#wittyy replies

[wittyyname]

whats with you and making keith turn back from whatever form fully naked lately lol

1) It’s realistic that clothes don’t shapeshift with you2) It’s fucking hilarious and makes for great moments

[wittyyname]

Hey Witty! So I've so many things to say to u but I think I'll start from the simplest one. I simply ADORE ur writing! As an aspiring writer ur stories have been one of my biggest inspiration ❤ Also I recently figured that you're a ghostwriter.I was not sure what that meant so I looked it up and dont quite understand? If you're writing something then y isn't it published under ur name? Especially with such an amazing writer as u! (Ps. This is probably a dumb question but ur real name Witty? :P)

Thank you ;O; That’s really sweet, and it always makes me super soft when I can inspire people to continue their creative dreams <33 I know that sounds real cheesy and cliche, but it’s true. It makes me feel like I’m impacting people and leaving my mark that goes far beyond just me. 

Typically, ghost writers don’t write their own works. It IS, in a way, my writing. The small details of a scene are mine. How I bring it to life is mine. The phrasing. The words. The flow. But when I work as a ghost writer, I’m given an outline. I then write the story based on that outline. It’s not my plot. It’s not my characters. Truthfully, I don’t mind that it’s not published under my name bc I have no real connection to them. They’re very basic romance novels with very archetypal characters. It’s like writing an article and having it published under your company’s name. I’m paid for my time and my words, and then I move on and don’t worry about it anymore. I don’t feel like I’m being slighted bc I have no emotional attachment or investment in them. I’ve been told that they’re very good, and that fundamentally, my writing style doesn’t change. But it honestly feels like I turn my brain off when I write them, bc I don’t care about the characters. A friend of mine once read one of my ghost written romance novels and said “I can tell it’s your writing, but it just feels... flat compared to your fanfics.” I am very careful not to put pieces of myself into my ghost written works because they’re not mine. Things that I write for me, my fanfics that you read, the things on my patreon, those have pieces of me in them. Those are written works I care about. Ghost writing just kinda feels like writing something for school.

Also, it isn’t one person hiring me and claiming fame from my writing. It’s technically a company that hires outliners, editors, and ghost writers, and all the work is published under a couple crafted and fake aliases. So the name my work is published under isn’t even a real person, and it’s published alone side work from other ghost writers.

As for the name Wittyy, you ask if it’s my “real” name, and that’s a bit of a.... odd topic? Is it my birth name? No. Is it what’s on my driver’s license? No. Is it what my parents, family, and friends from high school and college call me? No. But is it my REAL name? I would say, yes. It’s the name every friend I’ve made in the past five years calls me. It’s what my best friends (my friend family, if you will) call me. It’s what my girlfriend calls me. When I visit my gf in denmark, it’s what their family calls me. It’s what I introduce myself as when I’m in denmark. It took literally 3 years for my gf’s family to realize I had a birth name that wasn’t Wittyy. HONESTLY, I feel more like Wittyy than I feel like my birthname. That’s a name that I don’t like using, and it feels like an entirely different person. It’s much the same way for Sora (@wolfpainters). So no, it’s not my birth name. But it IS my real name bc it’s the name I go by 90% of the time.

[wittyyname]

i read SUADWM a while ago and it stuck w me SO MUCH. it is a true masterpiece. i knew the song geronimo before, but now whenever i listen to it i get this happy little smile on my face :) thank you for sharing your beautiful work w us

I’m so happy ;O; I love that it’s stuck with you and the music associated with it can bring you that nostalgia and joy <33 You carry a piece of my soul with you, and I hope it continues to make you happy

[wittyyname]

Hey just so you know, don’t mention your Patreon or ko fi on ao3, or imply that people paid you for this fic, that’s against ao3’s guidelines or something

Oh, trust me, I know, lol. I never mention my patreon on ao3. But now you’ve got me paranoid that I did

[wittyyname]

Hey I dont know if anyone has said this but I noticed Shadow of the past has more hits than it has words (which you are very aware is saying something) Congrats! I absolutely love Shadow of the past and Ghost of the Future and I can't wait to see how you finish it! Keep up the amazing work!

Oh wow, I hadn’t noticed that, but WOW! That’s really cool! Thank you so much! <33

[wittyyname]

this is probably a really weird thing to have almost cried over. but the scene in "of weird boyfriends & full moons" where lance just like automatically accepts keith's potential weird kink and even goes as far as to think about how to support it... it broke me (in a good way) seeing how lance fully accepts everything about keith. i can't wait for the day to find a S/O that's so understanding of all my oddities and flaws. thank you for always writing their relationship so beautifully

I don’t think it’s weird! I think that kind of open acceptance is something we all crave, and something we fear never having. I hadn’t really thought of it at the time (because I was just like “haha, Lance thinks Keith is a furry”) but my girlfriend is wonderfully accepting of pretty much any kink I bring to the table. It’s taken a while to build up a trust and stop habits/fears/self consciousness from previous relationships. But now we’re at a place where like... I never feel ashamed or embarrassed about expressing stuff I might be into, and she’s almost always willing to find ways to explore it. 

I’m glad it could give you the good feels <33 And don’t worry, there are people out there willing to accept and understand you, just as you are with them <33

[wittyyname]

peak comedy: you drawing blue hair on every reaction meme

Tbh most of them are done by friends. I’ll use a reaction image and they’ll send it back with blue hair. It’s my favorite thing

[wittyyname]

Would you ever revisit the world of Ionia? Wild Magic is honestly such a masterpiece and I could blubber about it for ages, it’s such an amazing fic 😍

I’m not sure I would, and that’s bc of a couple reasons. I love the fic as it is, and continuing something you poured part of yourself into and are proud of is.... daunting. But it’s also been so long since I’ve written it, that I’m 100% afraid that I won’t be able to capture it the same way and won’t be able to do it justice. I also like to put my creative energy into new fics and new stories once one is finished. 

I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much tho <33 that fic is mine and sora’s baby, and we worked long and hard on it.