(I don’t really feel like I’m qualified to answer this 😅)
I tend to read a lot more than I write; it helps you find out what you like to read so that you can write it. I stopped writing fic for a long time and only recently started back up. It’s actually thanks to reading fics by people like @imperiuswrecked, @esteicy-blog, @imoonlighter, @hottopicshatterstar and @felypsa that I got a good grip of what and how I like to read and write. I also think a lot about what I would like to read about (for example, Pietro’s childhood or his relationship with different family members, which doesn’t get the representation I’d like to see in the comics).
Remember, whether you’re making a fic or art or a playlist or whatever, you should make it for YOU first and foremost. A few of the pieces I’ve been working on have been the brainchildren of @esteicy-blog and @allwillbeone, but I liked the idea and put them into words.
I’m super glad you’re liking Days of Wundagore; it’s the first multichapter fic I’ve written in probably 7 years, so I’m glad it’s being well-received. I can’t really say I have much more actual advice than this, but if anyone here has some other things they wanna add, feel free to do so.
To Anon: start with something simple! Not all fanfics have to be multichapter arcs with a coherent plot. Quick one-shots are super valid and a great way to get the hang of writing from a character’s POV. If you don’t feel comfortable outlining a plot yet, it can literally just be an incoherent feelings dump or a plotless smut romp or whatever rolls out of your head. The best way to start writing anything is literally to just write down whatever inspires you, even if it’s a formless blob of words; they don’t even have to be full sentences yet! This is a technique called freewriting that is just unstructured brainstorming, where you start with an idea/topic and just jot down stream-of-consciousness words and thoughts and ideas that steam from that, which can be a great way for even experienced writers to get started on a tough idea or get past a block.
Good luck and don’t forget to have fun! It can be exhilarating to share writing with people but you always want to write something you’re comfortable with and excited about. Feel your feelings, read lots of fics, jot down ideas & flesh them out, and the rest will come. =)
Also ty for the shout-out @teal-bandit I am honored <333
I don’t read fic like I should, but all of these people are awesome and I wanna spread this for them. 💚
I hate this. Things like this scare the shit out of me.
Yes a parent should be protective. No they should not STALK their child.
Yes a parent can get upset at a child. No they should not flip out or let their anger make them out of control, or take out their anger on their child.
Yes a parent can lecture and maybe the kid feels like their parent is driving them crazy – but after the last two statements forgive me if I don’t exactly trust these definitions.
A parent should never be their child’s worst nightmare. A pain sometimes, ok, but not a nightmare.
And the idea of a parent “stalking” and “hunting down” their child is horrifying. If you were a good parent, maybe your child would have communicated whereabouts upfront with you already.
And the last statement is the worst. “I will subject you to terror and treat you like my property…. Because I love you!” No one would ever put up with this from a partner, a friend, even a grandparent…. Why is it suddenly okay from a parent?
Fuck toxic parenting.
That graphic is basically acting like emotional and psychological abuse is okay as long as it’s framed as “it’s because I love you.” Which is basically part of the abuse cycle.
anyway I don’t think the story of the 2016 election is that America wanted Trump.
I think the story of the US election is that a supreme court decision allowed states with a history of totalitarianism to arbitrarily change voting law in ways that made it disproportionately difficult for people likely to vote Democrat to vote while a foreign country was running an intelligence campaign to discourage voting on the left and, real time, prod right wing voters in important districts to vote during the election in a race with massive question marks about the security of voting infrastructure, with a widely unpopular Democratic presidential candidate–
And Trump still lost. By roughly three million votes.
That’s six times the loss George W Bush had when he won the electoral college without winning the popular vote in 2000.
Hilary Clinton won the popular vote by a larger margin than Jimmy Carter or Richard Nixon or John Kennedy; she just won it in the wrong places.
Trump is now president because the electoral college assigns more weight to rural states, which are also states with more discriminatory voter laws and more disenfranchisement and therefore states in which it is harder to vote for people likely to vote Democrat.
And all of that is what I mean when I say the biggest problem with the American system is gerrymandering.
salarta 