#legete replies

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timeforanewlook replied to your post: “threesomes, how do they work”:

with a lot of hope and a miracle

can i substitute sadness and emotional constipation? it's all I know how to write

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sevensneakyfoxes replied to your post: “MY COMPUTER IS DEAD I REPEAT MY COMPUTER IS DEAD IT WON’T TURN ON IT...”:

threaten to donate it to tony stark, then throw something heavy at it. I find threats and violence always work for me.

i did some research and it looks like my processor is shot ;______; a repair would be as much as a whole new machine

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mistyautumn replied to your post: “somehow i’ve now ended up with too many wwii scenes instead of the...”:

but 40s scenes give me life?

you'll have an excess of life, then

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villainsexuale replied to your post “soooo drafts for marvel bang are due tonight. how goes it, people?...”

I don't think I'm gonna make it /o

oh no. how close are you? you have five hours, can you sketch out your remaining scenes, slap a rough ending on there, and call it 80%?

rosengris replied to your post “soooo drafts for marvel bang are due tonight. how goes it, people?...”

yep, I'm totally counting the outlines for missing scenes as part of the minimum requirement. I'm on 9k but it's definitely not 80%. and at least 1k won't make the final cut. YOU CAN DO IT IN 10 HOURS

same same same. actually i'll need to do it in four hours, as i have been at work all afternoon and i don't get off until 8pm. but whatever, i can totally write 2k in four hours, right? right? ...right? D:

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resplendeo replied to your post “soooo drafts for marvel bang are due tonight. how goes it, people?...”

this is a good policy. keep it up! good luck! I believe in you!

thaaaanks. i ended up putting a couple of cut paragraphs back in--if i still hate them as the fic nears completion, i'll delete 'em for good then. 60%! woo!

shulkiesmash replied to your post “soooo drafts for marvel bang are due tonight. how goes it, people?...”

you can do it! :D

thanks anji ; 3; i promise i'll stop complaining for like a week minimum after this gets turned in

theladyscribe replied to your post “soooo drafts for marvel bang are due tonight. how goes it, people?...”

As soon as I hit 8k, I shipped mine off, because a) I know the final is going to be right at 10k and b) I was afraid I'd forget to submit it otherwise.

that's because you are a smart person and also a responsible one and probably quite attractive and have a great laugh as well? i believe only the best things about people who manage to turn things in before the last minute

sevensneakyfoxes replied to your post “soooo drafts for marvel bang are due tonight. how goes it, people?...”

Mine's almost at 15K and keeps growing. I just keep going, OH YEAH, IT'LL BE 80% OF THE FINAL. Mostly, I've reached the point where I just want it to be over. Like a date that started out so promising and now you're like WHAT DID I EVER SEE IN YOU?

ahaha oh my god this sounds like my exact feelings for every fic i've ever written that went past 3k. at some point you don't care how good or bad it is, you just want the entire thing gone from your sight. i'm thinking you just sketch in an ending and submit it rather than trying to figure out what exactly is 80%. keep going, you're doing amazing~

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replies, wordwar edition

rosengris replied to your post “rosengris replied to your post: “rosengris replied to your post: “i...”

I...I have to google what wordwar is, besides the obvious meaning, so no, I don't. New to MCU fandom so I don't have any writing buddies yet. But I imagine someone else's enthusiasm/ideas would act as your springboard.

the way i tend to do wordwars is on a ten-minute timer--you and your writing partner start at an agreed-upon time and write as much as you can in ten minutes. when time's up, post your wordcounts. the person with the higher wordcount "wins." rinse and repeat as many times as you can both stomach.

zekkass writes faster than i do, so she almost always wins when we war, but just the desire to put up numbers higher than the low two digits means i actually will write for a change. i also tend to edit heavily while writing by my lonesome, meaning i'll take forever on a pair of sentences and wear myself out. wordwars are quantity over quality, so most of my mistakes (unintentionally repeated words, syntax errors, the like) happen then, but of course i can always go back later and edit, so sometimes it's exactly what i need to break out of a rut.

if you feel the need for the world's whiniest, most obstinate writing partner, you can always try to hit me up on gmail. i'm generally around from late evening to the wee hours of the morning eastern standard time.

coreomajoris replied to your post “rosengris replied to your post: “rosengris replied to your post: “i...”

I'm too tired on weeknights to make it to 1 K but I do try when I'm working on a deadline. deadlines work whether it's with friends or for a big bang or whatever.

i'm wretched at writing in any quantity, so 1k a day seems herculean to me, but shoot for the stars, land on the moon, et cetera et cetera.

deadlines are my lifeblood. unless there's a deadline looming, i have to be almost supernaturally inspired to accomplish anything. that's why obligations are the best/worst. worse because i get queasy over my procrastination, best because otherwise nothing would get done. which is where wordwars come in, really--they're micro deadlines, ho ho.

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replies, unreasonable complaints edition

emilyenrose replied to your post “[[MOR]iiii never know what to do when people leave “you have to...”

Oh dude, I feel like I have to say something because - you do not suck? You are great? You've written some of my favourite stories in this fandom, and getting stuck on WIPs sucks balls, and pushy commenters are upsetting, and basically I FEEL U BRO.

thanks bro. i guess i just wish i was better at writing consistently and often? because i have published a grand total of one fic this year, and every time i get a new "wow, more?" comment it just...reminds me that i'm hopelessly behind on a ton of fic obligations? idekkk. but thank you. ♥

jaynehat replied to your post “[[MOR]iiii never know what to do when people leave “you have to...”

Unsurprisingly, people like your writing and they want to see more. Try not to let it paralyze you. It's easy for me to say "work on what makes you happy at the pace you feel comfortable with," but it's also true. You do you, legete. You do you.

idk, it always manages to be surprising for me! the pace i feel comfortable with is ONE MILLION WORDS A DAY, but the pace my actual writing ability feels comfortable with is, like, four. my entire life is like a sad trombone noise, but at...least i own it...? thanks for the words of encouragement~

typhoidmeri replied to your post “[[MOR]iiii never know what to do when people leave “you have to...”

*hugs* you are fab and I am a useless person who hasn't read through all your stories yet because my brain is a jerk. You write what you want and them asking for more just means they loved it and didn't want the story to end. Ever. WIPs are evil.

omg, please do not feel like you have to read all of my crap, some of which truly is crap because i took a stupid idea and wrote it in a rush and threw it on ao3/tumblr before i could come to my senses. (the worst part is, of course, that i do want to write continuations to the things they want me to work on. their enthusiasm sometimes sparks mine, y'know? but i also have a bunch of things i should be working on instead of the "fun" stuff, and i get caught in this vicious whirlpool of "self-obligation meets writers block" and things just...don't happen. i also really miss having, like, a full keyboard and mouse and a desk and access to microsoft word. so there's that. i do take the comments as compliments, but it just lands a critical strike on my fragile oh god not working hard enough i'm so sorry sense.) but seriously. don't read everything i wrote. i'd much, much rather you spend time reading things that you enjoy than feeling obligated to me.

mayusculas replied to your post “[[MOR]iiii never know what to do when people leave “you have to...”

but you are a great writer, you are one of my faves :) maybe people who say 'write more' are used to those lengthy 100k fics that never end. imho I like shorter fics, I think those slow burn fics are too boring and i don't feel the narrative momentum

thaaaaanks. (hides face) i don't know, i've always liked shorter fiction, but that might just be because i go crazy trying to write longer things, and short fics lend themselves well to the sort of punchy stuff i get a kick out of. i could neeeever write a novel-length fic, omg. i don't know how people do it. i'm always in awe (and pretty jealous).

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reminder that among the first words you said to me about selkies were: 'Poor Bucky-unicorn. Bucky-selkie would be sadder, though.'

also 'How does Steve react to SPAAAAAACE? How does Steve react to zombies? How does Steve react to being meeting a selkie? How does Steve react to falling off a train and waking up seventy years later with a metal arm and a lot of skeletons in his closet? How does Steve react to having to make the best wedding cake ever at his bakery? How does Steve react to being an element bender? How does Steve react to being followed by unicorns until he loses his virginity?'

this is a fairly accurate representation of my brain at any given time