#definitely still unfinished but i'm really getting into a flow... i have my title and concept and narrative just have to fill the rest of

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secret samol check in spot 🔔 how we doing gang?

[helenrourke]

May Writing Progress Wrap-up

May was a wonderful month for me writing wise.  After taking a bit of a break and recollecting my thoughts, I got my writing mojo back.  I’m really glad I’m rediscovering why I started writing fanfiction last year in the first place.  Right now I’m just letting myself write what I want to get the creativity flowing.  It feels great to be back.

What I published

Kill My Time – Was my au Oto/Haruto fic and my time writing for Hana Nochi Hare.  I really loved writing it and I definitely plan on writing more Hanadan fics that feature this cast in the future.

The Pandia Archives – Were a collection of old/unfinished stories I wrote prior to publishing my works on ao3.  I plan on adding other unfinished pieces to the collection in the future. I hope readers of my work enjoyed reading them.

Currently Writing

The Imperial House – Things are doing well so far.  I’m still working on finishing my irist draft and I’m currently penning act fourteen.  As of now, the plan is for the story to have twenty-one acts, not including the prologue and epilogue.  So currently over half of the work has been written so far.  I’ve also noticed my writing has changed during my brief hiatus, so expect later chapters of this work to show my new writing style. 

Enchanted – Is the first side story written for The Imperial House.  Heavily inspired by the upcoming previews of Season 4 of Bridgerton and my recent playthrough of Meiji Tokyo Renka.  Enchanted answers my self imposed question, what if Tsukushi and Tsukasa had met at a masquerade ball held by the Imperial Family for Prince Tsukasa’s birthday.

The currently untitled Jack Jeanne fic – Is my next Jack Jeanne work, which is an different first meaating AU, where Kisa and Fumi grew up as childhood friends. I've been working on this on and off since April and I see it as my next passion project, as Mene had been.

I'm gonna be honest, I haven't beaten all the routes in the game, nor have I read any of the supplementary material such as novels, however I plan on posting it regardless once it's finished. At one point I even planned on shelving this title, because the Jack Jeanne fandom wriiters are amazing and I don't feel worthy. However, so many writers have urged me to write it anyway and I appreicate it you for telling me not to give it up.

This work will probably not be out until after I finish my first draft of The Imperial House, but I'm ok with that. Stay tuned.

Future Goals for June

The Imperial House –Now that I hopefully will be able to have more time to write since I’m on a break from school, I’m happy to announce that I will be posting Act Seven next month.   I thank everyone for being so patient with me to figure out how to get the story back on track.

Enchanted – As a thank you for everyone being patient while I reworked The Imperial House, I plan to post the side story as a bonus post around the end of the month.  I hope you enjoy reading it.

Final Thoughts

I’m happy with what I accomplished this month.  I hope this summer continues to be productive for me.  Thanks to everyone who read and commented on my works while I was taking a semi-hiatus.  I appreciate you.

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fic writer interview

(a pic to get your attention, and to remind us all of how strong a look this was--you're welcome)

Tagged by @phoenix-ascended, thank you!!

name: C (heavensfallingaroundus on AO3)

fandoms: I wrote a lot of Madderton in 2019/2020, before I lost all hope 😂 I also wrote them as David Budd and Eggsy Unwin in a Kingsman/Bodyguard crossover that is long, wonderful and tragically still unfinished to this day--but I swear we're going to finish it one day, hopefully soon. Basically what I'm trying to say is: anything with Taron Egerton, and I'm game. I also wrote some other British Actor RPF starring the usual suspects (Colin Firth, Kit Harington, etc.) and a single Achilles x Patroclus oneshot after finishing Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles. I read mostly Taron RPF (but not het stuff because it makes me uncomfortable, soz) and Hartwin--although I must admit I've not been reading as much as I would like, lately.

two-shot: What an odd question. I don't know if it counts as a two-shot, but this pair of crackficks (#sponcon) is definitely the best sorta-two-chaptered thing I've ever written, also thanks to my wonderful co-author and my favourite human on the planet, @its-a-soft-science. I'm also partial to where we're going, because it paints a version of events where everything turned out alright.

most popular multi-chapter fic: Still to this day, it's Three. If you were around when i was writing and publishing it, in the second half of 2019, you know how much that work took out of me and how I never took a break for around 6 months. It was the proverbial wild ride of my life as a fic writer, and even if I maybe think the quality of the work is not as good as it could have been, I still really love it. If you like a long and winding story, you should definitely check out Kingsman: The Highlands Liaison, which (I would like to solemnly promise once more) @misslittlefreckles and I are definitely going to finish.

actual worst part of writing: Definitely planning. I'm someone who would jump straight into writing a scene and 'go with the flow' most of the time, letting the inspiration lead me here or there... but in most cases one definitely needs to plan, cross the t's and dot the i's to make sure that there are no plotholes, incoherences of any kind, etc. And then probably the second worst part of writing is when you can't. The ol' WB is a bee in my bonnet at the moment, and I can't wait for it to pack its bags and fuck off.

how you choose your titles: Song titles and lyrics all the way. Music is a huge part of my creative process.

do you outline: Like I said--I don't love doing it, but I recognize the benefits in doing it, so the answer's yes.

ideas you probably won’t get around to, but wouldn’t it be nice: Goddamnit, I have a list in my phone notes app all about this. Let's see: a third and fourth installment of this Madderton wedding series (I had started writing a stag do part 3 but I never got anywhere with it), a fic on the wild night before Carpool Karaoke (they reportedly got blind drunk and they looked like the most fucked out + hungover pair of lovebirds ever on the day), a massive AU that I'd plotted a year and a half ago where Taron is a bit of an Eggsy character (estate kid with an abusive family history getting in serious trouble) and Richard his slightly older and incredibly competent hot daddy lawyer, several Christmas stories based on popular Christmas flicks, and finally another massive AU, which I'm not telling you anything about because it might well happen at some point in the near future.

callouts @ me: People definitely seem to have beef with me not jumping on the Richard/F**y train. To all my haters, a kind reminder to live and let live xoxo

best writing traits: I tend to use language that is a bit baroque sometimes but it also tends to go down pretty well. I've also been told I can successfully build up a lot of tension and then deliver on it quite effectively.

spicy tangential opinion: After almost 2 years of waiting for it, the Madden CK campaign is terribly underwhelming. The definition of overpromising and underdelivering.

Tagging @himbomcavoy, @taste-thewaste, @johaeryslavellan, @zebraljb