#frequently asked.

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i neeed an archive of the reaction memes u use on your smaus i’m running out of them😫😫

I LOVE THESE TYPE OF ASKS because i’m such a chronic twt user that i literally have TWO folders full of twt reaction images i’ve saved.. mama lqfiles for everyone here are the ones i’ve been personally using lately/saved (i’m literally an archive i swear..)

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i wanna start a smau of my own, any tips?

omgg i feel like i’m never the right person to ask this to because this is only my second time trying smaus 😭 i wish i had that old response somewhere saved but i’ll give you some stuff i remember i think are important for smaus and writing in general!!!

1. make sure you got a idea of what you’re trying to write!! plan out the basic stuff, e.g what genre/trope you want to focus on while writing [ e.g. pay the price is a neighbour trope with enemies to lovers while stg is a sports au with strangers to lovers] the characters you wanna use and their characteristics etc.

if you struggle with coming up with a full plot (which i do to) i recommend just writing down major events you want to happen in the story like “i want them to be stuck in a room tgt” “i want them to accidentally kiss” and work around that by adding some random stuff with it over time.

2. try to make it sound as natural as you can? i noticed that people (me) are more interested in smaus that don’t feel forced with its dialogue, like you don’t have to rush the plot, and if you are, just make sure it makes sense for them to move from one point to the other!!!

3. this is a personal preference but you don’t have to make it sound like a serious novel. its okay and definitely appreciated to be random and silly in your writing!!! no one on twitter is going to be always tweeting angsty are they? maybe it’s because i’m on stan twitter but i always like to give my characters some type of quirk that doesn’t make them too bland yk? it can be boring to read a story where your characters are all very bland and barely doing anything

4. WRITE AT YOUR OWN PACE!!!!! i feel like a lot of writers in general feel pressured to put stuff out in a deadline and as a result it sometimes ruins the quality of the writing 😭 i’d say write a few chapters before you even post the smau so you can try to write the rest while you let those chapters marinate. as a writer (both smau and normal) you should never feel obligated to post, its YOUR blog!!!

5. make sure you’re actually enjoying the writing. this kinda ties to the 3rd and 4th point but if you don’t enjoy what you’re coming up with it’s going to sound forced and ruin the quality of the work. you don’t want writing to feel like a chore 😭😭 i’ve seen a lot of people put their smaus on hold because sometimes, you just don’t have the creativity or even the motivation to continue writing. i know notes and engagement can do a lot to motivate someone, but you should firstly ask yourself if you even enjoy your writing if it didn’t get any engagement? whether you’re okay with writing it for yourself. if the answer is yes than you’re already doing great.

ummmm idk if you have any other questions i guess i could try to answer? this feels weird because i haven’t even been in the smau scene for a year compared to others but i still feel honoured that you asked it from me!!!

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what do you use for text messages on your smaus (btw you’re like one of my favorite writers 😩)

hi anon ^^ i use social maker, (actually got it on my pinned tags cause i get this question so much LMAO) but it’s not on the appstore anymore but here is a more detailed answer on that!!!!

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hiii!! i’m a long time silent follower and i love your text smaus sm 😭 i actually used to run my own tumblr blog back in like 2020 but then i accidentally deleted it and lost all my works 😞😞 i still like to write my own stuff though, and was wondering what app you use for the soc med and texts! ur so amazing and funny i love your works 💕💕

first of all thank you!!!! i’m happy to know you like my work 😣🥹❤️ and to answer your question i use ‘social maker’ which is unfortunately not on the appstore anymore HOWEVER if you had downloaded it prior to it getting removed you can still find it in your purchase history and just re-download it from there!!! i hope you start posting one day again it sucks that all your hard work got deleted but i’m glad to know you’re still writing :DD once again thank you for the compliments I BET YOURE AWESOME TOO <333

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wait why dont you write idol reader?

just not really my type of au lol its just a line of parasocialness i don’t really see myself wanting to cross bc realistically it would never happen, no shade to those who write it tho because i’ve seen some that have been decent! i don’t mind idol member tho because that’s what they already are as i’m writing this so it’s not that hard to imagine

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lqfiles!! :] i've been following your work for the longest time and you're the first person i thought of about asking this. how does one spread their stories around?? like how does it gain more readers ☹️

HIII !!! i’m surprised i’m the first person you thought of oh wow :O i feel like that’s a very tricky question but i’ll answer as best as i can ^^ i feel like a lot of factors could play into it. for example, is the plot eye catching enough to make a person stop to read? i always tell myself to keep the synopsis short yet impactful.

another thing could be the tags you used!! some tags don’t reach a lot of people but using the ‘x reader’ ‘(member) fluff’ tags always seem to do well !!!

i also can’t lie, but for me personally an eye catching title as well as banner image can decide whether i read the story or not 😭 like if the banner looks sloppy and not thought out, or the title has nothing to do w the story, i might not indulge.

idkkkk i feel like this is such an ambiguous question because at the end of the day it rlly has all to do with luck and algorithm :(( i’m one of the luckier people who managed to gain traction but i believe anyone can rlly gain traction too as long as they put the effort into making it enjoyable!!! just try to go for an aesthetic look and eye catching bits to make the reader stop, i hope this somewhat helped