#unsettled creatures

[sweetbitterbitten]

“you need a haircut.” @unsettledcreatures​

[marauders-groupie]

4, 14 and 15 for the ask game!

Thank you so much!

4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?

Oh God, I always have too many fic ideas. I don’t think I’m allowed to share my Chopped fic idea, so I’ll just say it’s Clarketavia and leave it at that. I’m fascinated by their dynamic and canon parallels/mirrors.

I’ve also been working on my Bellarke superpowers/detective AU - Unsettled Creatures - for the longest time. I have 16k already but it’s so hard going to work on it because I want to linger in its atmosphere, while also making sure that I do justice to the mental journey of Clarke Griffin who has the power of reviving the dead. 

It’s definitely one of the grittiest things I’ve ever written, but the idea itself has been swimming around in my mind since 2016. It’s come a long way from a simple superheroes AU where Clarke is a nurse and Bellamy is a detective. In the first version, no one had shitty coping mechanisms or argued that much. But I really love seeing redemption journeys unfold now, so it is what it is.

14. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?

I feel like every piece of writing advice has the power of simultaneously being the best and the worst writing advice, and it all depends on the type of a writer you are. 

My pet peeve is Stephen K/ing’s advice because he really has a distinct content production style that doesn’t vibe with a lot of writers out there, and yet, his ideas are preached everywhere. I don’t think it’s his fault per se, but it’s wrong to take any kind of advice in a bubble, without fully understanding the context.

Having a set limit of words to write every day seems like a good idea on paper, but it doesn’t work for everyone. Sure, go for anything - experiment with writing advice, and find what feels good. Please, try all kinds of advice and have fun testing the waters. But if writing starts feeling like a chore, then you’re not in the business of artistic writing with emotional merit. You’re in the business of content. 

Also, there’s this piece of advice that goes something like: “Write what you know.” I think every writer out there should take that advice and set it on fire. Write what you want to write. The whole point of writing is offering unique perspectives on all kinds of topics. Every reader is invited to suspend their disbelief before reading, so you’re good. 

Really, the worst thing that can happen is someone closing the tab or chucking your book through the window and saying: “This fucker is wrong.” And that isn’t that horrifying at all, you and your writing can’t be universally liked. 

15. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?

God, I love this question!

I already wrote why I’d like Here’s What I’ve Got (Reasons Why Our Marriage Might Work) to be filmed here.

Now I’m going to say Atlas Hands because:

1. I imagine the visual aesthetic of the fic as pale-blue, bleached out and wind-whipped. Plus, just imagine all that open ocean. That’d be calming as heck.

2. I’ve really paid attention to how the scenes are formed in Atlas Hands. I wanted them to form complete wholes, which I think would translate well to screen. There’s also enough adventure to make it an interesting movie.  

3. Honestly, I want Atlas Hands to be filmed because it’s my love child.

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