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I know I commented about it in the last chapter, but, god dammit, thank you for writing Nebulous which is probably now one of my favourite fanfictions of all time. Anyways! I was going to ask for writing tips but someone beat me to the punch, so I'm going to ask this: What gave you the inspiration for writing it and what inspired you to start writing in general?

aww, thank YOU for saying so!! that’s so kind! T_T

as for your questions:

i think i was actually inspired to write nebulous when i read another fic (i honestly can’t remember which fic or where i read it) where souji and yosuke met briefly in the city or something like that, before either of them came to inaba. i found myself wanting to read some sort of chaptered fic where they somehow knew each other before meeting in inaba and from there the idea for a texting fic popped into my head and i thought ‘well, i guess i can try my hand at writing it’. honestly, it was meant to be quite short - 12 full chapters, according to my old plans - but when i saw how much love people were giving the fic, i decided to respond by fleshing it out a LOT and upping the quality of my writing. ^^

as for my inspiration for writing in the first place? that would come from two main things! first, from reading (and watching things and playing games - essentially immersing myself in other people’s stories). i can’t deny that the ideas of others have a powerful influence on the ideas that appear in my mind. and my second inspiration to write is the fact that i spend so much time dreaming up scenarios and plot lines in such in my mind and i want to write everything down so i can have a permanent record of all the ideas i have.

thanks for the question!! ^^

#sim-mi #answered

Hi! I really, really, REALLY love Nebulous. I also seriously admire your writing style. Do you have any writing tips?

Ahhh! First of all, thank you so much!! ;-; And writing advice? Hmm… let me think.

I guess first of all I’ll tell you a bit about my ownwriting experience. Ever since I was very young, I was an avid reader and evenwhen I was something like seven or eight years old, I was writing my ownstories. I also had and still have a very vivid imagination. To this day, I spend half my lifeimagining up scenarios involving characters. So I guess what you can get out ofthat is that to write well, it really helps to lay a strong foundation. Read alot, feel inspired, immerse yourself in the ideas you want to write.

As for some more general tips (from the top of my head and again, from my personalexperiences):

1. Create outlines for your story, but don’t limityourself to them. These will really help to guide you, especially when you’refeeling stuck, but also let yourself go with the flow and write in things thatfeel natural.

2. Have a very good idea of who your characters are. In the case of Persona 4, I achieved this naturally through playing the game, watching a lot of videos, etc. But if needed, make a separate document to write some details about them and their traits. This helps for realistic portrayals of genuine people – and also for realistic relationship development based on who your characters are.

3. When you’re editing, change your font to onethat looks very different from your usual font – or even something a bit hardto read. Apparently, this tricks your brain into picking up silly typos andthings more easily and it certainly seems to work for me.

4. For important or emotionally-charged scenes, ifyou’re like me and listen to a lot of music, it’s really good to find a songthat really fits the mood of the scene and listen to it as you write. For me,this makes me feel as if I can more vividly imagine the feelings the charactersare experiencing. The music puts me into the right mood to write the scene,essentially. As some examples (note that I don’t choose songs on the basis oftheir lyrics (especially as I listen to a fair bit of kpop and don’t understand Korean well anyway), but more for their overall mood):

In the last few scenes of Chapter 17, Ilistened to Jonghyun’s ‘Suit Up’ on repeat as it reminded me of bothnight time and quiet, tender feelings.

In the last scene of Chapter 18, Ilistened to Subin’s ‘Swing’ on repeat as it somehow reminded me of theend of a summer day. I can’t really describe why, but it perfectly fit the moodI wanted to portray.

In the last scenes of Chapter 19, Ilistened to Taeyeon’s ‘Secret’ on repeat. Aside from the mood the songsets, it reminded me of the courage Yosuke built up that night to bring Soujito the hilltop and finally kiss him.

And all through writing Chapter 20, Ilistened to a mix of SHINee’s ‘Wish Upon a Star’, Regina Spektor’s ‘School is Out’, EXO’s ‘For Life’, Persona 4 OST’s ‘Never More’, SNSD’s ‘That Summer (Sailing)’, Panic! At the Disco’s ‘Always’ and a few other songs. These all reminded me ofthe feeling of farewell I wanted to capture.

That’s all I can think of for now. Really, I don’t doanything particularly special! Thanks for the question and I hope it helped.

#answered #anonymous #surprise! i may not have done anything on tumblr for like a year but i exist

februeruri

monday looks and sunday looks

#ace attorney

erwonmyheart

Ginoza / requested by anon

Credit: コーボ

I spent way too long on this! Dunno what to call it, but I’m fairly chuffed with it.

#undertale

nyctoheart

Kingdom Hearts Original Worlds

#sudden wave of nostalgia #kingdom hearts

k009

You make important choices in Persona 4

#I'm also screaming bc uni #persona 4

cheppo

character portrait commission for @foxboats on twitter! commission info

#twewy

strangestquiet

Never too many cats. NEVER TOO MANY CATS.

#university is death #these two tho <3 #souyo #persona 4

gojojopose-blog

The South Korean govt. is trying to gather and control private information of the citizens, much like how the FBI tried to make Apple gather iPhone users’ private information.

the 새누리당 (a political party in south korea) passed the law so currently the politicians from the 더불어민주당 (another political party in south korea) are doing a filibuster to stop the law from being passed, so please go watch the live stream or at least have it play in the background if you can.

captainofherships

Guys, PLEASE spare just a few minutes to have a good read through this post. People have been speaking non-stop for more than 25 hours and will be for hundreds more for awareness.

I am honestly sorry for this non-fandom and strictly political post but this is related to my home country and is what seriously needs some awareness.

The Korean government is attempting to pass an anti-terrorism law. Doesn’t seem so bad, right? This will allow the National Intelligence Service to track and control the citizens’ private information—without consent.

This means that they can legally scroll through my emails, read my texts and see what I go through on Tumblr. They can legally wiretap my calls, gather my credit card information, eavesdrop on my Skype calls and browse my chat history—without my consent.

Why allow them access to such personal information (possibility of misuse: *holds shining neon placard and screams in your face*)? The Intelligence Service will filter for content that is anti-governmental in order to delete them and threaten me with, let’s say, my AO3 browsing history. Or in other adults’ case, their bank accounts and credit information. Because, like, speaking against the government? That is just outrageous! How dare someone criticise what the government is doing?

To hell with that. This isn’t an anti-terrorism law. This is permission to carry out a legal public inspection. Oppressing opinions by deleting articles and threatening individuals will weaken the publics’ sense of impartiality. The government will reign with power no different from dictatorship.

Adding on, no information is stated on when and under what circumstances will the Intelligence Agency be allowed to go through the citizens’ private information. To me and many others, this seems like extremely fishy business.

What’s worse is that the political party currently in office has been attempting to pass this law—without consent.

This cannot pass. This is not for the public’s safety—not when the true intention looms before our eyes. This is just legalising privacy infringement and the oppression of public opinion.

Apparently the parties out of office think the same. Because they are carrying out a filibuster as I type.

filibuster |ˈfɪlɪbʌstə|

noun

1 an action such as prolonged speaking which obstructs progress in a legislative assembly in a way that does not technically contravene the required procedures.

Through a filibuster, one can legally prevent the majority from having their own way with the law by stalling the session. March 10th is when the National Assembly’s term of office expires, which means that no new laws can be passed after that date.

The opposed party’s plan is to keep speaking non-stop until March 10th. This makes about roughly 300 hours. There are less than 130 representatives who are not in the party in office, which means that each person needs to speak non-stop for at least three and a half hours. Even a minute of break or going off topic during the speech is prohibited. Not even a bathroom break. Once a speaker gets off the podium, he or she cannot take the floor again.

Representative Su Mi Eun has so far broken the national record for the longest speech made in a session by speaking non-stop for 10 hours and 18 minutes from 2:30AM to 12:48PM on the 24th. At this moment, representative Won Seok Park is speaking as the fourth speaker.

President Park has shown no will to make any changes to the anti-terrorism law itself, but has instead shown “deep lament” regarding this ongoing filibuster and said that “this appalling situation has never been shown in other countries” whilst repeatedly slamming her desk.

Amusingly, (this may cost me a trip to jail and back bye in advance, guys) in S2EP17 of West Wing, there is a line with a rather contrary point of view.

“Guys. I’m sorry. But you know what?

Listen, Seriously. You’re looking at democracy at work.

It’s a beautiful thing.”

—C.J. Cregg

Thanks, C.J.

The moment the members stop speaking, this law will go into vote. The party in office—the majority—will vote for this and the law will pass.

Most of you who are reading this probably won’t even be Korean citizens. You might wonder, “Wait, the key is that the representatives keep on talking. Why are you even concerned in the first place?” Wrong. They are making speeches not only to dispel this law, but also to raise public awareness on it.

Please, please do. I know many of you may have scrolled past this post without reading it. I also know that many of you may not reblog this because it goes against your blog. But it’s okay. Just the fact that you ran into this issue can contribute. Because out of all that has happened so far in Korea, this must not go unnoticed. All I want is to raise awareness. To give some attention to this outrage, and to those who are trying their best to combat it.

I sincerely thank you for reading this, whoever you are.

And lastly,

Keep speaking, Korea.

gojojopose-blog

please reblog if you can and help raise awareness.

#:/