types of short fic

listed as best I can from shortest to longest

6 word stories: exactly 6 words long

twitterature: 280 characters or less

7x7: exactly 49 words long (Blake’s 7 fandom)

dribble: exactly 55 words long (LoTR fandom, The Faculty fandom). The same word count was popular in both Harry Potter and Farscape, but without a specific name. Dribble is sometimes seen as a half-drabble that is therefore 50 words long.

drabble: exactly 100 words long

155 words: exactly 155 words long (X-Files fandom)

double drabble: exactly 200 words long

221B: 221 words long with the last word starting in B (Sherlock fandom)

trabble / tribble / trouble: exactly 300 words long

flash fiction: no exact word count, but generally less than 500 words (pro fiction)

pentadrabble:exactly 500 words long

short short: between 500 and 1000 words

ficlet, snippet: no exact word count needed, but generally 1K or shorter

list pulled together from Fanlore - feel free to add more fandom-specific ones!

I am actually begging some people to just let some spaces exist untouched by real-world issues and horrors.

Like I've lost count of the amount of times peaceful game or fandom servers have been ruined by people stampeding in with political rants, bitching about world issues, demanding internal activism, demanding vent channels so they can whine about their shitty parents, ect.

Like. Respectfully. Not every single space has to be inclusive of and welcoming of outside topics. The real world sucks. We don't needed to be reminded of that absolutely everywhere.

For my creator friends who still use Adobe. How to disable it from trying to use your content for Machine Learning.

She is absolutely beautiful @nartista - thank you so much for bringing her to life!

Now... back to writing. 65k down, um... lots of plot points still to go.

You will never catch her off guard.

This is an oc for @neutronstarchild new original story (WIP)

Hi Neut my friend! For the truth or dare asks... how about 🛼🪲🍄? Thank you so so much! 💖

Fawnie my darling. HUGS.

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis

HRMMM. Latest WIP? I think that's The Scrap Collector written for HuaLian in the Heaven Official's Blessing fandom. The emojis?

📞 🥺 🕟 👨‍❤️‍👨 🎸

🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here

Sneakily making me work I see, but I am here for it! It's 65 words, and it's for the next chapter of The Mahogany Inu.

“I’m bored.” These words were now the refrain of the kitsune child that had joined them on their quest. At first, Kagome took these words to heart. Indeed, Kikyō’s scoff rang in her ears when Shippō would say such things. That was, until the true meaning of the words was revealed. When Shippō said he was bored, what he meant was “please play with me!”

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

Oh man, I answered this in another ask probably broadly enough it's hard to come up with something (everyone is vers, everyone loves snuggles, intimacy as important as the sex)

So let me see if I can pull in another favorite ship with headcanon. We're going with SessKagu. I don't think Sesshomaru would have let Naraku win by killing Kagura so easily. His family are able to walk through the underworld willy nilly, so I think after Naraku's fall, Sesshomaru would have surreptitiously entered the underworld again to find Kagura.

Thanks for the Truth or Dare asks my dear!

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🦴

For the Truth or Dare Asks!

My darling @dawnrider ♥️♥️♥️

🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing? 

I have one piece of the answer in a reply here, but is that going to stop me from answering again? nosiree! I'm really really inspired at the moment by fantasies, often those with Japanese or Chinese undertones. That means martial arts, ascension to godhood with Daoist or Buddhist undertones (think: Heaven Official's Blessing, and Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu) and cultivation of spiritual energy and power.

I really like the idea that people are not just born magical, and there are rituals and practices they can use to increase their spiritual power.

🐚 ⇢ do you like or dislike surprises?

Foreshadowed surprises that make someone go whoa are really fun. There's a surprise in Yuri on Ice that's delightful and makes the entire media feel different once you know it.

Surprises made for "shock" value with very little foreshadowing? That's not my thing. I'm an emotions sponge, and when something like that feels like it comes out of the blue, I take psychic damage. (It's also why I often spoil any media that has dark or violent themes for myself, I just often do better when I am prepared for sudden violence.)

Thank you so much for these Truth or Dare asks!

Fanfic ask game: 🍄🔪🦴

Ask and ye shall receive @ruddcatha!

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

Hehe, I am going to give three naughty headcanons for my favorite pairs! I am going to start with Hua Cheng and Xie Lian from Heaven Official's Blessing, and Victor Nikiforov and Yuuri Katsuki from Yuri on Ice. There are no "defined roles" for either of these pairings in the bedroom. They give, they receive, and who is top and who is bottom all comes down to whi is in the mood for what. I also believe that both pairs spend as much energy on aftercare and snuggling and tenderness after they have sex because the intimacy is as cherished as the sexiness.

For InuKag, I think Kagome was the one to instigate, and Inuyasha is shy and a little overwhelmed the first few times, in part because touch starvation --> intimacy is such a jump. Kagome helps him through and ultimately he loves sexy times, also because the post-sex snuggles are amazing.

(Seeing a theme? 😅)

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

That has got to be ancient forms of lube. If you're wondering, it's called carrageenan 😏 and it's made from seaweed.

🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing? 

Oh there are so many. I don't know if others have the same style of "get into this media" way my hyperfixated brain can work, but it needs to have compelling characters and have an "incomplete" plot. Incomplete meaning not that it does not end well, but that there are holes in what the original story gave us that I desperately want to fill in. That seems to be the recipe for inspiration.

Thanks so so much for the Truth or Dare asks!

Send me some asks!

Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game

🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats  🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?  🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love 🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that? 🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis 🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help? 🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love 💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now?  🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis 🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both?  🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before 🎲 ⇢ what stops you from writing more in your free time?  🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings 🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual? 🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now 📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?  🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character 🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project? 🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on ❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best? 🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity 🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh  🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work? 🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate 🥝 ⇢ do you lie a lot? what's the most recent lie you told? 🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately  🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing?  🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing 🐚 ⇢ do you like or dislike surprises? 🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here ☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username? 🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them 🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them 🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it 🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

So this is what would happen if I could click kudos more than once

Did people go find their cat to give some scratches and boop their beans IRL from Tumblr's boop-a-palooza?

It's me! I'm people!

pov: you just open tumblr app

Reblog if you have an original story!

I’m not talking about fanfictions or AU’s based off of a video game/comic/TV series, I’m talking about a story with a world and characters that are YOURS and YOURS alone.

This is amazing and adorable @brain-rot-hour THANK YOU!!! I want to scrunch his little cheekies ♥️♥️♥️

Happy birthday, @neutronstardust !💚

Thank you so so much @mrfeenysmustache ♥️♥️♥️

This has got to be one of my favorite rarest pairs 😭🩷

A Softer Fate

Happy Birthday @neutronstardust!!!

Thank you for braving the mutlishipjng seas with me and inviting me aboard many new ships.

@clearwillow this is absolutely beautiful and precious. Thank you so so much!

If I had a puppy in my bed sleeping like that, same Kagome, same.

Happy Birthday @neutronstardust! Some late-night sleepy time InuKag for you 💙

I think about the writer who stopped writing because people went after them.

I think about the new reader who got scared off from commenting because they might say the wrong thing.

I think about the artist who was going to dip their toes in, but saw a blacklist posted and debated in the fandom they so recently were excited about.

I think about all the people who would be here with us, writing meta and squeeing and creating and lifting up creators. Who became ghosts, afraid that to speak up is to stick out your neck.

How many stories won't we get to read, how many pieces of art won't take our breath away, how many comments won't be put in notes or on stories that push us through our blocks... because anger and pettiness and jealousy and aggression are so common in fandoms that so many become ghosts before their time, and the ones who stick through it are still healing from their battle scars?

I mourn all the stories I will never see, all the friends I will never make, all the headcanons that will never bring stars to my eyes.

And I hope that all those who went quiet before they could speak will find a place to be safe, so that one day I may hear their voice.

I think about the writer who stopped writing because people went after them.

I think about the new reader who got scared off from commenting because they might say the wrong thing.

I think about the artist who was going to dip their toes in, but saw a blacklist posted and debated in the fandom they so recently were excited about.

I think about all the people who would be here with us, writing meta and squeeing and creating and lifting up creators. Who became ghosts, afraid that to speak up is to stick out your neck.

How many stories won't we get to read, how many pieces of art won't take our breath away, how many comments won't be put in notes or on stories that push us through our blocks... because anger and pettiness and jealousy and aggression are so common in fandoms that so many become ghosts before their time, and the ones who stick through it are still healing from their battle scars?

I mourn all the stories I will never see, all the friends I will never make, all the headcanons that will never bring stars to my eyes.

And I hope that all those who went quiet before they could speak will find a place to be safe, so that one day I may hear their voice.