kat writes for skz

《 kat writes for skz 》

[straykits]

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she/her | ‘01 | requests: closed | if ur new here, let me summarise this blog: i say i will write and then i dont

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[straykits]

maybe i /do/ need to get back into drabble/fic writing just to keep my writing muscles in use 😭😭

[leeknowsallyoursecrets]

This is a gentle reminder that creating a story also happens outside of writing. You start way before that. All the daydreaming, pinterest boards, giggling to yourself when thinking about your characters, figuring out plot outlines, yapping to your mutuals about your random ideas—this is part of writing. This is the start.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

fanfiction is a rare gem and a solid, living proof that, in a world of tiktok, influencers and content posting, not everything is about money and going viral. art can still be art just for the sake of the artists’ pure love, joy and passion for the art they create. fanfic writers write 100k words and more about the characters they love for free. just because they love these characters and the art of writing so much. art is not dead and the world is still beautiful.

shoutout to fanfiction and fanfic writers

[straykits]

had a strange dream last night that i posted a vampire hunter fic and in the authors note i put 'just something i wrote for class, revamped'

[seo--changbin]

God bless the small writing accounts, god bless the fics that only get 50 notes, god bless the writers with a simple navigation pinned to their profile, god bless the writers who have 50 wips in their drafts and still not being able to finish a single one, god bless the writers who's first language isn't english, god bless the writers who always has typos in their fics, god bless the writers that stay up all night cramming to finish a fic god bless the writers that can only make 1k worded fics, god bless the writers who write in 1st pov, god bless the writers who still write even when they know their grammar is crap, god bless the writers who had just started writing, god bless the writers who get minimal interactions, god bless the writers who only has their phones to write their fics, god bless the writers who do their extensive research on a topic to use in their fics, god bless the writers who stopped writing, god bless the writers who are human

[chaninfused]

20, 20 DECIBEL • YJI • mayhem on valentine's; highschool au; friends with a crush; mutual pining; fluff; 1,073 words.

“What are you guys doing?” you pushed the question through a yawn, walking over to where your friends crowded over your desk. Jisung perked up first, much too hyper for 8AM, “You’re not going to believe this. Someone gave you Valentine’s chocolate!”

“Huh?” you blinked at the neat little box he shoved in your face. Quite the expensive chocolates, too.

“There’s a card too,” Chaeryoung pointed at your desk, where a square note with scalloped edges sat. “Only has your name on it, though.”

You took the box from Jisung, bewildered and slightly embarrassed. This was not on your bingo card of the day. Your backpack, heavy with books, made a muted thud when you plopped it onto your table.

“Do you have any idea who it is?” Chaeryoung studied you as if to find a secret in your twisting expressions. Her desk was in front of yours, but she was turned around to rest her elbows on your table instead, cradling her chin in her palms.

You shook your head, a half laugh. “No, I’m actually—”

The realization was like a splash of cold water, and you, a drowsy student forced awake by the sensation. Jisung didn’t miss your sudden pause, a gasp too teasing for his own good, “So you do know! You have to tell us!”

Well, it wasn’t that you knew per se, it was just that you mentioned this specific chocolatier before and how you wanted to try out their creations one day. It could’ve been just a really funny coincidence, or a very platonic Valentine’s gift—either way, you had the compulsive urge to keep your realization a secret from your friends’ all too curious eyes.

“I don’t know,” heart hammering, you cleared your throat, diverting your attention to preparing for first period and shoving the expensive, curious chocolates under your desk. Out of sight, out of mind. “I just remembered that I only got chocolates for Chaeryoung and none for you, Jisung.”

His shoulders dropped. “What the hell!”

Chaeryoung snickered, always too happy to tease him, “Third wheel.”

“And here I thought we were friends…” Jisung lamented when another voice joined your conversation. “Morning. What’s going on?”

“Jeongin! They’re ganging up on me,” Jisung turned to your approaching friend, a melodramatic hand on his chest.

Jeongin grinned, dimpled, playful. “Bet you deserved it.”

“You’re all so mean to me,” Jisung huffed. “Woe is me.”

Jeongin laughed, and you noticed the slight pallor in his face. He looked tired, you thought. Did he not get enough sleep?

Then you thought about the chocolates—and you vanquished that idea immediately, suddenly feeling too warm for a February morning.

“Honestly, you guys will appreciate me when I—” Jisung faltered when Jeongin pulled out his seat with a screech, eyes widening. “No way…”

The four of you stared at a pretty box comfortably sitting on his chair, previously hidden from sight.

“You too?” Jisung gasped, jokingly scandalized. “I can’t believe this…”

“Who’s it from?” Chaeryoung wondered as Jeongin picked up the box and flipped the little card attached to it.

“It doesn’t say,” he revealed, much to your two friends’ visible and audible disappointment.

“That’s funny,” you remarked with a chuckle, suddenly too preoccupied with arranging your pens. “Another mysterious sender.”

“Open it, open it,” you heard Jisung urge then gasp when Jeongin seemingly obeyed, “Are these homemade? They’re totally homemade!”

You couldn’t help but sneak a glance at them right then, catching the exact moment Jeongin stole a glance your way. A question, a hope, an answer in his foxlike eyes.

You dropped your gaze as though the contact burned, barely registering Jisung’s whining over the thundering of your heart.

“Give me some—”

“No way. Get lost.”

“Good morning. Settle down, everyone,” your teacher’s voice broke through the mayhem, and the sharp bell of first period snapped you back to reality.

The day passed in a flash, and you found yourself standing outside the school gates with Jeongin after waving your friends goodbye. You always walked part of the way home together, but for some reason, silence blanketed the two of you this time.

Awkward, it continued until you nearly reached the junction where your paths diverged. Your time was running out. Even though the words were at the tip of your tongue, it was as if a spell had been cast on your mouth to keep it zipped tight.

It seemed Jeongin fared the same, fingers absently messing with his cuff buttons, knuckles brushing yours ever so lightly as you walked. Always hesitant, yet always close.

It was only when the two of you stopped at your usual parting point did you assemble a semblance of courage, if only to keep him by your side longer. “Um…!”

Jeongin faced you, and you were too cowardly to hold his gaze. Or even look at his face, really. The tips of his ears were unmistakably red, and you were already losing this battle of spirit. Your voice felt far too small, a sigh in the wind. You settled for staring at his plain shoes.

“Thank you…for the chocolates.”

When he didn’t respond instantly, you rushed to save yourself, “I mean—that was you, wasn’t it?”

“Y-Yeah, it was,” Jeongin’s voice cracked. Like yours, it was a mere murmur on the breeze, but your ears caught it with fervor, and your stomach somersaulted in celebration.

“You too,” he hesitated, as if testing the words. “Thank you. The chocolates look nice… They must’ve been hard to make.”

“No,” you shook your head, a smile playing on your lips. “I had fun making them.”

The two of you lingered, a vast ocean of words left unsaid between you, yet settling for the shores of silence. The more you thought about the day, the more you wanted to laugh.

“So, you also came way too early today, huh?” you grinned, finally looking at him. This would be enough for now. The fledgling feelings in your heart were not yet ready to soar, too fragile and tender, and Jeongin seemed to feel the same.

He huffed out a breathy laugh, the tension in his shoulders melting, “Yeah. Funny how we didn’t bump into each other.”

This was enough. You tucked the memory of his radiant smile against the brilliant sun deep in your heart, nourishment for your fledgling feelings so that they may one day take to the sky, brave and beautiful.

[hostilecandle]

If ANY of yall EVER do this shit to me, im deleting every single fic out of spite.

If I ever catch one of yall doing this to another author and I know youre a follower of my work I will block you personally on every platform

None of yall are the fic police. I DESPISE genai. I think its an insult to art, humanity, and the planet itself. But aint not a single fucking person here qualified to pick apart a strangers fic looking for a gotcha moment to make yourselves feel superior. If you think something is ai you can ask the author (most are proud of the ai use and will just tell you straight up) if they say yes you have your answer and can warn people. If they say no and you dont believe them you block and quietly keep it between you and maybe a close group of friends. Spreading misinformation is DANGEROUS. And NONE of you doing this shit are anywhere near qualified to do it.

THIS GOES DOUBLY FOR ARTISTS.

[hodari-pavels-good-boy]

Posting this here from my main too bc I feel that strongly about it

You dont get to witch hunt and scour peoples work just frothing at the mouth hoping someone messes up so you can publicly humiliate and gang up on them. Fuck genai and every single poser and lover that uses it but if you are not 1000000000% certain that something is made with it you shut. the. fuck. up.

Pathetic loser behavior on display here

[mintedwitcher]

I'm about to get mean because this shit? this pisses me all the way off.

"hurr durr these very common writing practices are SUPER OBVIOUS AI TELLS!!!!!!!!!! obviously this is an AI invention and not the result of AI being trained on THOUSANDS OF REAL FUCKING STORIES!!!!!!! we're all very intelligent!!!!!!!"

I hate yall. I hate yall for fucking ruining fanfic with your goddamn motherfucking AI obsession. "ooh there's em dashes!" YEAH REAL WRITERS USE THOSE. "there's long paragraphs!" YEAH BECAUSE THATS HOW PEOPLE WRITE STORIES.

we're not "writing like AI" - AI is writing like us, because it fucking stole from us in the first fucking place.

I've never used AI in my work, not ever, but guess what, my fics are ALL written like that. long paragraphs, long sentences, em dashes and hyphens and other grammatical tools, because I fucking know HOW TO WRITE.

quite frankly, if you think these things are "genAI inventions" you're just telling the world that YOU DON'T READ ENOUGH.

[ladymirdan]

[pens-swords-stuff]

Not everything needs to be a full story, you know?

If you have just one or two scenes that you’re really excited about, you can just write those. You don’t have to create a full WIP to contain them if you don’t want.

You can create characters without putting them into a project, they can just exist.

You can worldbuild for a universe that you never write about.

If there’s a trope you really want to write, but you don’t have a project to put them in… You can just write the best parts of that trope on its own.

Even if you do have a story and there’s parts you don’t want to write, it’s okay to just write the parts that you’re excited about. You don’t need to write the other parts and make it a full story.

I feel like in writing, there’s a lot of emphasis put on completion and writing a full story.

Completion or a full story doesn’t always have to be the purpose or goal. It’s okay and wonderful to just let something exist on its own without anything else.

[ofmermaidstories]

the sooner people understand x reader as a literary device and not a blank slate for you get mad at for not actually being a blank slate, the more fun we’ll all have. the reader-insert will never be a perfect empty canvas. even without character and world motivation it’s just the sheer fact that these things are written by imperfect humans—some of them do it better than others but all of them will leave their dirty filthy thumbprints on ur precious mirror of a entryway, that’s literally just how creation works. it will never perfectly include everyone, it’s not meant to, they work exactly the same as other characters—the degree to which you relate to them will depend on the story, what they do, and who’s writing it (and you who’s reading it, of course).

[straykits]

keep thinking about taking small reqs/rb'ing a prompt list but AHHH

[rooksunday]

okay but there is something disquieting about this urge to cast fan writers as altruists. they give us all this for free!! well, no.

they’re sharing

it’s a key difference in perception. fic isn’t given. it’s shared. it’s part of a fandom community— in which readers are also an integral part.

it’s probably inevitable mission creep from the increasingly transactional nature of the internet and fandom-as-consumerism, which was always gonna happen after corps worked out how much bank there is to make from those weirdo fan people

but like. fandom is sharing. i think we’ve lost that somewhere.

[silvermoon424]

[yeomanrand]

Fic writers and fan artists are part of the community. They say to the rest of the community "hey look, that thing we all love? I made this for everyone because WE love the thing."

Not "I made this because YOU love the thing"

Fandom done right is WE and US.

[straykits]

sure would be crazy if i dropped smth (have not actively started working on anything)

[straykits]

fSHKDJLSA kat your tags are taking me out 😭😭 ilysm hope you're doing well TT-TT

bro ive never articulated smth i was feeling quite so accurately

[frodothefair]

[maehemthemisfit]

Me after saying I'll make a part 2 for a fic one too many times (I never do)