be a build up/a bridge/a choir/a solo

But that's basically because I'm a drama queen and I want the edits to leave some kind of impact. Otherwise if I pick flat songs it will be just that: flat. No matter which clip I choose.

Intensity and emotion is what people will remember.

And to me to honor jikook this aspect needs to be met because jikook's bond is SO SPECIAL that it deserves to be felt in all its glory.

That's the impact jikook have on ME. Sometimes they make me feel emotions so deep that I can't even find words to describe them. It's huge. So I'm just trying to convey those emotions back to people ~

I'm not always succeeding but I'm trying at least lol

Usually I'm adapting to general public, to jikook and their vibe, trying to find balance between a musically interesting song and one I would also like loool so yeah finding the music is like a huge puzzle for me

I'm so eternally grateful to receive comments saying the music was perfect or that they liked the music, if people knew how much thought I put into them lol so really that's validating and it means a lot to me 🥹💜

It's nice because being in this fandom and making jikook edits allows me to discover songs that many people enjoy and I feel like I'm not ageing too fast, I can still keep up with some trendy music and know what we're talking about loool (even if in the end I almost never pick the trendy stuff for the edits 😔)

My song choices really stem from me being a slytherin I think lol deep emotions, drama, niche things, and a bit of adaptability ~

It touches me so much when people say I manage to "capture jikook's essence" with the edits because that's really what I'm trying to do

But what people don't really know about me is that before I was an art director in a communication agency, so creating for "concepts" is something I learned to do, it was part of my job. So really I am cheating a little because that's something I was trained in since I was young ~

On a very technical standpoint I know that my edits are lacking in many aspects. But since I come from a very creatively rigid background, it felt good to me to create things without any stakes or too many constraints on details.

I'm highly traumatized by the fact I worked for luxury brands and having your creative work always trampled on, saying how it's never good enough no matter how hard you try, no matter how you adjust every little details to perfection, and having your creative freedom stripped entirely

I got a huge creative burnout and depression from that, that's why now with the edits I've always done whatever I wanted without a care in the world 🧚‍♀️ Making edits freed me in many ways and that's why I cherish them so much bcs that's the only place for all those years where my creativity was unrestrained and free to express

Sorry I went on a long tangent here but I'm very grateful for your ask xD I got to talk a bit of personal stuff and geek out about music, I'm so very passionate about it! So thank you so much 💜💜🥹

Two men in love will always remain the one for me too 😌💜

[dandelionsunset1210]

for the fanfic author ask game: i have so many, i’m just too curious

2, 5 ( since i remember you have been reading and researching stuff about pregnancy, we might learn something as well ;)) 11, 13, 14, 16, 26, 31

lol sorry, too many questions

2. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?

I love all my children equally but I think five ten fifteen was the most fun to write and the biggest creative challenge for me so far

5. What's something you learned while researching a fic?

Haha yes I have so many open tabs on the what to expect website right now. But it’s less learning new things (I have a whole bunch of nieces and nephews and was kind of fascinated by pregnancy before I was writing about it) and more trying to figure out a realistic timeline of symptoms and milestones.

I have so many funny Google searches from writing but I think the silliest thing is that I’m a vegetarian with a go to recipe for squirrel stew. Apparently squirrel tastes like chicken 🤷‍♀️

11. What makes a fic 'successful' in your opinion?

I’m a big numbers girlie so I do really love looking at the stats on Ao3, but honestly if I wrote something I’m proud enough to post then it’s a success in my book

13. Do you have an 'official' creative writing background such as a degree or previous experience publishing?

Nope, just here for fun :) I would love to start dabbling with original stories someday though

I answered 14 here :)

16. What do you struggle with most when writing?

Probably getting nitpicky about little details. I have a family member who’s a copy editor so I have a little bit of that in me too and I get annoyed when I find inconsistencies in my own writing or when my works don’t match book canon. Need to remind myself sometimes that this is a hobby and it’s ok if it’s not perfect.

26. Do you ever "prep" your fics with outlines or warmups before you start writing, or do you just dive right in?

I usually have a rough outline of how many chapters and the main points of what needs to happen in that chapter. Then when I’m working on a chapter I outline the main scene in brackets. That way if I get stuck on a scene or a transition I can kind of jump around and fill in the blanks later.

31. What fic meant the most to you to write?

Always a soft spot for It only hurts this much right now. It was the fic I was only writing for myself until I worked up the nerve to post it and I’m so glad I did :’)

😅 Did I get them all? Thanks for the ask I feel like I just did a full author q&a 😂

[mrs-monaghan]

"So off he goes to what he thinks is still Jimin's room (he cheated/helped Jimin to get this room btw, but that's an analysis for another day)"

Can that day also be today? 😳

😌😌

Anon is quoting this post.

In the soop season 2 episode 1.

Let us begin. Jhope asks to find out which members will be partiers for the duration of their stay there

Vminhopekook, the 4 members who love to hang out together end up being team party party, of course

Off the members go to their respective houses. So when Vminhopekook get to house C, Jimin who wants the best room for himself stealthily runs upstairs

Unfortunately for him, he gets busted 🤣🤣🤣

So Jimin has no choice but to come back down with his stuff and he gathers everyone around

But then instead of waiting for people to gather, he goes back upstairs to that room he wants.

Remember when I mentioned in the other post about Jikook and how they always keep an eye on the cameras?

I believe they turn them off quite often too 🤭 Anyway, Jimin really likes the room.

He really, really wants this room

Even editors get it. Jimin wanted this room before he even saw how nice it was. For this I believe he wanted this room because it's upstairs far from the rest and therefore isolated. Why he would want this kind of privacy, who knows? I can't think of a single reason why 😌😌

Moving on swiftly, he goes back downstairs so they can pick rooms and its decided JK doesn't need to play. He can just pick one of the downstairs rooms coz he has Bam. Which he does.

So Vhopemin are left to play rock, paper, scissors

Keep in mind Jimin sucks at this game. He is known as the member with the worse streak from losing many games, yes. But also RPS. Especially RPS. So they play the first time and they all end up doing rock

This is the part you want anon. Time stamp: 21:53

JK shows Jimin "rock"

I just now realised Jhope also saw ����😂😂 so they go one more round and guess who does rock and wins?

That's right. JK who had stepped away immediately asks;

Keep in mind he's not in the room. All he heard was shouting. But the first person he asks about is Jimin. Why? 🤭🤭

Because he gave him the answer and wanted to know if it worked 😌 He needed to know which would be their other room So! happy Mimi runs upstairs with a happy "weeeeeeeeee"

Very happy to have the room he had his sights on from jump.

In conclusion: Jeon Jungkook loves Park Jimin. The end

I absolutely love, love, looooove when Jikook cheat to be with eo or for eo. It's just... it's everything guys. Just couple things, nbd 😌

[msmargaretmurry]

Re: your Shoot your Shot review

Firstly I want to say I loved your review and take on the whole thing. I am in complete agreement with everything that you said.

And to be clear, this message isn't meant to be a defence of any criticisms as they were super valid, but l like to reason things out, and want to know your thoughts.

I was just thinking the other day about what a weird coincidence it was that these characters ended up with such similar names to Lexi and her husband, though I guess that wasn't such a coincidence after all. I think a lot of writing advice given to new authors is write what you know, and so I guess that's what we got. But girl, you could at least be a little more subtle.

As for the clunkiness of the writing, I don’t know how much writing she’s don’t in the past, and clunky writing is a little bit of an ick for myself, but hopefully that can worked on for the sake of all the parts of the book I really did like!

Lastly, it kind of cracks me up that for a book where she really claimed for hockey accuracy, she really dropped the ball on the art selling accuracy. No hate, but for all the pride she takes in keeping things accurate I think that wouldn’t be such a difficult one.

This all to say, I know she signed a two book deal, so; would the bad parts of this book discourage you from reading whatever it is she comes out with next, and you thing some of the writing issues (clunkiness, telling and not showing) are things that she can work passed as a writer?

i will probably read her second book just because i am nosy as hell, but honestly i do think the issues with this first book are largely things she could work on! even in this book i feel like the back half of the book was overall noticeably better than the first half, which is definitely an editing issue but also i think shows she was learning as she was writing. when i read fanfic i'm pretty forgiving of clunky writing or whatever because imo fanfic writers can do whatever they want forever but the moment someone starts charging money for their stuff i have such little patience for work that feels like it needs an editor. but in general i think that the more anyone writes the better they get at it. and hopefully the second time around it'll feel less self-inserty since she already used those characters 😂

[galadrieljones]

hiya gala!! 🎃 and 🍂? i hope you have a fantastic day!!

Thanks for the ask @myreia ^_^ I hope you have a great day, too.

🎃 pumpkin: do you have any favorite brainstorming techniques? how do you like to gather ideas for your wip?

I answered this one earlier, you can find it here.

🍂 leaves: what does your editing process look like? how does your wip typically change as you work on it?

Because I am seemingly always super strapped for time, the most important part of my process is getting started. Failure to launch is, in my experience, the only cause of "writer's block." I just need to break the seal, get started. My earliest drafts as I mentioned in the linked ask above are usually just super spare scene sketches in the notes app on my phone because of this. No details or descriptions. I just put a little (...) to note where I know I need an action, or a description, or a note on the environment to flesh out the pacing later on. I will do this sometimes before bed, or when I'm doing other things.

Once I'm ready to work on the actual story then, these days, I usually just work right in AO3 for fanfiction. It just keeps me in the right mode, since I write and read so many different things as part of my job, other projects, etc., and AO3 just makes me feel like, okay, THIS is the safe place lol. THIS is my happy place (I copy/paste frequently into a note or word doc to back up my work fyi haha). When I'm ready to write, like to actually type, I don't usually copy/paste writing from my notes. I retype it, now working in the details/actions/descriptions that I skipped before, because like I just really needed to get down the big beats, but now it's time to make the scene come alive. I find that retyping from scratch rather than copy/pasting is important, because a lot of the time, the emotional output or directionality of a scene will be a little different once I add in the details. Things almost always need to be tweaked.

Once I have a completed draft, I usually sit on it for as long as I can. An old professor once taught me that, with writing, you usually need a couple days to let a draft marinate before going back to it again. I can't remember what he called those days, but this was useful advice for me, as I'm always in a rush. Sometimes, I only have a couple hours to wait or one night. In any case, in that time, any problems with the existing writing usually bubble to the surface of my consciousness, and I can go back in and work on them later, often times on my phone, while I'm off doing other stuff or hanging with my kids or my husband on the couch, etc. I do a lot of my editing this way, like in the car while waiting for my kids to get out of school lol. I used to need solitude to write, but I have three kids and I have adapted lol. If I get too precious about my workspace, I get nothing done.

Anyway, even as my job entails editing books for a living, that editorial work is always grand scale, like finding the shape of a story. I am actually a terrible copy editor lmfao as I hate that kind of little nit-picky stuff. Line editing drives me insane. I will occasionally run things through the editor on word to make sure there's nothing glaring, but I don't get hung up on typos. You will probably see at least one per chapter with my work 😂 😭 I do usually reread my chapters after I publish them, and if I find something that's really bothering me, I'll go back and fix it asap.

Anyway, that's pretty much it!!

October-themed Writeblr Asks ❤️

[martelldoran]

Hi ali! How about 19 and 22 for the ask game? <3

hello my love! thanks for stopping by! 💖

19) Are there any stories that you’ve written that you’d really love to do a sequel to?

it's funny you ask this because i was looking at a doc with a half written sequel in it literally yesterday 😂 generally most of the things i've written are pretty stand alone and that's fine! but the one exception is i don't want to set the world on fire. i have a short one shot sequel half written for it that i would quite like to get finished at some point. it's nothing too flashy, just a plot thread that was kind of left hanging i want to wrap up. bit of hurt/comfort. some feelings. all that good stuff.

for a while after it was written, i also thought about writing a Bucky POV piece for it but i'm not sure i want to do that anymore. partly because i don't think i could do it justice and partly because i don't think it needs it. but who knows. maybe one day!

22) Do you have a story that you look back on and cringe when you reread it?

oh so many things from when i was younger. the first thing i ever wrote to completion was an original piece that was basically a twilight ripoff just without the vampires and set in Scotland 😂 i was in 2nd year of high school when i wrote it, so about 13 maybe? and i think back on it and cringe. i don't have it anymore unfortunately. i lost the files and the sites it was hosted on went down so the only traces of it are the odd chapter left in an old notebook somewhere in my parents house. it was terrible but at the time i loved it and up until i don't want to set the world on fire, it was the only long form piece of writing i ever completed. so it holds a special place in my heart.

that and it was writing for pure pleasure. idk how to explain it, but i didn't get hung on The Craft of it because it was the first big, real thing i'd written. i was a teenager with no nitpicky editor voice in her head, just freeform stream of consciousness writing for the sake of writing.

aha that got away from me a bit! 😅

let's exchange asks

[happyk44]

Legit if I ever did become a semi-popular author (and by that I mean like. 20 ppl I don't know and didn't coerce into buying my books out of family/friendship committment bought and read my stuff and liked it), I would v likely not stop writing fanfic

Bc 1) um. I have way too many ideas that are not easily transferrable to original WIPs and also I do not want more original fucking WIPs okay Bc that requires more than one draft and fanfic is v much write publish and move on for me 🤷‍♂️

And 2) I just don't care. I will v likely never be Trad published BC I just dont have the energy to:

Write multiple drafts

Then shop them to different agencies with my fingers crossed

Revise and go through another draft, possibly multiple of them, if I get picked up by an agent

Shop to different publishers with my fingers crossed

Revise and go through another draft, possibly multiple of them, if I get picked up by a publisher

Do a whole bunch of marketing in between

Probably some other shit I forgot about that will take time and energy that I don't have Bc I work a day job and have chronic illnesses and spend most of my free time asleep anyway

I also just. Don't vibe with the idea that someone can look at my outline, my characters, my story, and all the work I put into it and say "actually scrub these parts out, they're not sellable". I don't like the idea of another person or company owning my story. And I don't have the capacity to write to market. I want to make weird shit that clicks with like 4 people. I don't want to have to sanitize anything.

And I take too long to write as is and with Trad publishing we've got a deadline breathing down my neck. At least if I stick to self-publishing, my drafts can take as long as they want from first to final, with all the editing and beta reading I need in between. Costly? Yeah, that's why the first round of books I've ever published were untouched by outside eyes Bc I was young and broke.

But I have a decent job now and I'm older and more confident in my skills so like. I don't mind putting in a chunk of change, only to come out at a loss in the end 😂 I just want ppl to read it. I don't need all the bells and whistles.

So, yeah, without the weight of "Trad publishers typically want you to scrub away any fanfic you might have", I don't really see the need to kick it to the curb. I like writing fanfic. If I wanna take time between drafts, or while I'm waiting for beta/editor feedback, and scribble out some drabbles or another fucking 60k masterpiece that like 5 people read because I wanna write but I'm too tired to fuck with another original piece, I can do it.

If I got offered smth by a small/indie publisher, I might be happy to take them up on it because they tend to be more forgiving of the weird and wonderful, but I don't like leaving people in the lurch because I'm a slow writer, which is why I really hate that I have those 4 ongoing fics still posted on ao3, and why my plan is to just fucking write and complete the whole series before I even hit publish on book 1 for any future series I may write Bc I don't wanna throw out book one, get at least one person invested, and then take five years to spit out book two.

(plus I get worried that I'll hit publish, start book two and realize I need to change smth in the story that requires going back and changing things in book one 😩 and like yes. I fully outline all books in a series before I hit publish, but hey, outlines are subject to change Bc stories are flexible)

Plus again 3) I like writing fanfic. I like playing with characters and settings I didn't create. I like writing meta and unhinged nonsense abt them. It's a different kind of imagination, and I enjoy it! I don't wanna have to stop unless I'm busy with other shit. And even then, I'd still like the opportunity to return if I wanted without have to orphan or plonk my shit under Anonymous. They're my stories!!

Anyway. Idk. Fingers crossed I finish a draft of smth end of next year 🤷‍♂️

[orcelito]

Ok waow I meant to follow up on this sooner, but I ended up leaving the convention after this panel so I have been busy lol

Anyways,

IT WAS EVERYTHING I COULDVE WANTED AND MORE...

I did get the book!!! Yay!!!! I'm gonna get this thing autographed when I see them on Sunday hehehe, I'm excited

Seeing them in person is like. They have every bit of their humor I'm used to, but there they are in the flesh!!!! It just made them feel so Real... and it was rly interesting hearing them talk about their process for making and developing the comic books. A lot of in depth stuff!!! Definitely made me enthusiastic for reading them (I actually need to buy a few between this one and the volumes I own, bc I think I'm missing 3 and 5). I also wanna listen to the podcast again hfkshck I miss it...

They also started the podcast with their editor reading off Dropbox comments they made on this book when they were working on it 2 years ago, which was Just as inane and hilarious as you would expect from the McElroys. Definitely made me laugh a lot.

EVEN BETTER THO.......

After the Dropbox comments stuff, they asked for 9 volunteers. I was tempted, but I ended up not bc I had too much stuff from the vendor's hall and didn't want to bother setting it aside or whatever. I Regret This Though!!!!! Bc they then shared that, well. They wanted to show off the concept panels for a few of them, but ended up not being given a projector for this panel... so they just printed them out on 9 big pieces of poster board 😂😂😂. Each board with a different concept panel with its final panel hidden from view. The game being that they wanted them to guess what the concept panels were for (the joke being that the concept panels were really rough & kind of incomprehensible, though they got a surprising number of them!!!)

The 9 volunteers were each given a board to walk it down the isle so people in the back could see. AND THEN THEY GOT TO KEEP THE BOARDS THEY CARRIED....... which is why I truly regret not volunteering 😂😂😂

The panels included things like the mannequin monster, Merle holding up some jeans, and MOST NOTEWORTHY... the kravitz & taako kiss!!!!!!! The crowd went WILD when that one was revealed!!!!! The person that got that one is SOOOO lucky. And then the one after that was a panel with naked Magnus running 😂😂😂 which the crowd ALSO fucking loved. 9 of these big poster boards exist... signed by the artist... I'm so jealous...

Oh well. I'll get my book signed instead and I will enjoy it very much hehehe

THEYRE THERE........

[rich-and-bitchy-is-my-type]

If it's too much I apologize. I was wondering what made you start writing. I have been working up the nerve to get back into writing, but to no sucess. I guess I have been out of touch for so long.

Oh! It’s not too much, no need to apologize! I’m sorry if I don’t make any sense though I have a fever and I’m like, rambling lmao

So basically I’ve always liked writing but I wasn’t very good at it. I mostly wrote fiction or journal entries. I only wrote fanfiction for a game called My Candy Love when I was like 14 lol Then I moved on to other games that had a bigger fanbase and kind of stopped writing fanfiction. I kept writing personal things for a while but eventually I stopped? Like I would write ideas for a story or stuff like that but nothing beyond that. I do love creating new OCs so in a way I kept writing by coming up with character backgrounds or headcanons for them.

Then I started playing QB and idk, this game has a fanbase way smaller than the other games I play and Poppy wasn’t an official LI so despite seeing a lot of incredible fanfiction and fanart, I still wanted more LMFAO

It was the first time that I had to write the content I wanted to see and that made me SICK to my stomach because I hadn’t written anything in over five years and also I had never tried writing fanfiction in english before. So the simple answer is that I had a very specific AU in mind, I hadn’t found any other fanfiction with a similar premise and decided to write my own (even though I’d much rather have someone else write it for me lol) it was basically a “I'm gonna throw up why do I have to be the one to create the content I wish to see in the world 💔💔💔” moment for me LMFAO

There was a point in my life where I wanted to become a published author, but like I’ve said, I’ve never been that good at writing so I kinda gave up on that idea. I think I could be a good editor or pretty decent at brainstorming ideas, but that’s it lol

I also dealt with depression and things like that for a long time so I can totally understand the feeling of wanting to start writing again but finding it hard. I wish I had a better answer but for me it was just. an hyper fixation that got out of control. I probably wouldn’t have started writing again if this fandom was bigger and had more fanfic authors. (Side note: the authors that are in this fandom, though, are top notch. Literally. So so talented, its insane.)

What I did notice though is that when you stop thinking about it and just start writing whatever comes to mind, it’s easier. Like most of my fanfics started with a specific dialogue/scene I had in mind and then I made a story that revolved around that idea. Even Ground started with the closet scene, In Spite Of Me started with Poppy’s realization moment and Baby It’s Cold Outside started with the vague concept of Poppy being stood up by someone important to her. I know it’s not great advice but… idk, if you have a dialogue in mind just write it down and see where it takes you. Maybe the rest of the plot will come to you right away, or maybe it will take a few days. But writing anything at all is progress, I think. In a way it’s kind of like riding a bike lol you’ll know what to do, even if it’s been a while! Good luck, I’m excited to read whatever you end up writing if you ever want to share! ❤️❤️

I wish I had better advice but I don’t even consider myself a writer jskdkdkf im just. picking words and arranging them in a way that kinda makes sense but not really 💀😂 BUT YOU’VE GOT THIS ANON!! I BELIEVE IN YOU

[theangryjikooker]

I wanted to know your opinion and share mine on the hickey gate.

To me it seems like that all the boys are a little nasty/messy off camera and when the bite happened, it actually looked like a hickey. Yes I believe it did happen between the two of them but they were kinda trolling each other in front of the camera. I mean if they were trying to be closeted couple, these kind (sexual kind of) stuffs wouldn't be given away that easily? But then again they did present it as a funny thing but no interviewer (American ones specifically) asked them about it. It did trend on Twitter right? As a joke also these things can be asked. Like Maybe this time it wasn't really about upfront personal interview but maybelater on, in some extra casual environment they should be asked this question. I will expect Jimmy or James to at the least make a light laughter about it.

Hi, anon!

I've actually talked about "hickey gate" here (among a plethora of other things in response to a Jikook supporter's submission). To summarize what I said there, I can see why people would think it was a hickey, but based on my own personal experience, the story Jimin shared was believable to me. Do I think it was weird to bite Jungkook at all? Hell yeah.

I mean if they were trying to be a closeted couple, these kind (sexual kind of) stuffs wouldn't be given away that easily? But then again they did present it as a funny thing [...]

It's funny that you mention this because the way you presented this scenario is how people double down on the "plausible deniability" angle, which honestly... I think it's a crock of shit. The narrative of Jikook keeping their relationship a secret but playing off couple-like behavior when they're in front of the camera because they can get away with it makes NO sense. They open themselves up to intense scrutiny when they do that, which is completely counterintuitive to wanting to stay a secret. If their members and Big Hit were in on the secret of them dating, I sincerely doubt they would want to draw attention to anything that might fuel public suspicions even more than when Jikook are just being themselves.

And look, if they really are dating, there's no need for "plausible deniability." Unless it's tabloid fodder or some crazy sasaeng looking to create drama and ruin lives, no one in Korea is going to shine a light on a potential romance between them. Someone who follows official Korean media and revered journalists with regularity can link me to official headings if they know of any, but apart from being linked together because they're literally walking together or revered as a duo for their visuals, no one's implied that there's something more going on. They wouldn't need to hide their interactions at all or whip up some crazy story to explain it away.

I think people forget that, concerts aside, a lot of what we see in their content are edited so there's nothing to worry about. If there was any questionable moment between Jikook, I'm sure Big Hit editors would've edited it out of the final cut.

Sorry, anon, none of what I said above was directed at you. I just have very strong feelings about "plausible deniability," and you reminded me of that. 😂 I really hate it so much.

To address the last point in your ask, it's actually unlikely to happen in American interviews (at least on these talk shows). Interview questions are typically reviewed by a manager and/or the interviewees before they make it on-air. Is it a question that someone like Ellen could have asked, who has no sense of boundaries and likes to make people uncomfortable by bringing up things that are irrelevant? Yes, but she's an instigator, not an interviewer.

[yourfriendlyneighbourhoodwriter]

Aww, I’m so glad! And it’s adorable that you showed your parents!

There’s not much to tell, yet. My wip is kind of a silly book about 20 somethings with powers and it’s just a chaotic and fun adventure (don’t want to give too many details incase I actually get it published. This blog is very anonymous 😂). My aim is to write stuff with characters of colour that isn’t all about trauma. Don’t get me wrong, those books are important and a lot of them are amazing, but I think we need and deserve stories that are full of joy, too!

I’m currently doing a program where I have agent and editor mentors, which is really cool! It’s nice to have positive feedback from professionals! Though I have to do a showcase next month where I read an extract and pitch to a bunch of people in the industry, which is scary 😭

It’s truly my pleasure if my ask helped you in any way! I’m not gonna lie, it is a long and tough journey, but it’s something you can work on alongside your other goals. You’re so talented that I’m sure you’ll get there! Just remember to be kind to yourself, take breaks when you need to, and never pressure yourself because it should be a fun experience ❤️

Keep me updated on everything if you’re comfortable! I’d love to read your future book 😉🥰

I think it’s so exciting that you’re pursuing writing!!

I’m a (hopefully soon to be published!!) writer, and I’ve done comps/programs/etc, so I have a lot of experience reading other people’s work, and I just want to say that you are really talented! Like, truly.

It’s definitely a hard path, especially if you go the traditional route, but keep going because your stories and voice deserve to be heard ❤️

(P.s. having writer friends helps soooo much, so find your people if you don’t have them already)

i read this ask a million times because it’s the most motivational ask i’ve ever received in the history of asks sent to lolly. 😭💕 i even showed this to my parents 😭😭 first of all, good luck on getting published and i would love to hear more about your work if you’re comfortable talking about it !!!! second, JUST… thank you so much !! i’ve sat on it for many years because my two career goals in life have been to either take over my parents’ business or nursing school. but this year i really fell back in love with creating and i want to give it a serious try so thank you for being so positive <333 you’ve made me smile ear to ear and i hope you have the best day ever.