“Getting” Yourself To Write

This website goes into more detail about using multiple POVs.

Chapter 3 of my John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir (Sparky) fanfic “A Halloween Negotiation” has been posted. This chapter takes place after they leave the Halloween party early. 

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: The Mallorca Files (TV 2019) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Miranda Blake/Max Winter Characters: Miranda Blake, Max Winter, Inés Villegas Additional Tags: Wintake, post-series 3, Canon Divergent, Feelings Realization, Series 3 Episode 4 "Water Water" Mention, Undercover as a Couple Summary:

It’s Valentine’s Day, and it’s the first one since Max broke up with Carmen six months ago. Miranda tries to cheer Max up. Also, they go undercover as a couple again.

Claire, i love you and your writing. As a writer, how do you support yourself financially? Emotionally? But mostly some practical tips on keeping yourself afloat and doing what you love. cheers xo

Hi friend! I’ve blogged before a couple different times on my life as a writer and my advice to other people who want to write professionally, so here without further ado is Claire’s Master List of Blog Posts About Writing Advice!

Anonymous asked: how did you get into writing and getting published?

Anonymous asked: Hi my dear! I recently read that you’re a playwright, I thought a lot about it and afraid to ask you but here I am, sorry if it’s a little inappropriate question but this topic is very interesting for me because now I choose where I want to go. Please, can you tell me where you studied for the playwright? Thank you, love you and your blog Xх

Anonymous asked: any tips on how to keep inspiration and motivation when writing? im trying to finish this t100 fic, took a break after several days of continuous writing but now i can’t seem to get it back!

Anonymous asked: This may be a really random question, but did you always know you wanted to be a novel writer, or did you kind of think about other forms of writing like TV etc. ? Or if not, how would you advise someone who isn’t sure which one to put their energy into? Don’t worry if you can’t answer this 😅

 I hope this is helpful! Happy writing!

Love,

Claire

No matter how many times you fail to meet your own expectations, you have to forgive yourself. Despite contrary belief, dwelling on and badgering yourself over your faults doesn’t ever help you grow into who you want to be.

It’s like gardening: if your flower isn’t blossoming like you want it to, you don’t rip out its leaves as punishment for failing to satisfy you. You recognize the problem and figure out what’s going wrong with its environment so you can modify it, giving the flower a chance to bloom in its own time.

Accept your shortcoming or setback, forgive yourself, and figure out what’s going wrong so that you can plan for how to prevent it from repeating in the future. Thank your past self for trying in the first place and then give your future self the love needed to flourish.

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagan & Elizabeth Weir Characters: John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagan, Rodney McKay, Carson Beckett, Ronon Dex, Radek Zelenka Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Dialogue Heavy, Romance, Matchmaking, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Happy Ending Summary:

: An AU story, which involves Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Lt. Col. John Sheppard, getting married in the name of alien diplomacy. Later chapters will be rated “M.”

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: The Mallorca Files (TV 2019) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Miranda Blake/Max Winter Characters: Miranda Blake, Max Winter Additional Tags: Wintake, married Wintake, Established Relationship, Post-Season/Series 03, Not Canon Compliant, Pregnancy, Babyfic, Fluff, Domestic Fluff Summary:

After their honeymoon, Miranda surprises Max by buying them both breakfast.

If Marvel movies were written by women

-Peggy Carter’s funeral would have been more than 3 minutes long.

-Tony Stark would have given a eulogy to Peggy, having grown up admiring her, his dad’s colleague of many years, a tremendously strong female role model (the woman who approved Pepper’s hire, of course).

-Steve Rogers would not have put the moves on Peggy’s niece within a day of burying Peggy.

-Black Widow would have gotten her own movie by now.

-A big part of Bucky’s backstory/flashbacks would have been told through Natasha’s viewpoint, her memories of either working with or against The Winter Soldier in Russia and the East. 

-Pepper Potts would have been in Civil War, speaking for herself.

-Wanda’s grief over her brother would still be very present.  Her feelings of loss and mourning would be front-and-center for her character.

-Black Panther’s woman bodyguard would have had more than one line. 

-Natasha would have told Steve that she was at Peggy’s funeral in part because she didn’t want him to be alone, but also in part to pay respects to the great Peggy Carter.

-There would be way more women in these movies.  There would be women of many ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and nationalities in these movies.  There would be many scenes of women talking to women.  There would be many more scenes of women talking.  And doing.  And feeling.  And being.