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JRow
Sherlock author (jrow) on ao3. Scientist. Geriatric millennial. She/her
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May Prompts 2024
Dear Writers:
It's nearly May! The month of merry little thoughts, divine mistakes, and frivolous whims.
Time to set aside that fantasy trilogy that's been stuck in the mud all winter, the six-act tragedy in blank verse you've been labouring over--and write some random bits and bobs!
Visit your mind attic. Pull open the drawer where you hide your terrible ideas and scenes that are waiting for the right story. (I know you have such an attic and such a drawer because I do as well 🙄) Dig around— not with the idea of spring cleaning, which will only produce an empty drawer and a tidy attic— but because it's a treasure hunt.
Dust off the lawn furniture, put on your sandals, take your laptop outdoors. New environs, new inspirations.
The point is this: Last year* some of us wrote and shared a month of little daily fictions. There were drabbles and 221Bs and flash-fiction and mini-epics. There were prompts, which some of us used as a starting place, and sharing of minifics amongst ourselves, which led to more inspiration.
Wanna see some more?
I've been hoarding ideas since last year and am now opening that drawer. I plan to write a short something every day in May, and will share my words with whoever wants to be tagged. If you'd like a daily prompt, I will be supplying that.
No pressure. While some structure creates opportunity and creativity thrives within structure, this exercise is not meant to create anxiety or trigger your inner completionist. (My internal taskmaster is taking the month off.)
No judgement. No prizes for reaching 31, no awards for creativity, no certificates of participation. Just cheering one another on.
No rules. Use the prompt or don't. Write 100 words or 1000. Any fandom, any characters, any headcanon. Or your own original creation. Write every day or whenever an idea strikes. Share or don't.
No guilt. Fail gleefully, write terribly, get out of the boat and swim.
Correction. One rule: write some words.
*Credit goes to @notjustamumj for last year's inspiration. Eternal thanks for that idea!
Please reblog! I'm tagging a few people who participated last year or expressed interest, but I’m sure I’m leaving someone out. Let me know if you'd like to be tagged for prompts and sharing.
@raina_at @lisbeth-kk @keirgreeneyes @allsovacant @totallysilvergirl @meetinginsamarra @jrow @elwinglyre @bertytravelsfar @helloliriels @gregorovitchworld @peanitbear @mydogwatson
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Word count: 35,040
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst
Summary:
Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John.
So of course Sherlock takes John along.
It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?
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Rec: Christmas in April? Yes, please! Completely charming with a smidge of angst, this reminds me of classic pre-S2 “meet the Holmes family” fics with a supporting cast of eccentric broadstroke characters, an old family pile, and only one bed.
In this AU setup, Sherlock is just out of uni and running a fledgling consulting detective business, while John - his former dormmate and now flatmate - is a medical student. The Holmes parents are upper-class snobs with a long list of reasons to disapprove of Sherlock, although there may be an ally or two (or 3) amongst the extended family.
Playful quips, jabs, and snark trade off with more serious confrontations of classism and homophobia, all the while Sherlock and John come to the slow-but-sudden realization that what they are playacting may not be a game after all. You won’t regret returning to the chill and gloom of winter with these two fakers to cheer on.
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Chapters: ¼
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst
Summary:
Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John.
So of course Sherlock takes John along.
It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?
Thank you darling wife @nuttersinc for the plot bunny, and thank you superstar @jrow for the beta.
This is my Christmas fic in April, people. It’s completely written, I’m posting the chapters as they come out of beta.
Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.
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What's that bro? You began interacting with a media from a different country than yours and/or was made in time period different than the recent present day? Haha that's sick bro! Keep expanding your horizons bro! You're remembering to take into account that sociocultural norms, gender roles and genre expectations are different from what you are used to and meeting the story halfway, instead of forcibly superimposing your ideals into the story, right bro? Right? Right?
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This may sound mean, but...
If you send me an ask containing links to Good Omens fan fiction you think I should read, I'll delete it. Do it again and I'll (regretfully) block you. This is a general blanket sort of thing -- I don't want to read it, legally I can't read it, no I won't make it into the next series, and, no matter how pure your motives, it's crossing a line.
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Chapters: ¼
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst
Summary:
Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John.
So of course Sherlock takes John along.
It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?
Thank you darling wife @nuttersinc for the plot bunny, and thank you superstar @jrow for the beta.
This is my Christmas fic in April, people. It’s completely written, I’m posting the chapters as they come out of beta.
Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.
Weiterlesen
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Chapters: ¼
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst
Summary:
Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John.
So of course Sherlock takes John along.
It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?
Thank you darling wife @nuttersinc for the plot bunny, and thank you superstar @jrow for the beta.
This is my Christmas fic in April, people. It’s completely written, I’m posting the chapters as they come out of beta.
Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.
Weiterlesen
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I saw a post about tumblr user ages...
Reblogs are welcomed for that sweet, sweet increased data pool (aka getting more than 20 responses 😅)
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I think more people need to understand that fics are not books. Aside from the occasional professional writing it on the side of their published work, fanfiction is written by amateurs in their spare time. Do some of these amateurs write at a professional level? Yes, of course. But you shouldn't have the expectations going in that you would have for a book you paid money for. There's a bare minimum expectation of quality there, because it was written and edited by professionals (supposedly, in some cases). Is it extremely obnoxious to find a bunch of poor grammar and typos in something professionally produced that you paid actual cash money for? Yes. Is it appropriate to vent about the poor quality in a review on whichever platform you use to rate books? Sure. It's pretty unprofessional to put out a crap book that was half-assedly proofread and then charge, in this day and age, quite a bit of money for it
But a fic author doesn't owe you professionalism. You're reading a free story on the internet. Even fics with betas usually do not have actual professional editors working on them. There isn't even a veneer of quality gatekeeping the way there is in traditional publishing. The stupidest person you know could write some gay porn and throw it up online. Literal children are writing fics. People learning a second language are using fic to practice their skills.
If you find something unreadable because of the grammar and spelling, just click out of it. It's not that deep. It's not a personal affront. It's not something you need to bitch or snark about in the comments. It's usually pretty apparent very early on if something isn't technically well-written. I cannot even count the number of times I've read a paragraph or two of a fic and quit because I know the punctuation or writing style isn't something I can overlook. You don't owe the author your time and they don't owe you the correct 'their.' If you're so angry that a free story you found on the internet isn't well-written that you have to leave a scathing comment about it, go the fuck outside and breathe some fresh air.
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#lawful pantser over here#love the concept of the flashlight method#can end up in very unexpected places
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My most popular individual recs
I did a list like this 7 years ago and was curious whether the statistics had changed. Short answer: yes. All but one of these recs were made after that last list. I'm not sure what that means, as I would have expected older recs to get more notes just because they've been around longer. Maybe it's that there has been more thirst for fic recs in the last 7 years, or that the reblog culture on tumblr has improved.
The links here go to the recs, which in turn have links to the fics.
Radioactive Trees in a Red Forest by maribor_petrichor (280K, E, Johnlock)
He Was A Friend of Mine by SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John (38K, E, Johnlock, John/OFC)
Hello You by weeesi (20K, NR, Johnlock)
Oh What A Night by anotherwellkeptsecret (100 panels, M, Johnlock) - Note that this has been deleted from AO3 but the link to the pages on tumblr at the bottom of the rec still works.
A Promise Made to Be Broken by PlantsAreNeat (37K, E, Johnlock) - This was number 1 on the old list, and the only one to remain in the top 10.
(Never) Turn Your Back To The Sea by DiscordantWords (39K, M, Johnlock)
Roommates are for little people by alexxphoenix42 (69K, E, Johnlock)
A Home For Us by sussexbound (30K, M, Johnlock)
The Winter Garden by Callie4180 (31K, T, Johnlock)
Pygmalion by ancientreader (9K, T, Johnlock)
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I started using Head and Shoulders ten years ago for itchy scalp and dandruff, and then for ten years I have not had itchy scalp and dandruff, so I thought "why do I still buy shampoo to combat itchy scalp and dandruff when I do not have itchy scalp and dandruff," so I stopped buying the shampoo for itchy scalp and dandruff and can you guess I have now? Can you predict what currently afflicts me? It's alright if you can't because apparently I fuckin couldn't either
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