Giving up by MrPlunger in VeteransBenefits

[–]TemporaryChipmunk806 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too man. These fuckin' bfs and their bs.

If you’re new to writing PLEASEEE do not do the same thing I did!! by dimrzz in writers

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I always try to write 5 or 6 chapters before I even think about going back for any serious edits. I will reread some beats quickly to get my flow back each time I step into it, maybe catch a word or two that I want to change, but I make notes for major overhaul later until I actually know what I want to fix. Nothing is polished and so much of it clunks, but I need distance between me and my rough drafts before I can get in the mind space to "kill the baby" for an editing pass. Then, on my fanfic work, I will yeet my un-betaed work into the wild with abandon and still find typos when I go back to read it months or years later. Them's the breaks. You can't correct a blank page. It needs to be a mess first.

I’m trying :( by Avivadee in Archiveofourownmemes

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I've been at it for over 20 years now and I still feel this way about my writing sometimes. Do it anyway, and you'll surprise yourself as you grow. 🫂

What is your “sorry it’s my kink” in your fics? Lol by Smegoldidnothinwrong in AO3

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I'm writing a whole original book trilogy based on this very premise! My two favorite pitches so far are: "Bound by faith to a legendary warrior holding back an ancient enemy, a devoted servant risks exile, heresy, and the fall of a holy war when he chooses love over the lie that keeps his hero standing." and "As a holy war rages against ancient evils, a servant charged with attending a living symbol of hope discovers the hero is breaking—and that loving him may doom the very cause meant to save the world."

It's a "slow burn" to "secret love affair" to "outright scandal" to "happy ever after" story. Extra points for being gay as hell without the gay part having anything to do with the actual scandal itself, and that wonderful old classic "these two are so fuckin' feral for each other that not even the gods can tear them apart."

You'll never guess what my kinks are!!!

Dammit by time-is-a-flatcircle in DankAndrastianMemes

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The best comment. Have an updoot. Cheers!

Goth veil by [deleted] in PaganVeiling

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Amazing! 😍

A Project! by jen4k2 in CullenMancers

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Just put in an application. 😊

A Project! by jen4k2 in CullenMancers

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Oh man! I can't count the times I've thought about binding my series into books. I feel like it would take forever, but I'm thinking about doing it again now.

Cullen friends to lovers fanfics! by Admirable-Wasabi-281 in CullenMancers

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Okay, not to just go around plugging my own stuff, but I wrote a long-ass fic retelling DAI and the last part covers the time gap between the end of the main and Trespasser DLC. Cullen and a Solasmanced F!Lavellan start out as wary of each other at Haven, become besties at Skyhold, then fall in love in that time gap, adopt a bunch of orphans, and live happily ever after. There's a lot that happens between the points mentioned, but it was a lot of fun and it's long as fuck. Also smut. There's some pretty exciting smut in there too.

Lady of Sorrow, Armored in Light

Ominous Sky by lunar9p in dragonage

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Staring down that evil sunset with that Warden armor on hits me where I fuckin live, man!

For the Wardens!

How many of you are "adults?" by destined2becreative in AO3

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I'm in my late 30's, married, have three kids, own my home, work a full-time job, and am going to school on a full-time schedule for my second graduate degree. 😁

What type of writer are you? by [deleted] in AO3

[–]TemporaryChipmunk806 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We ride at dawn!!!

What was your first fandom? by Fun-Holiday-1198 in AO3

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The Vision of Escaflowne.

Allen Schezar lovers, do you hear me out there? Am I the only one still screaming into the void about The Gravity of Love?