#naqe rambles

[naquey]

Ocs dont belong in fanfiction. Ocs are meant for original works only. Either write REAL fanfiction or write an original work. No ones cares about your ocs.

Ykw this is what I get for asking for opinions. And maybe Ghostwriter will be the last at length fic I make.

Im not saying your opinions wrong, but you didnt have to say no one cares.

But all your favorite blorbos are someones ocs

[allthistrashtalkmakemeitchin]

popping in to say hello <3 wanted to share that i think the way you’ve written kendall and ronnie is so outside of the box and that the way their relationship evolves is so very unique!! i feel like a lot of the times love stories are very formulaic, and ghostwriter is anything but!! you always keep me on my toes!!!!!!!! <333

dfhsh this is so great to hear! I'll be honest, I wasn't sure exactly what I was doing or how they're relationship should progress. Like I had little thoughts about them not really liking each other, and then they get to be cordial/friendly which helps them along to become friends but I mainly wasn't sure if I was rushing it along the way I wrote it.

I read somewhere that love stories follow like a basic trope or like a baseline. The Oddyssey, Romeo & Juliet, (and I forget the third one) but I didn't want to shoehorn their story into one of those but if I had to pick the closest would be Romeo & Juliet, kept apart by outside forces but not in the way you think.

Its also just a lot of romantic fanfiction that depicts mental health in one character usually has it so the mental health problems go away after the main pairing gets together and as they say "be the change you want to see in the world" I've always been fascinated with writing stories about mental health and how to live with it because of the overwhelming message media told us forever ago (and still is) that if something is wrong we're automatically broken for it. I mean maybe it's also just me projecting because authors also write what they know best.

I will be honest, I have noticed that love stories are often very formulaic and half the time I feel like when I've read one I can read them all kind of vibe. Like, not to shit on wattpad romance stories but I've read like two and can't read anything else just because I know what it'll be like. The main characters meet, they dance around feelings, court each other, get together, have a big fight, break up, resolve, and that's the story. And to be fair, I planned for ghostwriter to have an ending that isn't just Kendall and Ronnie getting back together. From the start I planned their story to not end with a stereotypical love story kiss and then fade to black, curtains.

A lot of my story is more characterization over plot. A lot of my stories are, and characterization is kind of what drives the plot. Like how Studio Ghibli movies have phenomenal characterization. It's what I learned in my college class, to make distinct characters or a distinct ensemble but it is okay to have a few stereotypes that are just stereotypes. But it's the reason why when writing I sometimes feel like the plot isn't going anywhere. And why coming up with romance story plots is so hard.

Oh my god I just started rambling- As you can tell, I am very passionate about my writing and kind of like sharing the background secrets to these banger stories I write. It's like letting you glimpse into my brain which i lovingly call the mind of a madman because it just wont stop working. If I take a break it has me come up with a billion more things. My brain is like a machine but I am not a machine. Kind of like that.

Any chance I get to ramble about this story, or others like it is a chance I'll take because I want people to see my process, I want people to hear about it and if they happen to resonate with it I want to let them know that they are not alone. I mean, its okay to be constantly working but its also okay to take breaks.

I will admit though, if I keep talking we'll be here forever and this will become much longer than it is already for an answer to an ask. But, thank you for your kind words!!! And your appreciation!! It means the world to me!! <3

[naquey]

You should just write a book, no one cares or wants to see ocs kissing their blorbos. Ocs/canon isnt fanfiction its just fucking stupid.

i forgot about this uhmmm

if i write a book, i'd prolly take inspiration from those blorbos so my ocs would still be kissing them.

<3

[naquey]

9, 11, 28 for ronnie!!!!!!

okay, I'm finally answering this after so long. Oopsies!

9. favorite food? least favorite? are they a picky eater? do they have any dietary restrictions?

According to her grandmother, Veronica couldn't possibly be a picky eater, but she 100% is a picky eater. And it isn't a bad thing! Her grandmother just doesn't want to accept that she hates peas lol.

Not sure how far favorites go, but she wouldn't turn down a burger if someone offered to pay, or if someone offered to get burgers for the whole group. She has a lot of foods she doesn't like. Eggplants, peas, and asparagus, etc.

No dietary restrictions! No allergies or intolerances, either.

11. what do they have in common with you? how are they different? would you get along with them?

uhh... I mean I would love to say that me and Ronnie would get along well with one another, but that's more so me speaking as the person who created her. We're mostly too similar. She actually shares a lot with me, and sometimes I joke that while writing ghostwriter I inadvertently wrote how my life was going to go.

Not that she wouldn't try to be friends with me, she's just, drawn to extroverted people. When faced with a decision I think we would be in silence for a good while. Or engage in a loop of "unless you want to"

28. how do they show that they care about someone? how do they express that they don't like someone?

Honestly?

If Ronnie doesn't like someone, she thinks she's being rude but only comes off as polite. She holds her tongue and doesn't talk much whenever they're around, too afraid to make too many mistakes and seem like an idiot. If she likes someone, she won't shut up. She won't be afraid to be a bit clumsy.

I'd like to say that the main indicator is whether or not she's comfortable being mean, or comfortable making jokes that wouldn't seem funny to the majority of people.

[naquey]

ronnie on her first date w curt versus kyle

Actually, I remember specifically looking up and out for her on pinterest when I wrote the chapter with ronnie's first date with curt

WHY did it take me forever to find this lmao. iirc James picks her outfit in that chapter because she gets overwhelmed when Camille and Lucy try to help her so she throws them out. I mean, bro James got taste

now with kendall, she'll show up on a first date with him like this. No one else picks her outfit, she is confident it'll look great.

[naquey]

popping on to say i love your ocs always!!! i know you haven’t had your computer and have been itching to write, so maybe you can share some fun facts about ronnie and marnie you haven’t written about yet? or maybe give more insight into toby👀… <3

I'm starting with insight on Tobias, I saw this on my break earlier and let it ruminate for a little.

Toby is... anxious. I mean it's kind of part of his personality. He keeps to himself, hates waiting because anticipation makes him throw up, but most of all he is a very passionate writer. Passionate enough to make his own literature club.

He prefers solitude, but it doesn't mean he doesn't want to hangout. He's just used to being alone lol. Mostly because when he spends time with someone, he doesn't want to stop. Very much a people pleaser in that regard.

But! He may not fight, he can hold his own. The pen is mightier than the sword, and in this case words cut deep.

Most of all, he doesn't want to be the only person people start asking questions to. He doesn't like when people circle him and start asking him about trans stuff, he'll answer some questions but not all of them. He's very aware that people will be curious, and can tell when people just wanna take the piss out of him.

I'd say he's pretty excited to be in California, not for any specific reason. He just thought he would live and die in Massachusetts.

[naquey]

ronnie and roxy are kissing so hard in my head rn…. don’t even worry about it. they both need new muses atp

Gsudbfbkf OKAY REAL

Yes omg, imagine what a relationship it would be lol. I think they'd match each other's freak

[naquey]

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You get the sleepy boi! (Atp tyler is used to me taking so many photos of him lmao!)