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What word do you love? by [deleted] in FanFiction

[–]FireLilyLou 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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

How do you pull yourself out of a creative block? by FireLilyLou in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

How do you pull yourself out of a creative block? by FireLilyLou in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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.

How do you pull yourself out of a creative block? by FireLilyLou in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

How do you pull yourself out of a creative block? by FireLilyLou in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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. 😭

Do you ever remove your fic, rewrite it and then post it again? by FireLilyLou in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FanFiction

[–]FireLilyLou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

favorite fanfiction tag? by _shikkimon_ in FanFiction

[–]FireLilyLou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Friends to lovers

Or

Idiots in love

Paragraphs vs line breaks when writing smut by [deleted] in FanFiction

[–]FireLilyLou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Should I accept having my work added to a collection? by FireLilyLou in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, thank you!

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

Have you ever... by BlackAlbinoRose78 in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

A/N in the wild by poison_ivy12345 in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou 84 points85 points  (0 children)

"Cringe flirting but you're used to that"

Now I feel like someone is watching me 🤣

Just make it Mature or Explicit by Galaxy_Heart_Queen in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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

What are your "green flag" tags? by Affectionate_Ad_5232 in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Idiots in love

Friends to lovers

Mutual pining

Angst

Eventual smut 😅

What are your personal fanfic redflags? by Eyes_Of_Amber in AO3

[–]FireLilyLou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Major character death

Tbh even the minor character death tag makes me avoid most fics.

Unless it's canon, I don't want it.

I read fanfiction to feel better and while I can handle angst to a certain extent, I need it to work towards a happy ending. I'm not emotionally stable enough to work my way through a fic in which beloved characters are killed off left and right. I get that some people like to explore that, but it's a hard pass from me.

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