#double trickery

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Guest Finds Cat in Local Man's House, Leaving Homeowner Confused About Where Cat Came From

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Ah I made Mavuto & Penny with this super cute Picrew and I love how they turned out! They're such polar opposites but they still adore each other.

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Oh hi throwing more things at you! leather ottoman: how do you structure your wips? do you outline or fly fast and loose? gold obsidian egg: what do you treasure the most about your wip? hot chocolate squishmallow: do you include food in your writing? do you have a preferred beverage you gravitate toward while working?

Ah! These are such good questions honestly. I love that ask meme.

Leather Ottoman: I normally do not outline anything. For some reason, I just cannot stick to an outline at all, which is infuriating when I really want to plan things out. But I have a spectacular mental layout of most of my works, and a good sense of which scene goes where, so I guess I outline, in a non-traditional way? It works, so I try not to question it too much. Just roll with the punches. Especially with my novelette that I wrote in college, which was a collection of braided vignettes that alternated between the past and present, where the scenes were just ended entirely on Vibes in a way that my workshop thought was "natural", so hell yeah.

Gold Obsidian Egg: For Greenest, I treasure how the characters create the story. It is one of my more character-driven fantasy novels, with the character dynamics always shifting, growing, and severing. The same for Double-Trickery, honestly. (I've worked on both today, so I'll count them both as "current".)

Hot Chocolate Squishmallow: Yes! I love describing food! With all of my allergies, I treat writing as a way to consume things that would hurt me. I know I have an excerpt of Tsarevna of the Horned Crown where I describe a Russian-inspired feast, and the pivotal romantic climax of my novelette Body is centered around durian. For my preferred drink, I love a good iced matcha or dirty chai latte! :)

Thanks for the ask! I love talking about my WIPs. Monolouging is sort of My Thing, haha.

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Writing about Mavuto and Penny makes me feel because Mavuto was raised with so much love and Penny was raised with none

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I like to angst about what Penny did while Mavuto was gone in Faeriehell