Hello! For the writer’s ask game: 🍓 🍬 🌿 🏜️
🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?
well I was introduced to fanfiction as a concept when my cousins and I started writing stories about a certain boy band in middle school and posting them to quizilla. I don't think I even encountered the word "fanfiction" while doing that; we just read and wrote stories about these band members, mostly about them being romantically involved with girls who were very similar to ourselves, but also putting them in other situations. I got into Glee fic specifically because of Klaine. I didn't start writing Glee fic until Blaine showed up and I started shipping Klaine; I don't think I really read any Glee fic before then either.
🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character
I mean, I feel like Glee has existed for long enough that every opinion has been said about every character. I guess what strikes me sometimes is how vehemently I hate Santana in the early seasons. She's such a favorite character of so many people, and I get why, especially as she gains depth and grows over the course of the show...but in the beginning she's just the worst.
🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity
Oof, I mean, I haven't been writing lately, so...In my experience, if you're really determined to finish writing a story but you don't have ~inspiration~ for it, you can take sort of a technical approach by looking at the story structurally and figuring out what has to happen next to further the narrative (like, "then these characters need to have some type of falling out so they can be separated for a while. What could the source of that argument be? What are things in their personalities or backstories that could cause disagreement?"), instead of waiting for an idea to just ~come to you~. Another thing that's worked for me is that if there's necessary stuff that I don't feel like writing, I can just use temporary filler and come back to it. Like writing "[then they have a convo about the setlist before moving to the next scene]" or just doing the dialogue without worrying about speech tags and description of the scene. That will help me get the ball rolling again, and coming back later to add the details in feels less overwhelming than doing it all at once.
🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?
much like @special-bc-ur-part-of-it, I love when readers pick up on themes or ideas that I'm trying to express in a story. Reading a comment and being like "omg you GET IT" is so gratifying. I also love when readers notice things in my writing that I wasn't even aware of - stuff that I might have subconsciously included, and by pointing it out the reader helps me understand my own story better.
