keeping my head afloat

first of all, there's nothing wrong with writing for a tag just to get more recognition. as long as your work brings you happiness then anything goes.

i have an organised gdoc, a scattering of random notes on my iphone, as well as several stray gdocs, all containing plot ideas, prompts, wips etc. and when i come up with these ideas, i find that i've already associated them with a specific pairing, and hence the characterisation for each idea is built around a perception of a member. e.g. a theatre au for nahyuck, a celebrity markmin, mock court chenji and loads more

the temptation arises when i'm like "ooh that's a great plot!" and it's for a rarepair, and i sit and wonder to myself "wouldn't this work get more recognition in a popular tag? what if i change this nahyuck and make it nomin instead?" just so more people can find this "great plot!"

it annoys me that i can't help but feel this way. it annoys me that my eyes can't help but stray to the statistics. that i can't help but notice that my most popular fics (by far, in terms of stats) have one thing in common: the relationship tag.

but i guess overall i want to be satisfied with my writing, and i think so carefully about each character i create, that i simply can't swap a pairing in without changing the entire plot and dynamic. that "great plot!" might not end up that good anymore.

in conclusion, i will write that showcase fic for nahyuck, and nahyuck only.

i added an additional 1348 words to my nomin space fic, and again it's not much but i feel really good because i've picked up the flow again. i can feel my writers block ebbing away.

1348 words of actual plot, but a lot more words went into my outline mapping out future scenes and events.

now all i can hope for is that this fic doesn't surpass 20k (i'm at ~12k right now). i don't usually edit, i just wing it and post, but this is a higher quality of work compared to my previous fics and i want to do it right. there's gonna be a TON of editing and then a TON of formatting because i'm extra and have put different elements and media to make it immersive. and, this fic is a gift. a gift to my important friends. i want it to be good.

i was playing music throughout: "i'm gonna love you - d.o., wonstein song radio", and "rock with you - seventeen song radio"

i was just testing what the html for this certain part would look like on ao3


can someone please teach me how to insert an image without doing it this way? T__T
to use the "img src" tag i need an actual link but i'm not sure how to get one for my images...

!edit/070921 - thank you luckyzukky for teaching me!! (>~<)<3

i also figured out how to change the font, and when i did, the italicised words from my gdoc remained italicised without adding the "i" "/i" tags. not that i'm complaining but did this occur because the font i'm using in the gdoc is also serif? (i used "spectral" font in the doc, but "garamond" on ao3 because it seems like spectral isn't an available option)

yes this is about [REDACTED] wip.

every time i open it i battle the urge to run away crying. oh wait, i already did run away crying for a MONTH.