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Anonymous · 3mo
Are there any tropes that you avoid writing or that you consider are too hard to write? Do you plot your fics or let the wind take you? Is there a pairing you've always wanted to write and haven't ?
Quite often it's not so much tropes that I avoid rather than plot types that I don't think I am very good with. Anything that's action heavy is never going to be my forte, and neither is heavy angst. I do want to challenge myself in writing these genres a little more but I just think I'm not very good at doing it! For example I would love to write a fic loosely based on the movie Shelter (2007) but it would require enough angst that I keep on scaring myself from writing it.
I do plot my fics if they're going to be anything more than a 2-5k one shot. I tend to have a loose time line and points I want to hit as an outline, and when I think of lines for the story I add them there to use later as I tend to try and write in order (although I don't always). The few times I've not plotted much it took me literal years to finish the story so having an idea of where I'm going does help me, but I also can't have too much detail in the outline!
As for a ship... Lately I've been thinking a lot about humkeng but it's one of those where I'm like. I don't know I can do justice to the Kei in my head so I don't know that I ever will manage. But I'd like to one day!
Anonymous · 3mo
what are your favorite tropes to read/write about?
Gonna be really boring and vanilla about this but one of my favourite tropes is that communication is sexy... Two guys that talk their feelings out and it gets them all flustered and happy and a little horned up, it's just so good to me!!! I also really love the whole future fic/post enlistment trope, it's incredibly up my alley!
Oh and I love weddings. I looooooooooove weddings and tropes revolving around weddings. It's always so over the top and can be so dramatic and grandiose because if not then, when!
Anonymous · 3mo
Hi! Ellie. I was one of the people who recs your fic on the survey, I wanted to tell you that you’ll always be one of my fav author ever. Please never lose the sparks in your writing, I’ll always cheering on you :)
Anonymous · 3mo
how did u get into writing fanfics? i love ur work btw:)
Long long long very long time ago in the early 00's when I was still a bitty wide eyed octopus I got obsessed with the TV show Dark Angel. It made me want to talk about it, and to explore its world as it had a really interesting premise, so I started trying to get more comfortable writing in English as I joined forums dedicated to the show, which is where I discovered fanfiction! And I've not looked back since
Anonymous · 4mo
You accepted my follow request ages ago, but you didn't follow me back and it makes me sad because I want to agree with you where you can see it and ask you stuff about &Team, but I am also locked so you can't see anything I say :( :( --Katiegeeks on twitter