[Tumblr Crosspost] Writing Game

Technically, @talysalankil​ tagged my personal blog but I figured it fit the topic of this one ;)

Where do you publish your work?

On AO3 and Tumblr. also, there are about 50 fics still sleeping on my Fanfiction.net account that haven’t made the move, if anyone’s into people’s reaaally old works :P

What medium/application/etc. do you write in or with?

I use OpenOffice because it comes included with Ubuntu (but realy, the default writing program of any OS will be my go to) and Google Docs when I need to share stuff. I’ve tried using other gadgets but so far, nothing has stuck :P

Do you collaborate with others?

Nah. I used to roleplay on forums before I came to Tumblr but the lack of control over storylines and characters drove me away from it tbh :P I do like brainstorming with people but that’s about it. Might do it someday tho, just to see how it works :P

How much editing do you do before you publish?

I used to post straight away (I still find typos in the fics that went unbetaed in my fandom youth, it’s painful) but nowadays I usually do two or three draft plus a spellcheck. (Flash Fic nights excepted. Those usually just get a quick spellcheck.)

For bigger projects like the Teeth of the Desert series I try to get beta readers, and for The Immortal Cup (my City of Bones rewrite) I have several friends who’ve been very helpful with the brainstorming so far (thanks, @kavkakat​, @talysalankil​ and @sarahsyna​ in particular) and who volunteered to give it a look when publication start so. I hope they’ll still be willing/able to do so when the time comes :P

Do you listen to music when you write?

Yup. I like using movies’ score/soundtrack, so long as they’re instrumental. My latest addition is the score for Avatar: The Last Airbender but I have several movie scores I can just listen to over and over tbh.

How do you decide what to write about?

Mostly on impulse. I’ll just see something that sparks my imagination and open a new document. The things I start/talk about don’t always make it to the final stage though–I can’t count the things I’ve started then discarded anymore tbh.

It’s not a bad weeding out process though. If I hit a wall with a stroy early in the planning/first-draft stage, it’s usually because it’s not an idea that I feel I should/could pursue.

When do you write? / How often do you write?

I don’t really have a set interval tbh. I once wrote something like twenty stories in less than ten days (they’re not on the web tho) but I’ve also had months/years where I didn’t write anything. Somethimes, if I have a 30days writing challenge (and vaguely accomodating circumstances) I can fill it though–at least I’ve done it once–but it’s easier if I have a challenge buddy like @fel-as-in-tumbld was the first time around.

Do you take requests? Why/why not?

I mean, I do flash fic nights so yes xD but requests for longer stories are a thing that I do less and less because I find myself having trouble writing them so. (I also have a bit of trouble turning things down from the get go but that’s really on me, not requesters.)

Is there any genre or type of story you want to write but are hesitant to?

Not really. I don’t think I’ve ever walked away from a thing I really wanted to write, even if I wasn’t familiar with the genre, and some of my experiments turned out to be pretty interesting in my opinion–at the very least, I’m still happy with that one–so there’s that.
Honestly my hang ups about writing usually stem from anxiety and/or self-worth issues more than actual doubt in my writing abilities.

Any inspirational quotes, videos, tricks, articles, etc. that help you stay motivated?

Not really xD

Writing is one of the few activities where I actually manage to motivate myself, even when a particular fic is kicking my ass :P

Go to page 7 of your WIP, skip to the 7th line, share 7 sentences, and tag 7 more writers to continue the challenge.

Somehow I feel like I’ve already posted this extract somewhere but ehre we go anyway–this is from From the first grain of sand, the second installment in Teeth of the Desert, which is currently in beta.

This time when Luke looks up, the eagerness he catches on Han and Chewbacca’s faces eases something in his chest that feels almost like his kryku dreams. Luke smiles.

“On one occasion, the Masters sent Luakka particularly far, and they came face to face with Raamaro. Raamaro didn’t know, then, about Slaves and Masters. She knew Luakka was no child of Tatooine, and that was all. She drew on the breath of the desert hidden in her chest and breathed a storm so strong it lasted for seven nights and seven days without respite. Luakka hid in a cave and waited for the storm to pass. […]”

Answer time: Shadowhunters chronicles

Sent by barnesandpunks :

would you recommend watching shadowhunters? cause I read the books and I don't really like the casting but every time I see your liveblogging I feel like watching it but I'm still not sure ^^"

I’m always a bit on the fence as to this question, honestly.

On the one hand, I think the franchise has a ton of potential, and the show could still turn out to be pretty decent if the writers would just pull themselves together and actually try to do their job well (and that’s before any consideration of social justice, my main point of focus, comes into play). There’s a reason why I’m still working on a rewrite three years after I first got the idea :P

On the other hand though, it’s objectively not a good show. At the very least, I have a lot to say about its flaws (warning for ALL the spoilers at the link). Granted, it’s being adapted from pretty bad books, but so far this season the writers have shot every attempt at making sense in the foot and turned it into a ‘who’s the rudest/most ridiculous butt’ contest which, as you’ve seen, annoys me quite a lot x)

 

I guess it all depends on much the flaws bother you vs. how much you enjoy the good bits/the bits you’re here for. On the whole I think the best way for you to decide is probably to watch the first episode and see if it’s something you feel like sticking with :P

(PS: I hope you don’t mind me answering publicly but I figure this might be interesting to other people so :P)