pazzi devotee

peach4pazzi: i don’t rly gaf if what i’m writing is accurate. i think being accurate is usually not that important. i do a lot of research but it’s more about providing structure than realism

pbaz7: yes if there’s something in my writing i don’t know much about i’ll do a decent amount of research before i start. i also have amazing readers who’ll reach out and let me use them as a sounding board if they’re more knowledgeable about something than i am. accuracy has probably become one of the most important things to me when it comes to au’s because i’m essentially creating an entire universe from scratch

azzibueckers5: Unfortunately, I usually get really strung up on the little details that no one will pay attention to (dates for canon-compliant stuff; for Love Island I’ve spent far far too long on reddit looking into production rules and schedules) and I would say I always like to be tethered to “reality” as much as possible. 

soloey: yes so much LMAO. like over really really dumb things. i spent a whole day looking up houses in the arlington suburbs for a like two sentence description. for character work i usually free ball a bit more but i like places/background to be semi accurate. i tend not to write too outside of what i know but if i did another sort of au i’d be anal about it. i tried to write historical fiction once and ended up on a rabbit hole of hand washing devices in the medieval era and decided never to do it again.

wecrytogether: YES I RESEARCH!!! omg i cannot stress how important it is to me to know what the fuck im talking about and i encourage everyoneeeee to do so !!!!

twostepcherry: yes, i do research like a nerd, i binged watched criminal minds for fic related reasons. 

hcneymooners: yes, but not for the things you would think, oddly. with typical things like a crimescene or apocalypse i do loose research but leave a lot of breathing room. but i can get so focused on certain things, such as careers. i looked up so much about piloting and medical work for various aus, and even when i'm writing about a setting—let's say the blizzard—i will quite literally pull up a video concept audio of a snowstorm from outside the cabin so i can accurately depict the feeling of being within it. again, the feeling of it is more important for me to get write rather than the rules of things. i'd rather leave little room for interpretation on an emotional level than depict insane accuracy over a time period, for example.

teamfueckers: I do research as needed. Accuracy of dates/timelines is important for my series fics, but I’m a little more lax with my one shots. I don’t write much on topics I don’t know much about.

33lol: My fics personally haven’t required any deep research as my stuff is more surface level, but I still like to make sure if I’ve mentioned another couple in a fic that they were at least still together at the time of me writing it!

peach4pazzi: i love thoughtful praise, favorite lines, and questions that elicit an elaboration of some part of my story 🥰

pbaz7:  i love any and all thoughts/ideas/comments about my writing. my favorite part about sharing it in my community is the discussions that usually happen afterwards

azzibueckers5: Literally anything that someone takes the time to write is usually so appreciated. I have a folder on my phone of screenshots of my fav comments that I can tell people put a lot of effort into. I LOVE when people tell me specific lines that they liked, and any questions that let me yap about my writing are super fun. 

soloey: ALL of the above and i would like to acknowledge that i am absolutely awful at responding to asks about it but i adore adore adore when people live react. i’m particular about details and i like when people notice them. i don’t get a lot of theory/clarification questions to be honest but i’m a pretty blank-headed reader myself so i dont mind :) 

wecrytogether: recently someone told me they love how perverted i make pazzi in ldayluam and i really loved that <3

twostepcherry: credit card numbers, preferably with the security code & expiration dates & zip codes too just to be safe! 

hcneymooners: praise 1000%, i have no shame. but i really love to receive people's personal reflections on my work and how it connects to their lives. i love reading about how my readers feel, what they love and hate, what they struggle to understand, even asks that have nothing to do with my work but only with them. i love people knowing that i care about them, that my small corner of the world will meet with them with warmth and love. it means the world to me to know that sometimes my anons come to me because they just want to come to me.

teamfueckers: I love it all tbh.

33lol: Honestly I love getting any of those in my inboxes and wish I got more lol. Been dry for a bit💀 but I’m always down to answer questions or chat or just respond to a nice comment!

azzibueckers5: I think they know how unreliable and chaotic it is! But I will say that productivity really depends on the day. Sometimes I will sit down to write for three hours and get 300 words on paper, and sometimes I'll squeeze in 30 minutes to write and end up chugging through 2 or 3 thousand words.

soloey: it sucks like it’s genuinely awful. either i freestyle or for a month the outline will be like “paige walks her to the door. she smiles. they laugh. funny joke here. there’s a look in azzi’s eyes blah blah romance. like something really cute. paige is down bad.”

eclipscee: that my google doc looks so messy and borderline disgusting up until the hour before i schedule my post. different vers. of every paragraph and little comments i write to myself are all jumbled up. and that ts lowkey so hard

wecrytogether: my writing process honestly is so unorthodox lmfao. i usually have to put my phone on dnd, play my music reaaaallllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy loud and write all the dialogue for a scene first them fill everything else in as i go.

twostepcherry: that there is no process ❤️ 

hcneymooners: i have to take time, and if you are someone who needs the same, don't ridicule yourself over it. i've never been one to just churn out anything, or i do but then i can't show half of it. as long as you are always writing you are a writer; learn to create without an audience.

teamfueckers: Uhhh nothing that I can think of

33lol: I get distracted really easily, so that’s the reason most of the time why you wait so long for fics😄

no one else in this room knew. knew paige and azzi, sixteen and in bed facing each other in the gray light of dawn. azzi drawing her fingertip down the bridge of paige’s nose.

I conjure the boy I knew. Achilles, outlined against the sky, hanging from a branch over the river. The thick warmth of his sleepy breath against my ear. If you have to go, I will go with you.

pbaz7: i can’t pinpoint a specific author or book honestly. i’m low key a nerd and i tend to lean toward a lot of classics when it comes to reading so that may subconsciously be portrayed in my writing but i’m not 100% on that 

azzibueckers5: lowkey no! I don't really know where I got my writing style from, but I think it is very unique to me and my own inner monologue, for better or for worse. Just consuming as much fan fiction as i have probably is the most influential factor for my writing. 

soloey: i write pretty differently based on what i’m writing to be honest! with fic particularly, i grew up reading a lot of rick riordan tbh so i feel like his love for jokes inspires me to try to get that balance of lightheartedness and moving scenes. but i’ve genuinely just read a fuck ton of fic in my life. like so much. i’ve seen it all. i’ve been in so many fandoms and read so many works. being a writer is a lot of finding out what u love from different places and scrapbooking it all together to create your own voice. it’s not super streamlined for me! 

wecrytogether: its not pazzi, but to the bone by hcneymooners (ally) truly altered my brain chemistry and forced me to stop writing lazily, because of all the attention to detail and thought she put into that. i wasnt even her friend yet when i started reading that and i just... yeah. also thaatdigitaldiary (kennedy) inspired me to start writing more ethnically. like she showed me thats its okay to use aave, or have "urban" plots, basically showed me that not everything needs to be clean girl aesthetic or white washed.

twostepcherry: hmm i think probably every single pazzi writer that i’ve read has in some way influenced my writing because there are so many talented writers with so many different styles of writing that i find interesting! for books, i read this book ages and ages ago now, called “sexing the cherry” (by jeannette winterson) and it was so weird and strange that i found it inspiring to just start writing whatever i wanted. 

hcneymooners: catherynne m. valente, specifically her novels deathless and radiance. courtney summers who wrote the novel the project. others include julia armfield, yael van der wouden, and arkady martine.

teamfueckers: Idk if there is a specific author or book that has directly influenced me, but I’m sure what I’ve read over the years has influenced my writing style.

33lol: No published authors or books, but definitely many of the authors on this panel and their work have influenced my style!

azzibueckers5: I really really enjoy their playful dynamic, and I think what they’ve chosen to show us is a very authentic, loving relationship. Often I find myself drawn to couples that try to hide their relationship and can’t because it’s so clear on their faces and in their behavior (ex. preath), and they are like the perfect example. I also think they remind me sometimes of the way that I act in relationships and the dynamic that I aspire to have, and that makes it super fun to engage with. 

soloey: they’re really goofy and not afraid to banter. i love banter. i like to preserve that through any angle i write from. 

eclipscee: their natural banter is so visible i feel and BUZZYYY and I like those dynamics of couples who rag on eachother a little bit but yk it’s all love and i think it’s really cute Ya

wecrytogether: i think theyre a beautiful couple, and i love the way theyre so expressive with they way they love each other, even while in a mostly private relationship.

twostepcherry: i like their dynamic and their personalities a lot! i also think they’re both very funny people which makes them fun to write! 

hcneymooners: i don't know if fun is the first feeling to come to mind to be completely honest, but not in a bad way. i think they are just deeply romantic to me and i rarely find myelf invested in "celebrity" relationships. they and duacallum are just so evocative; a think a true display of a soulmate in a chosen way. writing allows me to celebrate that romance, to exalt it. i live a lot through love in every form, i think it saves and strengthens us. pazzi is a sure sign of it.

teamfueckers: Their love story is inspiring. I love sports. I love writing. So yeah…

33lol: I think it’s just the fact that I connect with their personalities (and attractiveness tbh) idk💀 I love them as people and think it’s fun to show that through writing:)

peach4pazzi: i would never do this

pbaz7: i’ve never deviated from a major plot line because i’d probably have to rework an entire outline which at that point is basically writing a new story. however, i’ve made small adjustments to minor characters or subplots if a majority of readers seem to want something to happen

azzibueckers5: sort of? I’ve definitely never changed up a significant plot line but I have added things that people have brought up, and I've changed scenes based on what might be better received. I also have extended a series (iwkpa) because people wanted more beyond what I had initially planned, but I didn’t change anything. I think it would be extremely unlikely for me to do this simply because I typically have fics planned out fully before I write them, and I’m arrogant and think I know better than the readers because I can see the full vision </3 

soloey: nooo but i have added details that readers have wanted before :) 

eclipscee: people have really only ever requested certain smut scenes/dynamics and tbh i don’t even control / have any clue on what those parts are going to be like until my fingers type them bc I don’t plan them whatsoever. tldr no lol im not that good

wecrytogether: i wouldnt say that i deviate from a plot for my readers, but i do try to add little requests or moments (maybe conversations, or touches) that my readers ask for/predict.

twostepcherry: no never! i only write for myself tbh so i’ll write stuff that literally no one asked for because i wanted it ❤️, and i always have the general idea of the beginning and the end for each story/fic so i don’t deviate from that. 

hcneymooners: very rarely, but i deviate quite a bit to see what i want to see, lol. i'm a mess, which is why i always write with a visual outline/moodboard not a written one.

teamfueckers: I may add subplots here and there, but I don’t ever deviate far from the plot line I have in my head.

33lol: I’m probably an outlier in this group, because I know I can’t commit to a long-form series (for now at least). I just get so distracted and unmotivated. I’ve put out one chapter of an actual series plan I had in my community and then discontinued it because I’m not in the space for something so in depth. But yes, in my lighter mini series I have maybe changed initially what I was thinking or something I was going to add due to requests/comments.