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[madamemachikonew]

24. Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?

That’s a really good question and truthfully I don’t really have an answer in terms of advice given by someone else. 

Firstly, I am still very new to fanfic - I have only been writing for exactly one year. Consequently I don’t have a history of being active in fan spaces or talking to other authors - I've mainly done occasional fanart, animations or shitposting from non-Genshin fandoms on my main account. I’ve read the AO3 Reddit but apart from my comments section and on here I don’t really interact much to discuss the writing process itself. I am still familiarising myself with fanfic etiquette and customs.

So I am very much a one man band in terms of my writing and enjoyment of various media, though I do hang out on the occasional fandom discord and have made some good moots there. 

While I wouldn’t say it was bad advice, I kept seeing lots of posts or tags talking about having a beta reader. I had no idea what one of these was for months. Then when I looked it up I was like ‘nope, not for me’. Like I said, not bad advice per se because many people really thrive with them in terms of staying motivated or producing better quality work. But it seemed not only intrinsically incompatible with my style of working, but also felt like sacrificing my autonomy and by extension my enjoyment. I like my own unique flavour of work and a beta reader would feel like a dilution of that. I am, however, open to concrit after the fact, which I can then integrate into my autonomous writing process the next time.

I think the other piece of bad ‘advice’ came from myself to myself when I started the Pants fic. It’s heavily anchored on references to classical art, philosophy, Ancient Greek literature, Shakespeare, etc. I was afraid that this would scare off readers or be too culturally obscure or heavy for them and put them off reading because it was intellectually hard work. I don’t mean this in terms of underestimating their education or intelligence, but people read fanfic to relax, not for a wordy history lesson. Also some of the references are very niche so might need to be looked up or even missed altogether which, again, poses a potential headache for readers that risks diminishing the enjoyment. But these things seemed like such an integral part of my characterisation of Pants that it occurred to me that I wouldn’t be able to write the fic adequately without them. He would lack the depth and layers that I wanted to portray. I’m sure it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I have been really pleasantly surprised at how much people have commented on loving the art and philosophy aspects and his overall characterisation. Somebody even tweeted about it the other day which absolutely blew my mind.

So the lesson learned is to go with my gut instead of second guessing what readers ‘want’. I write for me at the end of the day. So my work will always naturally find its audience.

[shortshowname]

Gotta love trying to have a chill night and being haunted by the guy

[figged-newtons]

if this gets traction I will make the chex mix irl. put your wildcard ingredient in the tags and whatever random ingredient gets majority vote will go in the mix. come fuck this thing right.

[infullbloooom]

Chestnut x Jax? Call em “CHEX MIX” 💛

[copperbadge]

Every time I bring up goldfish crackers with someone I feel like I'm losing my mind because apparently I'm the only person I know who regularly ate the plain non-cheddar version as a child and one of like four people I know who as an adult is even aware they exist so

Reblog for sample size etc

[jacobgalapagos]

Here’s the same exact photo I always post

[mothfables]

Legend’s favourite foods are anything with apples and/or honey. i also feel like he goes nuts for any good recipe with vanilla in it, something he shares with Hyrule (+ maybe Wild) -give him anything with apples + cinnamon and he’s hooked -apples, cinnamon, and honey??? guess what you’re his new best friend

[hollowfaith]

「✧」 Onstage, the strings are playing up a storm. The beautiful soprano of the evening gracefully clutches the intricate beading of her dress, taking in a deep breath as she opens her lungs to hit that high note—

Crunch munch crunch.

Aurelius Vane-Tempest lowers his opera glasses from the singer to shoot the noisy girl snacking up a storm beside him with a disapproving look.

"Please be quiet."

"There is a performance going on."

@explosivedesire ໒꒱

[the-boy-who-drank-the-stars]

finnegan i may have died

(runar was flirting with me)

@garden-of-runar you can flirt?????

[legokingfisher]

Guys chex mix is so awesome because like there’s mealworms in there.

[madamemachikonew]

🩷Send this to the nicest people you know or those who have a good heart.🩷

Nyawww. Thank you.

But I am a terrible person. My heart is black and shrivelled.

[mossrockpog]

Thinking about the qbbh dissection. He said he was dissected once but that it didn't kill him which isn't how dissections work (dissections are performed on bodies presumed dead)

but it still makes sense cuz he doesn't die when he is killed contrary to that one anime screenshot (vvv this one)

So he was probably "dead" but not gone. They could have dissected him after killing him.

Then how would he know about them doing it? Iirc he has to regain his memories in a slow process after reviving, did someone tell him ("hey friend who may not remember me they absolutely desecrated your body post mortem man they just ripped into it")???

And what was the context for the dissection. Were they interested scientifically? Was this in like a morgue setting to determine cause of death or were they just so perplexed by him that they dissected him like a specimen? Did they know he wasn't human or find out after starting the dissection? Did he wake up after being dissected in the same body or did he just like. Find his old one on display somewhere??? Did he wake up with his organs all on display and go "oh they dissected me" ??? Was mans waking up and walking around with his guts spilling everywhere

WHAT WAS IN THERE

Or was he vivisected? Did he mean dissection and do I care if he meant vivisection instead. The answer is I do not care. I think it's more fun to try and figure out how dissection works with an immortal. we don't even know how his body works post-mortem. we don't even know if he gets the same one or just a new one. or maybe we do and i missed something. if you have qbbh anatomy related facts or even just qbbh facts in general i would love to hoard them please

[yourverybestghoulfriend]

Pumpkin Spice Chex Mix

[infullbloooom]

Chex Mix(Chestnut x Jax) my beloved 🍫❤️

[jobeana]

Fall Snack Mix