6 Facts About My Own Writing Journey!
tagging 5—> (any mutual or friend! and apologies if you’ve already completed this! 😅 it is optional!) The prompt is to share 6 things about yourself and tag 10 others to do the same! I did five as,,, well,,, 👀 @leameya @rainbow-puffin @radiovideo @illusionaryscreens @akutathotwa
Thanks @joeys-piano for tagging me! I’m following your coattails a little bit, so do forgive me! But I really enjoyed your post! Also, if anyone else reads this, give a follow to Joey! Amazing music and fiction, great tips, and an expansive imagination!
1. My humble beginning. Looking back, my skill was absolutely hilarious. It was bad, but it was making its way! Even though it wasn’t great, I always felt super proud of it and my mind was always racing with ideas. (Not all of which were very good, mind you. Often they were very overdone, or overly edgy, but everyone had that period in their lives, am I right? Lol) I mostly wrote for either Vocaloid, or... drumroll please... Minecraft YouTubers. Yep. Back in the golden age of Team Crafted under the sovereignty of the great Skydoesminecraft. Let me tell you, that was a real time. Of course, that was Wattpad 2014, and this is now.
2. My old inspiration often came from YA novels, or Cassandra Clare. Again, everyone has their starts 😂 But slowly, I realized that those novels didn’t often have anything I actually liked reading about. So my interests changed. They came and went, grew and developed. Now, I address my biggest influences to be Edgar Allan Poe, because that edgy state just aged like fine wine; Richard Siken, a master of poetry and mood; and any strangely poignant children’s book! // As a quick 2nd part though, as of current, all my inspiration comes from music! Classical, edm, pop acoustic, folk, you name it! Lyrics and instrumentation are absolutely beautiful, and so easy to extrapolate emotion and story from no matter how vague or specific!
3. Recently, as my style progressed to the place I wanted it to be, I slowed heavily in actually producing my work. I became very pacing-heavy, and it depressed me a little bit. I wasn’t able to get things quite to my standard often times, nor was I ever able to produce anything in an efficient amount of time. That made me slow down even more. What was the point of writing something that long, that I wouldn’t even finish? As of now, I treat myself as nicely as I can. Gentle reminders that I can complete my works of fiction, and that maybe they won’t be perfect, but they’re still something to be proud of, often fill my notes and outlines! Even if I don’t finish or publish things, which happens more often then not, I tell myself that even getting words on paper is a great start! Emptiness = creativity!
4. I think my biggest fandoms are probably BSD and Vocaloid, but I have so many fics that I want to write for so many other fandoms. Maybe someday I’ll actually produce more things for them, but until now, I’ll work within the parameters that come easiest 😂 Writing for Vocaloid was a bit of a trip. I had even planned with an old friend on Wattpad (that I sadly am no longer in contact with, rip) a Vocaloid version of Danganronpa back when that was super popular.
5. Ever since the biggest pivotal change in my writing style, I’ve always lacked motivation to do writing. It really does suck, but often times I just can’t put words to the screen. In order to scratch that little itch, I often just daydream. Daydream as much as I can, and as much as possible. People watch, and pretend to come up with what they’re doing at the mall. Why they go into a shop, perhaps why they hold themselves a certain way, etc. etc. etc. Or just narrate my own actions and thoughts as I think them— although, that may just be apart of my slightly detached sense of thinking.
6. Sometimes I get very, very motivated. In those periods, I tried to write one 10k one shot per week. Often times my motivation fell through, but a good example of a week-long fic I wrote was Cutlery. (y’all I’m useless, how do you even hyperlink on mobile 😫) That pair was Akutagawa and Kunikida. As you can tell, I have a general love for rarepairs. They actually provide the most motivation for me, as they have so much untapped potential in terms of exploring their dynamics!