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Writing fanfic can be a lot like trying to make a recipe that you’ve seen all over social media. Sometimes, you try it and you kill it. Other times, not so much.
You see everyone is raving about how good this recipe is and how much they love this one particular ingredient (we’ll say cheese) that just really makes it amazing. So you think, I can do that, I’m great with cheese!
So, you start cooking. You measure everything just so. You even go a little hard on the cheese because, cheese. You are super proud of your dish. It looks delicious. You think it’s all kinds of tasty. It is, perhaps, the best thing you’ve ever made. You can’t wait to share it with everyone, because c’mon, everyone is raving about this thing and here it is! You made it! And it’s gonna be awesome.
You take it to a potluck with your friends and some people you don’t know. Your friends are like, yeah, this is great! Maybe a couple of people grab a bite, and one of them even tells you it’s pretty good. But there you are, at the end of the night, with your casserole dish still basically full and you’re wondering, what happened? You did everything right, so why didn’t everyone go crazy for it?
Posting a fic is very similar. You see the things people seem to love (a particular trope, for instance) and you give it a try. You think you’ve got all the elements and you put it together perfectly and you put it out there. And then you don’t get the response you were hoping for or expecting.
But you used (1) one beloved trope + (2) two characters + a dash of canon + witty banter! Maybe you even sprinkled in a liberal helping of a fandom favorite dynamic. What happened?
Honestly, it’s kind of devastating when a fic flops. You wonder what you did wrong. What did you miss? You’ve seen other people do it and readers just ate it up, so it must be you, right? Are you not a good cook (writer)? Are people tired of trying your dishes (reading your fics)?
Yes, you should always cook (write) for yourself first. But when you decide to share something with other people who have similar tastes/interests, that’s an act of bravery. You’re putting yourself in a vulnerable position by putting this little piece of your heart, of something you love, out for people to see. Of course you want them to like it. You want them to think it’s a tasty treat (whether it be for your tastebuds or eyeballs). You want that pat on the back (kudo). It’s not greedy or inappropriate to crave validation and support.
Writing is a creative, personal process. A lot of writers are frothy little balls of anxiety.
If you’re a fan of someone or their work, let them know. Yes, comments are like crack and everyone wants them, but an emoji or a kudo is extremely gratifying as well. Reblog the snippets you enjoy. As a fan of something showing the creators you appreciate the time and effort and parts of their heart that they put into what they do matters so, so much.
Our teaser was about a few (OMG NARROWING IT DOWN TO TEN PICTURES WAS SO HARD YOU GUYS!!!!!) of the ways Ian and Mickey show their love. Whether it’s through whispered words or grand gestures, bombastic sacrifices or gentle touches…
Now it is your turn!
🩷🩷 Theme 28: SHOW SOME LOVE 🩷🩷
You can dive deeper into the various ways the boys show their love to each other, or you could choose to show your love to the Shameless tumblr Community as a whole; one of the various Shameless groups that motivate and inspire you to keep engaging and creating; or one special someone who touches you, moves you, inspires you…
All you gotta do is 🩷 SHOW SOME LOVE 🩷
Posting Day for Theme 28 will be Sunday 17th
As always please tag @gallacrafts and #Show Some Love #Gallacrafts #Theme 28
The Cookie Giveaways I did for @gallacrafts’s December Theme: Show Some Love have all arrived, so I thought I’d share some pictures.
Cookies, but make it Gallavich 😉
These are the most ridiculously involved cookies I’ve ever iced! 😆
There’s a lot of layers in each outfit, and things got extra silly for the wedding outfits, because each item of clothing needed to be completely dry before the next could be done, to create 3D texture and distinct layers, and to prevent the black and white bleeding into each other.
Ian’s freckles are created by watering down icing to a point where you can flick it with a paint brush onto freshly iced, still wet, “skin”, so they blend together before the icing dries, making it look like one smooth layer of icing.
Most of the clothing is piped, except the camouflage which is painted with a brush, and the plaid which is drawn on with a toothpick.
The eyebrows and tattoos are also drawn on with a toothpick.
The stains/shadows on the prison jumpsuits is again watered down icing painted on with a brush.
Anyway.
Behind the cut are some step by step photos, because naked freckly Ian and little naked chubby Mickey with tattoos and boots only, are both pretty fucking cute lol
Absolute madness, but I had so much fun doing it! I just love making people smile 🥰
so, imma take a u turn and try to finish my angst series because the drafts are piling up and it’s making my tumblr app crazy (and me too ngl)
popping to ask you guys to pls try to show some love bc i know, i get it, its angst and god forbid angst but i want to know if its goooddddd (and also it was you guys, my pookie little gremlins, who asked for it in a poll i did a month ago or so…!)
(already posted: minho, hyunjin, jisung.)
~katsy, who like a god called itachi said once, ‘lacks hatefulness’. (that’s horribly translated lmao)
p.s: i haven’t even mentioned the smutty drafts… but that’s unrelated… for now…
Go show these fic writers song love and support. They out their hear and soul in writing these fics and they all write damn good fics. I love and appreciate all yall for your work<3