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Hey everyone! One last reminder: I will not be giving Tumblr any hits or ad revenue starting tomorrow. I refuse to have Tumblr think it’s still a functional website and this is okay by keeping its site traffic up and giving the ads hits after December 17th. If you want to follow me, I’m vagrantBreath at the following:

Archive of Our Own

Twitter

Dreamwidth

I may be getting a Pillowfort. If I do, I’ll put in my profile on those sites what it is.

Thank you for being amazing, everyone. I hope you have a great December and Happy New Year.

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Every writer on Tumblr: “I would combust out of love if someone ever drew fanart of my fic!!” Me: “oh man I wanna draw this scene BUT THEY WOULD PROBABLY HATE IT AND HATE ME FOR THE NERVE”

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A reminder: I will not be giving Tumblr any hits or ad revenue starting December 17th. If you want to find me, I’m vagrantBreath at:

Twitter

AO3

And Dreamwidth

(Looking into pillowfort. I’ll update on Twitter if I get one once it’s no longer in closed beta)

See ya there!

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I can officially be found at vagrantBreath on AO3, vagrantbreath on Twitter, and vagrantbreath on Dreamwidth

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So I’m vagrantbreath on Twitter.

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Fanfic Writers: Director’s Cut

Reblog this if you want readers to come into your ask box and ask for the “director’s commentary” on a particular story, section of a story, or set of lines. 

Or, send in a ⭐star⭐  to have the author select a section they’ve been dying to talk about!

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I found out yesterday I lost my best friend.

I'm going to take about a week off from updates.

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My notes: Shaft has lost skin privileges.

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I am mildly afraid someone is going to take my warning that I’m unhooking my chain and letting myself loose on my latest Castlevania fic and go "Oh, like Sharpening Its Teeth?" and it's like... oh no, Sharpening Its Teeth is me being merely unpleasant.

Unhooking my chain is 'Cause Angels Don't Come Home.

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Fanfiction Writer Asks

Most of the writer ask posts I come across are only like ten or so questions long so I thought I’d try to make a longer one because we like talking about our writing! Feel free to reblog!

1) How old were you when you first starting writing fanfiction?

2) What fandoms do you write for and do you have a particular favourite if you write for more than one?

3) Do you prefer writing OC’s or reader inserts? Explain your answer.

4) What is your favourite genre to write for?

5) If you had to choose a favourite out of all of your multi chaptered stories, which would it be and why?

6) If you had to delete one of your stories and never speak of it again, which would it be and why?

7) When is your preferred time to write?

8) Where do you take your inspiration from?

9) In your xxx fic, what’s your favourite scene that you wrote?

10) In your xxx fic, why did you decide to end it like that? Did you have an alternative ending in mind?

11) Have you ever amended a story due to criticisms you’ve received after posting it?

12) Who is your favourite character to write for? Why?

13) Who is your least favourite character to write for? Why?

14) How did you come up with the title for the xxx? - You can ask about multiple stories.

15) If you write OC’s, how do you decide on their names?

16) How did you come up with the idea for xxx?

17) Post a line from a WIP that you’re working on.

18) Do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them?

19) Are there any stories that you’ve written that you’d really love to do a sequel to?

20) Are there any stories that you wished you’d ended differently?

21) Tell me about another writer(s) who you admire? What is it about them that you admire?

22) Do you have a story that you look back on and cringe when you reread it?

23) Do you prefer listening to music when you’re writing or do you need silence?

24) How do you feel about writing smutty scenes?

25) Have you ever cried whilst writing a story?

26) Which part of your xxx fic was the hardest to write?

27) Do you make a general outline for your stories or do you just go with the flow?

28) What is something you wished you’d known before you started posting fanfiction?

29) Do you have a story that you feel doesn’t get as much love as you’d like?

30) In contrast to 29 is there a story which gets lots of love which you kinda eye roll at?

31) Send me a fic recommendation and I’ll post it for my followers to see! (The asker is to send the rec not the answerer)

32) Are any of your characters based on real people?

33) What’s the biggest compliment you’ve gotten?

34) What’s the harshest criticism you’ve gotten?

35) Do you share your story ideas with anyone else or do you keep them close to your chest?

36) Can you give us a spoiler for one of your WIP’s?

37) What’s the funniest story you’ve written?

38) If you could collab with any other writer on here, who would it be? (Perhaps this question will inspire some collabs!) If you’re shy, don’t tag the blog, just name it.

39) Do you prefer first, second or third person?

40) Do people know you write fanfiction?

41) What’s you favourite minor character you’ve written?

42) Song fic - What made you decide to use the song xxx for xxx.

43) Has anyone ever guessed the plot twist of one of your fics before you posted it?

44) What is the last line you wrote?

45) What spurs you on during the writing process?

46) I really loved your xxx fic. If you were ever to do a sequel, what do you think might happen in it?

47) Here’s a fic title - insert a made up title. What would this story be about?

48) What’s your favourite trope to write?

49) Can you remember the first fic you read? What was it about?

50) If you could write only angst, fluff or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why?

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I'm writing this chapter of Sharpening Its Teeth (much fun Dawn of Sorrow fic, very PT), and I just realized I'm having people impaled through the fucking stomach YET AGAIN. LIKE. I GUESS THAT'S MY WRITER'S QUIRK.

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You know good things are about to happen when you're making notes for your next five and "things get PT" is in them.

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/looks at seasons 6 and 7 of Voltron /looks at the Shattered series /looks at Kosmo /looks at Laz ... Universe, please let me predict cool things like lotto numbers next time.

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I don't think I expected to have so many ideas for freaking Castlevania. And not just the Netflix series. Like, I'm having more fun with Soma and the rest than Trevor and Sypha. I think it also helps that if there's any drama, I'm not seeing it, so I'm still having fun.

But seriously. Aria/Dawn of Sorrow fic is so much fun to write. Soma is a blast to write and it's interesting to examine his relationships with others given, you know, he's the reincarnation that he's Dracula. I'm doing the thing I did with Voltron where I'm planning fics while writing another and I have one I cannot wait to get to that I was inspired by when watching a no damage fight against the final boss in Julius Mode in Dawn of Sorrow.

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One of my major attempts in Blooming With Grace is no jealousy. They just... fall together naturally like it was always meant to be. No drama. Just love.

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Lately, I've been playing in the Castlevania fandom of various flavours. I've writted for the Netflix version as well as for the Harmony of Sorrow duology. It's been really fun!

Siren's Song;Banshee's Cry (Castlevania: Netflix): If Trevor listens closely, he can hear his veins singing a siren's song to him.

If Alucard and Sypha listen closely, they can hear a banshee screaming from inside Trevor.

(Beware suicidal ideation and suidice attempt)

Destiny of Soul series (Castlevania: Harmony of Sorrow): What starts as Arkiado investigating Soma acting strange turns into a fight for Soma's soul.

Blooming With Grace (Castlevania: Harmony of Sorrow): The reincarnation of Dracula falls in love with a dhampir and a girl (while the world tries to kill all three of them).

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I'm writing a romance with blood, gore, kidnapping, and cults. I feel like I'm doing something right.