#it’s a romance story with espilver and boy did I not think it would get that big beceause I’m not usually big on romance

[reploidbuddy]

Me: I want a casual fic, this shouldn’t be too long.

Brain: We got 3 parts for it though.

Me: Yeah but like 3 short things it’s fine. Or at least 3 not-so-longs.

Brain: Ok but like try to not go insane with it, the writing juice is hard n expensive these days.

Me: yeah yeah.

The fic: 25k words in and not even halfway through

Brain:

Me:

Me: A

[true-blue-sonic]

1, 10, 14, 20? 👉👈

1. Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chaptered fics?

ONE-SHOTS

It's just SO much more easy and contained and I need to remember far less details of stuff that came earlier and I can finish them in one writing session if I'm lucky so then I don't run out of steam halfway through!!!! Yeah, one-shots have a clear preference for me, haha!

10. Cltr+f "blinks" on your WIP & copy paste the first sentence/paragraph that comes up

I have One Bazillion WIPs with none really being my main so I just kind of did that for multiple (with blink because my multi-chapter fics tend to be in the past tense as well at times and then I wouldn't get anything):

Flufftober 2022: Blinking in surprise as he pulls the pillow out from underneath the bed Espio studies the blanket put behind it. It bulges upwards… Something is hidden underneath, the sharp ninja decides immediately, and thus that fabric cover is pulled away also as he scoots a bit closer underneath the bed. It’s difficult to make out in the muted light…

Espilver Pirate AU: Grimace only intensifying Espio stifled a flinch at people brushing past him, instinctively leaning back- and hitting the wooden wall immediately after, a thud following and some confused looks getting sent his way. Quickly straightening out his back the chameleon... blinked.

Little Ghost: Sitting unmovingly the chameleon blinked, not taking his eyes away from the sea of stars above. His ninja senses never lied to him. There was something here, and it wasn’t an animal after all.

Genesis: “I am never letting Tails make me a cup of milk again,” Silver huffed the moment he blinked open his eyes, finding himself trapped snugly against Gold’s back and not wholly remembering the last moments of just how he ended up here. “This a whole night of time I could have spent on finding out more about the future wasted.” [Coincidentally the very first paragraph of the next chapter!]

That was fun! ^-^

14. How do you write emotional scenes? Do you ever feel what the characters feel? Do you draw from personal experiences?

I try my best to put myself in their shoes and imagine how they would react to what is happening, yes. Sometimes I try to imagine it in my head and then put it down on paper. I do sometimes get emotional while writing! And I also draw from personal experiences; in another ask a while back I mentioned that I kind of 'talk to myself' sometimes in my fics and give myself a solution to an issue in my own life I've been experiencing. I think what is key here is just first jotting down what you want to happen in the scene and how it should go and resolve, and then with each rewrite try to make it more emotional and attuned to the characters' personalities and experiences.

20. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

A funny thing I have noticed before is that if I use a certain word or phrase in one story (and that can literally be anything!), I'm very likely to reuse it in a different one, haha! But there is no rhyme or reason to that, as far as I am aware. Furthermore, I can reuse sentence structures (like "And X and Y and Z." for a certain style of sentence, using a one-sentence paragraph to draw extra attention to something, etc.), but those are just convenient writing things for emphasis. And as for real patterns, I love myself some themes of found family and romance, fluffiness, learning your individual worth and seeing there are people who care for you just for who you are; optimistic things like that. Plus Silver being a fluffy boi, him and Espio hanging out together, and things like that happen a lot of time in my fics as well, I think!