Jul 13, 2019
Thought I’d share this bit of ink I got about 2 months ago on my forearm. A galaxy colored enso ring.
Meant to be a way to always remember my dad—I love and think of him every time I look at it
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Thought I’d share this bit of ink I got about 2 months ago on my forearm. A galaxy colored enso ring.
Meant to be a way to always remember my dad—I love and think of him every time I look at it
Been struggling so badly with writing...I just seem to have zero motivation and don’t know how to get going again. Thoughts? Advice?
2, 3 and 9! ;D
2. Is there any specific ritual you go through while/before/after your writing?Music is kind of a must have for me--sometimes it’s very specific songs that feel relevant to a scene, but most times I default to EDM or chill lofi hip hop. Occasionally I go on classical music sprees. During writing I usually need the freedom to hop around and legit write whatever comes to mind--so if you’ve ever seen one of my WIP drafts...well, god bless you. Afterward, I can never immediately edit. I have to close the doc and not look at it for a while so as to avoid just going “THIS IS TERRIBLE DELETE EVERYTHING”.
3. What is your absolute favorite kind of fic to write?Ok...I’m a masochist and therefore a total slut for epics. I love me a long, multichapter, drawn out fic replete with: action, tremendous plot development; character struggles (emotional and physical), and romance. That shit is my jam. But also an intense mental and emotional effort and drain as a writer (putting aside the sheer amount of consistent effort and work needed to see a 50k+ word fic from start to finish, it can be incredibly crippling at times on my ego), so I can’t be writing epics all the time. That said, the works I am always the most proud of by and far and my big, multichapter epics/behemoths.
9. Do you ever have plans to write anything other than fic?*sucks in deep breath* Yes. And I am currently working on a first attempt at an original novel. Which amplifies all the issues I have while writing an epic times infinity. But I really want to do this, so I’m going to keep pushing myself
cool asks for cool writers: same ones i asked z, 7, 10, 14, 19 :D
7. Inspiration, time, or motivation. Choose two.Same as before: always Time and Motivation for me!
10. What inspires you the most?Mmmm that’s a hard one. On one hand, I’d like to often times say my dreams (no actually, my dreams I have when I’m asleep) coupled with music. However, I actually think one of the most inspiring things to me is seeing other people’s own passion and drive. I think that tends to inspire me the most to actually write out my own ideas and give them a go!
14. Your favorite side pairings to put in?Ehehehe...for League? I love hinting at MF/anyone pretty much, and also LeBlanc/anyone--those are two characters I love to throw a reference to having slept with other characters, if for different reasons hahaha. If it’s not a Katariven centric fic, then I like to toss them in too.
19. Why did you start writing?TO FIX ALL THE MISTAKES FROM CANON GDI. I mean, for fanfic, that was my driving motivation. Most of the fandoms I write for have a common theme: that the end game is left too open-ended, unfinished, or “flawed” in some way in regards to the character development. Fic became a way for me to solve out what I perceived as a way to create fulfilling happy endings for the characters and worlds I cared about. It gives me peace of my mind while simultaneously expressing ideas that, honestly, no one else is going to write for me. Only I can write out the ideas in my head the way I see them.
7 and 20!
7. Inspiration, time, or motivation. Choose two.Time and Motivation. You’ll never be 100% inspired all of the time anyway, even though it is nice when inspiration strikes. I’ll stick with motivation/discipline to write, and actually having the time to write!
20. 4 sentences from your work that you’re proud of“The thought tickled Leblanc, made her fingers itch, made her tongue yearn to see just how far the newest head of the Du Couteau household was willing to bend for their tenuous exchange.”“Those are all things that the Black Rose acquired when Du Couteau wasn’t even a whisper on the wind or a stirring in the blood...but there are some services that never grow old, and can always be rendered anew.”“Katarina’s eyes finally snapped open, liquid and lime, and burning with the intensity of simple and forthright fury.”“After all, a warrior did not worry that his sword would trust in his hand; he need only direct the blade where to strike next.”
wtf this was so freakin hard I DON’T LIKE ANY OF MY SENTENCES AGHHHH (also this was taken from Deceptive Entanglement, because Give an Inch, Run a Mile is like 5,000 years long and sjhfkhgdfs)
1, 5, 15
1. Describe yourself how you would describe a character you’re introducingHer gaze wandered from the rim of her coffee cup to glance over at the window and the already bright sun outside. There was no time for that, though. Already, her mind was buzzing with the million and one things she had told herself needed to be done today–had to be done today.
5. How many words can you write if you sit down and concentrate intensely for an hour?Oh man…on the upper end, I think I’ve hit close to 1,000 words in an hour once, but a more reasonable amount given my writing/working style if I’m extremely productive is more around 700, I think.
15. Your guilty writing pleasure?Ooooo…I think it probably has to be near death/horrible injury incurred by a main protag and the resultant emotional rollercoaster of recovery alongside their romantic interest hahaha. I do love me my hurt/comfort…and inflicting maiming injuries, apparently.
ah yes tuesday *looks at calendar*
time for my regularly scheduled panic at work before meeting with asshole boss where he will reaffirm nothing i have done meets expectations and that he expects better and will proceed to ream me out over some inane detail because god forbid i can ever be told “good job”
i love tuesdays ahahahahahahahahaha end me
tfw you have to acknowledge that depression just completely hit you over the head again, and the worst part of it all is sitting there wondering: 1) is it normal and ok? because 2) is it just grad school and it’ll get better when i’m done? or 3) is something really not right? which leads to a really dark 4) what if something really isn’t right--like the few concussions i’ve gotten over the years from rugby? yeah CTE scares the living shit out of me...