#thank u for the tag friend!!

[spiderman-homecomeme]

2022 Year in Review

tagged by the wonderfully talented @abc2411 thank u friend!!

1. Number of stories posted to AO3:

11

2. Word count this year:

146,522

3. Fandoms I wrote for:

MCU spidey

4. Pairings:

spideychelle/petermj

5. Stories with the most:

Kudos, comment threads, word count, bookmarks

you're a part-time lover (and a full-time friend) it’s all this guy lmao

6. Work I’m most proud of (and why):

Prelude to Peace because it wasn’t something i’d written in a while since im usually on a silly goofy fic kick! there’s a lot in it that i love and that i put a lot of thought into 

7. Work I’m least proud of (and why):

hardly working and seeing stars purely bc i haven’t updated them as much as ive wanted to fjdslkajfdsa

8. Share or describe a favorite review you received:

a commenter i love recently said they’d reread Ex on the Beach again and just the simple fact that people reread fics makes my heart go !!!!!

9. A time when writing was really, really hard:

the whole year?? fdjsalfdask

no but for real, inspiration came and went a lot in 2022. there were ups and downs!!

10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you:

11. A favorite excerpt of your writing:

you're a part-time lover (and a full-time friend)

There’s a pull in Peter’s chest that’s impossible to ignore, the warmth now overflowing, spilling into his stomach, his lungs, his heart, ready to come out in a big wet wad of emotions.

“Hey—” He says, brushing her pinky with his knuckles, leaving drops of water on her skin.

It feels as if all the oxygen’s been sucked out of the room when she looks at him.

He’s always, always, always thought that MJ was beautiful, but there’s something about the way she’s smiling at him, the way she’s watching him, the softness in her gaze right at this moment. Something in how the wayward curls that have escaped her ponytail are framing her face, the way she looks so impossibly soft in her t-shirt, the way the glow from the light bounces off of her cheekbones.

God, he loves her.

“I love you.”

And the words come out of him so suddenly, so softly.

12. How did you grow as a writer this year:

I wrote sometimes

13. How do you hope to grow next year:

I will write sometimes fdjksalfjsa

14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc):

@a24thegreenknight and @spideysmjs have let me throw all of my silly little ideas at them and they always cheer me on thank u pals :’)

15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year:

i’ll never tell ;)))

jk there were definitely some elements in  yesterday, today, and tomorrow, too that were inspired by real life <3

16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers:

Write what you want!! it’s okay to write for others, but make sure it’s also for yourself!! follow your whims!! wherever they may take you!!

17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:

OH GOD i hope so fKJLFDSD here’s my wishlist

single dad/daycare

amnesia shenannigans

that damn no nut part 3 fic

hardly working

a small amount of infidelity

may i stand unshaken

wedding guest fic

bluey babysitting fic 

between a rock and a hard place

there’s probably more but ya girl can’t think LMAO

18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read:

@forasecondtherewedwon @anarchyduck @iovewords @jenniboo311 @rejectofsociety

[ryllen]

I could only got up to the sketching stage for this but they're so cute AHBFSUBFUYFIAFIUWFHSFU

sketch ? no color ?? no problem! 🎨🖌️✨

[antontual]

SOHEE / 'HONESTLY' LIVE CLIP

[boo-cool-robot]

"and i'll be clear, it is not simply a gay love story, it's a bisexual love story!"

In which Austin Walker derails his own podcast for 5 minutes straight to vehemently recommend NBC Hannibal

[clipped by @robotbytheriver]

[dangoulains-devotion]

to catch a falling star

[food--exe]

without crt filter under cut + pronoun hcs and some extras

[starlittimelooping]

VERY IMPORTANT ISAT SILLIES MY FRIEND MADE

[medicalunprofessional]

heeee <333

[chinzillas]

[ Friends can have sex. ] Yes, it's possible. But you need to be careful.

[inkskinned]

hey it's nanowrimo. i have tips bc i've done it about 34 times.

Don't edit. Ever. Stop it. If you just decide to start a new project half thru this one with all new characters, no problem. pick up and keep writing as if you'd already written the first half of that.

"but i spelled it wrong" whatever. "but the grammar" whatever. make it exist first. no time for sense. think like you're working on a typewriter. no backspace. only forward go.

Don't re-read further than a paragraph or two backwards. "did i mention the gun before?" listen - it doesn't matter. if you need there to be a gun there, the gun is there. put it back in once you finish the book.

"i forgot the specifics of X thing i already wrote" whatever. change it, make a note/comment to figure it out later, and just write what makes sense for the moment. "no raquel it's legit the characters name and origin" idc that character is now reborn as Claudius from Elsewhere. it's fine.

only you see your mistakes. nobody else knows. one of the ways writing and dance overlap - only you know the choreography. nobody else will know if you miss a step, so just keep dancing and pretend you meant to do it like that.

it's an illusion that you need to write linearly - from point A to point B to point C. Nah; that's just timeline propaganda. I've written a LOT of books out of order and just reordered them once i've finished. if you have a scene you'd LOVE to write but can't get there yet because of plot, just fuckin write the scene. I've always found its easier to establish "point F" "point J" and "Point A" and then wiggle my way between those scenes.

write what you WANT to write. 230 pages of smut? of well-researched discussion on bread? whatever. the point is to strengthen muscles however you can.

if you miss a day, a week, whatever. not the end of the world. we all have dry days. also time is a myth so u can do this challenge whenever u want.

as soon as you try to write for a specific audience, you kill your voice. you are writing for yourself. stop thinking about how people will take ur book. it don't matter. what matter is u, enjoying writing. i luv u.

play to your strengths. i have characters talk so much because i don't know how to write a plot if it kills me but i'm really good at dialogue so.

i love a flight of fancy. write a poem in there. shift tactics and write in code. keep it fun for yourself.

see what happens if you shift something major about ur main characters - gender, wealth, superpowers. or if you change point-of-view. or if you kill everyone in a big explosion. do NOT edit anything before this or after it. often these little weird one-off exercises teach me what interests me about what i'm working on. it is never what i thought. plus it is a fun way to add like 1k words.

stretch.

it's for fun and for practice. stop doing that project if it's giving you anxiety. once my nano was literally 50k words of half-started stories. just things i tried and tried and tried and wasn't able to flesh out. oops. but i am now 50k words of a better writer.

add dragons?

read books/listen to books on tape/etc. people often make the mistake of "buckling down" to just write. you need inspiration. you need to like. fill up on words. you need to remember how it feels to lose yourself in a story.

i don't have the time or space to really talk about this in this post but a lot of creative people turn to drugs/alcohol because it can help you be more creative. this is harmful, and walking a blade that only cuts deep. if you notice you and your loved ones are turning more to substances, please know i love you and i hope you are able to get help soon. i feel like this almost never gets mentioned because it's kind of a hazy underbelly to art. you are always more important than the work.

on that note. drink your fukin. water.

don't talk about a story until you've finished it. once you tell the story, it exists already, and isn't about discovery. i usually have a very canned "haha we'll see" response.

grapes :) tasty snack.

i love you be free.

[firelise]

Only Friends, Ep 12 > Incorrect Quotes (but is it incorrect, really?) His silly rabbit? Yes. Is that what he calls you? No.

Bonus:

[saintbleeding]

Was thinking about your designs for Jon and Martin all day and just had to draw em. Couldn’t quite nail Martin but I think I got close

[id: a digital sketch of my jon and martin designs with their arms around each other. martin is smooching jon's cheek and jon's eyes are closed with a blissful expression on his face. they are surrounded by love hearts. end id.]

UM HELLO EXCUSE ME??? THIS IS???????? i am so dewy-eyed and soft at this and it is my fave thing i have ever seen and will ever see thank u goodnight

[puppyeared]

i love augustas radiation/flea collar, especially how it matches her eyes!!

thank u!!!! it was either that, or the Cone of Shame lol

[disguisedcheezed]

Day 2 - Y section

You can tell I had so much fun that I drew this prompt 3 times and wrote (in a restricted time frame) blocks of text from a fanfic that keeps me awake at night.... Yeahhhh.

[talonbite4596]

Recent zim art doodle dump thing woo yay wow how cool

I wish tumblr would allow you to also add videos but nooooo I have to do it separately

[jamesvowles]

James Vowles | Shanghai 2019 for @racingliners ♡