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stillness-in-green · 1 year

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On Chapter Posts (and What Comes After)

Just a heads-up to everyone that, at least for the time being, I’m putting the chapter posts on moratorium. I’ve been far more critical than not for months on end, and while I do get some satisfaction out of the venting, it’s just gotten more mentally demanding than it’s worth. Compliments are easy and fun to write! I always end up feeling like I have to do more writing to support negativity, however, providing enough explanation to support my complaints, and often going even further to anticipate and preemptively counter responses.

That big slab of nitpicking sits at the top of my to-do list week-in and week-out, a responsibility to keep on top of lest I fall behind, pushing answering asks and working on other projects behind it, and with the chapters of late having become incredibly demotivating, not getting them done means I get nothing done. It certainly doesn’t help that Horikoshi’s writing has become so dependent on fake-outs, asspulls, retcons, and purposefully misleading cliffhangers, all of which make it unrewarding in the extreme to put effort and thought into meaningful analysis on a chapter-by-chapter basis.

I apologize to anyone who was really enjoying them—I’ve had a number of people tell me they love my meticulous breakdowns, and I’m forever grateful that my anal-retentiveness has found some like minds! That said, please don’t fear that I’m out of the BNHA analysis game entirely! I’d just rather focus my attention on larger-scale material, subjects that require analyzing the work as a whole, rather than the week-to-week grind.

First up will be clearing out my ask backlog—not, I think, a terribly burdensome prospect this time—as well as give the Mina fan the answer I promised them months ago to their last reply in our series of lengthy exchanges about Chapter 383.

Afterwards, my current and wishlist projects include:

Below the jump, I've compiled a list of my projects, meta and fanfic alike. Feel free to skim through if you’re interested in what the chapter posts have been keeping me away from!

Meta Projects:

An absolutely massive documentation of heteromorphobia in the main series and Vigilantes that I’ve been erratically working on since March of last year—41 pages and I’m still only at the beginning of the war arc! I’ve been trying to decide if I want to just start posting this in arc-length breakdowns or finish the whole thing first for optimal organization and presentation, though I suppose I could do the former on tumblr and the latter on AO3. Anyone have a preference?

The much-delayed essay laying out the evidence for the possession plot with AFO and Shigaraki not being the originally intended endgame for those characters, at least not in the form it wound up taking. Currently six pages, this one is still mostly bullet points; it also hasn’t been updated to reflect some of the more recent wild inconsistencies. I’d like to give the series time to wrap up whatever it’s going to do with AFO before I publish this one, in case of eleventh hour reveals, but there’s certainly a lot of draft work I could be doing in the meantime.

Some follow-up/companion pieces to my MVA In Memoriam series. I’d like to go back to the PLF Spotting posts, which were intended to run through the anime’s treatment of the PLF in the war arc, and I’ve also been compiling points for a schadenfreude-y post on the dazzling variety of ways the anime’s butchering of MVA has complicated its own future as an adaptation. This would cover things like the anime having to hastily jam in the CRC scene as a flashback because, whoops, it turns out heteromorphobia is going to play a major role in the climax, or the whole-hog deletion of Curious talking about quirk counseling, given that Horikoshi would later directly depict how said counseling exacerbated the psychological abuse Toga was already facing from her parents.

An essay I promised an anon last year about my perception of the MLA’s ideology. I’m salty about what the lazy, rushed writing in the final arc has reduced my favorite villain group in the manga to, however, so at this point, I want to do two things with this piece. First, analyze why the MLA's current portrayal is so problematic*—what they say doesn’t even match up with who they are and how they act now, much less in their MVA portrayal! Second, discuss how I write them, extrapolating from the non-caricatured aspects of their portrayal with the intent of offering a version of the MLA who are still extremist, cultish villains but who are allowed to have some proper nuance, and an ideology that’s actually consistent with their history, their tactics, and their MVA-era characterization.

A number of shorter fancies and trifles that I’ve thought about and taken a few notes on, but have never gotten around to fully drafting: o A post on how heroes and villains respectively engage with dramatic unmaskings. o A post on directionality of movement in visual media, highlighting some particularly interesting examples in BNHA to discuss what those examples indicate about the characters’ mentalities and the narrative’s silent, implicit judgement thereof. o A post on how frustrating it’s been to see all of Toga’s powers and abilities get retroactively leashed to—and limited by—her girly love-love emotions. o A post on the chronic underestimation of Shigaraki Tomura and the woes it consistently leads to. o A post or two analyzing the final beats of each chapter in the War Arcs with the aim of critiquing the way the series undermines the threat presented by the villains during said arcs.

Fanfic Projects:

On the fanfic side, it’s been frustrating me for months now that I haven’t written a substantial piece of non-prompt-driven fanfic for BNHA since January of last year, and even that's being generous with the word "substantial." Before that, I'd have to go all the way back to 2020 to find a non-prompt-based fic with a distinct beginning/middle/end. Suffice to say I’ve got lots of projects on that front!

While the rest of these are all BNHA fic, I do have a Gundam IBO fic I'm, like, two-thirds finished with the final chapter of that I badly want to finally, finally finish. It's basically down to an awkward conversation or two and a pair of wedding vows I've consigned myself to writing by virtue of drawing attention to them in the preceding chapters, RIP.

The perpetually languishing Obon fic, in which Re-Destro has a lot of feelings he is taking care not to examine too closely about his ancestors. Six thousand words and not even halfway finished.

The self-indulgent ShigRD mermaid fic, which has a number of cheerleaders in my friend circle and also my id.

Finish the MLA May AUs.

I'd like to circle back and write something for those last three days of Spinaraki Week Level 3 I never got to.

Brainstorming two distinct massive fix-it fic AUs I would at least like to draft some solid outlines for, even as it's unlikely I'll ever have the patience to write all the scenes about the kids they'd require. o "Forward Different" (the current name on the OneNote tab) would start from the first war arc, being faithful to the canon up to that point, but with major and minor changes that ripple outward to take the story farther and farther from canon the longer it progresses. (In that story: the MLA not folding like a bad hand in the raids, a Lady Nagant who's true to her professed hatred of empty platitudes, OFA being less of a perfectly good pushover, etc.) o "Backward Different" would also start from the first war arc, but things would drastically diverge almost immediately because of a number of strategically placed changes to prior events and character motivations; these would be wildcards to be uncovered or deduced as the story progresses. (In that story: Aoyama was revealed as the traitor all the way back at the training camp, cast members who actually matter turn out to be MLA, OFA is less of a perfectly good pushover, etc.)

I also have a number of deeply backburnery ideas, still more in the category of "idea" than project, that I could to move to more active project status. o The one where my might-as-well-call-them-my-MLA-fancharacter has to team up with Toga post-Jakku and travel across a rapidly unraveling Japan in order to meet back up safely with their allies. o The one where I use an OC detective to examine the official response to the Shimura massacre, and how it got squashed. o The Kotarou Lives AU, in which Kotarou survives said massacre. Look, gang, I just really want to write about AFO gleefully and aggressively coming on to Shimura Nana's deliciously bitter, traumatized, handsome, ignorant son. I also really like my idea for a lead-in/stinger on this one. o The one where Geten busts himself and his allies out of prison, be it the canon-verse story with his now-confirmed cell neighbor Mr. Compress or the teenaged AU where he gets thrown in the same high-security juvie Mustard is in.

And that's about all I can dig up out of my notes at the moment. Let me know if there's anything you guys are particularly interested in, though priority is likely to go to shorter or more fully developed projects. Thanks for reading!

(* In the academic sense, not the moral one.)

#bnha #-ish #chapter thoughts #my (prospective) writing

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uss-edsall · 1 year

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One thing I've liked with fallout 76, it's got good decent environmental storytelling in it. It's better at it than Fallout 3, 4, dare I say even New Vegas in some cases.

Fallout is famous for an environmental storytelling thing. It's all of the skeletons who are found in funny poses, or all the teddy bears found in weird places with weird things. They are more injokes than anything else. What they imply is that in a world so full of corpses and shattered civilisation, still picking up the pieces two hundred years later, respect for the dead is wholly gone - life can be ended in a blink and raiders especially would move skeletons into odd positions for their own amusement. Particularly in some places, they don't even care enough to sweep the skeletons out of the building. Unfortunately, this is so prevalent it stops being meaningful and comes off as just a dumb joke, but it's the best example of 'environmental storytelling everyone knows about'

I can point to two games immediately which have setpieces that give good environmental storytelling: Halo 3 ODST and, oddly, ArmA III's singleplayer components

Halo 3 ODST is built on this. The entire thing is in some form "The Rookie is using the shattered debris of the city to make a fanfic of what he thinks happened to his squad." There's at least one sequence in Buck's mission where you can find a shotgun at the end of a hallway, with a dead marine and several dead brutes. Hmm, wonder what happened there

ArmA III… -Contact DLC has some interesting environmental stuff. You can find a dead body on a road with a blood trail back to an unlucky squad, in the midst of which a meteorite landed, with one (mortally wounded) person surviving the initial impact. Additionally you can repeatedly encounter the spetsnaz team you later ally with, doing shifty things -A scenario added as part of a part-celebration and part-charity drive includes a small church. If you approach it you suddenly hear a pair of gunshots, and you can find two dead officers (which is automatically radioed in, and dismissed as two war criminals who probably saved the executioners a bullet) - and they have a written note that sheds doubt on the righteousness of your cause -The Laws of War DLC is really good for this too - it's about picking up the pieces and deciphering what exactly happened in this one town.

Anyway, going back to 76. All four of the modern fallout games - 3, NV, 4, 76 - depict the remnants of the nuclear war. 76, being set in 2102 just 25 years after the war, has the best possibilities for this, as not too much has been disturbed, not too much has changed, like the rest that are set two centuries later. They clearly recognised this too and put in great effort on it. On the nuclear side of things: vehicles in a traffic jam trying to get to vault 76; crashed vehicles. The number of APCs with open rears: they would've been shielded from the initial blasts inside of these CBRN-capable vehicles. At least one site where there's a dead soldier's body, on an overlook, situated where they could've looked out at one beautiful view one last time. For a less military focus, all of the signs in Beckley, the destruction clearly related to the violent suppression of a Union protest; the massacre of Watoga a day before the nukes flew after an attempt to subvert the robots gone wrong; the sheer devastation of the area dedicated to mining as nobody was around to tell the automated machines to 'stop', etc A sign on the side of a piece of large electronic equipment saying "this does not have a brain, use your own" because yeah, robobrains exist, the robots themselves are practically AIs, that's a kind of warning you need in an environment of mass automation

I'd say this emphasis on environment to tell story is largely because of how 76 was designed. It was initially built to not have humans, right? Only machines, if I recall correctly. So how do they compensate for the loss of human NPCs? (The answer is they couldn't and added them back in, but nonetheless) Part of it was putting in more focus on environmental storytelling. It's a little thing, and in the grand scheme of things it's not all that important. But it's a part of games' details I really like

Environmental storytelling is best described as "a story that is willing to let you miss it" but I always feel excited when I notice something.

#long post

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doggernaut · 5 months

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20 questions for fic writers

Thank you to @cricketnationrise and @the-lincyclopedia for the tags! I'm not sure if many of my answers have changed since the last time I did one of these, but it's been a while, so.

How many works do you have on ao3?

What's your total ao3 word count?

613,109

What fandoms do you write for?

I only have works for Check, Please! on ao3, but I have also written for Parks and Recreation and Baby-Sitters Club.

Top five fics by kudos:

All I Want is You

Just Jack

Here Comes the Sun

I Only Have Pies for You (honestly surprised this one is in the top 5!)

And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?

Do you respond to comments?

I try to respond to every comment, but sometimes I fall short. I do appreciate every single one, though!

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm pretty sure that anybody who's read my stories knows I only write happy endings. Even if there is angst at some point in the fic, you can count on that "angst with a happy ending" tag.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

lol, see above. Though I will maintain that And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here? and And you may say to yourself, my god, what have I done? might be the happiest simply because they each have (spoiler alert) three happy endings.

Do you get hate on fics?

I'm sure there are people who don't love my writing for whatever reason, but fortunately they've kept it to themselves.

Do you write smut?

Any attempts have probably fallen short of being actual smut. It's not my favorite thing to write (so many body parts to describe and keep track of!) but sometimes the storyline dictates it.

Craziest crossover:

I'm not generally a fan of crossovers (though I've read some great ones in various fandoms!) and have never written a true crossover, but Pucks and Recreation was inspired by Parks and Recreation.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I'm aware.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

A BSC fic with a bunch of people from the old FameTracker (I am showing my age) forums. It is (or was, last time I looked a few years ago) on FF.net. Once I randomly saw somebody somewhere online describing the fic in question but thinking it was a real BSC book they'd read, so that was pretty cool.

All time favorite ship?

Jack/Bitty, Ben/Leslie, and let's go way back to my formative grumpy/sunshine ship: Jack and Jennifer from Days of Our Lives. It imprinted on me when I was 11 and I'm probably remembering it as being better than it was, but it was a good time.

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

At this point, I really don't know. I have a lot of "WIPs" that consist of a couple of paragraphs of dialogue or bullet-point lists or whatever and who knows if I'll ever dust them off. But I'm currently making an effort to finish everything I've put serious time into.

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Description.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

As a reader I don't have a problem with it if it makes sense for the story. As a writer I probably wouldn't, simply because I don't speak another language well enough to incorporate it.

First fandom you wrote in?

That I actually published online? The Baby-Sitters Club, in like 2005. Ever? I went through this phase of writing self-insert fics when I was in sixth grade. Usually they involved me dating whichever character was played by an actor I had a crush on. I was not aware I was writing fanfic at this time. I'm pretty sure I wrote a fic in which I was in a band with Doogie Howser, MD and he asked me to be his girlfriend? THANK GOODNESS this was in an era before I had access to a computer with internet.

(A year or so later, I was still writing, but it was very bad romance fiction modeled after all the Harlequin romance novels I was reading at the time. Still just as cringe. My middle school BFF used to read them and write praise/critiques in the margins and I still remember this one long back-and-forth where we argued about how long a first kiss should last, because neither of us had experience in that department.)

Favorite fic you've written?

I don't know! I love all my children. Truthfully it's probably one of my multi-chapter fics, but I tend to favor whichever I'm in the mood to read at the moment. Maybe today it's Home Like Apple Pie.

#20 questions #fic

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autumnslance · 1 year

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hello Autumn! I wanted to ask, when you write for your WoL and side characters, do you write an outline?

An outline as in plotting out a story, or an outline of the characters' lives, traits, etc? I tend to call that a profile more than an outline.

To get it out of the way, the nested breakdowns of Roman Numerals, Arabic Numerals, Letters, etc isn't necessary for fiction; that's for a formally structured (usually persuasive) essay, which is why it's taught in many schools, but a fiction or character outline can be some bullet points, a few rough paragraphs, points on a timeline, etc.

Just having some notes on my ideas usually helps me keep something resembling focus, and consistency.

For Characters themselves, I generally have a rough idea at first, with a lot of gaps in my knowledge of their history and their traits and personality that get filled in over time. But I make some notes and add to them as I go, annotating specific things and when and where. For RP/Fanfic characters, that takes the form eventually of public profiles where I put up what info I want folks to know in general. I may have other notes, though, that I keep private. And the public profiles get tinkered and iterated on often.

I tend to have a pretty organized blog, so the character profiles are prominent on the sidebar, and all linked on the pinned post too.

Alongside that, the Personal Timeline I keep for my FFXIV characters--where they were, when, involved in what events--is one of my favorite ways to keep a rough, general story outline. I can look back and see who's doing what where, when there might be "gaps" in time that would allow them some events or situations or adventures, and keep some consistency.

For an original story I'm writing, my "outline" is the timeline of events; when were people born, events through their lives, when do some folks die, as the story covers about 25-30 years so keeping straight who is where doing what is handy. Literally just colorized bullet points under what year something happens. And then I have a separate doc that's each characters' descriptions, personalities, history, and their specific events from the master timeline for quick reference.

And it all gets edited and changed up as needed, as no plan survives contact with characters acting up in a new document.

In a MMO, or other ongoing media property, with new information added and/or recontextualized often, it helps a lot when going back in to fill in gaps or come up with a new idea, while staying more or less somewhat consistent.

#Lyn Prompts #Lyn Meta #Writing #Characters #Profiles #Outlines #Final Fantasy XIV #Fanfiction #Roleplay #Original Writing

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darkpoisonouslove · 2 years

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I heard Infinity by Jaymes Young the other day and Idk why but at the line "And we could wear the same crown ... We are the gods now" I've got Griffin and Valtor vibes and then a thought occurred to me. We know Valtor saw himself as THE wizard of the dimension and always wanted more power. I see him like that in the past too. I also have that headcanon that the circle consisted of several wizards and witches and it was regulated hierarchically, so Valtor was obviously somewhere in the top because he was the strongest member. And while Griffin was still an circle member she has also an high position.

Do you think Valtor ever compared himself and Griffin to gods in general? Because with his ego I can see him doing that with himself. But do you think he also sees Griffin as his "Queen" and wanted the people around them and who are under them to respect her like that? And what would happened to the people who don't ? (He knows she can handle herself but I can also see how he's doing what ge wants to)

First off, I had assigned Infinity to my The Heart Wants What It Was Promised by the Stars fanfic. I hate to link it here because both the writing and characterization are very outdated and I cringe when I remember it BUT I have to give context to what I'm talking about. I did also have an AU of that AU which I now think should have been the main story. Valtor gets executed, Griffin somewhat moves on to where she's happy enough with her husband and they have a child, then Valtor comes back and can't stand the fact that she's married to someone else and isn't completely disgusted by that fact. Worst of all, Codatorta knows Valtor is there and yet, he hasn't given him up to the authorities which would force Griffin to choose Valtor. So Valtor starts trying to convince her that Codatorta doesn't really love her (because he's not possessed by murderous jealousy like Valtor is) and to piss off Codatorta enough to break up their fragile bond so that Griffin can be only his again. Don't know where I would take that but I am liking it more and more. Brain, no! Brain, yes!

As for Valtor feeling like they're gods and she's his queen? Long Live the Queen. It's a fanfic I wrote 3 and a half years ago inspired by Halsey's Young God which is THE GxV coven-times song.

Also, I have more thoughts on how the Coven works. These are all about my rewrite and I was planning on keeping my mouth shut but since that's probably just going to end up as me doing bullet points of my ideas for each episode, I figured I might as well talk about them now.

In my headcanons the Ancestral Witches are incorporeal because otherwise they would have wrecked shit all over the universe, not just on Domino and not just that one time. Plus, they are pure evil and their purpose is to destroy the whole universe. For that they have to snuff out the Dragon Fire first, though. But they are incorporeal. So they are trying to acquire bodies and this is where their descendants come in. Anyone can become a descendant of the Ancestral Witches but I am not going to explain that now (I think I might have done it already somewhere but I have too many posts to know for sure). The Coven is formed by the descendants so that they can get everything done to help the Ancestral Witches get bodies. Plus, they can possess their descendants but they don't like to do that because it confines them to the power level of the people they're possessing aka it leaves them too weak (and the possessed person dies once they are done possessing the body).

The Coven is ineffective because there's a lot of competitiveness between different groups of descendants as they're all trying to prove themselves by being the ones to actually achieve the goals of making the Ancestral Witches corporeal and destroying the Dragon Fire. The Coven almost gets wiped out but because the Ancestral Witches can only be killed if their essence in the Whisperian Crystals is destroyed, new descendants keep appearing and the Coven reforms again. The Ancestral Witches create Valtor, though, with the idea that him being under their direct control makes him perfect to act as a leader of the Coven to avoid such uncoordinated disaster again.

Everyone in the Coven is kind of fawning over him or at least trying to impress him to further their own ambition and as much as Valtor likes being the center of attention, he really hates this situation because he knows that they only care about him as an extension of the Ancestral WItches. Plus, he thinks most of them incompetent and dislikes working with them (because like I said, anyone could become a descendant of the Ancestral WItches without consideration of power levels or abilities or anything else). But then he meets Griffin. Her particle manipulation magic is very rare and intriguing. He thinks it might have something to do with the Dragon Fire because it created everything and her magic is based on the similarity between all matter. It does not have anything to do with the Dragon Fire as magic is more self-actualization and Griffin has always considered change (of the system) her primary goal so she manifested that magic for herself.

Still, that makes her very impressive in a whole another way. And Valtor likes that she can keep up with him (but without surpassing him) even though she doesn't have as much experience as he does. Plus, she's a challenge in a way because she's not that impressed with him and is giving him the cold shoulder which just makes it that much more important to him to seduce her. And he knows she's with the Coven because of him. She's not a descendant of the Ancestral Witches and everyone was pissed off when Valtor brought her into the fold but she's been giving more than amazing results so the Ancestral Witches deemed her useful. From then on, Valtor makes it clear that anyone that dares look at her the wrong way is dead because all the other Coven members are expendable and Griffin is his.

#winx club #winx griffin #winx valtor #griffin x valtor #covenshipping #winx headcanons #wc rewrite #my fanfic #music #au #ask #anon

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ao3riley · 2 years

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I saw someone (a friend) posting about their struggle to regain writing mojo after losing it, and I know that this is something a lot of people struggle with. So far I’ve managed to keep going (sort of) even though I’ve been struggling with it somewhat too for the last several years.

So I thought maybe I’d share my list of little things that may or may not help. Try some of them if you can, see if they help you? And if anyone has any good things to add, feel free to share!

Without further ado, the list, in very long form. For the tl;dr, just read the bullet points.

General advice about getting fresh air / exercise, eating healthy, etc.

You’re gonna see this everywhere. I don’t know how much it helps, but I guess it can’t hurt, if you’re able to do so. But having a little comfort food isn’t bad either, so don’t punish yourself unduly in the name of “bettering yourself”.

Consume different media.

This is important to me because of the way I generate ideas. I think of my brain as a machine, and I have to feed it things in order for it to produce things. If I’m constantly feeding it the same things and it’s giving me nothing, it’s time to feed it something else and see if the change helps. Sometimes this generates entirely new ideas that run like mad, sometimes it obliquely gets me through a plot hole that’s stumping me... Maybe it’s just taking my mind off the issue so the ideas can form, who knows?

When I say “different media” I don’t mean anything specific. Books, movies, anime, tv shows, podcasts...whatever is your jam, just go find something new! Ask friends or followers for recommendations if you don’t know where to start.

Create for different media.

This sounds silly, but if you’re a fanfic writer (like me), maybe the thing that’s got you stuck is the fandom (or ‘verse) that you’re writing for? Even if that other fandom work doesn’t go anywhere, it’ll get your brain moving in a different direction, and maybe that’ll kick the stuck gears into motion again.

Start a new piece.

I’ve always got half a dozen (or more, I cry) works in progress laying around, and I try to keep some whacky ideas saved when I have them but don’t have the time or energy to work with them. Sometimes just starting fresh can be a big help, and it may make it easier to go back to the big thing after you take a (productive) break.

Even if you’re still stuck on the big piece, you will have written something, and you’ll feel better about it. That big thing will come back to you if you let it!

Cowrite with someone.

This has actually been a BIG deal for me, and probably one of the biggest things keeping me going. Most of the work I’ve done in the last year has actually been with a cowriter, rather than solo. This does bug me --I have my own pieces that I want to work on, and they’re lagging-- but it does still feel good to get stuff written and stories told.

Here’s the critical part of this though: you have to find a cowriter that you can trust with your stories and that you mesh with, someone who is additive or multiplicative, not subtractive.

What do I mean by this? You and your cowriter need to have a nice comfy Venn diagram of interests and comfort levels when it comes to themes that you’re okay writing. If there’s too little that you have in common, it’ll be hard to create full stories together, right? You’ll be more limited by each other’s comfort zones than helped.

And there’s also the trust issue. If you’re like me, you may be (a little too) protective of your work and your stories. If you’re going to write with someone, you’ll have to trust that they’re not going to just run off with your work.

So I’d recommend talking to friends who are also writers, someone who you can be honest with about your interests and boundaries.

If you can find someone like this, cowriting can be absolutely magical. Someone will suggest something, the other person responds, and before you know it, a silly throwaway joke line becomes 100k+ of text. Sure, you won’t land every idea (I’ve got several that are never seeing the light of day), but there’s something wonderful about the energy you can get from just creating with another person, feeding off of their ideas and adding your own (while cackling like an evil gremlin as you turn up all the dials and your partner sighs before smacking back). It’s an awesome experience that I’d definitely recommend. Maybe it’ll help kick you back into gear to work on your own things after!

That’s all I’ve got off the top of my head (sorry for typos, I’m still recovering from a cold) and I hope it helps someone!

#writing tips

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woooyeahbaby · 7 months

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what i will & won’t write

tw for mentions of sensitive topics! some parts are 18+!

this is written out in long form, sorry, i should’ve just done bullet points but i’m only realizing this now.

here are some of my boundaries for what i will and won’t be writing!

i’ll start off with what i will write.

so, obviously i’ll write for the characters in the masterlist type thing (i’ll make a post with a few links for my info, this’ll be going into it) i have up.

i’m up to writing angst, smut, fluff, platonic relationships, romance, and familial relationships. if i left out anything don’t be afraid to ask!

i’ll write about pregnancy, marriage, breakups, dates, anything like that.

i will write yandere stuff, but only if it’s requested. however i will say right now i am not confident in my ability to do that! i’m okay with writing about stalking and perhaps (briefly mentioned) murder within these yandere fanfics. once again, i’m not confident in my ability to, and i’m not well-versed in yandere stuff. (nor do i condone those acts irl)

i’ll write about death, whether it be of a character or the reader.

i’ll write about reader/characters having a mental illness/disorder, but only if i know the illness/disorder well enough! a list of ones i’m comfortable writing would be anxiety (social, general, etc), depression, DID/OSDD (iffy), restrictive eating disorders, ADHD, and autism. if you headcanon a character i write for having any of these, feel free to request i write something about it and i’ll most likely do it! same goes for if you’d like to request something about reader having one of them and a character’s responses to it. (“responses” may be the wrong term, sorry, hopefully you get what i mean lol)

as for smut, i have a long list of kinks i will do. i’ll usually do the more “common” ones, like choking, begging, sub/dom dynamic, spanking, spit play, cum play/eating, bondage, etc. again, if you’re unsure of if i’ll do it or not, please ask. as for the uncommon kinks.. i’ll write feet. yeah. i said it. i’ll do feet. i’ll also do knife play and pegging. i can’t think of many else but as i said feel free to ask lol.

onto things i will not write.

i will not write incest. that includes step-relationships. kaeluc is a big no no for me. don’t even think about it.

i won’t write beastiality.

i won’t write pedophilia. anyone over 18 with anyone under 18 is not something i’ll write. i’m also uncomfortable with extreme age gaps, like 18-20 with someone 30+. if you’re going to request an age gap fic, please specify the age gap and you’ll see if i will or won’t do it.

if you’re going to request a ship between two characters, please don’t let it fall under incest, pedophilia, beastiality, or anything of the sort. i also will not do immoral ships, for example, gojo x megumi or megumi x sukuna. not only is megumi a minor, but gojo is like megumi’s father. as for megumi x sukuna, i wish i didn’t have to say this, but just because yuji is also a minor, doesn’t mean sukuna is. that is a thousands upon thousands of years old man/curse. if you ship them, please do not interact with me.

i won’t write about prostitution. it’s never really been my thing and makes me uncomfortable to read or write.

i will not write about miscarriages. i feel they’re too heavy for fanfiction. (however i will mention abortion. i won’t write it either though!)

i won’t write about gang members.

i will not write about rape. the only time i will mention that is if reader/a character has trauma surrounding it, but i will not write out the act or any details of it. i will write comfort for it if that makes sense? like a character comforting/being comforted by reader if that happened to them.

i will not write sexual assault/harassment, pretty much just reread the above as for why and what i won’t/will do with it.

i won’t do brainwashing.

i won’t do anything involving bugs. especially spiders.

as for kinks, i won’t do heavy bdsm, ddlg, age play, scat, and more. if you absolutely want to i’ll write piss, but i’ll most likely decline. not unless i really see your vision.

that’s all i can think of for now, thank you! again, absolutely any questions? just ask! i’d love to answer.

#attack on titan fanfiction #aot fanfiction #jjk fanfiction #jujutsu kaisen fanfic #genshin impact fanfics #death note fanfiction #demon slayer fanfic #obey me fanfiction #requests open

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mimi-cee-genshin · 1 year

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RUBS HANDS IN EXCITMENT. LET'S GOOOO.

1. What was your first fic and could you stand to reread it today? 7. What’s the fic you most want to continue (unfinished or no)? 15. Have you ever purposefully written one fandom/fic idea over another because you knew it’d be more popular? 18. What’s your most underrated fic? 31. Who’s the one character you’ve just never managed to get perfectly right? 34. Was there any fic that you wrote that really surprised you in the fandom reaction? Was it just by the numbers or did they take it an entirely different way? 47. If someone you know in real life who isn’t involved in fandoms asked to read your work, would you let them? If yes, what would you recommend they read first?

-- @milkstore

Lollll. You're actually excited?! Here you go:

1. What was your first fic and could you stand to reread it today?

I think my first fanfic was for the movie The Incredibles. I don't think I even want to open it, but it's probably not as bad as I imagine it to be. I remember rereading one of my really old fics and I was surprised and impressed by the nuance in my OC's familial relationship even though the actual writing wasn't that great. Maybe I'll read it one day if I actually decide to open my old FF Net account.

7. What’s the fic you most want to continue (unfinished or no)?

This changes by the day. I still think about Fake Albedo x reader fic but don't want to put the time and effort to write it 😂. I need to be selective because I only have so much time in my day. Sometimes I want to just share the plot in bullet point form and post it because I love the plot so much in that one. Maybe I'll share the synopsis with you if you ask. 🙂

15. Have you ever purposefully written one fandom/fic idea over another because you knew it’d be more popular?

Maybe subconsciously lol. I did have a feeling my Alhaitham fic would be popular (I didn't expect it to blow up like that though), but I didn't purposely choose it over another fic. I was inspired and needed a break from my Wanderer series anyway.

18. What’s your most underrated fic?

I'm not sure... I want to say my Xiao fic. lol. But there are things I could have done better with it.

31. Who’s the one character you’ve just never managed to get perfectly right?

I want to say all of them 😂😂😂. I think I only figured out how I want to portray Alhaitham, Cyno, and Xiao. That's it. I'm still figuring out Wanderer 🙈. It's harder with a chaptered fic because you go so much more in depth with them and I feel like I'm learning what I want to do with him along the way.

34. Was there any fic that you wrote that really surprised you in the fandom reaction? Was it just by the numbers or did they take it an entirely different way?

For numbers, it's my Ayato fic. That was the first time one of my fics got popular and it was for an angst (to fluff) one-shot! But I know if I posted it now, it would get a "normal" amount of notes lol. It's probably because I posted it soon after Ayato's story quest was released (because I got inspired lol)

For the "take it a different way," maybe my Diluc fic because people were saying, "Oh no. Poor Kaeya," after reading it, and I was like, "Noooo!!! I didn't mean it like that! 😂" I added an edit in the author's note at the end lol.

47. If someone you know in real life who isn’t involved in fandoms asked to read your work, would you let them? If yes, what would you recommend they read first?

No? But now that I think about it, I might let my sister read something. 😬 We used to brainstorm ideas for fanfiction during our preteen years. I might share my Childe fic with her because she likes him and it's short so it'll be less time to die from embarrassment in the meantime lol. (And if she liked it, I might show her more.)

(On second thought, maybe not. I just reread it and the thought of her reading it...... Lolll.)

#mimi answers #milkstore #thanks for sending these!!!

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For the Fic Ask: ⌛🎉🤗

wow you like to ask the hard questions huh (the ask game)

⌛ How long does it take you to write a fic, or a chapter?

it depends, not just on the length but also on how much I am ✨inspired✨ if it was something short (below 2k) then maybe 1 day? a few days? that includes editing etc until I consider it finished and ok to post. For something longer - usually a few weeks, because I either write only during weekends (provided that I'm free) or in small bits in the evenings after work

🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success?

if I finish lmao. I have so many ideas and wips rotting in my head or in my drafts 😭 that if I manage to finish something and even publish it then that's a huge success for me lmao. And as for the response, well I don't expect anything really, I guess if I get uhh 3 likes I'd be elated and if I get a COMMENT then I can ascend to heaven

As I said, I'm happy if I proved to myself that I could do it, and that something that sparked in my head now exists physically in the real world <3 I mean, how cool is that?? If you didn't exist the thing you made also wouldn't. There was nothing and you made something with just your sheer existence. You're shaping our world in the way only you can. Fuckin metal

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

first and foremost - write for yourself. Don't worry too much about others' opinions, do what you feel like and what inspired you. Be your first reader. Maybe you're even writing because no one else has written it? Do it your own way!

don't worry too much about details at first, you can edit later. At first, what is most important is that you get the content that you can later form. So write what you have in your head, indulge in the scenes, maybe even just write bullet points, whatever. The worst thing that you can do is get stuck on rewriting one sentence because it doesn't feel Just Right. Skip it and come back to it later.

I like to outline, then fill in the parts that I'm more inspired to write at the moment. E.g. I was writing one thing and got stuck at one scene, so I skipped it and produced a whole big chunk that happens afterward. After a few days, I looked at that awful block that I previously had no inspiration for and just wrote it in one go.

don't worry if you're stuck or everything feels awful. Take a break, come back later, try writing or doing something else.

remember that your opinion is subjective and may depend on your mood or other factors. I noticed that my perception awfully fluctuates, I sometimes read something of mine and thought I was worse than a 5-year-old, then a week later i read the same thing and was amazed. No idea ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it's not a race. Do it in your own pace. You're not worse because you don't create often or take a long time to do something. You're always gonna be an artist even if you don't create anything for years (i love this tiktok by ghosthoney)

lastly - have fun!

#thank you for your ask <3 #ask #ask opinion #ask game #danshushmei #fanfics #anon #i sometimes reblog writing tips so if you're interested you can go through the tag ->#writing #well writing tips and memes about writing lmao

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Hii i don’t know if your requests are open but this idea came to my head and now i can’t let it go awwghh. I’m glad to have found someone who writes for yuzuru *^* So. The context is Y/N’s last competition before retiring, at the gala she gives a speech and gets all emotional. Without knowing that behind her back a sneaky yuzu approached with a surprise. An engagement ring! Ajdbkdk i hope you can work with this it’d be an honor!

Wholesome Yuzuru Hanyu request :"

A/n: Hi, yes, I do accept requests though I may be slow on them since I'm currently doing an intern. I would definitely try my best to write as best as I could :)

Pairings: Yuzu x female skater

Warnings: a bit emotional but fluff!!

A/N: for the how many time, I dunno why but for some reason, I just see this in a bullet form; hope you won't hate it :" kay onto the fanfic

First and foremost, let's establish your relationship first

Basically, the two of you have known each other since you debuted in your senior level

Essentially, Yuzu was your senpai and you have always looked up to him

Yuzu, on the other hand, did notice your senior debut but because he was a very busy man, the two of you only ever interacted during competitions (and that is if you guys went to the same competition)

But do not fret because the universe slowly brought you both together

Short story was that the both of you were supposed to head back after practice one time when the both of you missed your bus back to the hotel and ended up having to find your way back to the hotel together

Throughout the adventure back to the hotel, the two of you started to talk more and got to know each other better; and basically the rest is history

Time skip to your last competition

You have been a senior for 7 years at this point and figured that you have tried so many competitions (from GPF to Worlds and even the chance to join the Olympics) and figured that it's time to close this chapter of your life and move on

It was the day of the exhibition of your final competition and throughout the day, your mind has been reciting the speech you made since you finished your competition

Everyone was so sweet and knew that it was your final competition and exhibition that they kept sending messages, gifts and texts; however, there was no news from Yuzu

You tried not to overthink about anything and just enjoyed yourself with your fellow skaters

Throughout the exhibition, you definitely bring out your best self; being fully immersed in your performance until the very end of the exhibiton

At the end of the exhibition, just like past skaters who were going to retire, a fellow skater brought a mic and some flowers for you as the spotlight was mainly shine on you

Throughout your speech, you started getting emotionally and just couldn't held back the tears; wanting to pull yourself and finish your speech so you could cry as much as you'd like on Yuzu's shoulder

But, someone thought otherwise ;)

Nearing the end of your speech, there was a huge clap from both the audience and your fellow skaters when suddenly there was a different genre of music of playing

Confused, you looked around to see what was happening but you couldn't comprehend any form of words coming out of your mouth for what you witnessed

Yuzu had changed his outfit into a suit-like outfit, brought you your favourite flowers, and pulled you out of the hug of the skaters to the center

What happened next definitely made you think that this was all a dream from a fanfic you've read because Yuzu was having his own little speech about how you've changed his perspective in life, how you made him feel so many different emotions he has never felt before and suddenly the man was on one knee, making you and basically everyone in the stadium gasped in shock

And the next few words and actions Yuzu does say everything on what's happening

"(Y/N). I know this may seem rushed since we've only really been together for 3 years but honestly, I can't imagine what my life would be if the both of us didn't miss that bus. It may sound cheesy and cringe, but for reals, you make my life more colourful, being with you is just one surprise after the other and what I'm saying is that, no matter what, I know that you're the one. And I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with someone else. So, (Y/N), would you marry me?" Yuzu spoke, pulling out a simple yet beautiful rose gold ring

"Yuzu...you must be out of your mind if you think I wouldn't say yes. Like, I'd say yes more than you jump the 3A. Of course I would!!" you shouted, all the tears you held back finally burst

Without wasting any time, Yuzu stood back up, put the ring onto your finger, pulling you close and sealing the night with a kiss

"I love you" - the both of you whispered to each other as the background excitement slowly faded into the kiss

A/N: brb, I dunno why I became emotional when writing this T_T I hope you enjoy this short one-shot I did. Also, to everyone who wants to request anything about Yuzu, NCT or 9%, feel free to message me or drop a request in my inbox!! See y'all in the next one and take care everyone :) xoxo

#yuzuruhanyu #yuzuru #yuzuru hanyu scenarios #yuzuru hanyu imagines #yuzuru hanyu #yuzu imagines #yuzu scenarios #yuzuru hanyu fluff #yuzuru hanyu x reader #yuzuru x reader #yuzu #figure skating #figure skating scenarios #figure skating imagines #figure skating yuzuru hanyu

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junos-office-drama · 3 years

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From fanfic to paycheck: Getting a job as a copywriter

You understand what a copywriter does, you know you'd enjoy the work, and now you're ready to find a job.

But how do you do that? This time, we're focusing on in-house and agency jobs (freelancing will be next).

Searching for copywriter jobs

If you're new to copywriting, you want to look for jobs with titles like "junior copywriter" or "entry-level copywriter." You may also want to look for "marketing copywriter," "marketing writer," "advertising copywriter," or "advertising writer." Look specifically for jobs that don't require previous experience, or jobs that require commensurate experience. Avoid any jobs that require you to pay for any type of training; these are scams.

Search local job sites, as well as national ones like indeed.com, monster.com, etc. LinkedIn is also a great source to find job openings.

It will help if you have a degree – especially if it's in English, writing, journalism, marketing, communications, public relations, psychology, sociology, or a similar field. However, degrees are not required to become a copywriter. I have known many successful copywriters who only have a high school diploma. Ultimately, your writing skills will matter more than your education.

Remember, you do not need to meet all the requirements of a job to apply. If you're interested in the job and you meet at least half the requirements, apply!

Carefully read job ads to determine if they're for an in-house team, an agency, or a staffing/talent agency, so you know what type of role you're applying for (see my previous post for the differences between these employer types).

Once you've found a few jobs you're interested in applying to, it's time to prep your resume!

Drafting the perfect resume

To get a copywriter job, you will want to write a resume specifically targeted for the role.

This year alone I was on five hiring committees for copywriters, interviewed dozens of candidates, and reviewed hundreds of resumes: these tips are what will help your resume stand out from the crowd.

If you have less than 10 years of work experience, your copywriter resume should likely fit on a single page. No matter how much experience you have, your copywriter resume should never be more than two pages.

At the top of your resume should be your name, phone number, email address, city and state, and a link to a professional website or LinkedIn page (if you have one). Do not link to personal sites, ao3 or FFN accounts, personal social media, etc.

Next should be a short summary of why you're awesome – this is like a fic summary. The purpose here is to entice the reader to continue! This shouldn't be more than 3-5 lines in total. If you've worked in retail or customer service, your summary might read something like this:

Prolific, grammar-obsessed writer with a passion for finding the right words to excite and engage her audience. Extensive experience working directly with customers to understand their wants, needs, and motivators. Collaborative team player who excels at independent projects. Skilled at developing long-form, short-form, and social media content.

After that should be a listing of prior jobs, under the heading "Experience" or "Work History." I usually format this as follows:

JOB TITLE, Company Name, 2019 – 2021

First accomplishment

Second accomplishment

Etc.

Please note that your bullet points should be your accomplishments and not your job duties. Never use the words "responsible for." This phrase is banned from your resume!

Think of your resume as your first copywriting assignment, and the product you're selling is you! Now is the time to get creative (but not untruthful) about your work history. In general, for a copywriting job, you want to emphasize your: understanding of customers, attention to detail, project/time management, and writing skills.

How you describe your work history will be almost as important was your actual work history. Remember, you're applying for a copywriter job – your resume is an opportunity to show you can write compelling copy.

For example, have you ever processed returns in a retail situation? Great! You've "Worked with consumers to understand and resolve complaints, and refund or replace unsatisfactory merchandise."

Have you ever had to walk through a store to take down old sales signs and put up new ones? Awesome! You've "Proactively updated sales labels and quality-checked display signage."

Worked in a call center, tech support, or otherwise answered phones? "Responded to incoming customer inquiries, feedback, and concerns, following company procedures to document and resolve issues."

Made drinks at Starbucks during the morning rush? "Maintained high levels of customer engagement while coordinating with the team to accurately complete complex orders in a fast-moving environment."

After your work history, list your education (heading: "Education" or "Education Achievements"). If you are a recent graduate (high school or college) and had good grades, include your GPA. Skip listing your graduation unless it was very recent (in the past 2-3 years). In this section, you can also list any awards you've won, scholarships you earned, training you've completed, or certifications you hold.

At the very bottom, if you have extra accomplishments – such as your fanfic – that you want to include, this is your space to do so. You can label these "Personal Accomplishments" or "Personal Achievements." Again, do not link to or list your ao3, FFN, or other fanfic accounts. Do not state that you write fanfiction (your future employer may not know what it is, or may not realize it's legal). Here are accomplishments that would be valid to list:

Achieved a 30% user engagement ratio with ongoing creative fiction series (FYI: your "user engagement ratio" is your total number of kudos + total number of comment threads, divided by your total number of hits. If this is 20% or above, it's brag-worthy.)

Tripled personal social media following in 3 months (if you went from 100 Twitter followers to 300 followers, that is "tripling" your following)

Wrote creative fiction series that attracted 10,000 visitors in 5 months (use your "hits" as proxy for "visitors"; don't list numbers like these unless they're 5,000 or higher, and better is 10,000+)

Independently researched, drafted, and posted 50,000-word creative fiction series over 12-month period

Note two things about all of these: they have hard numbers and a time period. If you can't include those two elements, don't include it in your personal accomplishments.

Do not list your references on your resume.

When you're finished writing your resume, proof it. Then proof it again. Then proof it again. Your resume should be grammatically flawless. Major errors, issues with punctuation, or other mistakes can be very costly when you're applying for a writing job.

Writing the perfect cover letter

You may have heard that cover letters are no longer necessary – and, for most jobs, they are not. But you are trying to get a writing job! Why would you turn down the opportunity to show off your writing skills?

The ideal cover page is rather short, only a few paragraphs. At the top should be the same information as on your resume: your name, phone number, email address, city and state, and a link to a professional website or LinkedIn page (if you have one).

Hit the enter key a few times, type the date, then hit enter a few more times. If you're not sure who the recruiter or hiring manager is, you can start it with "Dear Hiring Manager." Another good option would be "Dear [Company Name] Marketing Team." Do not use "To whom it may concern."

Your first paragraph is super short, one or two sentences at most. This is to express excitement for the opening. Something along the lines of "When I saw the opening for [Job Title] on [Website], I immediately knew I had to apply. I would be thrilled to bring my [short list of talents, e.g., passion for writing and strong time management skills] to [Company Name] as your [Job Title]."

For paragraphs two and three, look at the job ad. Choose requirements where you have particular strengths. For example, if the job ad says that they're looking for someone with a customer-first attitude, you might describe how you went out of your way to make customers happy in your current or previous job. If they say attention to detail is a key skill, talk about a time you caught a small but important error that helped save your company money or improved the customer experience. Keep these paragraphs short – don't go into too much detail.

Paragraph four is your closing, where you re-iterate how interested you are in the job. Close with a sentence saying you're looking forward to speaking soon.

Finish with "Sincerely" or "Best regards," followed by your full name.

Phew, your cover letter all is done! Best of all, you can keep using it over and over, just revise it each time to make it fit the job you're applying for.

Making (or faking) your portfolio

Having a portfolio is extremely helpful when it comes to getting a job as a copywriter.

But how could you possibly have a portfolio if you've never worked as a copywriter before?

Honestly: You fake it. You can either choose an existing company or you can make up a company; both are fine. Don't choose large, well-known companies like Nike, McDonalds, Toyota, etc. Instead, look at local or regional companies in your area (or make one up).

If you're asked about the examples in your portfolio, simply be truthful. Say "I didn't work for [Company], but I wanted to practice my copywriting skills and I was very impressed with their [product/service]." The hiring manager will not care that your work is "fake;" they will only care about the quality of writing that they see.

All copywriting portfolios should include:

A marketing email, promoting a product or service

Three to five social media posts

A short blog – "how to do X" are always good options

In addition to these core elements, you may also want to consider:

A direct mail piece, such as a postcard or sales letter

A campaign landing page for a website

A billboard

A script for a TV or radio commercial

A print ad

A digital pop-up ad

Remember, you don't actually have to create these things – you just need to write them. If you have design skills, adding some graphic elements will jazz your portfolio up, but it's not necessary.

For example, your "campaign landing page" might be a Word document where you've simply written out all the elements that would appear on the real webpage. This is the type of work actual copywriters do – they hand those Word documents off to someone else for actual production/design work – and most hiring managers will recognize that.

You should save each element of your portfolio as a PDF and be ready to share them if a hiring manager asks for your portfolio or writing samples.

If you have a short piece of original fiction (under 2,000 words) that is completely work safe (no sex, no graphic violence, no controversial themes), you can include that in your portfolio, too.

Bonus tip: Many professional copywriters keep an online portfolio. Spend some time in LinkedIn searching for copywriters, and you'll see many link straight to their online portfolios from their LinkedIn profiles. Never written a marketing email before? Not sure what makes a great billboard? Go check out a few professional portfolios for inspiration (but never copy another's work).

Writing assignments

Some employers will ask you to complete a writing assignment as part of the hiring process.

Do not do any writing assignments unless you've reached the interview stage – either they ask you to bring the finished assignment to the interview or it is a follow-up assignment to complete after an interview. If the writing assignment is required as part of the application, this is a red flag and not an employer you want to work for.

Writing assignments should not take more than 1-2 hours. If the potential employer is asking for a writing assignment that takes longer than 2 hours and the work is not compensated (i.e., paid), this is a red flag and not an employer you want to work for.

If the potential employer springs a surprise writing assignment on you during the interview, feel free to end the interview and leave. This is a huge red flag and not an employer you want to work for.

You generally will not be compensated for your writing assignments. However, you retain full ownership and copyright of any assignment you create during the hiring process. You can add these to your portfolio if you wish.

Acing the interview

There is a ton of advice out in the world about preparing for interviews, so I'm not going to dig into this topic too deeply

Most employers are huge fans of behavior interviews right now. These are the "tell me about a time when you…" questions. Prepare a half-dozen stories you can tell during your interview. For copywriting roles, focus on stories that illustrate your dedication to customer service, attention to detail, project/time management, and writing skills. I find it helpful to actually write these stories out and practice telling them in advance, so the come instantly to mind when I'm in an interview.

Before your interview, you may want to make sure you understand these common copywriting terms:

SEO: Search engine optimization. The skills and strategies used to make a webpage rank higher on a search results page.

SERP: Search engine results page.

Direct mail/direct marketing: A piece of marketing targeted at a single individual. Junk mail and email are the most common forms of direct mail/direct marketing.

CTA: Call to action. In a marketing piece, this is the part that asks the reader to do something. "Buy now!" is a call to action. So is "Sign up today!" and "Learn more."

Chicago Style and AP Style: These are the two most common writing style guides used by professional copywriters. It will help your job prospects if you are familiar with one (or both) of these style guides.

B2B: Business to business. Companies that sell to other businesses (Boeing is an example of a B2B; they typically sell airplanes to other businesses).

B2C: Business to consumer. Companies that sell directly to consumers (Target and Reebook are B2C).

B2G: Business to government. Companies that sell primarily to the federal or state government.

Persona: This is a description of the type of customer a company is targeting. For example, a persona might be "30-40 years, married with kids, renting, trying to save up for a house, loves watching sports."

UX: User experience. UX writing focuses on writing short copy for websites, apps, and software programs.

If you can speak fluently about these terms if they come up during an interview, they will improve your chances as a candidate. But don't worry if your interview asks about a term you've never heard before! I'd been writing for over a decade when an interviewer asked me about RTBs and I honestly had to stop and ask what that was, because I never heard the term before (later I learned it stands for Reasons to Believe). And I still got the job!

Hopefully, at this point, you're feeling like you have what you needed to start finding (and getting) your first copywriting job.

However, if you feel like corporate America isn't the right choice for you, the next topic will be earning income as an independent freelance copywriter.

Previously: How do I know if a copywriting job is actually a good fit for me?

Next time: How to make money as an independent freelance copywriter

#from fanfic to paycheck #fanfiction #fanfic #career advice #writing jobs #copywriting #copywriter #resume #resume advice #writing #writing career #professional writers #writing advice

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im-juggling-fandoms · 4 years

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She never learns, does she?

A Resident Evil fanfic of reader who is a former lover of Albert Wesker but is now on the run from him when she discovered his involvement in the Raccoon City incident. She is terrified of him and what he’s capable of and at the same time angry with herself for not being capable to suppress her feelings towards the man. She’s also determined that he is obsessed with her, it doesn’t matter where she hides, he always finds her and he just won’t stop. So far, reader has been lucky to get away just in time before his arrival. This time, she’s taken by surprise.

Rated mature. 18+ for language, deaths and sexual content.

Long time no see, dear heart..

It has been three years, four months and seven days since the last time Y/N felt herself at home. Now, the closest thing she got to feel like home was the people she surrendered herself with. The people who gave up their own lives to make sure of your safety. What would you have done without their sacrifices? You didn’t need much time to think over the possibilities. You knew you would’ve been dead.

You were a loose end that knew too damn much and Albert wouldn’t stop until he silenced you for good.

After all these years, it still hurt you. The two of you once shared everything together. Or so, you thought. One day you had stumbled upon his underground laboratory that had been hidden from your view for two years behind a massive mahogany bookcase. You found his research, you found an entire life he had been living in a city called Raccoon City not far from where you had built up your life. You found everything. It terrified you how gullible you had been about everything. You believed him when he said he was working at the bank downtown, why wouldn’t you?

It was all a lie. He had been creating horrific viruses and killing people to the left and right before he came home to your bed and ravished your body with his.

It made you sick.

But it made you hurt even more.

You kind of liked the little bed and breakfast you had been calling home for three days now who had an incredible view of the Swiss mountains from your room. It was peaceful and the landscape alone made you hope for a brighter future. Maybe you could finally settle down? It surely would help your mental state to have some peace and quiet. Well, it had been quiet for you and your friends for several weeks now and they told you over and over again not to let your guard down but you just couldn’t help yourself as you peeked over to your sleeping friends before you turned back to the window you where standing in front of. The sun made its way up over the mountains and it cast such a mesmerizing view over the little village. You knew you should be careful but you really wanted to go outside by yourself, if only for a few minutes.

You put your coat over your red nightgown and the silk was so smooth to your skin it almost felt like you were naked underneath.

Before you exited, you made sure to at least pack a gun into your hip holster. You hurried out, careful not to make any sound when closing the door behind you. There was a small hallway with a few rooms and a long stairwell leading down to the lobby. You walked with your hands in your pockets as you exited the B&B and felt the cool spring wind kiss your face. This, this was exactly what you had been needing, some peace and quiet.

You took a stroll around the village that began to wake up. You took in every smell, every sound.. it almost felt as you were vibrating.

Wait

You put your hand in your pocket and retrieved your phone who was buzzing like crazy.

Jeez.. you thought, you hadn’t been out more than maybe a little over ten minutes and Jessica was already buzzing up your phone.

Where the hell are you? Come back right now! You know we don’t go anywhere alone! She wrote.

Jesus Christ, Y/N! What are you thinking?! Jared wrote you.

You couldn’t help but feel ashamed and guilty. What where you thinking? These people had offered everything to go underground with you and yet, you jeopardize everything by taking a goddamned stroll..

You sighed loudly and turned your little stroll back to the B&B. As you walked hurriedly, you went over in your head the best way to explain to your friends why you went out but every outcome was the same. It made you sound stuck up and ungrateful. You decided it was for the best to just apologize and own your mistake. You told yourself that you would promise them to never do anything like this ever again and you meant it.

The lady at the front desk was sitting with her back towards you as you entered the lobby. You wondered if you should bid her good morning but she seemed devoured in that book of hers so you decided to just leave her be. You walked past her but something in the corner of your eye made you stop in your tracks immediately.

You turned your head slowly in her direction and what you feared the most, became reality.

She wasn’t devoured in a book as it first had seemed. She was lying with her face into the open book. The pages that once must’ve been white was colored red and she was as still as a statue.

You grabbed your gun from your holster and called out for your friends to come downstairs as you walked towards the dead woman.

It was as quiet as a graveyard.

Nothing.

A not in your stomach began to build and you abandoned the dead woman and bolted up the stairs as fast as you possibly could and kicked the door to your room open, only to reveal it abandoned.

You began to panic. Where the hell where your friends? It couldn’t have been more than five minutes ago they blew up your phone.

Maybe they got so worried that they decided to go out and look for you? Maybe they had found the woman at the front desk and was at the police station? You had to find them.

You walked down the stairs once again, this time the peace you earlier felt was long gone. When you rounded the crook of the stairwell you completely froze. This time, you literally could feel the ice slithering up your spine.

Albert sat down in one of the armchairs that faced the stairwell, his face were stoic and calm and he had one of his legs over the other which made him look like he was waiting for someone.

He’s waiting for you.

You knew that your gun couldn’t do him any harm. Jared had fired multiple shots at him three years ago during our time in Japan but Albert had dodged every single bullet like he was some kind of a super human. You where lucky you got out of there alive. That was the last time he got this close as he was now.

Your insides were in raging, burning agony. You were so terrified that you trembled but at the same time, your heart hurt with the memories of your love years ago.

“Long time, no see, dear heart.” He spoke and you had forgotten about what a velvety voice that man possessed. Every word rolled of his tongue with absolute expertise. You wouldn’t let him fog up your brain anymore so you stood tall, the gun in your hand pointed directly at his beautiful face even though you knew it was useless, you wouldn’t let him think you would give up so easily.

“Where are my friends, Albert?” You asked. Your hand which held the gun were shaking and you tried to steady it the best you could but to no avail. You were so scared and it was displayed openly for him to see.

Before you could even register that it had happened, Albert had got up from the armchair and made his way over to you. You have no idea how he did it but he had managed to do it in shorter than a second. Now, he stood towering before you, mere inches between the two of you. He was so close that you could inhale his scent. The scent that you had forgot made its way up your nostrils and an raging battle began taking form inside of you. A part of you wanted to run, as far away as you could from this monster of a man or whatever the hell he was and the other part wanted to forget everything that has happened over the years and pull him in for one of those kisses that made your mind all foggy.

You looked up at him hesitantly, his sunglasses was covering his eyes, covering those magical light greys you so well remembered. The eyes you spend so many nights gazing into while you were making sweet love to each other. You didn’t need to see them to have all of those memories pool into your mind immediately, his presence did it all.

He grabbed your wrist of the hand that held the gun and you tried to make him let go of you but he was so strong that it barely even phased him. Without any trouble on his behalf, he took the gun out of your trembling hand and tossed it carelessly to the side.

“Where are my friends?” You tried again, this time your voice broke mid-sentence and you could feel the tears burning behind your eyes, threatening to break free and make you look even smaller than you already did.

“Three years, Y/N.” He began without any hint of emotions in his velvety voice, “You had me turning upside down on half the world for three years.” He finally stated.

“Just let them go, Albert, it’s me you want, isn’t it? They-“ you began sobbing, “They don’t know anything, I swear!” You exclaimed.

He pushed you up against the wall of the stairwell with his hands firmly on yours above your head. He leaned in closer to your tear filled face, so close that you felt his breath ghost over your skin ever so lightly.

“Don’t lie to me, Y/N.”

“I’m not lying, they don’t know anything about-“ you began hysterically but was cut off as he pushed you deeper into the wall and it made your backside ache profusely.

“Don’t. Lie. To. Me.” He pronounced every word with spitting venom. Now, you could feel how angry he was with you. The stoicism from before was a good act, you thought.

“Please, don’t hurt them.” You begged. “Do whatever you want with me but please, just let them go. They won’t tell anyone anything, I am sure of it. I can make them promise to not say anything to anyone! Please!” You were desperate. Every passing minute could mean that your friends lives were closer to an end and you had to do everything you could to help them. Just as they had helped you.

He chuckled.

You looked up at him in confusion under your wet eyelashes, the tears blurring your vision ever so slightly.

“I am not interested in making conversation about your little friends.” He spoke up sternly before he lightened the hold he had on you. You were still pushed up against the wall but it hurt less than it did before.

“I just need to know they’re okay.” Your voice were merely above an whisper.

“They are, for now.” Albert confirmed. Jesus Christ, he was too damn close to you. You could see every little pore in his skin, his scent filled you up like a balloon that was going to pop any second. You knew that he was going to kill you and you felt nowhere near being ready to die but his mere presence awoke something inside of you. The thing that you had been trying to bury deep, deep within. The undeniably eternal love you felt for him with the strength of a thousand elephants. It was blind and it was more forgiving than it was wise. It was so intense it made your skin burn and your insides too, you felt like a hot burning mess. It almost felt unnatural. Mainly because of what it did to you. You had never felt this with anyone else, not ever. It felt like you belonged together. You still knew better, though. Hence why you left and had been on the run for years.

You felt weak and tired. All of this, all of these years had made you so tired. You just wanted it to stop. You were done. There was no use to try and fight him, he was way too strong now. It’ll only make you end up dying in more pain than necessary and you felt obligated to save yourself from that.

“Just get it over with. For old time’s sake, make it quick.” You said, your voice was on the verge of a new wave of tears but you managed to keep them at bay.

His hands let go off yours and you felt his body leave yours, the warmth disappearing by the second. You closed your eyes, ready for the fatal strike.

It never came.

You held your eyes closed for what felt like minutes but nothing happened.

You battle with yourself if you would dare to open them and see what was going on and after a while, you decided that you had to.

He was just standing there, a feet or so from you, with his back against you. His gloved hands were clasped neatly behind his straight back and it appeared as if he was in deep thought. You could tell that, even with his back to you. It was your bond that told you.

Should you try to run?

No.

You wouldn’t get far and you were so tired of this cat and mouse bullshit.

You just wanted it to end.

“Albert, please..” you softly spoke, almost begging him to put you out of your misery.

“You never learn, do you?” He said as he turned to you.

Your confused expression spoke for you and he smirked hastily.

“If I wanted you dead, you wouldn’t be standing here after all this time.”

You felt weak, confused and at the same time irritated. It felt as if you were back at square one. You had been running for your life only because you sincerely thought that he wanted to end it. All of the ruckus he had been making hadn’t exactly told you otherwise but it was true now when you actually thought about it, you had never once been harmed under these 3 years. All of your friends had been but never you.

“What do you want, Albert?”

“Isn’t it perfectly clear what I want, Y/N?”

You gave him a sour look. It really wasn’t. With all the information you now had on him, you had come to learn that he wasn’t that quiet but passionate lover you once thought you were dealing with. You’ve come to know that he was a sociopath and was capable to do about anything to preserve his goal which seemed to be collecting viruses from around the globe. You didn’t want to know what he was planning to do with them.

“Dear heart,” he began, that smirk upon his face for a few seconds before he continued, “I want what’s mine. I want you.”

If you thought you were confused before, it was nothing compared to what was going on inside your head right now.

“But you, you almost-You sent fucking mercenaries after us! You bombed one of the houses we were inside of, we just barely got out in time!” You fumed, your hand gesturing angrily with every word.

“You left without a word, Y/N, it made me very angry.”

“Oh, it made you angry?” You spat at him, every fear and tremble as blown away. “It made me angry when I found out you were a fucking liar! And not to mention a full blown psychopath!”

He briskly walked over to you and grabbed you by the shoulders roughly.

“You watch that tongue with me, Y/N, before I change my mind.”

“I’m done with these games, Albert! I’m done! Just get it over with, I can’t bear another second with this.” You said, refusing to face him. His face made you want to jump him right here right now. Your hormones were going crazy and you were equally angry as you were a hot, horny mess. The last time you orgasmed by another hand than yours was with Albert. You still remember it as if it was yesterday..

You had been slow cooking some fancy meat on the stove and had some baked potatoes filled with cheese and paprika in the oven. You were working on a side salad when he entered the kitchen freshly showered in nothing but a towel around his waist. He began kissing your neck and one thing led to another and before you knew it, you were sprawled out on one of the counters with his head between your legs, his tongue skillfully massaging your little bundle of nerves while two of his fingers were massaging the inside of your pussy and it didn’t take long before you clenched down on his fingers with a loud moan.

You needed to get your head straight. You couldn’t be thinking about things like that right now. You could literally feel the wetness pouring out of you.

“Hmm...” he hummed with a smirk. You couldn’t see his eyes but you felt how intense they were ravaging you right now.

“I can smell you.” He said, that damn smirk still plastered on his beautiful features. “You are aching for me Y/N, aren’t you?”

“No,” you said hastily, “Absolutely not.”

“Oh, yes you are.” Albert took one of his gloved hands to his face and removed the glove with his pearly white teeth. His naked hand snaked between your exposed legs and traveled up to your clothed pussy. You should slap him right across the face for taking such freedom to touch you like this and yet, you couldn’t do anything. You just stood there, looking up into his face, as if to get some reassuring that this wasn’t as wrong as it actually was.

He didn’t waste any time, he ripped the cloth from your skin with a growl. It probably would’ve stung your sensitive skin if it wasn’t for your arousal. You were dripping and you were desperately longing for the man that you deep down knew was the love of your life.

You grabbed his face with your soft hands and you tried to pull him into a kiss but he wouldn’t succumb to your wishes. He simply undid his belt, opened his trousers and pulled them down to his knees to reveal that he was already hard. You mouth watered and your pussy ached painfully at the sight of his cock. The same exact cock that you had been fantasizing about every time you pleased yourself nowadays.

Albert pushed you once again against the wall of the stairwell but this time he lifted you up as well with his hands at your hips. He didn’t leave you any time to comprehend a single thing, he buried himself to the hilt into your tight, wet cave with a deep, deep groan. It sounded as he had been holding that inside of him for a very long time. You, on the other hand moaned out loudly for everyone to hear as the two of you finally were connected as one.

You had almost forgotten about how good he actually was in bed but all of that came right back to you as he demonstrated his skills by pounding into you evenly, he squeezed your soft hips with every movement.

You clawed desperately at the fabric on his chest as he pounded roughly into you. You didn’t mind him being a little rough, it were a long time since you last made love and if he was anywhere close to as desperate and aroused as you were, he probably couldn’t contain himself.

“Oh, Albert..” you moaned as a wave of pure pleasure washed over you, “I’ve missed you so much.” You confessed openly.

He didn’t answer.

Sure, he was a man of few words but he would always praise you and shower you with affection while making love, now he was all quiet except a grunt here and there.

It was extremely hard for you to get anything from his eyes since those sunglasses covered them and left you to look at your own reflection instead. You had no idea what he felt right now and it made you wary.

You reached for his glasses and removed them as best as you could while he was pounding into you tirelessly. What met you behind those glasses was nothing you were prepared for.

His light grey eyes were a distant memory and now replaced with the eyes of a demon. Red swam around tight slits and you almost didn’t believe what you were seeing. This wasn’t the Albert you remembered.

He was angry. So, so angry. You could feel it vibrating from his furious eyes.

You should be frightened, you should’ve ran away from him but something inside of you made you remain in place with nothing but shame for what you had done to the man you loved.

You had hurt him. You had most likely broken his heart by leaving him without so much as a letter. You had done this to him, you thought.

“I’m so sorry, baby.” You said, tears forming in your eyes as you leaned your forehead against his.

“You are mine.” He growled back,

“Yes.” You nodded in agreement.

“You will never betray me ever again.” Behind his anger you could detect the pain, the pain that you were responsible for.

“Never, baby, never. I’ve been so foolish.”

He slowed down his ministrations and captured your lips with his, the kiss became desperate very quickly, both of your tongues massaging each other in your mouths. You tugged at the locks at the back of his neck as you moaned into the kiss, giving yourself over to him completely.

You were still kissing passionately as he fucked you, and you knew that if he kept moving his hips like that together with his hot, wet mouth, you weren’t going to last very long.

You knew that he also knew.

Your legs began to shake from the intense, burning pleasure between your legs, your nails found his neck where you scratched helplessly as moan after moan escaped your lips.

Albert kissed your face and then went over to your neck affectionely, humming while doing so. Never breaking the rhythm in his thrusts.

“I’m-, I’m so close..” your voice were raspy and low, “Oh god, Albert..”

“That’s it, my sweet” he huskily whispered in your ear before he kissed the curve of your ear, “Come for me..”

You did so, your legs shaking with the same intensity as your screams that left your lips as you rode out the exquisite orgasm eagerly. Every fiber of your body felt as if it was on fire and you couldn’t do anything besides moaning and holding him tightly to you, afraid that he might disappear if you didn’t.

The orgasm left you weak to the bones but Albert didn’t let you rest. He withdrew himself from inside you and lead you upstairs, into the first room that was in sight.

Albert undressed the rest of your clothing and laid you down on the bed softly and positioned himself between your legs, this time with his face.

The first contact with his lips and tongue to your pussy made you moan out with eyes closed, your fingers finding their way down your stomach and onto his blonde locks.

This was one of the best things you know and you’ve been longing for it for three years, it didn’t matter that you had just had an orgasm minutes ago, because when he began using his fingers on you and sucking your clit between his delicate lips, you came undone for the second time today.

He kissed your thighs feathery light and traveled up your now naked body. He kissed and licked every inch of skin on your torso, your breasts he sucked and licked softly, which earned him a moan from you.

He crawled on top of you and spread your legs a little wider for the comfort of both of you. You wasn’t satisfied just yet, though.

“Please, remove your clothes.” You said, looking deeply into his red swirls. “I want to feel you on my skin. I’ve longed so for you, my love.”

He hesitated for a moment but complied to your request and removed his clothes in a blur, it didn’t take more than a few seconds before he was in between your legs again, now in his full naked glory.

You trailed your hands down his hard chest and down his hard washboard abs. You sighed deeply in fulfillment when he entered you once again.

He held you possessively by the neck as he was thrusting into you, his face mere inches from yours as your eyes were locked in each other’s gazes. You had your arms around his back, because you wanted to get as close to him as you possibly could.

You shared a few kisses as the love making grew hotter and closer to the edge for the both of you. It gave you such immense pleasure to see his own pleasure in those eyes of his. You wanted him to feel good, to unwrap himself completely inside of you.

The connection the two of you shared only made the sex even better, more intense than any sex you’ve ever had with anyone else. You didn’t only shared each other’s bodies but each other’s minds and souls as well. He didn’t need to tell you that he loved you, you could feel it with every kiss, every thrust, every single touch he laid upon you. It was magical and brought you straight over the edge for the third time, you were a moaning mess and you chanted over and over again how much you loved him. It didn’t take long after your release for him to find his own. With a deep grunt he filled you up right to the hilt but he remained inside of you just for a little longer.

You shared each other’s lips, and you caressed each other’s faces softly, lovingly.

“If you ever do something like this again, I’m going to have to kill you, Y/N.” He spoke softly but gravely.

“I know.” You responded as you kissed him on his forehead.

You knew that he wouldn’t forgive you a second time. You still had some questions you wanted answers to but you had already decided to stop fighting him. You loved each other, deeply and eternally. That’s all that matters to you. At least for now.

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hey jude! did you take any creative writing classes before you started to write RN? Do you have any recommendation of possible things you did to improve your writing enough to give you the courage to start writing the story that was in your head for 10 years?

Hey anon! I’m gonna write you a big, long thing because i fucking love talking about writing. Ready? Okay!

Without getting too specific, i do edit/write for my day job, so i’ve taken many a writing course throughout my education/life which helped me with the basics, but it’s been quite some time since ive taken any formal classes. As far as creative writing, that was always my hobby. Sitting down and writing RN after a damn decade was less about feeling like i had improved enough to get it out and more of a mental health thing. My anxiety said “god, just write it already, it’ll help” and then the pandemic said “god, just share it, not many people will read it and you’ll feel better” and here we are.

What’s helped me improve since and kept me going:

Writing more. I’m no longer holding myself back from writing down any and every idea that comes to mind, whether it be for fanfic or original writing. None of these ideas even have to go anywhere, i’ve just allowed myself to enjoy the act of writing and it’s helped me immensely. Sometimes I revisit these little pieces and read them again for fun, or add a bit more, or go incorporate them into something larger I’m working on. Not all writing has to be productive! But I firmly believe it does help you grow the more you do it.

Challenging myself. I’ll stress that when i say this, i mean i am challenging myself in a fun way, not in a “let’s make this as frustrating as possible” way. Experimenting with story length is one thing I love as a writer. Drabbles and ficlets are wonderful ways to work on specific skills, because you are so limited by the word count. This type of quick-bite writing forced me to remove dialogue tags i’d normally use, delete most adverbs, get rid of unnecessary qualifiers like “very” and “just” to save space for the actual story.

Genre experimentation. I recently wrote my first horror fic and i’m quite proud of it. It made me realize how much i enjoyed writing in that arena and might be something i look to do for original work. It forced me to take familiar characters i was so used to writing one way and draw out different facets of their personalities to make sense for a darker plot. If you are ever at all tempted to try a different story genre, just go for it. I learned a lot about my own craft while doing this.

Read more. I’m sure you’ve seen this a lot as far as writing advice goes, but i promise it’s true. To use my horror example again, I was reading a novel where wings burst out of a character’s back and it was a real mindfuck moment as a reader and then my mind just spiraled with inspiration for my own stuff from there. You might come across a phrase or a style of prose that grabs you by the throat and then holds your brain hostage. There are so many ways to tell the same story, and reading more will expose you to all these differences. It lets you find out what’s not for you (ex. writing from a ton of different povs in one story is not for me) and what you’d want to try out for yourself (ex. Im itching to eventually write a first-person pov).

Another recommendation if we’re talking about longer form stories (and i feel like i give this advice a lot): find out what kind of outliner you are. I LOVE the outline process. It’s my chance to word-vomit all over a fresh word doc any and every idea that comes to mind for the plot, the characters, scenes, dialogue snippets, etc. I love to bullet point scenes, sketch out some important character moments. None of this involves finesse, or craft, it’s all the ideas phase and it’s when I feel my most creative. Once i’ve got a story fully outlined, I go back and actually write out all these scenes (not necessarily in order, i’m not one who needs to write chronologically). Other writers I know just start from their first sentence and go from there, not allowing themselves to jump ahead. Find out which way works for you, because you’re the one who will need to read all of it over and spend so much time with it. Outlining makes me EXCITED about stories and helps pump me up to write and share them.

Talking with other writers. It was hard when I first posted RN and didnt know anyone in the community. But by putting myself out there it led to conversations and friendships with other writers. It’s a resource i’m incredibly grateful for, to have people just as nerdy as i am about writing, trading tips or asking for advice/encouragement or just to double-check im not insane and actually did use the word “belie” correctly. It can be intimidating, but if you havent already and are comfortable, check out some online writing groups/discords.

Don’t feel like you have to follow every “writing rule.” It’s so easy to get bogged down in “you’re supposed to write THIS way” and you find yourself looking at a paragraph of soulless words that while technically correct, don’t say very much at all. I personally find it intimidating to try and improve all the things at once and it makes me hate the process. I’ve found concentrating on one aspect for improvement makes me feel like im growing without overwhelming myself. For example, i made a conscious effort in a recent story to not rely on adverbs so much, and when a reader noticed this in a comment, I was fucking elated.

Okay and now to get a little pollyanna for a second. It does take courage to share your work on a public platform and open it up for public consumption/opinion. Your writing won’t be for everyone, but it is yours. You will spend the most time with it (in your head and on paper/screen) so it helps if you like it. What really matters, i promise, is that you like your own writing.

I hope you found this helpful and good luck with your writing! My ask box is always open 💕💕

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