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SEND ME A SHIP AND A NUMBER AND I'LL WRITE A SHORT FIC

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molliehooper:

soulmates au

childhood best friends au

teacher/student au

teacher/single parent au

one night stand and falling pregnant au

meeting at a coffee shop au

fake relationship au

roommates au

meeting online au

high school popular kid/nerd au

partners in crime au

writer and editor au

co-stars au

lab partners au

meeting in the E.R/A&E au

brand new neighbours au

meeting at a party whilst drunk au

waking up with amnesia au

parents meeting when they take their kids to class au

dysfunctional relationship au

best friends sibling au

two miserable people meeting at a wedding au

meeting on a train ride au

literally bumping into each other au

librarian/avid reader au

sitting on the same park bench au

meeting at a support group au

knocking on the wrong door au

going away to war au

tourist/knowledgeable local au

prostitute/client au

doctor/companion au

celebrity/fan au

meeting at a masquerade ball au

one of them trying to get the other one off of drugs au

living in a society where their love is taboo au

meeting in prison au

cop/person getting a speeding ticket au

long distance relationship au

exes meeting again after not speaking for years au

ghost/living person au

star-crossed lovers au

falling in love with their best friend’s partner au

one of them being diagnosed with a terminal illness au

pretending to hate each other au

nanny/single parent au

meeting at a festival au

meeting again at a high school reunion au

boss/intern au

going through a divorce au

#ask me stuff

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idiopath-fic-smile

you know those articles on the toast, like how to tell if you’re in a brontë novel, how to tell if you’re in a hemingway novel, etc? reblog if it’s okay for people to write one of those about your work, like “how to tell if you’re in a fic by ____”

#lol yes absolutely #ask me stuff

artwheat

do you want it or not

#further adventures in nori favoritism

thebusylilbird

Can we talk about Bilbo awkwardly standing next to Thorin in the throne room tho ? I like to think that Thorin told him briskly “Come, Master Baggins” as he walked by and nothing more and Bilbo followed and ended up there without even knowing what he had been called for, without realizing that Thorin’s sickness makes him want to have Bilbo around just like a gem he would possess and treasure, just like the arkenstone that should also be next to him in this very room.

leaper182

This post actually made me think of something. Thorin doesn’t know that Bilbo has the Arkenstone, but what if he could unconsciously sense its presence, and that’s why he wanted Bilbo near him?

meressel

If I ever do expand the creepy Arkenstone ficlet to full length, it will be Fucked Up Bagginshield and this will be part of it.

#fucked up bagginshield is the only kind of bagginshield we write here at elsajeni industries

For the "Ask the Writers" meme, #4 and #5?

4. Which of your stories would you most like to see made into a movie?

Oooh. I mean… all of them? Let’s see, going down the list and picking some favorites: I would really enjoy the Wraith Squadron AU, that’s for sure, although since it’s just a tiny ficlet I guess I’d need to write a movie-length version of it first. Shomakhel isn’t enough to make a movie by itself, but I’d like it added on to the end of Battle of the Five Armies for the extended edition. And, uh, I wouldn’t complain about a filmed version of At His King’s Command.

5. Is there a character you find particularly difficult to write? Which one? On the flip-side, which character flows most easily for you when writing?

Hmm. I think, out of everything I’ve ever written, the character I had the worst time with was Sam — TOO NOBLE AND PERFECT, plus also DIALECT, NO. (Worse, dialect that I know I’m not familiar enough with to do well. If you look up the one thing I ever wrote with Sam in it, you’ll find that I basically just gave up.) But more generally, I’ve found that I have a really hard time with characters who are better than me in some major way — the very noble and good (SAM, also Aragorn in To the Slowing of the Shadow), the very wise (wizards, Ents), etc. I think this is basically just a variant of the problem “how do I play this character with 18 CHA when I, the player, realistically only have like 9” (it’s always charisma that’s the problem for me, I am clever enough to cover for both INT and WIS but I am fundamentally not great at human interaction).

The character that flows most easily for me… shifts depending on what I’ve been writing a lot, really. In the project I’m working on at the moment, I’ve been having the easiest time with Bilbo and struggling a little more with Ori; in A Long Engagement, I tend to have an easy time writing for Ori and Fiannar and struggle a little more with Kili. When I do Thorin/Dwalin stuff, Thorin’s dialogue is easy but his interior monologue is hard, and vice-versa for Dwalin.

#leaper182 #askbox meme

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lala-kate

Asks for Writers

Put one of these in my ask box, and receive an answer.

1. Of all of the original characters you have written, do you have a favorite?

2. Is there a ship/show for whom/which you are interested in writing yet are intimidated to try?

3. Have you ever written a chapter/scene that made you cry? Which one(s)?

4. Which of your stories would you most like to see made into a movie?

5. Is there a character you find particularly difficult to write? Which one? On the flip-side, which character flows most easily for you when writing?

6. Are there writers from other fandoms whom you admire? If so, whom?

7. Do you have a favorite story among your body of work?

8. Do you have a story that consistently challenges you? (or has challenged you in the past?)

9. Have any of your multi-chaptered fics grown out of prompts submitted on tumblr? Do you enjoy receiving prompts, anonymous or otherwise?

10. Do you have an idea for a story that intrigues you but haven’t been able to piece together? What would it take to inspire you to actually write it?

11. Have you ever created alternate versions of your own stories? Are there any you are tempted to write?

12. Do you sneak personal references into any of your stories? Would you care to share some examples?

#ask me stuff #these are good questions i like 'em

havisham

well, this fic isn’t going to write itself, but i’m going to wait a bit longer to make sure.

#ha ha *sob* ha

astriiformes

send me a character and i’ll tell you:

2-4 songs that are probably on their iPod

the one place they sometimes end up falling asleep — where they’re not supposed to

the game they’d destroy everyone else at

the emoticon they’d use most often

what they act like when they haven’t had enough sleep

their preferred hot beverage on really cold nights. or mornings. or whenever.

how they like to comfort/care for themselves when they’re in a slump

what they wanted to be when they grew up

their favorite kind of weather

thoughts on their singing voice (decent? terrible? soprano? alto?)

how/what they like to draw or doodle

#ask me stuff

nerdeeart

Rough sketch for an adorable awkward moment in leaper182’s Sketches of the Soul series.

leaper182

*scrollscrollscroll—-* Ooh, Nerdee posted a new art! Eeee— Wait. OMG. ORI. DWALIN. Oh, Ori! I know this is a WIP, but OMFG ASJFD;LASJFDLSAKJFDSDF— *high-pitched squee of utter delight* *rolls around while continuously squeeing* EEEEEEEE, it looks so awesome! Poor Ori! And Dwalin is all forbidding and confused! This is even cuter than I imagined it! Eeeeee. <3 *cuddles*

meressel

OH NO BABY ORI

ewebean

lackaday said: OH WAIT draw Bilbo teaching his curious nephews how to cook!

Durin Line of Absolutely Hopeless.

#marvelous

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nerdeeart

Ori delivering some books he’s transcribed.

leaper182

I love the little details, like the too-huge belt he’s wearing, the ink on his fingers (hee hee, left-handed!), and him not struggling to carry what look like heavy books.

#TOO CUTE #i like his little frown at the list of addresses #i have a very vivid sense of what he's feeling right now because he looks like me delivering teaching evaluations every semester #juggling a bunch of giant folders and trying to remember where the hell dr. so-and-so's office is #and then discovering once you get there that dr. so-and-so's folder is somehow in the very middle of the stack

seadeepspaceontheside

Do you think they can make room for one more? click to get a bigger image

#LOOK AT NORI LOOK AT NORI #LOOK HOW EXCITED NORI IS #nori and babies my greatest weakness

For the fic-specific questions meme: Bride and Bridegroom, #1, #6, and #7?

1. What was my inspiration for this fic? How did it come to me?

Well, some nerd with a hamster icon posted this prompt, see, and… okay sorry I will be serious. There’s a line in the prompt: “… if they’re a willing captive, the escape attempts might be laughably easy to foil, or they might sabotage their own efforts.” Basically, I read that, and Dwalin’s opening escape attempt — “accidentally” dropping the key and kicking it under the door — appeared fully-formed in my mind and I was like “WELL I GUESS I’M WRITING THIS.”

6. Who’s my favorite character in the fic?

Oh, Balin. Hands down. Canny, trolly little bastard. I know I’ve said in a DVD commentary that he was actually in on Ori’s plan ahead of time, but the more I think about it the more I don’t think he was. That’s all improv.

7. Were there any major decisions I made about the fic that could have made it go a whole different direction?

Yes, definitely — the prompt suggested three different pairings, and left it up to the writer who would be in the “bride” and “groom” roles for each pairing. Thorin/Bilbo was pretty much out from the start, because I don’t write Thorin/Bilbo that isn’t fucked up and “fucked up” didn’t seem like it was what you were looking for, but I still could have gone three other ways:

Ori/Dwalin, Dwalin as kidnapper — dismissed on grounds of predictability.

Bilbo/Bofur, Bofur as kidnapper — totally plausible! Could have been really cute. Adds complicated dwarf vs. hobbit culture clash dimension. (Actually, oh man, a version of this where bridal kidnapping is actually a hobbit tradition that Bofur is only like 80% sure he understands, but he definitely knows it's required if you want to court a hobbit? Shit. That would be hilarious.)

Bilbo/Bofur, Bilbo as kidnapper — more or less same as above, plus a reversal of roles from what you’d (mostly) expect to see, so potentially charming. I think this could have been cute, too, but I’m not sure I could have made it work, mainly because… oh, this is going to sound mean, but I don’t think Bofur is a real thinking kind of guy. Like. All of that dude’s mental stat points went into CHA. Every last one of ‘em. I can’t picture him actually planning out an escape attempt clearly enough to successfully self-sabotage it. I mean, you can see in the fic that it’s a strain for Dwalin to switch the order of operations around to “think, then act,” but for Bofur I think it might be literally impossible.

#leaper182 #askbox meme #dwori #bride and bridegroom #bridal kidnapping 'verse

zaynandhisboys

Drop the title of one of my fics and a number in my inbox, and I will tell you:

What was my inspiration for this fic? How did it come to me?

What’s my favorite part of the fic?

What’s the part of the fic I’m most proud of?

What part of the fic was the hardest for me to write?

What part of the fic am I still dissatisfied with?

Who’s my favorite character in the fic?

Were there any major decisions I made about the fic that could have made it go a whole different direction?

Was there anything I only learned about the fic after I had finished it? (themes, motifs, symbolism, etc)

Did anyone in the fic surprise me by doing anything? If so, what?

If I had to sum up this fic in a sentence, what would it be?

If I were to rewrite this fic, what would I change?

Did any thing about this fic’s reception surprise me?

What were my beta’s major comments about the first draft of this fic?

If I were to write a sequel to this fic, what would it be about?

Any other question about the fic!

meressel

AO3 Works list, for reference

#ask me stuff #i've had a hard time feeling excited about fandom lately #i'm trying to get there again #give me an excuse to run my mouth about my fic; that'll probably help

rhymewithrachel

i know i’ve made this joke like 3 times i’m trash

#cackling

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