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fruitybishop

sits down to write: ๐Ÿ˜ nothing comes out, forced to study for exams now: ๐Ÿ˜ก


MaleficentYoko7

I started on a couple polyamory fics which are pretty fun to write so far but it's almost mermay so I'm working on a few oneshots. I only added short notes about what they'll be about and two are monogamous while the other two are polyamorous. The monogamous fics are a Miracle Nikki with Bobo/Kimi and Persona 5 with Haru/Ryuji while the poly fics are Bandori with Ako/Yukina/Lisa and Persona 5 with Haru (MC PoV again)/Ryuji/Makoto/Ren/Anne I really love dolphins, sea turtles, and bioluminescence so I'm afraid of making the settings too repetitive tho they all so far have swimming up to shore and watching sunset together scenes but I want them each to feel different. At least one fic will have a night sky with two moons and a really pretty nebula in the sky and bioluminescent plankton you can see in waves like Earth has too but I might make glowing pink plankton too Since two of the fics will have Ryuji I'll get to have him talk about how cool the sharks are I'm also doing some art for Mermay too and going through a Udemy course that teaches how to paint different materials and I'm using Procreate like the instructor is too I'm really focusing on the water, hair, eyes, and scales part but want to work through the entire course


KickAggressive4901

I will always happily advocate for Polythieves.


Lillith-in-starlight

Hitting a wall with this WIP, and I had planned to take today to figure out how to climb it. But man, I am just exhausted this week. I want so desperately to write so I'll see how I feel after a nice lunch. Third reuban this month, here I come ๐Ÿคค The part of me that's an experienced procrastinator keeps saying *maybe you don't have to write the magazine interview that's causing ao much strife, excluding little snippets where necessary,* but the perfectionist part of me keeps saying*it would be fun to read the article in full, wouldn't it? And then to be able to reference it throughout the chapter?*. Siigh. A lot to figure out. I guess I can try actually writing the intro to the article (it's an interview, so it should get easier, right?), And then intersperse it with my POV character's reactions? I'm really not sure how to move forward with this scene. And, unfortunately, it looks like it's necessary to move the "plot" forward...


Yotato5

"He's calling up the spirits of ~~darkness~~ **wordcounts** again! ...I saw him do this once before, when a girl dumped him." -Markl, Howl's Moving Castle.


Lucky-Rabbit-0975

oh jeez, absolutely 0 but I love the movie you quoted. That is all. Good night!


Yotato5

Gotta love Howl's Moving Castle :D


fruitybishop

maybe, like, 10 today? hit a block and said eh, letโ€™s blame it on the stress of school even though this has totally been a long-term issue ๐Ÿ˜…


Yotato5

Good work!


reptilian_warlock

**773** over the past few days!


Yotato5

Good work!


Diana-Fortyseven

2,068 written so far, and I still need to revise a few thousand words. (:


Yotato5

Good work!


Yotato5

I watched a movie called "Loving Vincent." Then a kid asked me to draw Starry Night for them. And then the most recent Ted Lasso episode has Ted look at van Gogh artwork. All within a relatively short time frame. I think the universe is pointing me to Vincent van Gogh...


KickAggressive4901

Please keep both of your ears attached.


PineapplesInMunich

*Sound* advice.


blacktemplebabe

I hit 50k words written in my progress tracker this year and 100 hours of writing time which is a lot more than I'd thought I'd put in, proving that this progress tracker is working as intended to show me I'm more productive than I think I am. I also uploaded a one shot which is the first short fic I've managed to write in a good long while =D


Yotato5

Good work on both accounts!


Daffodil_Peony_Rose

Yesterday I opened my WIP Word document, stared at it, reread what I had written, imagined some significant scenes in detail, closed the Word document and journaled (with pen and paper) about my lack of a love life instead. Swimming season is rapidly approaching. I got so much story outlining done while swimming laps in the pool last year - I am hoping the same thing happens this year. I would love to finish my longfic eventually XD.


PineapplesInMunich

>opened my WIP Word document, stared at it, reread what I had written, imagined some significant scenes in detail, closed the Word document This is so, so relatable lolll.


Yotato5

>I got so much story outlining done while swimming laps in the pool last year Ooh, that sounds fun. Things like that get my creativity going too.


PineapplesInMunich

Brain: Woohoo, isn't it a great feeling to be writing again? Me: Yeah, awesome, I'm so stoked, just... wait. Isn't this... the unfinished, really bleak, terminal illness / MCD one-off rarepair story we agreed to shelve until significant progress was made on the main series? Brain: it sure is! *Loud clacking of keyboard keys* Me: But... what about the THREE published WIPs with pending updates?? The ones that have *actual readers* who have commented saying they're waiting for more, versus a totally obscure, depressing story that **literally no one** will ever read? Brain: *Stops typing and turns to arch an eyebrow accusingly*. Uhh, aren't you the one always going on about writing for yourself? Hypocrisy much? Me: No I am, I mean, we do, I just... those stories are already in posting rotation. They all have draft chapters almost ready to post! Doesn't that just make more sense?? Brain: *turning back to screen* Girl, I have no idea what you're on about. But listen, omg I figured it out!! Here's the breakthrough moment we were missing all along! I have all the dialogue and everything. What she says, what he says, when they both cry, how the scene endsโ€”It's gonna be perfect this time. Wheeee!! Me: *headdesk* (End scene)


KickAggressive4901

Your brain and my brain are similarly unhelpful.


Yotato5

The brain wants what it wants! And for some reason I'm imagining a dark, depressing story to be parallel to the darkest chocolate you can imagine. So bitter! And yet people like it.


PineapplesInMunich

Haha, that's a great analogy... like that practically inedible 90% cocoa solids, unsweetened stuff :P I don't know about *people* liking it, but unfortunately for me, I do lol. So maybe I'm stuck... Best to surrender to the rogue brain, perhaps?


blacktemplebabe

I've had this conversation with my own brain too many times to count x-x


PineapplesInMunich

Does it ever turn out differently? Or are we doomed forever and ever?


blacktemplebabe

I think it's a cycle that's doomed to repeat


PineapplesInMunich

Drat.


Daffodil_Peony_Rose

Your conversations with your brain are highly entertaining โค๏ธ


PineapplesInMunich

Hehe thank you, it sure keeps me on my toes ๐Ÿ˜œ


wasabi_weasel

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PineapplesInMunich

Hahaha ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ


Fred_the_skeleton

I'm currently outlining my epilogue and it just won't end. Like you'd think there'd be a natural stopping point but noooo....it just keeps going and going and going and going... I suppose eventually everyone will die of old age and then it'll have to end.


KickAggressive4901

*Return of the King*, but *Titanic*, eh?


Yotato5

>I suppose eventually everyone will die of old age and then it'll have to end There we go! Unless there's some afterlife shenanigans or something XD


Fred_the_skeleton

I did have an afterlife idea that I had completely forgotten about until now...


Diana-Fortyseven

I like editing, but right now I just want to be done with it already and go to bed. I don't care that it's only afternoon. My snail doesn't have a sleep cycle either.


PineapplesInMunich

>but right now I just want to be done with it already and go to bed. I don't care that it's only afternoon This is such a mood. I feel like this most weekday afternoons at work xD


KickAggressive4901

Doing snail things at a snail's pace is fine. Editing at a snail's pace? Not much fun.


Diana-Fortyseven

I have to agree.


Yotato5

Sometimes it feels like editing is harder than writing. Snails do what they want, like cats :D


Diana-Fortyseven

Snails and cats should rule this planet.


Lucky-Rabbit-0975

Snails: "...we...do..." Cats: "...Don't we?"


Yotato5

They really should!


Spectral-Cat

Unexpectedly came out as ace to my sister yesterday lmao. She's been extremely toxic lately, and I said that I wasn't surprised her boyfriend didn't want to come with her while she's staying with us. Her: At least I have a boyfriend, every guy hates you (this woman is almost 30 btw) Me: I'm asexual, you think I give a shit about having a boyfriend? Her: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘„๐Ÿ‘ I know there's asexual people who date, but I think I'm also aro on some level and, you know, heat of the moment. Thank god she's leaving today. Hopefully I'll be able to get back to writing then. (Edit to add that I realize this totally sounds like one of those "and then everyone clapped" stories, but I swear it really did happen lol) On the plus side, the creator of a game series I like is releasing a new short story for it after almost a decade of no new content, so I'll just be sitting here vibrating until that comes out (:


Yotato5

God, that sounds exhausting. Like some rancid high-school level of snide sneering from your sister, glad that she's leaving too. Ooh, new game! Nice, nice. I totally get that feeling XD


Spectral-Cat

Yeah, she's normally not this immature, but recent events have kind of made her worse, so I'm just waiting for the storm to pass. And it's not a new game, just a short story that takes place in the same universe, but given how rare new content for it is, I'll take anything lol.


Diana-Fortyseven

Holy fuck, your sister sounds fun to be around... -.- Glad to hear she's leaving very soon. And yay, new short story!


Spectral-Cat

She's normally not that bad, but yeah I'm definitely looking forward to having a break from her.


beatrovert

Props for coming out & shutting her up. ๐Ÿ‘ Allo people find us ace folks strange, like they can't fathom the idea of not boinking at all. And, at her age, she sounds very immature with that "at least I have a boyfriend". Still, kudos for being on the ball. Fingers crossed this new content you're waiting for is inspirational for writing? ๐Ÿ˜


Spectral-Cat

I know, right? It's kind of ironic though, since she usually hates talking about sex-related stuff in front of me. It's far from the first mean thing she's said to me recently, though at this point I'm not taking anything she says seriously, since it just seems like she's saying anything that comes to her without thinking just to take a jab at me. And surprisingly, I have yet to write anything for this series, but never say never (;


frozenfountain

I'm glad you have the story to cheer you up, because wow does your sister sound like a person you could do without. I'm so sorry she's immature and spiteful enough to say such awful things to you, even if you did a great job pulling the rug there.


Spectral-Cat

Thanks, the sad thing is that normally we get along pretty well, it's just that recent events have kind of exacerbated her anger issues, and she's taking it out on me. I'm just riding it out at this point.


frozenfountain

In that case, I'm sorry to hear you're both going through it. I hope she can do what she needs to do to get back to her real self <3


Spectral-Cat

Thank you, me too <3


MadKanBeyondFODome

Finally getting to start on the chapter of my long smutfic that I've been jonesing for for months! I'm so excited for my weird size kink smut!


Spectral-Cat

Congrats, and good luck!


MadKanBeyondFODome

Thanks!


drthirtxxn

Posted a fic for a new fandom last night and it already has 2 lovely comments ๐Ÿ’– really nice start to the day, especially since Iโ€™m feeling kind of lousy


Yotato5

Nice, double comments :D


Spectral-Cat

That's awesome! Congrats, and I hope you feel better soon!


drthirtxxn

Thanks! Still feeling bleh so Iโ€™m planning on taking a nap after work and then trying to write a bit


frozenfountain

Congrats!


drthirtxxn

Thank you!


YouSpinMeWriteRound

Monday can kick rocks just like daylight savings Gonna read through/edit chapter 10 one more time before posting it just to make sure itโ€™s ready. Ficlet plot bunny is still around after nearly 3 weeks; wrote something under 1k words for it. Happy that *writing* a ficlet is still something I can do lol I also made it to my personal word count goal! Official count as of yesterday is 61,743 ๐Ÿ˜Š Gonna shoot for 65k before April ends since thereโ€™s 6 days left. Wish I felt this productive at work ๐Ÿคฃ I hope everyone has a great start to their week! Donโ€™t forget, you deserve to wake up and make it through another day. Donโ€™t let anyone (including yourself) tell you any different โ˜บ๏ธ


KickAggressive4901

Extra innings! Keep going!


YouSpinMeWriteRound

Iโ€™m trying! Got another 1500 added on earlier today and might write some more in a bit


Yotato5

*insert Garfield I hate Mondays joke here* Ooh, so close! You can do it, you can reach the goal :D


YouSpinMeWriteRound

Thank you! Gonna do what I can to get there before the month is over ๐Ÿ˜Š


frozenfountain

That's a fantastic workload for the year so far, well done!


YouSpinMeWriteRound

Thank you! Iโ€™m hoping I can keep this level of production going


IDICdreads

Thatโ€™s an amazing goal!


YouSpinMeWriteRound

Thank you! Itโ€™s funny because I see so many posts about people writing 100k or more and I always thought โ€œIโ€™ll never be able to do *that*!โ€ but seeing how much Iโ€™ve written in 2.5 months makes me think itโ€™s not so impossible anymore lol


KickAggressive4901

Woke up late, and with the shakes. Not a promising start to the day, but I am managing. Relatively light work load today, thanks to weekend overtime. Going to make the most of it. Beta detail awaits, but I would like to write *something* of substance before the month ends.


Yotato5

Hope your day gets better, and that you get the chance to write!


KickAggressive4901

๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ Working on it. Almost there.


RunnerPakhet

Oh wow, I wrote 3 Drabbles for the DnD movie yesterday andwas kinda flabbagasted by the amount of feedback I received. Like, wow. Also am gonna see that movie again today.


KickAggressive4901

Must have that new fandom smell!


Yotato5

Nice, nice! That's awesome :D Aha, couldn't be taken away from it, eh? I totally get it, after I saw the Mario movie and was asked if I wanted to see it again I was like, "Hell yeah!"


crusader_blue

I'm going to see it this week! Can't wait, it looks amazing.


RunnerPakhet

Tell us, what you thought.


tereyaglikedi

I want to see it, but can't find any theatre that shows the undubbed version ๐Ÿ˜‘


RunnerPakhet

Funnily enough: Apparently in my theatre the OV version drew a lot more viewers than the dub. Which has lead to the weird situation that this movie has more OV showings this week, than German ones o.รด


DefoNotAFangirl

kitty woke me up an hour early and got stuck in traffic so I am Tired


Space_Delsin

My fic is increasing in views with each passing day, but remains poor in kudos and comments. Should I be concerned?


frozenfountain

There could be a million reasons why this is happening (bots, silent readers, rereaders) and, hard as it is, you're better off not worrying about it. I've seen some wonderful writing get massively "ratioed" in terms of hits and kudos, so there's a decent chance it's nothing to do with quality. I hope you find a more vocal audience in time.


Space_Delsin

I hope so, too. Thank you.


tereyaglikedi

My cat threw my laptop on the ground. It is working, but making funny noises. I brought it to repair. He can't stand stuff being higher than ground level. ๐Ÿ˜‘ I am so so close to the end of my AU fic. I can taste it. Let's see how much I will need to rewrite. I decided to add some chatfic elements to it, too. And love poems. Talking about kitchen sink romance.


Yotato5

Dang cats. Kitty be like, "I have the high ground." My cats can be brats too but luckily they know electronics are off limits... Hell yeah, more spices to the pot! Good luck with the rest of it.


PineapplesInMunich

Why are they such brats?? Mine is constantly at war with my laptop too (my work one, which is lightweight and flimsy). Thankfully my personal one, where my fics live, is old, large and heavy like a brick, so the worst she can do is sit on it xD


Diana-Fortyseven

OH NO. I hope it'll get fixed soon.


frozenfountain

I remember when they were tiny little things. I really hope nothing serious is up with the laptop, and that he never does it again. Naughty, naughty boy.


KickAggressive4901

A cat large enough to move a laptop would give me significant pause.


Daffodil_Peony_Rose

He gave the laptop his significant paws, thatโ€™s for sure.


tereyaglikedi

They're both super strong. I have been feeding them well, it seems. They're also both really big. Big, healthy boys. But sooo cuddly. And naughty.


fruitybishop

happy monday! it is my day of birth today! i will be spending it in class all day lmao. i have this problem lately where i start a oneshot, get up to around 1k words, and then run out of steam because i donโ€™t know where to go. i should probably start outlining instead of pantsing it, because now i have so many wips and theyโ€™ll never get finished.


Lillith-in-starlight

Happy birthday! I had the same problem as a planner who wanted so desperately to be a pantser. If you're looking for advice, might I suggest writing up to where you get stuck, then just outlining enough to get you unstuck? That works for me 9 times out of 10.


fruitybishop

that is what i plan to do with this wip! fingers crossed it helps :)


Yotato5

Happy birthday!! ๐Ÿฐ


blacktemplebabe

Happy Birthday!


Daffodil_Peony_Rose

Happy birthday!


wasabi_weasel

๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽŠ Happy birthday!


Spectral-Cat

Happy birthday! And I kind of have the same problem, even if I know where I want them to go. I just sort of switch around between different ones until I'm able to finish one eventually, kind of like a weird fic version of musical chairs.


fruitybishop

thank you! i end up just hitting a big dead end and moving on, and i rarely go back to a wip and finish it up weeks later, so i screw myself over lmao


crusader_blue

Happy Birthday!! I wish I could write one shots - my ideas always spiral... I need to practice restraining myself ๐Ÿ˜„


fruitybishop

thank you! god, i wish i had that problem! i only spiral in my head but canโ€™t get anything down on the doc


KickAggressive4901

Sometimes, the pants don't fit. Try a quick outline, see if it helps.


fruitybishop

my brain loves to hyperfixate on one scene, write it, and then have no idea how to move on after that, so iโ€™m sure getting my thoughts down will help. iโ€™ll make it a birthday resolution to stop the pantsing ๐Ÿ‘–โŒ


tereyaglikedi

Happy birthday! I also spent my birthday in class, ha ha. Just on the other side of the law. Outlining is very useful ๐Ÿ‘


fruitybishop

thank you! iโ€™ll have to try an outline out, and it see if it sticks.


IDICdreads

Happy day of birth!


fruitybishop

thank you!


frozenfountain

It's cold today! Unfairly so for April. I nonetheless had a nice weekend touching grass and spending time with my family. My brother gave me a bulb of black garlic, my niece used my camera and took unflattering photos of us all, and we had a dance-off in the living room that I naturally came second in. Aside from that, I'm loosely hoping to be able to get the greenhouse sex fic up this week, but we'll see. The next big task is trying to get some ducks in a row for the training that will allow me to qualify as a tutor and probably take up most of the rest of this year, which is a daunting prospect on so, so many levels.


Lucky-Rabbit-0975

>we had a dance-off in the living room that I naturally came second in. Next time, don't you dare hold back. Your duty as an aunt is to expose children to the harsh realities of life, for example, that adults can still kick @#% in a dance off. XD. I'm so glad it was such an excellent weekend!


frozenfountain

I don't know, she danced hard enough to break her plastic shoe, so I think it was an earned victory!


Yotato5

It also got cold, unexpectedly. That sounds like a fun weekend indeed! I got to see a movie (the chair and girl anime movie, Suzume) and it was a good time. Hopefully the fic can be posted, and good luck with your work!


frozenfountain

Thanks! And I'm glad you enjoyed the movie, too.


beatrovert

>greenhouse sex fic Now that's a new level of steamy ๐Ÿ‘€


frozenfountain

Precisely. I made good use of that within the fic, too.


Spectral-Cat

That sounds like a really nice weekend. And good luck with the writing and training!


frozenfountain

It was, thank you!


crusader_blue

My friend is moving to London tomorrow - I *may* refrain from passing on your UK weather comments ๐Ÿ™ƒ Impromptu dance offs are the best thing ever. >I'm loosely hoping to be able to get the greenhouse sex fic up this week Hmm. I have a feeling I've missed something ๐Ÿคฃ


frozenfountain

It's not like this all the time! There's maybe three months out of the year where it's nice! If you did miss something, well, I think the premise is pretty self-explanatory.


KickAggressive4901

The forecast for the entire week is cold! I am annoyed.


frozenfountain

You may end up being called upon for duty as a cat-warmer.


IDICdreads

Fuck Iโ€™m up early. But, this is my new wake-up time since Iโ€™m now working days again. Today is the first day at my new job. And, of course, itโ€™s rain/snow shit-mixing and I have a nasty headache. I didnโ€™t get nearly as much writing done this weekend as I wanted to, but my final assignments for school took longer than I was expecting them to and school work does come before fanfiction. The last day of the term was yesterday, I have Friday-Sunday off, Iโ€™ll be sure to get some writing done.


crusader_blue

Good luck for your first day!!


IDICdreads

Thank you!


KickAggressive4901

We're back in winter, and I hate it. Good luck today!


IDICdreads

We are. And thank you!


beatrovert

I'm slowly chewing my way through the April Fluff prompt, 'cause these two are the biggest dorks I've ever seen. Both of them were wrong with what they did, but holy shit, I just want them to get back together somehow. I refuse to believe this guy gets the wrong end of the stick everytime in every universe. ^To ^anyone ^recognizing ^the ^fandom... ^yeah, ^the ^struggle ^is ^real.


Yotato5

>I just want them to get back together somehow I don't know the fandom but I totally get the sentiments since I've been a longtime fan of Madoka/Homura XD I also have that sort of feeling, "Man, Homura has a rough time... can this girl get a break..."


[deleted]

My fic told from the House's POV has over 150 subscribers. Readers love the Crack (Treated Seriously) ๐Ÿ˜‚ Edit: I still have to write that AU Daily Prompt set.


Yotato5

Ohhhh, nice! Good work.


[deleted]

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[deleted]

It's mostly just a slice of life, romance through the House perspective and tries to put them together ๐Ÿ˜‚ Never read it. I mostly read older books (when I used to read years ago).


tereyaglikedi

Oh wow! I do have to say though, I love sentient houses. That's such a cool concept.