Regret is the Skin You Shed Just to Make It This Far

40s, Queer Trans Man, He/Him Hello, I'm Adrian! I love writing, video games, and cosplaying! Ship and let ship, and don't harrass others over ships.

[leaping-ocelots]

I feel it's time to make an actual pinned post for the hellsite, huh?

Hello! My name's Adrian, and I'm a writer who loves putting his favorite characters through the horrors. Or having them kiss each other while dealing with the horrors. Or on some occasions even kissing the horrors...I'm versatile like that. 😊

My current interests are Alan Wake and Litchi Hikari Club. I'm a longtime fan of the SMT/Persona series and the Ace Attorney (particularly TGAA) series. And I am utterly captivated by Poets of the Fall...their music is absolutely incredible and I could yap about them all day. Even if I end up talking in circles in the process. 😅

Also, here's your warning: If you have "proship DNI" in your bio and you try to follow me anyway, you're getting blocked. I have absolutely no interest in getting policed over the fiction I create; y'all need to calm the fuck down with that shit. Especially given the current environment we're all living in.

AO3: LeapingOcelots

[dogpuppy]

[tarphi]

Director Wake? More likely than you think

Alan wake Control AU!!

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[bgm05]

It must be defeated immediately

[the-frightening-ghoul]

ㅤ

[voydhymn]

having many trinkets and books is so cool and fun until you realize you have to dust them

[rageprufrock]

Do you have any tips on getting better at writing? I’m always amazed on how real your stories feel, both in atmosphere setting and realism (within reason) and also in how you write feelings in a way that feels like getting punched in the gut lmao

This is the best advice anybody can give you, but it's not fun and it's shitty to execute: the only way to get better at writing is to write a lot.

I'm not going to say that there aren't people who have a better intuitive capability at writing than others, but no matter how much innate talent someone may have, nothing will ever take the place of the journeyman grind of writing hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pages. From the first story I ever wrote to the last one I churned out, the difference is immense -- and while yes, I've grown in experience, vocabulary, literary reference and maturity, the only way I was able to deploy those new tools and refinements was by continuously throwing myself bloody against the brick wall of writing yet another story.

The best way to be a good writer is to be a bad writer for a very long time, in essence, and to be able to grit your teeth through that process. That last part, the endurance sport of it, that's the thing a lot of people can't do; even once you're a quote-unquote good writer, writing doesn't get much easier, because you hold yourself to a higher standard, and chipping blood out of the rock of your frontal lobe so your story can have a climax is the same agonizing process it's ever been -- regardless of how you avoid thesaurus abuse these days.

Re: the realism and atmosphere, I regret to send you to Elon Musk's twitter, but I wrote a long thread about my process there years ago, which now I'm thinking I should probably transcribe into Tumblr at some point.

Good luck! Happy (or not) writing!

[redactedshapes]

Day 25 - Mess

[thickness-protection-program]

According to fox entertainment this is who we should be afraid of. I didn't know who Francesca Hong was 10 minutes ago but thankfully now I'm aware of this monster and her monsterous policies

[shaydh]

"why did you write that"

my fetish

my friend's fetish

not my fetish but it fits in the story so i threw it in there as a treat. you're welcome.

[ckret2]

4. the character's fetish and i'm committed to portraying them with absolute accuracy

[thelastdayalive]

[rasputinaillyanna]

a sloppy blowjob in the morning? 🤔

[wattse]

I didn't babygirl-ify him. He did that to himself

[heraldofgayness]

that's aura right there

[willietheplaidjacket]

A quick thing

[delsicle]

I’m not sure if this will be helpful to anyone, but you literally do not have to be a good writer to write and post fan fiction. Yes you will naturally get better at writing and finding your voice the more you do it but you do not have to be or become a professional level writer to enjoy writing and sharing fics. It’s common to hear people praise fic writers by saying their work is better than published books, and while I think this comes from a good place, that’s not the norm or expectation. There is also a sentiment that fic writing is “good practice” for becoming a better writer or doing something else later, but if fic is the only creative writing you ever do that is literally okay. Your technical skill does not mean you cannot have fun and build community with your writing, or that other people cannot love and find meaning in your work.

[theunfairfolk]

the spirit is unwilling and the flesh it feels not so good also