Mastering the Art of Memory

Blog for my byler fic Mastering the Art of Memory!! I think you could fix all of my problems 💙💛

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Mastering the Art of Memory- Byler, Ao3

“My name is Mike Wheeler, I’m 16 years old, and a year ago today, my best friend lost his mind.”

Mike Wheeler hasn't talked to Will Byers in months. It's been a whole year since his best friend of 12 years went insane- Spitting out nonsense about monsters and other dimensions. No one saw it coming, and it has never sat right with Mike. A day after this awful anniversary, though, Mike receives a visitor: A girl who calls herself Eleven.

Eleven steps into Mike's mind and shows him the truth: Will was never the crazy one after all. Somehow, by some great means, Vecna has erased any memory of the Upside Down from all the minds of Hawkins.

Mike, Will, and El restore the original party to face the terrors of Vecna's influence once again, but when Vecna starts altering Will's own memories as a last attempt at power, things get confusing. Now the question is: What more does Vecna want? Will Mike and the others be able to help Will hold on much longer? And in a reality where it's possible to have your memory altered at random, how is Will supposed to know what's real... and what's a trick of the mind?

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Not over the fact that these two don't get to experience life together???? (I listened to Claw Machine 30 times yesterday)

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Oh nothing just reblogging the art I made on my main account

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MY FIC IS FINISHED!!!

136,000 words later... Go read the last chapter and the epilogue of Mastering the Art of Memory now!!

Super excited about this ending, guys. Thank you to everyone who showed this fic love!!!

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Writing heartbreaking angsty fanfiction on valentine's day?

Yeah that makes sense for me ngl

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CHAPTER 18 IS OUT!!!

(this is the vibe btw)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/73662196/chapters/192051486

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Writing chapter 18 feels freeing bc finally i get to make MIKE experience the psychological horrors of this fic.

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I made a little chapter 17 sketch!! (it's been a while since I did one lol) Pennhurst Flashback vs Journal Mishap realness 😔

Fic link!!

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Chapter 17 is published!!

Bringing back out-of-context quotes from the chapter (I did this when releasing my pirate blyer fic lol-- this fic is a lot less humorous)

Fic link!!

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"I WILL RELEASE A CHAPTER OF MY FIC TODAY!" I scream into the void

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Chapter 16 is published!!

Read it to get:

-Memory corruption craziness (and from Will's POV too, hahahaha)

-A little fluff

-Mike Wheeler being very pathetically in love

-Journals and drawings!!!

-Psychological horror <3

link to fic!!

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This fic requires I use a lot of synonyms for 'fake', which means I once in a while write the word 'phony', which is making me feel very Holden Caufield this fine evening.

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I'm writing a little short cute post-finale fic if you wanna check it out while you wait for chapter 16 😀

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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OMG CHAPTER FIFTEEN WAS SO PERFECT I LOVE THEM ignoring the fact there’s a whole act left SURELY nothing will happen

AHHHHH PEANUT! MY MVP VIP #1 FAN! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I love this chapter too. Can't imagine why.

And yes. Of course nothing bad will ever happen again. Like, what? Another act? At least 4 more chapters? Noooooo....... Just kidding. We all have a one-way ticket to byler torture hell and the train is leaving the station now.

All I'll say is if you like mind games and confusion, buckle up! and sorry in advance

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Mike almost laughed after another moment, and he wasn’t even sure what at. “You know what’s funny?” he asked, goofy with admiration. “When you were at Pennhurst, I was convinced I was the only one who could get you back. Like, I could save you.” It seemed ridiculous now, knowing Will was never really out of his mind. 

Will didn’t laugh, though. He was too deep into Mike’s eyes. “Maybe you still could,” he said, barely more than a whisper, though there was conviction behind his words. 

“No,” said Mike, just as quietly. He couldn’t look away either. “In the end, it was you, wasn’t it? You saved me from my hidden memories.” He felt himself flushing, a bright hotness in his cheeks. “And…” He could barely speak. 

“And?” Will prompted. 

“I’ve been so confused lately. I think…” Mike inhaled, though the tight feeling in his chest was hardly uncomfortable now. “I think maybe you could save me again.”

CHAPTER 15 OF MASTERING THE ART OF MEMORY IS HERE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go read it! I promise it's a good one (as in the byler is FINALLY bylering after 100,000 words)

fic link <3

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HELLO????????

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It's a good day to primarily be a fic writer instead of a fic reader! My first draft of chapter 15 is almost done!!

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Literally freaking out about this next chapter of my fic, but I have no one to talk to about it bc I haven't published it yet 😭