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보따람지 ・ call me baby like you used to — 21, she/vae
♡ pol / eng / esp / ita !!
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hi!!! do u have any tips for improving your vocabulary/writing style for a writer whose native language isnt english? im polish, and i also know that you're polish, and your writing is so beautiful 😭
i hope u have a great day! ♡
hellooo!! honestly i've spoken a shit english before i started writing, so my trusted advice is to just write and write in english, which also means you have to start thinking in english. obviously, when you speak more than one language, you will know a word in one of them and not know it in the other, but thankfully we have the internet now so we can google stupid things, like when you forget what "przewijać się" is in english even though it's a collocation you use on a daily basis. there are also sites like onelook which finds you a word based on your description when you can't remember what it was. it gives you lots of synonyms too, though they can get stupid. that's for vocabulary. as for general advice, it's to read a lot, especially books in the style you think is most captivating. sure, you can read fanfics, too, and do that a lot!!! but when you read acclaimed books or just those you enjoy, you can think about all the *why*s and *how*s. what catches your eye when you read? is it heavier on the description or the dialogue? does it flow, or is it so boring it's taking you 5 minutes to read one sentence? why? make a note on your phone or somewhere where you'll write down all expressions and words that catch your attention while you're reading. you need to read actively, and think about the emotions you would like to evoke in your writing, because the second advice i have is to write. write a lot. short stories and long stories and beautiful stories and shitty stories. that's the only way to really develop your own style and find confidence. practice. that's what i've been doing, and if you enjoy my works, then it must be working, because. god. re-reading my fics from 2019 or 2021 even makes my skin CRAWL. they were so bad. and now i re-read my recent ones and i'm having fun, and i thought that had been the peak of my abilities. remember that you will only improve if you keep going, and there's only a point to it if you're having fun. the words will start coming to you naturally before you know it. i'm not sure how helpful this is, but either way i hope soooooo. lots of good luck with your writing!!!!!!!! have a lovely day mwah
haii :3, how r u today?
Hi how are you? About Minsvng poll, I need your pov of why Lin0 felt it first... I'm confused af I always thought it was Jisvng
hi, i'm good thank youuu i hope you're doing well too! i think it's pretty obvious if you watch their early content lol the heart eyes have been there since day one. jisung, too, though i don't think he realized it as easily as minho did. for me, it's more about that. he was the one asking jisung what are we, taking him out on dates and wanting to become closer while jisung thought minho was just doing it out of pity. also, i just think that minho knew he was queer before he knew he liked jisung, while jisung realized he was queer because he realized that the connection he feels with minho isn't all that platonic, which made him fall "harder" because it was more like getting hit by a bus (and i don't mean that he loves minho more than minho does him or anything of that sort, since this "falls harder" thing usually gets misunderstood like that). i think that to get what i mean you actually need to watch their early content (again) because personally for me that cleared up a lot of things because i could look at them from a future perspective
"you guys don't get it" on almost every rt about that poll when it's obvious from the very beginning that not everyone takes minsung seriously. they're just using minsung for their own pleasure but the majority of them, especially those who answered the poll not deeply knowing about minsung's dynamics doesn't really like even the possibility (true minsungers know it's not just that) that minsung is real (they are). getting frustrated about the results is crazy especially when in stayville (and everywhere else) there's still homophobia. this is too long but my point is there is point in getting too worked up about the result of the poll because it really doesn't affect what's real, what's been obvious, what's been staring at us this whole time.
well, yes. a lot of people who voted aren't die-hard minsungers or even minsungers at all, they just wanted to see the results. but at the same time, the polls reflect, in majority, the general perception minsungers have of minsung, what is obvious if you've been around on minsungtwt. which means that a lot of minsungers, especially the fairly recent ones, who might've gotten into them through twitter, a random moment, or fanfiction, have a skewed view of what they're like because it's a hassle to watch 6 or 7 years of content, and it's easier to consume their relationship and get obsessed through fics, which also offer a completely different view on them, so as not to say a completely made-up one lol at the end of the day, like you said, the poll doesn't matter and everyone will forget about it in a month or two, but i think it's just annoying to see minsung get mischaracterized to fit certain roles people love to push them into l o l i'm not interested in this discourse anymore and i frankly need everyone to shut their mouths about minsung but since you're talking about seeing what's real, i will just say that it would be beneficial for us all if we put down ao3 and gor down to some content catching up and i say this as ao3 user hanville who is currently working on another fic <3
I was thinking about rereading one of your fics but I can’t decide which one. They’re all incredible and hold a special place in my heart❤️ You’re amazing!!
you acting like you know mnsng personally is embarrassing
hiii how are you?? I was wondering what’s a trope you’d like to try out writing that you’ve not explored yet (if there’s one) ^^
hiiii i'm pretty good since i've just started my christmas break :3 i hope you're doing well toooooo!!! and as for the tropes, it's so hard to find something that i'd like to read and i haven't done yet lol but maybe: secret relationship (i think some of my fics could actually fit under this but it has never been the main trope so!), assassins, roommates, genderswap, academic rivalry, neighbors, secret admirer.... that's all i can think of nffkfjkbf
Not fic related so I hope it's okay, but would you be interested to trade in London? I was thinking about doing some miso keyrings and I would love to trade for one of your bracelet if you end up doing some
what mnsng dynamic do you enjoy writing the most?
pedindo por favor pra você fazer uma sequência minsung voltando pra italia e se casando lá eu imploro pls pls pls
any ships you like a lot except minsung?
not many in kpop tbh since i've lost interest in pretty much 99% of groups (i still listen to them but i'm not very updated on what's going on dynamics-wise lol) but i am very fond of renhyuck (nct dream), jiminjeong (aespa), and recently haobin (zb1). from skz, my favorites are now seungbin, seunglix, and jeonglix, and i enjoy jeongsung and minbin a normal amount too hehe but i'm honestly very minsung-pilled so BDJKBDJG
i read your newest fic and also the italian summer mnsng one, and i think i have to read all of your works now 🤲 super enjoyable
helloooo i just wanted to say that i’ve been quietly enjoying your fics, especially aim for my heart !! omg the grip that fic has on me, i loooove the raw emotions and protectiveness, but most importantly the happy ending. i can’t help myself but keep going back to it every so often. i don’t know if you ever plan to jump back into that universe, but know i’m already very happy with that fic alone (and i enjoy a lot of your other fics as well !!!) so thanks a lot for taking the time to write and tell your stories <3 <3
AIM FOR MY HEART. my CHILDREN. i think that fic has one of my best portrayals of emotions and grief i've ever written so i'm happy you enjoyed it too 🥺 i love re-reading it because it hurts soooo good hahah this fic is in an open series, because i want to write more stories in that universe, and i have a few ideas, but i'm not sure when i'll find the time to actually bring them to life haha but i think their time will come 😼 thank you for loving them <33
about the person who said smth about your personality - personally youre like the best fic writer ever 😭 you inspire me so much and i look up to you a lot. i also think youre funny and really cool!!! i hope you'll never stop doing what you love to do bc youre amazinggg
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