u/Kitchen_Haunting

Hello everyone! Hope you’re all doing well.

With summer quickly approaching, I thought it might be fun to check in on everyone’s writing goals and plans.

A few questions to get the conversation going:

• What stories are you currently working on that you want to finish or make progress on this summer?

• What parts of your writing craft are you focusing on improving right now?

• Are there any new fandoms you’re thinking about writing in for the first time?

• Any old fandoms you’re planning to return to?

• Are you writing any new characters or OCs lately?

• Any new ships or pairings you’re exploring in your stories?

• Is there a story idea currently burning a hole in your pocket that you really want to write?

• Do you have any summer-themed scenes, chapters, or ideas you’re hoping to work on?

Feel free to answer one question or all of them.

This thread is just for fun, so please be respectful and kind to each other.

Have a great day and happy writing! 🌻

Two days ago, I did action. Yesterday, I did romance.

So today, it only feels right to focus on the moments that make a character feel like themselves.

Every fandom has those scenes where a character’s whole heart shows through: the choice they make when no one is watching, the line they refuse to cross, the mistake they finally admit, the kindness they try to hide, the anger that reveals what they care about, the quiet moment after a loss, the joke that says more than a speech, or the decision that shows exactly who they are.

So let’s show them off.

For this activity, share one of your favorite character moments from your own writing.

Rules:

• Keep the excerpt between 200 and 500 words.
• Start with your fandom name in bold.
• Add a tiny bit of context if needed, but keep it short.
• A character moment can be anything that reveals who someone is: courage, fear, grief, loyalty, humor, growth, regret, pride, vulnerability, mercy, anger, sacrifice, stubbornness, tenderness, or a hard choice.
• Please mark major spoilers if the excerpt gives away something huge.
• Only give critique if the writer asks for it. Otherwise, this is for hype, appreciation, and character love.
• Use spoilers for NSFW material.

Suggested format:

Fandom: Name
Character: Name
Scene Type: Growth / grief / loyalty / humor / courage / vulnerability / hard choice / etc.
Context: One or two sentences

Excerpt:
200–500 words

Optional: What part of this moment do you think shows the character best?

Let’s see the scenes where your characters stop being just names on a page and become people. 🕯️✨

I did action yesterday, so following it up with romance only feels right.

Every fandom has those moments where the noise drops away: the almost-confession, the first kiss, the dance, the quiet hand-hold, the “I came back for you,” the long-awaited admission, the married couple being soft, the enemies finally lowering their guard, or the one look that says more than a whole speech.

So let’s show them off.

For this activity, share one of your favorite romantic excerpts from your own writing.

Rules:

• Keep the excerpt between 200 and 500 words.

• Start with your fandom name in bold.

• Add a tiny bit of context if needed, but keep it short.

• Romance can mean anything heartfelt: first meetings, confessions, kisses, yearning, banter, domestic tenderness, dancing, reunions, quiet devotion, jealousy, proposals, or “these two idiots are finally honest” scenes.

• Please mark major spoilers if the excerpt gives away something huge.

• Only give critique if the writer asks for it. Otherwise, this is for hype, appreciation, and soft scene sharing.

• Use spoilers for nsfw stuff

Suggested format:

Fandom: Name

Scene Type: Confession / first kiss / domestic fluff / reunion / slow burn payoff / etc.

Context: One or two sentences

Excerpt:
200–500 words

Optional: What part of the scene are you proudest of?

Let’s see the moments where your characters stop dodging their feelings and the story lights the lanterns. 🕯️💕

Every fandom has those moments where everything kicks into motion: the duel, the chase, the ambush, the last stand, the desperate rescue, the monster fight, the battlefield chaos, the one punch that changes the whole scene.

So let’s show them off.

For this activity, share one of your favorite action excerpts from your own writing.

Rules:

• Keep the excerpt between 200 and 500 words.

• Start with your fandom name in bold.

• Add a tiny bit of context if needed, but keep it short.

• Action can mean anything intense: fights, chases, escapes, rescues, battles, disasters, duels, monster attacks, or chaotic “everything is on fire” scenes.

• Please mark major spoilers if the excerpt gives away something huge.

• Only give critique if the writer asks for it. Otherwise, this is for hype, appreciation, and cool scene sharing.

Suggested format:

Fandom: [Name]

Scene Type: [Duel / chase / battle / rescue / etc.]

Context: [One or two sentences]

Excerpt:
[200–500 words]

Optional: What part of the scene are you proudest of?

Let’s see the moments where your characters stop talking and the story starts throwing chairs. 🪑🔥

Hey everyone!

Since we all write for wildly different fandoms, and there’s no single “universal” one everyone knows, I thought it would be fun and useful to do a “Sell Your Fandom” thread.

The rules are simple:

Sell us on your fandom like it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

Tell us:

• What makes it so addictive that you keep coming back to write for it?

• The characters, world-building, dynamics, vibes, ships, lore, or whatever lights you up.

• Drop videos, trailers, clips, fanart, GIFs, screenshots, or anything that captures the magic.

This way, we can all get a better feel for the fandoms we’re reading about in each other’s fics and maybe even discover new ones to check out!

How to participate:

Just reply to this thread! Start with your fandom name in bold so it’s easy to spot.

Example format, feel free to copy and tweak:

Fandom: [Name]

Why I’m obsessed:

Key characters / dynamics I love:

Media that sells it perfectly: [links or embedded images/videos]

Bonus: One-sentence pitch that would make someone click “read” on your fics.

Let’s hype each other up and spread the fandom love! 💕

What fandom are you selling today?

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good day.

For this excerpt challenge, we’re focusing on relationship dynamics — the kinds of single words that describe how characters relate to each other.

Rules

1. Post up to three separate comments, each with one relationship word.

Examples: rival, mentor, sibling, partner, stranger, witness, guardian, enemy, ally.

2. Reply to others with an excerpt that fits the relationship.

You can use an existing work or write something new.

Around 100–400 words is a good guideline, but not a hard rule.

You don’t need to state the word in the excerpt — let the dynamic show through naturally.

3. Please mark NSFW content as spoilered.

4. Make sure to comment on other entries and share the love.

Be respectful, have fun, and enjoy reading what everyone creates.

Leave your top five most-used ship tags and let people make assumptions about you.

It’s been a bit since we did “most common fandom” or “most common character” tags, so I thought it might be fun to do ship tags this time.

Drop your five most-used ship tags below and let people make good-humored assumptions about you based on them. If you want, you can also include an image of your most-written ship so people can see the dynamic.

Bonus round: you can also include your five most-shipped characters and let people make assumptions from those too.

This is meant to be lighthearted and fun, so please don’t be overtly mean in the replies.

You can also include how many times you’ve written each ship, what percentage of the tag is yours, or any other stats you feel like humble-bragging about.

Here is a fun activity for anyone who enjoys writing characters or roleplaying them in small bursts. Fill out the short questionnaire below to introduce your character so others have a baseline for who they are. After that, people can ask your character questions, and you answer in the character’s voice and tone.

Think of it as a mini interview panel where everyone brings someone from their story or fandom.

Character Questionnaire

What fandom is your character from?

(If they are multiverse or AU, feel free to mention that too.)

Are they an Original Character or a Canon Character?

If you had to sum up your character in five words, what would they be?

What are the most important things in life for your character?

If they are an OC, what is their connection to canon?

(Example: student at UA, clan member, side character from a hidden village, long lost sibling, love interest, etc, etc.)

If they are a canon character, how is your interpretation different from the usual canon version?

What is your character’s main goal in your story?

What is the character’s greatest challenge in life or within your story’s plot?

What are three unique things about them that make them stand out?

Hello everyone! I thought this would be something fun to try. A good excerpt game is always a great time, so here’s one all about verbs. There are a lot of them, so your goal is to find an excerpt that really captures the verb that’s posted.

Rules

1. Post up to 4 verbs.
2. Reply with excerpts you know of that showcase those verbs in a cool way or, if you’re super bored, write a quick original excerpt. (I’d suggest keeping it around 100–400 words per excerpt.)
3. Read what others post. Leave comments, give upvotes for the excerpts you enjoy, and just have a wonderful, hopefully relaxing day/night/whenever.
4. Reading others’ excerpts might spark inspiration, give you a new idea, or make some random flashbulb go off for a stylistic choice in your own writing.
5. And of course, mark your excerpts as NSFW when needed.

Since a lot of us are often fandom-blind when reading each other’s work, I thought this might be a fun way to get to know everyone’s favorite characters a little better.

First, share the character you write the most. This can be your favorite, your comfort character, your usual POV character, or just the one who keeps stealing the keyboard from you.

Tell us a little about them and why you enjoy writing them.

Then, share one character you haven’t written yet but really want to try someday. What makes them interesting to you? What would you want to explore with them?

Reddit only allows one image per post, so feel free to include one picture and describe the other character, or link them if you want.

And of course, feel free to reply to each other. Ask questions, gush a little, and help make this a fun character-sharing thread. 💛

I was thinking this might be something to put out, and it might be something people enjoy participating in as well. For this, the locations can be specific (certain town, certain place) or general (kitchen, beach, park. etc.)

Okay, here are the rules

1. Post three locations you want to read as the location of the except (you may post up to four locations as prompts)
2. Reply to the locations with excepts you know of, and think are cool, or if your super board write a quick except. I would suggest around 100-400 words per except would work just fine. Make sure of course to leave spoilers for NSFW stuff in your excepts.
3. Read the excerpts people post, comment and give up votes for excepts you like and have a wonderful and hopefully relaxing day.

Thought this could be a fun little activity.

Drop around 10–20 lines your characters have said in your story, but don’t give any context, names, roles, backstory, fandom, or anything like that.

Then people can reply and guess what kind of character they think it is based only on the dialogue.

Are they the hero? Villain? Mentor? Love interest? Comic relief? Secretly exhausted parent friend? Walking disaster? Someone who definitely needs therapy?

You can also guess personality, story role, flaws, motivations, relationship vibes, or just the general “this person feels like…” energy.

After people guess, the writer can reveal how close everyone was, and most importantly this is to have fun and learn about the characters everyone writes in a fun away.

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good day.

For this excerpt challenge, we’re focusing on **relationship dynamics** — the kinds of single words that describe how characters relate to each other.

Rules

1. Post up to **three separate comments**, each with **one relationship word**.

Examples: rival, mentor, sibling, partner, stranger, witness, guardian, enemy, ally.

2. Reply to others with an **excerpt that fits the relationship**.

You can use an existing work or write something new.

**Around 100–400 words** is a good guideline, but not a hard rule.

You don’t need to state the word in the excerpt — **let the dynamic show through naturally.**

3. Please mark **NSFW content as spoilered.**

4. Make sure to **comment on other entries and share the love.**

Be respectful, have fun, and enjoy reading what everyone creates.