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Original fic: Week Two
How are you doing with your original fic? I am hopeless, as I have not even looked at one of my WIPs that I said I was going to tackle! I need to get on that, stat!
Anyway, here are a couple more prompts to hopefully kick you out of any slumps:
1. Wordplay
2. Don't you dare!
And while we're here, let's discuss: do you write the same genre/s as you like to read? If not, why do you think that is?
Personally, I like to read m/m romance and sci-fi best, with a lot of humour thrown in. If all three can be combined, it's brilliant! I also prefer to write in these genres, but I do find myself dipping well into the angst/dark fields, and sometimes kink, way more than I like to read it, which I find amusing! I don't know why that is, it's just the way my muses seem to go, whereas when I'm reading, although I like the protagonists to be overcoming some difficulties and/or growing/learning something, I prefer it doesn't get too angsty or dark (a little is okay)! I didn't use to mind kink, but as I get older I seem less interested in it, and that is where I head away and into more of the adventurous sci-fi stuff, when I can find good stories (The Expanse, anyone? I've recently finished the 9th and final book *Sobs* My saving grace is there is a bunch of short-stories too, so I'm holding out for the book that contains all of those).
And I think that's enough for today! Good luck with your ongoing original writing! ;-)
Anyway, here are a couple more prompts to hopefully kick you out of any slumps:
1. Wordplay
2. Don't you dare!
And while we're here, let's discuss: do you write the same genre/s as you like to read? If not, why do you think that is?
Personally, I like to read m/m romance and sci-fi best, with a lot of humour thrown in. If all three can be combined, it's brilliant! I also prefer to write in these genres, but I do find myself dipping well into the angst/dark fields, and sometimes kink, way more than I like to read it, which I find amusing! I don't know why that is, it's just the way my muses seem to go, whereas when I'm reading, although I like the protagonists to be overcoming some difficulties and/or growing/learning something, I prefer it doesn't get too angsty or dark (a little is okay)! I didn't use to mind kink, but as I get older I seem less interested in it, and that is where I head away and into more of the adventurous sci-fi stuff, when I can find good stories (The Expanse, anyone? I've recently finished the 9th and final book *Sobs* My saving grace is there is a bunch of short-stories too, so I'm holding out for the book that contains all of those).
And I think that's enough for today! Good luck with your ongoing original writing! ;-)
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My reading tastes are all over the place, but I tend to read through romances the fastest. I generally write present-day stories with social commentary and romance mixed in because I don't like all the world-building involved with fantasy and sci-fi. What I'm currently working on is a fantasy (!) story that I started for NaNo 2021 that will probably be banned in my state should I get to the point of publishing.
I've done about 1k in filler scenes and character work so far.
I'm the opposite in terms of kink, preferring to read rather than write, but that's just because I hate to overdescribe and if you're writing m/m or f/f, there's only so many times you can say someone's name before it gets silly and you hope that someone can make sense out of the weird pronoun things that want to happen.
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I do hope you manage to get where you want with your fantasy story though, no matter whether your state would ban it or not! You have me intrigued already! Good luck!
Oh boy, the pronoun thing can get confusing, it's true. I have found making sure you're clear about who's POV it is, and then minimising the really descriptive stuff and focusing on how that person is feeling about what's happening can help with that. Besides, being over-descriptive can sometimes feel a bit clinical!