#suckerforthisshit

[suckerforthisshit]

Revealing two panels of the comic I'm working on- Not gonna spoil ;)

[neallo]

Your fanfics are perfectly autistic. That monotone vibe, that endless routines, that control games, that precision, details. It's shocking, trilling, it's giving me a headache, and I love it.

It's the absolute opposite of my own interpretation. Mine is chaotic, crazy, wild, on fire. As if the Mello's side win. While your is as if Near's side win. Peace and quietness, precision and some unhinged subtle madness

:D !!!!! this is such a fun description hgjdksfhs i don't think anyone has characterized my writing style in quite these terms before -- this ask was a pleasant surprise ^_^ in a nosy way, i'm really curious if a particular fic made you think this!!

[also, "unhinged subtle madness" is exactly what i aim for so this made me especially happy lol]

i'm always also happy to hear when people enjoy my interpretations / writing even if they're very different from their own!! one of the most fun parts of fandom, honestly, is in seeing all the different takes on the same ship, and there are so many facets to their dynamic that i think a lot of different vibes can be plausible >:)

anyway -- thank you!! <3 you're very kind :')

[neallo]

Neallo I am all more and more flabbergasted by your writing skills. Precision, description, dialogues. It's literally perfect. I'd like to ask you for some tips how to write that way. Please..

AHHH this is incredibly kind. i certainly don't consider my writing to be perfect (well. no such thing as perfect writing, really, but i mean here that i have areas i know i want to improve on over time <3) but i have worked on it a lot over the last year and a half and am proud of my progress :D let me try to take a moment to meditate on what i have found helpful while attempting to hone my writing. i took nyquil like 30 minutes ago so if this ends up incomprehensible -- i'm so sorry and i'll try again later lol.

in no particular order, here are things i have noticed which help:

reading more books:

i made it a goal this year to read at least a handful of new books, and i have :-) i stupidly don't keep track of which ones i read, but if i had to list some that i found very inspiring in terms of prose & style, i would say The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Circe by Madeline Miller take the cake. i like listening to audiobooks, because i struggle to find time to sit down and read.

in addition to the line-level prose and style inspiration you can glean from reading new books, i think just taking in new stories in general (books, short stories, comics, tv, movies, and so on) helps a lot with inspiration in terms of storytelling mechanics (how to structure a story, when to reveal information and how) and themes to explore.

writing exercises:

there are some really good writing books out there. the only one i have ever used is Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin. i have an epub of this somewhere that i can dig up if anyone desperately wants it <3 i think the book in general is excellent in terms of writing advice -- really, i like Le Guin's philosophy on writing a LOT -- but i especially like the exercises! they're fun and interesting and work well as warm-ups :-)

oh my god okay the nyquil is getting my ass. more thoughts later!!

for future neallo: elaborate on atmosphere, dialogue, editing practices (rewrites, listening thru the doc), word choice. also outlining, note-taking.

[neallo]

I am not jealous of your writing, I am desperate. Put a crown on your head, your sentences are as perfect as of classical novelists. Damn you, wow

hi aghjsdgsd i meant to answer this when i first saw it but then i wanted to hold it in my pocket for a little while because it's so kind. really nice thing to wake up to this morning :') thank you so much <3

[thinkin3s]

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