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I’m not a perfectionist, but finding a typo or a grammatical error in my own already-published fic is like stepping on a Lego honestly
omg i love this but sameeeeee
it's the season of writer's block!
WHY ARE THE UNFINISHED FICS USUALLY THE BEST I’M-
This is me but for fanfictions that I haven’t even started to write, and probably never will write
I want to read a fic but I want to read MY fic that I haven't finished yet
the two fanfic moods
Goal: write short one-shot
me: Instructions unclear, have written over 3000 words with no signs of the plot wrapping up
or
goal: write long multi-chapter saga
me: 100 words, take it or leave it
i complain about the writers of my life as if i don't make life a living hell for the characters that i create
i just churned out 3000 words in one sitting. my eyes and head are burning and ive never felt worse, but i've also never felt better
Scratch that, Dani’s a lying hoe
When a side character starts getting more interesting than the main character
I don't even do outlines anymore, but this still happens. Planning means nothing; never has.
I just updated my fantasy novel! (Still working on editing the 1 part cuz I’m not very convinced. Will probably edit this newest one more too)
Me writing the most traumatic experience for my protagonist:
Writer things
Me doing research/studying for my novel:
-I’m just gonna read this passage of this book
Three hours later*
-Oh fuck
Me with my fantasy novel lmaooo
“How’s your WIP going?”
"Have you made any progress?”
“How close are you to being done?”
All my characters, in a car together: Oh no, dragon! What do we do? We're going to die! My main character: I want to distract the dragon by dancing with my crush and going crazy The love interest: I don't want to dance with you when a dragon is trying to eat us! My main character, dancing in circles: Too bad, I'm doing it!
the guilt I feel when I’m doing something else instead of writing is there, it’s just not strong enough to make me stop doing that something else and start writing. so it’s just there; enough to make me feel guilt, but not enough to make me write.
thus most of the times, I’m doing something else while feeling guilty knowing I should be writing.
Oh ho ho, as soon as I find the energy and motivation to hyperfixate on my hobbies again it’s all over for you fucks
Call me out like this, why don’t you?
And I can’t even be mad because this post reads like a gentle embrace as fingers ghost over lines we’ve drawn and sunken eyes and tells you it’s all going to be okay
This probably sounds weird but- I really like drawing scars, making them more exaggerated and sharp. It’s cathartic I think, it makes me feel better about my own scars. By realizing the character I’m drawing has also gone through some stuff, but they’ve healed. They made it through it. And so did I. It makes me happy seeing a character with imperfect skin, lumps and discoloration from scars and how the nerves don’t flare up the way they used to, all of that stuff.
PSA
You fought and you made it. I’m glad to see you here on the other side of that dark tunnel.
Whatever it might be that you’ve gone through, I’m proud to see how far you’ve come. It doesn’t matter if it’s just baby steps, anything at all, that’s what matters
Don’t worry to hard about falling back down. It happens. Shit gets tough. These paths aren’t always smooth. Just take your time.
Can confirm, literally anyone with ocs is silently spending every spare moment wishing they could tell you everything they love about their little imaginary babies and how far they’re going
Hey, can y’all rb this if it’s okay to send you messages asking about your ocs, cause on god I wanna interact with y’all but I am terrified of being annoying lol
After much deliberation and manic procrastinating I now present my official list of favourite charcter archetypes:
Character who does objectively good things and is on the side of good but is still an objectively terrible person
Gruff loner parent who adopts other characters and care about them deeply in their own way and it's really heartwarmingly obvious but they will never actually say it
Absolutely feral rough and tumble fighter who is misunderstood as a troublemaker, gets mad when their friends are hurt and will sacrifice themselves at the drop of a hat but would never admit it
At some point had big protagonist energy but all their friends are dead or gone and are just trying their hardest after getting in over their head but still wanting to do good in the world
Gods who literally couldn't give two shits about your problems and what humans these days are up to
Someone who has escaped a terrible situation and hated the person they were when they were in said situation and is trying to be better but has terrible self-worth and succumbs to the power of friendship™ and a well written recovery arc
Prick "I know more than you" academics who are snarky and absolute smug little shits especially to the antagonists but have a heart of gold
Antagonist that everyone but the person they "work for" knows is the one who's really in charge
Character who can and will easily kill you in 101 ways with their bare hands but will feel bad about it afterwards (bonus points if PTSD and their personality is absolute baby) That one shapeshifter who's just here to have fun, cause some chaos and prank everyone
That one shapeshifter who can transform into one (1) thing and that one thing is an absolutely fucking terrifying beast of some kind when they go Apeshit
Flirty pretty femme boy or girl who probably doesn't care about gender at all so long as they get to look fabulous and tease people they think are cute
A group of 'orphans' who findfamily in each other (feat. Intimidating but objectively good parent who has unofficially adopted everyone, older sibling child trying to take care of everyone, the chaotic dumbass, the innocent bean, the one who's having none of their bullshit, etc.)
Amnesiacs who are just trying to move on with their lives and turn over a new leaf and are honestly terrified of finding out the truth of who they were in the past
Reblog this with the elevator pitch of your OC verse because at this point I am very interested and you just know you want to talk about it
Having an OC story and characters that you’re overly invested in is really just being in a fandom hell with yourself and no one else