What are you writing now?

[serria]

Share with us whatever it is you are working on now! Original fiction? Fanfiction? Poetry? Articles? Script? Tell me about it!

I have a ton of short stories that I'd love to finish, iron out and send somewhere to try to get published, as well as (in the much more distant future) a few novels. I consider myself pretty rooted in the fantasy genre (with some sci-fi as well), which is what my novels would be easily classified as... but weirdly, my short stories are pretty much non-genre or simply human drama. I have one developing fantasy novel in particular that's really shaping itself, but the more I work on it, the further away from finishing it I seem.

I also write articles for a local newspaper, but that's basically limited to community events or opinion pieces.

How about you guys?

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[badass_tiger]

I'm writing some Discworld fanfiction for the Small Fandom Big Bang right now. I'm hoping it'll turn out decently long, I haven't written anything more than 15k words in over a year and I want to get my hand back into longfic.

The Cotton Candy Bingo is opening sign-ups tomorrow and I'm super excited! Fluff and romance are definitely my forte.

I write some original stuff, but they're usually very short stories, never long-term projects like some of my fics are. I'm not very interested in writing original - at least, not so far. I have some good ideas I could possibly expand on, but I'm far more into fanfiction and I don't think I'll be going beyond that any time soon.

[serria]

I have never participated in any of those Bingos or prompt sets before, and I don't know why. They seem like a lot of fun, I think I always just worry I won't commit to it. I kind of like sweet, fluffy romance, but I never seem to get really excited about ships that could realistically have those scenes. Have you done prompts like that often?

I used to be pretty much only fanfiction (though I've always written at least some original). But there hasn't been a series recently that I've been so passionate about that I'm less interested in writing my original stuff, as has been in the past.

[badass_tiger]

I think I understand how certain challenges with a lot of deadlines, like big bangs, could be difficult to commit to, but bingos are usually very relaxed, and sometimes they require you to post at least one fic during amnesty to participate in the next round, but that's all.

Fluff has always been what I write the most. Actually, I'm rarely interested in couples where fluff might easily or regularly happen, too. The joy of writing fluff for me has always been the challenge of doing it for couples where things like that normally don't happen, and doing so in a way that is in-character and also satisfactory for the reader. And if I can't do that with a prompt, I subvert or invert the trope instead. Making things happen in an unexpected way is what I love the most. The way I write it just usually turns out cutesy and sweet :D