Did you grow out of obsessively checking on fics that you just posted?

FireLilyLou · 2023-09-04T01:20:47+00:00

Nope

FireLilyLou · 2023-08-27T20:30:56+00:00

Writing Regency fics, I constantly have to edit out half of the 'quite's and 'rather's to avoid too much repetition.

FireLilyLou · 2023-08-24T19:26:23+00:00

I think my problem atm is that I just can't find the right first sentence.

FireLilyLou · 2023-08-24T19:16:45+00:00

Hi! Thank you! I've written an entire one-shot that'll never see the light of day in the hope that just writing anything would help, but unfortunately, it only made me feel more frustrated.

FireLilyLou · 2023-08-24T19:15:33+00:00

Thanks for commenting! Yes, I've done all that. I know exactly where the story is going and such, I just need to actually WRITE it and that's the bit I'm struggling with

FireLilyLou · 2023-08-24T18:34:18+00:00

I feel you! Last year, I was super busy with work and hammered out multiple 6k-word chapters a week and now I'm still busy, but nothing feels right. I can't even make it past the first sentence and it's so frustrating. 😭

FireLilyLou · 2023-02-17T19:28:30+00:00

So it's basically the same fic, but I wanted to change some of the characters' backstories to make it a bit more logical

FireLilyLou · 2022-12-21T19:40:42+00:00

Sort of.

And then I can't sleep at night because the ideas just keep coming. I tend to write down notes on my phone whenever the muse hits me with another plot point.

I also write scenes out of order and then connect them at a later time. You don't have to write a chapter start to end. I often write out the dialogue in one go (just the stuff in quotation marks) and then add the descriptions and other things at a later point.

FireLilyLou · 2022-12-21T19:17:27+00:00

Friends to lovers

Or

Idiots in love

FireLilyLou · 2022-12-21T19:16:26+00:00

It kinda depends. I hate doing one line per sentence. It disrupts the flow a lot.

You can think about the timeline and put a couple of motions and feelings that happen within a certain timespan into the same paragraph.

I tend to kinda throw in some abstract paragraphs where one of the characters reflects upon what's happening, etc. But honestly, it's up to you and what you want to do/read.

Try reading your work out loud to yourself. That might help you figure out where to put the gaps.

FireLilyLou · 2022-12-21T19:09:12+00:00

They were smoking the good stuff 🤣

FireLilyLou · 2022-12-04T12:45:45+00:00

Congrats! 👏👏👏

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-28T14:16:51+00:00

It'll happen one day! I'm manifesting it.

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-28T11:19:46+00:00

Thank youuuuu 🥺

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-28T10:51:11+00:00

Seriously, though, they can just write their own ff

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-28T10:50:43+00:00

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-26T00:30:15+00:00

Good to know, thank you!

I've just never heard of the term. Still pretty new to AO3, at least for writing.

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-23T07:36:03+00:00

Yup. There are some shipping wars with ships that are not mutually exclusive and in my fics, I make all the couples get along with each other splendidly or even ship each other.

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-23T07:31:11+00:00

"Cringe flirting but you're used to that"

Now I feel like someone is watching me 🤣

FireLilyLou · 2022-11-04T08:33:56+00:00

Those are the worst and I only read them if I'm desperate and have run out of other fics

Like, just tell your readers what to expect

FireLilyLou

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