Hello!! 🙂 For the ask game, please:
3 ⧽. what's something you like about your writing?
13 ⧽. do you have any writing projects/goals/plans you're working on/want to work on? (adding: please share :)
18 ⧽. how do you want your writing to feel to your readers?
hmm, interesting questions!
3) what's something you like about your writing?
I think my writing has been growing and developing a lot in the last year or two, and that's really exciting. I've been working really hard on active vs passive voice and I think that's been a positive change :)
13) do you have any writing projects/goals/plans you're working on/want to work on? (adding: please share :)
yes, I have several WIPs at the moment 😅 the one that's closet to completion is a SOTL ficlet I've been affectionately calling 'the chicken fic', in which Cam gets a pet chicken. This was meant to be fluffy and funny, somehow has some quite angsty and hopeful tones. I'm hoping to have this one done in the next day or two!
okay wait, maybe people can help me to lock in and finish one of these:
'and no one likes to drink alone (so come be my friend)' is my bartender-Cam AU. its a 5+1 fic from Sullivan's POV. Instead of hitting that guy in the bar, Sullivan chooses a different type of self destruction and goes home with Cam.
my delulu verse. Sullivan's POV. On a night out in town, somebody puts something in Cam’s drink, leaving Sullivan responsible for a suddenly uninhibited and quite desperate Cam. Established relationship, still-in-the-military, secret relationship. Somewhat dubious, but Cam is very convincing.
'tied down with nowhere to go' is a ficlet from the Static on the Line universe. Howitt’s POV, set sometime between 'i am yours' and 'jittery as a June bug'. In which we tie Cam to the bed and do several nice or maybe mean things to him.
which one sounds fun? (anyone can answer!)
and no one likes to drink alone
my delulu 'verse
tied down with nowhere to go
something else (suggest! I'm easily swayed, to my own detriment.)
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18) how do you want your writing to feel to your readers?
ah, great question! When I'm writing, I always want the reader to feel really 'close' to the POV character. I want the 'voice' of the character to be consistent and realistic, for their thoughts and decisions to feel in character. I enjoy creating the character voice as much as / more than I do the plot, haha, so it's really satisfying to feel it 'click'.
Whether it's by including a lot of sensory details or by being careful about what the characters know/don't know/assume/think, I want the reader to feel 'right there' in the characters mind.
Regardless of whether it's angst or fluff or comedy, I want the reader to feel immersed in the world of the character. Which can be very tricky!
Thank you for playing, @woodswallow! <3 :)