okay real talk after i read it i actually had to lay down and think about life for a moment. THE CHAPTER ABOUT SHIJI WAS SO HARD TO REAL BUT I PULLED THROUGH... I really honestly wish i could write as beautifully as you can ah jeez. and yes tbh i thought i HAD followed you like from our gonglu discussion days but i guess i was so wrong lmao. i really need to get back into the writing mood but inspiration is so hard
that part was hard for me to write too BUT I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT THROUGH. even in spite of that particular instance of Wei Guan
you know, a long time ago, I was going to write a multi-part fic about Shiji, in a similar, allusion-heavy style. this was way back before Jia Chong or anyone appeared, probably right after DW7, so yeah I'd been wanting to tell this story for a long time... whatever the reason it didn't really happen, but there are some shadows of it in the fic on AO3. maybe one day I'll be able to do it full justice. there was some really bizarre stuff I planned for it too...
your writing is really good from what I've seen! what I've learned is that really you don't need inspiration, the best thing to do is just to start writing, and the inspiration, mood, and all those rewarding parts of it only follow thereafter. so go for it whenever you feel like! :)