how light carries on, even after death. with shortness of breath, you explained the infinite. how rare and beautiful it is to even exist.
send an ask: get to know your author
1) is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?
2) what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?
3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
4) favorite character you’ve written
5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
8) favorite genre to write
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?
12) your weaknesses as an author
13) your strengths as an author
14) do you make playlists for your current wips?
15) why did you start writing?
16) are there any characters who haunt you?
17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?
21) what do you think when you read over your older work?
22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?
23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?
24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
who’s my #squad ???
i’m curious to know which tumblr users you most associate me with ???
Fic writing questions!
- <p> <b></b> So reblog this if I can pop into your box and ask you questions about writing (You can probably make a version for art, too). And you can ask them to me if you really want to.</p><p></p><b></b> Specify fandom if you want for any of the questions.<p></p><b></b> 1. Which is your favorite of the fics you've written for X fandom?<p></p><b></b> 2. Favorite piece overall?<p></p><b></b> 3. Which was the hardest to write, in terms of plot?<p></p><b></b> 4. Which has the most "you" in it, however you'd define that?<p></p><b></b> 5. What is an image/set of images that you're particularly proud of?<p></p><b></b> 6. Idea that you always wanted to write but could never make work?<p></p><b></b> 7. Least favorite plot point/chapter/moment?<p></p><b></b> 8. Favorite plot point/chapter/moment?<p></p><b></b> 9. Favorite character to write?<p></p><b></b> 10. Favorite line or lines of dialogue that you've written<p></p><b></b> 11. If I'm showing off just one of your pieces to someone, which one should it be?<p></p><b></b> 12. What WIPs do you have going now? Are you excited about them?<p></p><b></b> 13. Are there any things that might have happened in any of your stories, but you changed them at the last minute? (So-and-so dies, they don't actually kiss, main character has long extended ballet-based dream sequence, etc.)<p></p><b></b> 14. Would you want to write canon for any of your fandoms (like be hired by showrunner to do an episode)? Which one?<p></p><b></b> 15. Does font matter to you when you're writing a draft?<p></p><b></b> 16. 3 favorite comments ever received on fanfic.<p></p><b></b> 17. Any mean comments? How'd you deal with it? Who laid the smackdown?<p></p><b></b> 18. If you could go back and revise one of your older stories, which would it be?<p></p><b></b> 19. Do you make up scenes at work/on the bus/at the gym? Who are the characters that pop up the most? Do you write them down?<p></p><b>20. Go nuts, and talk about writing. Or write me a little ficlet-whatsit using a character/image/line I shall now specify:</b> <p></p>
send me a pairing and a number and i’ll write you a drabble
(Part one: 1-50)
51. “What the hell are you wearing?”
52. “Can I kiss you?”
53. “Who crawls through someone’s window at 4am to go for ice cream?!”
54. “I don’t hate you. I could never hate you. That’s the problem.”
55. “Our first date is a picnic on a beach under the stars? Have you swallowed a romance novel? Do I need to call a doctor?”
56. “I can’t stand the thought of losing you.”
57. “Teach me to fight.”
58. “I’d die for you. Of course, I’d haunt you in the afterlife but really, it’s the thought that counts.”
59. “Tell me to go and I will, but if you ask me to stay I’ll never leave you again.”
60. “Before you decide to murder me, let me explain…”
61. “I love you. I’m completely and utterly in love with you. Please don’t get married.”
62. “It’s only one night, we’ll just share the bed.”
63. “Stop running from this. I know I’m not the only one who feels it.”
64. “Are you ticklish?”
65. “I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.”
66. “The only thing I want is you.”
67. “Of all the people I could’ve gotten stuck in an elevator with and it just had to be you.”
68. “PILLOW FIGHT!”
69. “Why the hell are you bleeding!?”
70. “You’re so beautiful.”
71. “Kiss me, quick!”
72. “I will knock you on your ass if you even think about it.”
73. “We shouldn’t be doing this.”
74. “Don’t let go.”
75. “I’m going for a swim. Do you wanna join me?”
76. “I need you to pretend we’re dating…”
77. “There was never a choice.”
78. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have kissed you.”
79. “That’s the third time I’ve saved your life!”
80. “How can you think I’m anything but hopelessly in love with you?”
81. “I need you to leave.”
82. “This is all your fault! I can’t believe I listened to you!”
83. “It’s always been you.”
84. “I’m dying.”
85. “I will never apologize for saving your life, even if it costs me my own.”
86. “I guess dying with you isn’t the worse way to go.”
87. “You were never just my friend.”
88. “Don’t panic but I think we might have accidentally gotten married…”
89. “I’m not leaving you!”
90. “I can’t do this anymore.”
91. “I remember everything.”
92. “What do you want me to say?”
93. “I tried, but I just can’t stay away from you anymore.”
94. “I bet I can make you scream my name.”
95. “There’s no going back if we do this.”
96. “I never thought you’d hurt me but I was wrong. You hurt me the most.”
97. “I want you and I know you want me too.”
98. “I can’t watch you with someone else. It’s tearing me apart.”
99. “We’re in an abandoned lodge in the middle of nowhere. Sure, you’re totally right, nothing bad could ever happen here.”
100. A quote of your choice.