we write satan porn (Erya and accrues)

[writeouswriter]

[creeket]

When you enjoy dialogue so much that you end up completely avoiding describing the places properly

[writeouswriter]

This addition is actually more accurate to me than the original 🤣

[transxfiles]

me: *writes fic*

me: great! time to post to ao3-

ao3 summary box: *exists*

me: 

ao3 summary box:

me:

ao3 summary box: 

me:

[rooksandravens]

[rjeddystone]

Ooh, this is actually kinda a neat thing, because you can think of it as a checklist:

Who: Main character(s)

Why: Character goal or desire (stated)

Why: Character need (implied)

When: Inciting Incident

What: Means (that achieves the goal/need)

Where: Place A >> Place B

How: The Plan

Obstacle(s): antagonist or challenge

For example:

Who: Bilbo Baggins, a respectable hobbit of Hobbiton

Why: Treasure, wealth (stated)

Why: Adventure, self-respect (implied)

When: After supper

What: Quest

Where: Hobbiton >> The Lonely Mountain

How: A company of dwarves, a wizard, and an ancient map and key

Main antagonist(s): a dragon

Thus, in less than 100 words:

Bilbo Baggins is a respectable hobbit in Hobbiton, never making any trouble or having any adventures. But when a wizard and a company of dwarves invite themselves to dinner, Bilbo finds himself joining their quest from the shires of Hobbiton to the legendary Lonely Mountain, the home of a long lost treasure, and quite, possibly, a dragon.  

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The Anatomy of Story by John Truby is a really good book by the by, if anyone’s interested in this sort of thing.

[dystopiceyre-deactivated2021060]

author’s note on fanfic ch4: i’ll probably have it updated by the end of this week!

author’s note on fanfic ch5: so i know it’s been two years but i can explain

[ao3commentoftheday]

author’s note on fanfic ch6:

[sevdrag]

just use my name next time

[entrenous88]

“It’s hell writing and it’s hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.”

— Robert Hass (via writingdotcoffee)

[dingusandsmartypants]

Me: *asks my followers to send me writing prompts*

My Followers: *send writing prompts to my inbox*

[fineillsignup]

My Followers: when are you going to update the thing?

Me: I am definitely going to update the thing very soon :)

[writeouswriter]

[darcylindbergh]

fic writers raise your hands if you like…forget what happens in your own fics

[theleafpile]

wouldn’t it be nice to be able to finish one story BEFORE STARTING ANOTHER

[thewollfgang]

[idreamofhazel]

My mood currently.

[thatsthat24]

Taking Creative Liberties ✏️

[infinityuserboxes]

[simonghostrileys]

Incredibly fucking slow at it 🤧

[slagginbitch]

i fixed it

[kaelio]

A persons fanfic tells you a lot about them, i , a fanfic writer, realize in terror

[wordsysayswords]

My favorite thing about writing angst is that half the responses are like, 

This fic features stunning characterization only strengthened by your clear comprehension of the original work’s underlying themes, 

and the other half is just

hey fucker im going to eat your firstborn child

[sohotthateveryonedied]

you ever realize how much better life is when you just. fucking ignore canon? toss canon out the window? grind canon into dust under your heel? repeatedly punch canon in the face with one hand while writing a 50k fix-it fic with the other? pure bliss

[wellwewrite]

accrues @ @eryaforsthye

[cellabrations]

club night idea: mcr’s entire discography in the order of most danceable to most depressing so by the end of the evening you’re crying on the floor to desert song

[cellabrations]

ask and yall will receive 

[aromanticgcallen]

Things I Should Be Doing

so many

Things I Am Not Currently Doing

any of that

[lyresandlasers]

list of favorite things as a fanfic author:

When someone is really freaking mad at me for inducing an emotional response from them

when readers give me a background of how/when they read my writing

when readers give me a background of why they shouldn’t have been reading my writing (usually while at work)

when readers quote my work back to me in comments

the frickin’ real heroes here, the ones who comment on every chapter of an ongoing multi-chapter fic