🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now
oooh okay 1) earlier this year at the age of 40mumble, i was able to, for the first time, afford a new vehicle that i wanted. my truck's name is Frank and he's a Bronco and he's red and i've already fucked up the housing around the skid plate by doing dumb shit in the desert. it's true love.
2) yes there are many aggravations, but i truly deeply love the organization i work for. we have an important mission, i work with some of the absolute best people i've ever known, and i have a sign on my office door that says COME BACK WITH A WARRANT.
3) i am writing again! i hadn't really for a long time, except for some short bits here and there, but now i am actively engaged in a project that i can see and feel coming to fruition and damn it's good to be back.
🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love
i don't know if indigostohelit is on tumblr but they have a narcos fic that i reread over and over like a religious text. the book of saint javier peña, idk. it's just so perfect. when i commented on the fic after reading it the first time i said thank you for creating this delicious dark dream and that kind of says it all.
🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?
i recently unsubscribed from a WIP that i was really digging because i found out the writer was a zionist, but that's probably not what this question is asking.
uhhh it's mostly subjective characterization stuff that kills a fic for me, but there's a thing that i am not sure i can describe where the opening sentence(s) have this. particular syntax and cadence? it's got a very juvenile feel to it. like something taught in elementary school, this is how you write the opening of a story. and make sure you state the pov character's full government name so there's no question who the story is about. this is not a good description, but it's a really deep personal peeve and i will backbutton instantly.