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WIP tag game

thank you @isahorcrux and @alittlebitofeverything23 for the tag!

1. List the titles your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!)

2. An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing

3. Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on!

4. Then tag 10 writer friends!

Titles

1. Untitled blood bank au — canon divergent (no LV) secret relationship jily oneshot VERY loosely based on blood bank by bon iver (literally one scene)

2. let's fall apart and start again — jily people we meet on vacation au (by emily henry!) i'm going to try and get multiple chapters done before posting again so i'm not waiting a full 2 years

3. play that warm chord — joni mitchell/graham nash au oneshot

4. untitled literati fic — literati soulmates au where they meet each other in dreams

5. slow like honey, heavy with mood — some sad (possibly wartime) jily smut lol

Upcoming Writing

1. i mostly put down just the dialogue for the first scene in the blood bank au, but quite enjoyed it! im also looking forward to writing the actual scene that inspired it, where they're like stuck in a car in the snow lol

2. when i finally get to the point where jily reunites in 'let's fall apart' !! my block on that is mostly just the period right before where lilys just being angsty and i want to get past that soon

3. there's a scene in my mind for 'play that warm chord' where lilys painting in the garden in a swimsuit and james is watching her lol it's quite vivid in my mind for no reason

4. this would be my first literati fic so i'm excited to write from new povs! and it'll follow a lot of canon but through a slightly different lens, and i think that'll be fun. also angst!

5. for 'slow like honey' mostly i'm excited to just get drunk on a bunch of red wine one night and write some sensual loving smut lmao

Which WIP are you most excited for?

blood bank au (untitled)

let's fall apart and start again

play that warm chord

literati soulmates au (untitled)

slow like honey, heavy with mood

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

tagging many people i'm sure have already been tagged/did it already but @ghostofbambifanfiction @firefeufuego @cascader @emeralddoeadeer @thequibblah @clare-with-no-i

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20 questions for fic writers

thank u @isahorcrux for tagging me !

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

10

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

85,062 words

3. What fandoms do you write for?

i now only write for HP and just jily, but i used to write lucaya from girl meets world lmaoo

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

this is such a weird order to me but: i would still be on my feet, a slip of the thumb, as it always was (it always was, it always was) [lol], stage fright, and then i love you much (most beautiful darling) and spare the rest for me are tied

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i try to!! especially if someone took the time to write a really nice or long one. i like for people to know i appreciate it!

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

i think the only fic i have with an angsty ending is "i love you much (most beautiful darling)" because it's canon jily until their death. for some reason i wanted to do that when i was 18 idk

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

probably barry, bond, and the blues or a slip of the thumb, just because they were pretty much all fluff beginning to end

8. Do you get hate on fics?

no i don't think i ever have. i genuinely don't think people care enough to lmao

9. Do you write smut. If so, what kind?

i have but only like a scene or so, and it's all fairly mild except for maybe one or two explicit words lol. i have other stuff in the works but haven't touched it in ages

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

nope and i don't intend to. they just don't really interest me

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

nop!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

someone asked to translate an old lucaya fic into russian but idk if they ever did lol

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

no, but i would! i just think i'd be terrible at cowriting because i'm sooo slow

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

oh god. i think literati and jily are tired for me, just from their sheer staying power in my heart + how frequently i go through periods of obsession with them

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

ugh. my people we meet on vacation au "let's fall apart and start again" that i literally only have the prologue posted for. one of these days u guys......

16. What are your writing strengths?

ummm i think dialogue! at least that's usually what i start with and then try to build around.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

isa said finishing things and that is so true. i also would say inner monologues

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

omg it scares me to death i have too much anxiety about getting it completely wrong

19. First Fandom you wrote for?

well technically harry potter if u count my 7 yo fanfiction, but officially it would be gmw/lucaya

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

in terms of jily, i do really like "let's fall apart and start again" and "stage fright", but is it crazy if i say im actually still proud of my 17yo self writing like 50k of two disney characters jsdfkj a

ok as usual im sure all my ct discord friends have been tagged but whatever @sunshinemarauder @possessingtheproperspirit @emeralddoeadeer

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Monday Snippet

thanks @alittlebitofeverything23 for the tag! this is one of the only readable parts i have written so far lmao

She puts it between her lips before she remembers she needs a light. Before she can reach in the pocket of her robes for her wand, he’s already pressing his own wand tip to the end of her cigarette, a silent spell igniting it. The action has him stepping a foot closer to her, and she makes sure to turn her head to exhale, so as not to choke him. When she faces him again, he’s watching her with a funny look on his face. “What?” “I didn’t peg you to be a smoker, Evans,” is all he says.

tagging @clare-with-no-i and @possessingtheproperspirit and anyone else who wants to do it (although theres only 7 minutes left in my monday)

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i have like 7 different jily fic ideas i need to work on but my brain decides to start coming up w a literati soulmates fic ?

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Summer Snippets

thanks for the tag @kay-elle-cee !!

Yet Kingsley still answered. “You’re creative, charismatic, and have the voice of an angel. Plus, you have a history.” Lily's eyes snapped to James’ across the room, brow furrowing. He looked away immediately. “What do you mean, a ‘history’?” Her heart stopped for a moment. It wasn't that she was ashamed of sleeping with James, but the thought of coming to this meeting while almost everyone in the room, including their manager, was in the know made her pulse quicken and a flush spread across her neck. Remus interjected: “He just means we’ve known you for years.”

Remus interjected: “He just means we’ve known you for years.”

tagging @sunshinemarauder @theesteemedladydebourgh @possessingtheproperspirit and anybody else who wants to do it :)

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to the person currently tormenting me: have i ever given kudos or commented on this particular fic??

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for the WIP game, blood bank inspired secret relationship! 👀 👀 👀

based on the song blood bank by bon iver and here are the only two sentences i've written so far

He wraps her hands in his, laces their fingers together and presses her knuckles to his lips in reverence.  “You’re okay,” he murmurs, almost as if in prayer. The way he says it, she almost believes him.

wip game

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WIP game

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!)

thanks for the tag darling @possessingtheproperspirit! this is so bad bc i have.....so many

stage fright (pt 2)

let's fall apart and start again (ch2 onward)

blackjack au

new girl au

flipped au

secret relationship jily

one night together aNgst

road trip au

balcony mates

blood bank inspired secret relationship

slow like honey, heavy with mood

muggle high school au!

barry, bond, and the blues

what started in beautiful rooms

play that warm chord, baby

tagging @thequibblah @clare-with-no-i @emeralddoeadeer @cascader @alittlebitofeverything23