those hooks are sharp, huh?

Gonna be honest, I'm really happy with this fanfic, it's the first time I do this type of fic and I think it's coming along very well, it's just staring tho soo yeah

also here´s the link if you want to read it!:

Some people, it's clear, learned almost entirely through absorbing the world around them. Grammar and punctuation will be all over the place, spellings are approximate, but the voice of the narration will come through so clearly. You can hear the dialect of the people around them as of they're telling the story. It's not a written story, it's a transcription of how they talk in their day to day life.

Some people learned through reading a gazillion books as a kid. Grammer and spelling will be rock solid, formatting occasionally based on the single tab of physical books rather than the double tab of online scrolling, but dialogue is often stilted and overly formal. You might notice a lack of contractions and very rigid rules they made for consistency that actually have a lot more flexibility than they think. They tend to have a fantastic grasp of sentence flow, though.

And other people formally learned how to write. This could be anywhere from taking school classes seriously because they enjoyed writing stories as a kid to literal certifications and jobs in the field. Grammer is flawless. Punctuation is triple checked. Foreign words are in italics. Characters have distinct voices. But their self indulgence is tempered by perfectionism. They know precisely what they want from a fic. Authors notes often feature mutterings about their happiness with the chapter. Kaomojis often appear! They seek a style to their writing, and it makes for some wonderfully clever plots! These are the ones most likely to get fun with formatting!

And some people.... Some people examined it all. They dissect dialogue, people watch, cross reference behaviours and compare characters to people irl. You can tell almost immediately who had formative experiences with Terry pratchett and/or ghibli, because it's these people. While others see writing as fun, expression, craft, they see it as art. Plain and simple. Sure, the grammar is occasionally sacrificed on the altar of creative freedom, and the occasional sentence might miss a full stop, but these people seem to self reflect on themselves as part of the art making process. On occasion, these people have the most masterful grasp of dialogue and invocation and hand sewn characterisations. Formatting is pretty standard because all the focus is on the actual words. These fics can be edited to the moon and back!

All of these can vary wildly in forethought and quality, and betas can often catch individual problems before they hit post, but just. Isn't it so cool? What's that one Oscar Wilde quote about every mask just being another fragment of yourself?

“I’ll run like I always do, but if I can beat the crap out of you in the process, I’ll take it” 

HELLOOO here's the first chapter of my koopalings fanfic!!!!

This cover art came to mind after reading chapter 5 of Clair de Lune by @underratedgrapeju1ce which I've been really enjoying

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I’m ALWAYS game to draw hippie and hopper💚 TYSM!!

"When are you going to update this fic?" is pressue.

"Omg I've reread this SO many times it lives in my head permanently you have rearranged my brain!!" is FOOD.

"I am LIVING for this fic I can't WAIT to know what happens next!" is MOTIVATION.

Especially today when Ao3 is full of of the CRAZIEST bots* leaving the weirdest non-comments you can imagine, I PROMISE that leaving a COMMENT will help your author. They will have the feedback and the love and the encouragement that they need to continue.