My Dreamland ✨

IWTBY Verse on AO3 aka the NFL Fake Dating AU

Thank you so much @redfurrycat for having this done by the amazing @enthyrea

Does Taylor attend the boys wedding?

Do they ever reach out and offer support to Travis/Taylor in regards to how hounded by the media their relationships are?

How absolutely gagged was Jake the first time meeting her? (I'm of course assuming it's at some kind of party or NFL honors, if they don't reach out in regards to the media attention)

oh hell yeah let's go

Taylor totally attends their wedding. They are also def invited to the Swift/Kelce wedding.

hell yeah, I love writing questions. Show not tell is the age old classic, and it's such a delicate balance because there are times it's worth simply telling. I think my biggest pieces of advice are

-focus on action and senses. put yourself in the scene, what they're seeing/the ambiance/etc. I don't agree that adverbs are always bad but I do agree that it's an easy catch sometimes of taking out 'sadly' and instead showing they're sad. this goes hand in hand with don't say an emotion. if you find any mention of a named emotion, most of the time it can be taken out and replaced by action to show the feeling instead.

-remember you're in a character POV so when I start word vomiting I stop and think...would they be thinking this? how would they show it? how would they react? do they even understand why they're doing this or how they're feeling? and redirect

-stories are for building so focus on how their actions would shift throughout the story as it progresses, how the emotions would shift and how that would outwardly show. you want tension and a bit of 'mystery' too so play on that instead of word vomiting information. show things in pieces throughout. everything the character notices can be important whether it's things in the room, how they're taking in the other person, etc.

-anytime you have a piece of information that needs to be conveyed, stop and think okay what would be the most interesting way to show this?

-editing. I do a read-through when I'm done and take out a lot of stuff or rewrite it.

-you always want to lead with cause and then show effect. It needs to be the reason why/action first, then reaction.

-I remind myself I want the story to feel lived in. The story should jump right in, and the character wouldn't be thinking all this backstory or info dump or whatever immediately. they'd be living their life. so introduce information when it makes sense, based on something that would bring it up. Ex: they aren't going to think about this awful thing that happened to them, but maybe a few scenes later a smell reminds them of it and they clinch their fist, start thinking then stop themselves and redirect, etc. or maybe they distract themselves

-I sit and I go okay, I need to show this person is lonely. How do I do that? And I go through setting clues, or things like no texts on their phone but checking again a few minutes later. sometimes dialogue can be a good way to show instead, showing how they'd talk around something or put a double meaning on something etc. You don’t want it in your face obvious but to convey meaning. (people so often have so many reasons for saying things that aren't true or bend truth or don't say everything and that too can say so much)

Taylor and Travis getting married at Madison Square Garden on July 3 officiated by Adam Sandler was not on my bingo card but I’ll take it ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I'm very emo about this. The T&T. The massive, fun wedding. Thinking back to the ask I got years ago after the bracelet podcast during IWTBY height about if they'd get together and here we are. Very happy for them. (and selfishly this is so fun for me hahaha my fave guy from my lifelong fave team marrying my lifelong fave artist wow)

Also the Adam Sandler of it all is hilarious