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Unusual Fic-Specific Asks for Authors
Send me one of my fics + one of the following:
Perspective Flip: I’ll write a scene from [that fic] from another character’s point-of-view
BTS: I’ll write a DVD commentary about my personal favorite passage from [that fic]
A Thousand Words: I’ll create a photoset/gifset that, IMO, sums up the main themes/concepts I intended for [that fic]
Fusion Dance: Send me a possible fusion (coffeeshop, Hogwarts, zombie apocalpyse, etc.) and I’ll translate at least one scene of [that fic] into such a ‘verse
For Want of a Nail: Send me a minor detail to be changed (i.e., Character A chooses blue instead of red, Characters B and C swap places in one scene) and I’ll tell you how [that fic] would be different
Time After Time: Send me a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of [that fic], or sometime in the past before the story started, and I’ll tell you what happened then
The Million Dollar Question: Ask me any random question, big or small, about off-screen events in [that fic] and I’ll answer it!
So… I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about “life-changing writing advice” all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.
I’m going to try it.
I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that…” in prose writing I immediately think “how? How does he know it?” Interrogate your witnesses. Cross-examine them. Make them explain their reasoning. It pays dividends.
All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.
This is your “show not tell” advice explained!
THIS
hm. im REALLY against any variation of “this rule is true in any context” because it defeats the point of creativity, but this is good advice for a) beefing up your descriptions and b) communicating emotional tension (eg, the MC has not admitted or processes this feeling but you want to show them having it)
That said, sometimes you would want to just state the character’s opinion. (& maybe contrast it with their actions, the situation) or use a shorthand when it’s like an introductory side detail.
What I like about it though is that it’s NOT stated as a “don’t ever do this in any context” rule - it’s not a rule, it’s a challenge. Don’t ever do this for the next six months and see how it changes your writing. Not never do it again, just try it and then you can go back to using them but you’ll probably do it way more sparingly because you’ve built up other tools to use instead of those words.
I am reblogging this because it will be very useful for some people but I will also mention that I HATE it deeply and profoundly and will never do it.
I like what I like. (retreats back into her box, hissing)
i just really like fabian ok
sketch after the cut bc i drew a freaking motorcycle lmao.
riz gukgak my boy
hc that adaine and riz have joint custody over an ace pride hoodie and it’s just. horrifically coffee-stained.
My fantasy high special interest simply won't die
RIIIZZZZZ!!!!
send me an au and i’ll give you 5+ headcanons about it
funk master supreme
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
“i love you. this has been the worst conversation of my life, possibly, and i am going to take immediate steps to make sure nothing like it ever happens again.”
he steps forward, placing his hands on gorgug’s shoulders, and stares into his eyes.
“step one…” he pauses for emphasis, “please stop talking about how hot the ball is.”
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[or: one day riz is going to stop dressing entirely like an extra on newsies and people are going to notice. five times someone else noticed and one time fabian accepted that he does too.]
inspiration
hey guys! I’m looking to get back into the feel of writing since it’s been a few months, so I’m taking prompts and requests! I’m only really writing for FH atm, but I’ll leave the ships I’m willing to write for in the tags. Send an ask to this blog or leave a reply on this post and I’ll post whatever I decide to write!
okay expand on riz from fantasy high I just finished watching it (honestly felt like the character I wanted to know more about)
top ten asks i really would've expected to get on my fantasy high blog but!
ok so. roughly a couple things that become obvious about riz through analysis. (also, this is assuming you've seen sophomore year, which if you haven't, major spoilers.)
1. the way his relationship with pok affects his relationship with the bad kids. the way he's the same as him and the telling ways he's different. pok passing down his love language also means he passed down the idea that being a martyr, that dying for the cause, is the ultimate show of love. riz, as a habit, will put the case first. which is why it's really telling when he doesn't! when he chooses his friends/family over the case, an overt show of love versus the hereditary one. (leviathan with kalina for fabian and the tunnel in hell with kalina for pok himself)
2. how the setting/worldbuilding of solace/elmville effects riz as a goblin. the gukgaks are the only goblins in elmville, and suburban assimilation and loss of culture in general very much affect his character. (the fact that he tries so hard to be respectable, the fact that he hisses in hell and we didn't even know he could hiss, the fact that we know nothing about the mountains of chaos).
getting into less concrete stuff, some of my opinions
3. riz, as well as the rest of the bad kids, but you asked about riz, by nature of d&d and the limits of actual play, is at a disservice. there are really big holes in just general character development, sometimes. mainly the fact that he was jailed as a minor for three months and put in solitary confinement for most of that and not given a lawyer and for some reason he still wants to be a detective. there's the matter also of the. lack, i guess, of any development (or, any development of personality. i have my own theories about the development of his interpersonal relationships, but i don't want to make this about ships) over the break between season one and two. you have to really actively try and find reasons why someone in such a tumultuous time in which you arguably go through the biggest changes of your life... mostly stays the same? he learns to value his friends a little more, but that's kind of it?
4. he's gay and nonbinary and autistic. eventually he stops wearing suits and gets a leather jacket. uhhh. wears glasses. canon riz doesn't have a tail and that's stupid. oh! everyone always gets this wrong because it's different than canon d&d lore, but according to how brennan compared riz to kalina, riz is at least four feet tall, up to 4'6.
if you want to ask me to elaborate on anything feel free to message me or send an ask to @infaethable my fantasy high sideblog <3
A persons fanfic tells you a lot about them, i , a fanfic writer, realize in terror
new ask game: give me an extremely specific assumption you have about me based off of my fanfic. go.
My collection of clothing references for writing.
hey guys! I’m looking to get back into the feel of writing since it’s been a few months, so I’m taking prompts and requests! I’m only really writing for FH atm, but I’ll leave the ships I’m willing to write for in the tags. Send an ask to this blog or leave a reply on this post and I’ll post whatever I decide to write!
