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I've been re-training my community interaction muscle and I started by making a couple of threads on bluesky with questions for writers to answer. They were written with fic in mind, but anyone can answer! [personal profile] hwarium encouraged me to archive them here on dreamwidth so they don't go to an early grave in case of social media implosion or account deletion, so this is the first bunch of questions for posterity. Feel free to copy-paste and answer on your own journal, or just drop some thoughts in the comments!

1. of all the tropes you've written, which would be least appealing or applicable to you irl? e.g. you wrote a fic with a pivotal bedsharing scene but can never fall asleep yourself if you have to share a bed

2. what is a classic "you"-ism that often slips into your writing? e.g. you often experience road rage, so all of your characters hate stop and go traffic with a vengeance

3. what is the most interesting or memorable thing you've learned while doing research for a story?

4. share a little about your "white whale" story, aka the idea you have had for a long time but haven't been able to bring yourself to write for whatever reason.

5. tell us your secret! what's your favorite sneaky (or not so sneaky!) trick that you implement in your writing to draw out an emotional response from your reader? e.g. inverting a trope, highlighting parallels, quoting canon, etc. bonus points for examples
poppyseedheart: Light installation art piece. A lightbulb on a string, pink against a dark purple background. (Default)
Hi besties!

It's been forever since I tried doing some microfic writing and I've effectively left twitter altogether at least for a while so I thought hey, why not see if I can replicate the experience of asking people for prompts and writing them little fics here? It should theoretically be easier actually since I don't need to screenshot anything. Either way you should definitely leave prompts so I can use them as writing warmups as I chip away at my kfic big bang.

Assuming anyone plays with me [insert pleading face emoji] I will eventually be uploading these to ao3 too so they're not lost, but I think it should be decently organized in the comments!

So here's the game:

Fandoms I will write for include:
  • kpop groups (skz, zb1, twice, gfriend/viviz, svt, any others you know i know)
  • critical role (any campaign)
  • k-bls now that i know some (roommates of poongduck 304, kissable lips <3, semantic error)
  • assorted sff books (teixcalaan duology, the locked tomb series, six of crows)
  • something else you know i know
  • or an original work
Leave me a comment with a fandom*, character and/or ship to focus on, and a quote or song lyric of your choice, and I'll write you a drabble or very short ficlet <3. This wil be open maybe forever?? If you're seeing this particular text then it's open and you're welcome to leave me a prompt.

*you're also welcome to ask for a missing scene/prequel scene/coda to any fic I've published.

Let's have some fun! And if you want to do this on your own journal, let me know and I'll come drop you a prompt.

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