Do not passively ask the public to “normalize” you. Assert yourself. Simply state “I’m so normal” every time you tell your boyfriend you wish to eat his flesh. Manifest your reality.

Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.

1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.

my 4th svsss g4g prompt, this time an xxxholic crossover (aka binghe visiting yuuko’s wish shop)

i cannot even begin to explain how stoked i was to get my hands on this prompt

(bingy closeup without the text bc he’s cute <3)

-man who claims not to be a prey animal

my toxic trait is i don't think the tiger would maul me. i think she would see my hands are very good at giving scritches and then just let me pet her.

ray of sunlight on us

yue qingyuan hits DIFFERENT on the reread tho. sqq calling him a quest-giving npc..... devastating!

Just a big pile of Shen Qingqiu/Yuan sketches and what not from twitter! He's so fun, and wow...such a huge loser. Had lots of fun drawing my take on him!

Why is the hand & wrist pain always worst when I want to write 🥲

Modern AU bingqiu where Shen Yuan fakes his death to move to the Bahamas and then gets upset that the stalker he faked his death to avoid doesn’t immediately find and follow him

Speed art (60 min again)

i think overly possessive shen jiu should tolerate mu qingfang as qi-ge's lover only bc mu qingfang brought yue qingyuan back from the brink of death. how can he not see the /advantage/ of having someone so intimate with yue qingyuan's meridians devoted to him? and mu qingfang is mild enough manner to /understand/ qi-ge belongs to shen jiu, even if shen jiu deigns to let him touch yue qingyuan—

Now I love Shen Qingqiu even more 🥲🩷

At first I wanted to do it all to one person, but no one was quite right. Then I drew parallels where SQQ denies everything, but in fact he loves, he cares, he will wait...

I suffer with him and you suffer with me

Ranwan are so Ranwan....🤭

Final for SVSSS: Shen Jiu x Yue Qingyuan OR Luo Bingmei x Shen Yuan

If SQQ is best milf does that mean LBH is the type of guy to accidentally call his teacher mom? "Mommy- I mean, Shizun."

i don't think it's accidental past a certain point, and i don't think sqq minds when he's talked about how badly he wishes he'd given birth to binghe.

A filled SVSSS Gotcha for Gaza prompt for @aseabell !!! A post-canon YQY meets SJ in the modern world... I was thinking it was like, YQY (and the rest of the CQ cultivators ig) live long enough to see the modern world while still remaining cultivators, so he just stumbles upon SJ's reincarnation... actually thats just an excuse bc i wanted to give YQY ~modern touches~ with him still being in a xianxia outfit LMAO

tender lesqijiu for the svsss gotcha for gaza on twitter

i could decide between the two backgrounds, so both are up 👀