What happens behind the scenes of your beautiful fics… (only for fun and not always true)
1. The writer gets an idea from a random post or a song or a movie they want to rewatch. Writer posts about the idea, rants about the idea, talk about the idea to everybody they meet but when they sit down to write they stare at a blank document for hours.
2. 100 tabs of research for one paragraph they want to make accurate. In the next paragraph, they forget what they were trying to prove with the previous one.
3. Curses thrown at characters who refuse to cooperate with the plot. “WILL YOU JUST FEEL SAD ALREADY?!”
4. 3 a.m. texts to group about a headcanon they HAVE to use six chapters later.
5. English is NOT a universal language because what the fuck is wrong with spellings?!
6. Commas, commas everywhere, not an Oxford shall be spared.
7. The writer is dead inside but they are breaking the feels vault.
8. Pining to heights higher than pine trees.
9. Who tf created communication? We revel in misunderstandings always.
10. YouTube videos of gun disassembling and baking.
11. Shades of brown and blue eyes. THE SKY IS NOT AZURE APPARENTLY!
12. Editing? We chop content like maniacs!
13. Beta hunting. Beta hunting failure. Dumping content in the pit of ravenous readers and watching the world burn.
14. Beta hunting success? 50 rants about the importance of Mario Kart in romantic success.
15. Post it post it post it!!! HOLY SHIT WHY DID I POST IT?! Thank GOD it’s posted…
16. Refresh the inbox. Refresh, you lazy ass, REFRESH!
17. One new comment *jumps over the couch* *slides along wet floor* *fumbles through fallen furniture* “more please!”
18. Thinks about posting the next chapter -> I HATE MY BRAIN WHY TF WOULD I WRITE MULTICHAPTER FICS WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!!!
19. Sits down to write the next chapter. Gets a new idea.
20. Stares into the void.
#10 is my life.
Fic writing – backstage
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