This was such a sweet message to wake up to <3 Thank you anon! I hope you’ve been well too.

I’m actually writing fic along with the original stuff I don’t post now, it’s just all been for Genshin Impact. Mostly just smutty oneshots but I’ll be posting some longer stuff too for a big bang soonish. ^^ I primarily write Albedo/Xingqiu and post on ao3 as creamyalbedo, but I write a few other pairings too.

Anon, thank you so much for this ;-; It really made my day!!! I can’t express enough what a confidence booster this was, especially since I’m struggling in the middle of planning a longer story rn <3 I’m so glad to hear you’ve been reading for so long!! Even when I haven’t talked with people directly or only on anon, it’s just really cool to know there’s that kinda history lol.

I’ll admit I’ve thought about moving stuff onto AO3 before, but have just avoided it out of embarrassment. Writing fics for shinee is really the first time I ever tried writing stories or anything, so looking back at it can feel a bit...oof, even if I am fond of an older story (tho I feel that way looking at present stuff too).

So...thank you anon for the little push/encouragement. ^^ I will work on at least getting my longer stories up there so they’re easier to read!

I felt some weird self-created pressure to keep only the ‘highest quality’ stuff I’ve done on there, but I mean...it IS an archive, so it’s fair to put everything up haha. And tumblr is kinda a tough place to read fics on (also calling myself out for never updating my masterlist).

Ty for the request!! I wanted to respond right away so I don’t forget (since I’m not on tumblr as much anymore) but also don’t want to promise anything since I have so many WIPs at the moment.

If I do try and fill this, it’ll probably be for that skies of arcadia/pirate verse, set on the first night jongyu met. ^^ It’ll also probably be a while away.

Also...if you ended up here through my genshin fics (just guessing because of the topic of the request), I’m super impressed since I don’t really advertise my pseud lmao.

Thank you so so much <3 Hearing this made my night!

Thanks so much! And sorry as always for the late response, lol. Not doing so hot since I got my first rejection the other day, but trying not to take it too hard.

I’m so glad it helped some! I always feel like I’m making up bs writing and especially giving advice about it lol. ^^ My taemythos thing is coming along and will hopefully turn out alright, though it’s definitely a different kinda thing than I’ve posted the past year or two. I’m happy to share it though and will definitely share here if I ever get lucky and publish.

Ty for saying such nice things about my stories, messages like these are what I always come back to when I feel like quitting ;-;

Usually it’s a mix of both! I start off writing whatever scenes are in my head/what I feel inspired by, then I plan out more as it starts to come together. The first ones are usually about the dynamic of the romance, the main conflict, or the premise. I’ve tried to get better about outlining now that I’m doing 99% longer projects and am trying to get published, but I’m not sure how great I am at it, and I definitely reach points where I feel stuck.

For example, with the current thing I’m rewriting, it started when I wanted to explore blood magic as a thing that isn’t just 100% evil (which a lot of fantasy stories make it into). What ended up coming out of that thought was the idea of a partnership between a mage and the person whose blood they use for magic, and the first scenes I wrote kinda dealt with how they feel about each other (since that’s complicated) and what they’re using blood magic for (cause it’d have to be for a good reason to not be unethical).

Once you have the big scenes, it’s a matter of ordering them and linking things together.

I knew I wanted to keep the introduction of the monsters and the revelation of how to fix them as separate scenes. But there had to be something between them, so I had to think of a conflict that would be enough to support a scene, or things that I wanted to explore/felt like needed to happen. One of the characters is lying about something, so that confrontation comes up. I need them to get closer, so one of them gets sick because of something that happened in a previous scene and there’s some fun hurt/comfort moments.

The most important things is that there’s kinda logical order to connect the scenes, imo, and a traceable cause-and-effect pattern. You’ll have to set up the reason for the next scene in the one before it...which sounds kinda obvious, but it helps a lot in “stringing” the key scenes together. Even if it’s just an emotional cause, it’s important to have that there.

Not all scenes have to be a result of something the character does, of course—I’d assume there’s other character or antagonists with their own agenda that drives things, too—but I think it’s best if most of them are, to ensure there’s a balance between external/setting causes for scenes and character-driven ones.

Like with the scene I mentioned above, where the character is sick—it’s a lot more interesting to make their sickness a consequence of decisions they made in the previous scene. Both because consequences are fun, and because it effectively “links” the sick scene and the previous scene together better.

I feel like I’m not great at structure/plotting things, so I’m not sure how useful this advice will be, lol. It’s definitely a skill that takes a lot of practice. Some books I’d recommend on the subject are Story Genius, Plot and Structure, and The Last Draft. Even if you don’t end up using the recommendations in it, it prompts you to think about what you do want and value in a story. I think I also kinda talked about related things in the past at https://shitfics.tumblr.com/post/182398989201/hi-im-a-fanfic-writer-who-is-trying-to-break-into. 

Sorry this post is all over the place and it took me a while to get to...I’ve been really out of it lately and down about writing things. I hope it helps some at least! Thanks for asking, too <3 I’m always happy to talk about writing and brainstorm and things.

Aw, thank you for thinking of me! It's always really sweet to hear when people are reminded of stuff I've done, especially when it's an old one.

Unfortunately, I don't have any plans to participate in summer of shinee this year. :( I'd really love to since it's always been fun, but I think I need to skip this one for my mental health, and since I'm already juggling a bunch of other WIPs. Querying is also draining the hell out of me, even though I haven't sent out many and haven't gotten any direct rejections yet, lol.

I do plan on entering something for the Taemythological fest (https://twitter.com/taemythos) since I had an idea inspired from a game which fits the theme and I feel like I'll have an easier time handling a self-prompt rather than trying to fill one. Already had a few thousand words written for the idea when I saw the fest announcement, so figured I might as well.

Thank you again for taking the time so send a message, I really appreciate it! <3

Omg thank you so much!! This is so sweet and encouraging and I'm really really grateful <3 I'm glad they can give you comfort and I'm sorry you're having a rough time rn. I hope things ease up for you soon.

Sorry I was late to responding, I've blocked myself from tumblr/twitter most days to try and focus on writing. ^^;

Thank you so so much ;-; You're too sweet!! That one's really personal to me so it always means a lot to hear that.  I had a lot of fun writing it and it's so nice to know people are still enjoying it. ^^

I think he continues giving blood for a while at least! After a few months, I think it's less frequent though he could still use the money, especially once Jong expresses comfort with biting him lol. He values the fun of that over the extra cash and doesn't have long left in his master's program at that point.

They have each other's contact info, so they start keeping in touch via texting and everything and start to see each other regularly. ^^ I imagine they make pretty regular "hanging out" kinda dates even when they're busy -- just being at each other's place while working on grading/homewrok (for Jinki) and writing (for Jong).

Thanks for taking the time to send a message

Thank you so much!! I'm really happy you enjoyed it

I imagine it's just kinda the thing where drinking and/or exchanging blood with a vampire will turn you into one. It takes a few days for everything to settle and is very uncomfortable so not many people want to do it, lol. Jong was super into the vampire dude he started dating when he was like early 20s and thought it'd be worth it. The other guy was the same age as him (like in regular age) and had recently been turned.

He was a kinda artsy type and was very excited about his whole eternity ahead of him and stuff. Once he met Jong and they started dating, they both kinda got swept up in the romance of it all and the idea of "forever" so they just went for it. I imagine they just kind of grew apart with time and eventually broke up when they realized they weren't compatible anymore. I think the guy probably enjoyed his immortality a lil too much (in terms of getting wild) and Jong was not about that.

I don't have plans to continue it unfortunately…still working on wrapping up the third (yuck) draft of the thing I've been working on forever and am tryin my hands at another original thing that might work out to be a trilogy. That'll occupy me for the next several years I'm sure, tho I might drop in now and then with some small standalone fics. ^^;

Ty again for taking the time to read and send a message