okay okay hi hello mel 🥰🥰 im trying very hard to pick through and find numbers you haven’t asked yet. hmmm! if you feel so inclined:
6, 16, 17, and I want you to gas yourself up a little because you’re incredible so also 20 ✨
okay bye, you’re amazing, I reread your tomato fic like once a week at least and also i love you ❤️
you coming into my inbox to ask about writing is like if van gogh just walked in here was like hey mel talk to me about colors. just?? ahhh! 💕
6. i love picking just the precise word for what i am trying to say. like when something just slots into place and you’re like yes! i said that! and i love when a sentence or paragraph just unfurls as you go and you’re chasing after it knowing that it’s working out. pretty nice feeling 😌
16. my editing process is barely existent! i give it a cursory read for any glaring mistakes and hope for the best 😭 which usually means i am editing it again once it’s already on ao3. whoops! but i am taking this next fic a lot more seriously so i think i will take my time editing it.
17. i step away for a little while (sometimes weeks... again, whoops) and give my brain a rest. if it’s a quick break, i’ll listen to some music, have a snack, and/or take a brief walk. sometimes i read something that i admire to get the inspiration back!
20. urrmmmm... this is hard. i think i write introspection well. my writing tends to be a little flowery, but i think it’s pretty sometimes. i’m much, much better at the internal monologue than dialogue. like i said the other day, i got 2k words into the new tomato fic before realizing that no one had spoken yet 😣 so it’s been a fun adventure to sprinkle that in.
