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This guide is 6,700 words of wisdom on writing both fanfic and original works intended for everyone (18+ because it contains a girthy section on writing smut). Whether you're a total beginner or have dabbled in writing in the past and just want some extra tips and tricks, this guide is for you.
If you have no idea who I am and are wondering why you should listen to me, cool! Sounds like you're a critical thinker. I'm Cross. I write stuff. And draw stuff. I've only been in the Gallavich fandom for a few years, but everyone here is super chill and welcoming, and most people seem to like when I put words online. My actual credentials are listed in the guide itself.
If you want to read some of my past work, here is the link to my Ao3.
If you just wanna get to the good stuff, click below!
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Hi!! šŖ and š for the writer emoji ask game please!
Yay!!! More questionsā¦
šŖWhat motivates you to write? Writing buddies (ie the Jessicule), commentsāyes, I am a comment whore, feeling like I am accomplishing creating something that gives me joy and hopefully makes others feelā¦ something. (Not often joy with me, š )
šWhatās something you learned while researching for a fic? Wait, Iām supposed to research? I didnāt get that memo š. Okay, for the Gallavich Gift Exchange, my prompt was to write a fic where Ian gets a job in the prison where Mickey is. I happen to love the fic I ended up writing based on the prompt - itās Last Day.
What I learned is there is no way in hell that would happenāIan would never be able to pass a background check. Did I take that piece of knowledge and put it to good use? Nope, definitely not! Threw it right out the window! Well, kinda sorta. Lip did the hard work in that front.
šļø Whatās a trope you havenāt written but want to? Easyāprobably my favorite m/m trope. It often doesnāt work as well with m/f. I am such a huge sucker for friends to loversā¦ and there are not nearly enough Gallavich fics along this line if you ask me. Though after whining about it, @runninonemptyy kindly wrote one - Nothing Left to Lose
šYour coworkers or classmates stumble across one of your fics, but donāt know youāre the author. Do you fess up? Or keep quiet. Quiet as a mouseā¦ maybe even quieter. I am just going to show myself right out the room. I wasnāt thereā¦ you didnāt see me. I am just a whisper on the windā¦
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Hi all! It is my turn to post and I'm excited to share with you the story that's been a year in the making! With gorgeous cover art by the ever-talented @gallapiech š.
I hope you will join me for some Gallavich IIINNN SPAAACE! I hope it's accessible even if you haven't read Freefalling (For You)... It is a sequel, but it's also a prequel.
Slightly under half is available now, the rest will be posted when I can edit it... Probably in two big chunks rather than chapter by chapter.
Constant Acceleration (Towards You)
(35385 words) by AnniseFreya
Summary: It's not an easy life, running cargo through space to the very edge of the sun's influence. Eighteen months ago, when Lip wanted to leave their ship, the Fiona Gallagher, Ian didn't think they'd be able to find another mechanic as skilled. Until luck delivers them Mickey. And don't get him wrong, he's brilliant at his job... but Ian needs more than that from the only other person on board his ship. Like an actual conversation that doesn't revolve around maintenance schedules.
In the present, a few weeks after an engine breakdown and a stressful space walk led Ian and Mickey to finally admit their feelings for each other, they reach the relative safety of Odyssey Station. They're hoping for some R&R, and time to enjoy the relationship they're just starting to build together. Odyssey has other plans. Dr Svetlana Yevgenivna needs passage to Earth for herself and some important research. And just to add insult to injury, Svetlana brings a complication even she doesn't know about.
Chapters: 11/?
Fandom: Shameless (US)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich, Ian Gallagher & Mickey Milkovich, Svetlana Yevgenivna & Mickey Milkovich, Svetlana Yevgenivna & Ian Gallagher, Ian Gallagher & Lip Gallagher
Characters: Ian Gallagher, Mickey Milkovich, Svetlana Yevgenivna, Lip Gallagher, Carl Gallagher, Debbie Gallagher, Mandy Milkovich
Additional Tags: Shameless Big Bang (Shameless US), Alternate Universe - Space, Pilot Ian Gallagher, Mechanic Mickey Milkovich, Gallagher family space business, Bipolar Ian Gallagher, Space Ships, Space Stations, Alternating timelines - prequel and sequel, Alternating POV (different timelines), in space no one can hear you pine, the pining was mutual they're both just idiots, additional tags for the different storylines in the chapter notes
Series: Part 3 of Gravitational Pull
Additional tags for sequel: Unwanted passenger, Svetlana third-wheeling real hard, Pregnancy (it's not Mickey's or Ian's), no strong smut but lots implied (starting in the opening scene)
Additional tags for prequel: Strangers to colleagues to friends, the 'to lovers' part is implied by the sequel, competence kink
And if that's not enough, there is a little teaser snippet under the cut.
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āDr Yevgenivnaās research is at a critical point, and we need to send her and some equipment back to Earth at the earliest possible opportunity.ā
Mickey glances from Lochley to Svetlana, frowning.
āWhatās that got to do with us?ā he asks. āWe aināt a passenger transport.ā
āNo,ā Lochley replies. āBut you do have the facilities to transport an extra person and the equipment required.ā
A bubble of something forms and builds behind Mickeyās sternum. Thereās pressure in his chest, heat in his skin. The very idea makes him itch. A stranger on their ship. Their home. Fucking up the cosy world he and Ian had made together. An extra mouth to feed. An extra voice to listen to.
āAbsolutely fucking not,ā he says.
He doesnāt have the diplomacy voice like Ian does, but he doesnāt care. Heās not accepting a fucking passenger on his ship, and he doesnāt quite understand why Ianās sitting there with a thoughtful, unhappy frown, rather than saying the exact same thing.
Editing is taking me a while, so I've decided to post smaller batches. That said, this was gonna be up to 18, but I think 17 needs more work, so hopefully that will follow in not too long.
Thanks to everyone who's read and especially commented and kudosed šš„°. I love you and it really helps with the motivation!!
There was just something about Mickey that dayāIan didnāt just think it was about distance making the heart grow fonder. Or about how sexy plain old competency was turning out to be.
Ian could tell that Mickey was legitimately enjoying himselfāand not just because he was helping Ian, but because Ian had given him a challenge, and there was nothing that Mickey loved more than a challenge. The itch to touch him, feel his body, smell his skin, was starting to get distracting. Ian really wanted to be a distraction.
Mickey never thought heād find himself where he is. In the middle of nowhere, isolated, forced to use a fake identity, having given up everything he ever knew.
But heās starting to get used to it. In fact, heās come to accept that this is now his life. Little does he know that a stray dog and a redheaded veterinarianāone who has a past of his ownāare about to change all of that, whether heās ready for it or not.
hi! I hate that you're planning to not write something because of me š. Tell me more about your music teacher idea!!
No, donāt feel that way! I would much rather read yours than attempt to write mine ā and you and I both know I have plenty still to write on WTFAā¦ I feel like I will be writing that forever.
But, here was my idea (no clue how similar yours might be) -
At his sonās 8th grade concert for gifted musicians, Mickey Milkovich spies the very delicious looking back, shoulders, thighsā¦ you get the picture, of a redheaded conductor.
A talented young musician, Yev, is offered the opportunity to take private lessons with said conductorāwhich Mickey thinks is a waste of money but his ex-Svetlana, is pushing for. Mickey has no interest rocking the boat with her so he agrees to pay for the lessons.
Working class Mickey doesnāt get classical music but he does get very into the conductor (well more like vice versa š)ā¦ and well we know what happens from there.
Thatās pretty much what I hadā¦ well, I do have an idea for a third act break-up in thereā¦ because you know me, I like drama!
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Because I've just had some Oolong Peach Milk Tea, can you tell me about Heās Just A Peach for the WIP ask game? šš
Well that sounds delightful (your beverage)!
Picture a old rich bitch of a lady who is tremendously enamored with a young and upcoming artistāsaid artist with raven hair, icy blue eyes, tattoos for days, and a peach of a ____ (you can fill in the blank š).
Enter a harried museum director who desperately needs $$ to keep the doors open but has to work with this asshole of an artist (hot š„ asshole of an artist) and who his largest donor claims is ājust a peach.ā š
ā¦ I have actually written a chapter and change of this one. Thanks for asking!
For the WIP snippet, Redhead on the Corner. Love that title , tease us more
It is not nearly as exciting as it sounds ā I was at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and it was clear that a couple of cuties were meeting up for a date at the corner across from the gardens.
So my idea was, Mickey sees Ian on the corner, waiting for what turns out to be a blind date. Mickey pretends to be said date. And then I proceeded to write a chunk of it in the stunning gardens (picture I took below).
RULES: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous, and tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then you post a snippet or tell them something about it. (for art, too!)
Thanks for the tag @dani-moonstars!
I have one WIP going that I have been working on for more than a yearāstarted posting it last summer though. For anyone interested, itās Where Things Fell Apart ā and its gotten pretty damn long (about 150k) if anyone is looking for a binge.
But my WIP folder is not otherwise completely empty - I have two others that I actually started:
Heās Just A Peach
Redhead on the corner
With this in mind, I am counting my total WIPs as three (3).
Other things floating around in there:
Hockey Teacher Story Idea ā this one I am actually kind of obsessed with but I know jack all about hockey so I can't imagine ever writing it
Music Teacher ā but the amazing @annisefreya already wrote Keeping Score so I am confident that idea will never get written
Okay, thatās it. Iām surprised thereās even that much! I am tagging @spacerockwriting, @thisaintmacys, and @annisefreya.
If you werenāt tagged, that doesnāt mean you shouldnāt share!Ā
Tried something new for Gallavich Newbies Week! Iāve always loved this poem, and the idea wouldnāt leave my brain. Thank you @gallavichthings for hosting this and so many other amazing events for the fandom!
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Mandy was far better at finding people that she shouldnāt trust, than finding people that she should. And the world had beaten her up and bruised herāand thatās when Svet walked back into her life, or rather, when Mandyād walked back into Svetās.
It hadnāt been instantaneousāMandyād smartened up a little at leastābut Mandyād learned to trust Svet. Svet, who had never been that hooker with the heart of gold like Mandyād seen in the movies. Svet, who had been the siren that had wormed her way into the Milkovich house, but never their heartsāSvet had been too smart for that.
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Iāll put this on my top one favorite gallavich art, totally not obsessed with myselfš¤£. Anywayy it did take me seven hours to complete and I am washed out.
