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11 frames done in 3 hours. This took too long I know. I will use reference next time. 

Shancy kisses are the best kisses. 

Office AU where Shiro is the gorgeous boss that everyone has a crush on and it’s made worse when they find out that their gorgeous boss has a beautiful husband who visits him for lunch almost every day and the whole office doesn’t know how to cope. 

You know what’s really disturbing to me? The culture that seems to have sprung up around fanfiction. Writers spend weeks and months working on a story – I think my record is six months on A Place For Us To Dream. And so many times readers expect to just be given a chapter even if they don’t give anything to the writer in return.

I’m going to date myself a bit here, but I’ve been reading/writing fanfiction for ten years. And when I first started it was a wonderful community. There was an unspoken rule – if you read/enjoyed it, you review it. You take thirty seconds to tell an author who probably spent anywhere from three days to a week writing that chapter you just enjoyed to tell them you enjoyed it. Even if it was as simple as “Great chapter, can’t wait to see what happens next!”

Writers spend so much time on stories, and then they post it because they have this thing that they’ve invested so many hours into and they want to share it with the world. They know how they feel about the story, and they want to know how other people feel, what other people think.

And when you read it and don’t review, you know what message you’re sending that author? That they’re not worth your time, or you didn’t enjoy their story. So why should they keep posting it? Yeah they might continue working on it in their own time, for their own enjoyment, but you might never see another chapter again because you couldn’t be bothered to take thirty seconds out of your day to tell them how you feel.

I’ve written stories in eight different fandoms, ranging from very small to very big (I’ll openly admit I wrote Twilight fanfiction once. Once. It was an Alice/Jasper story and haters can hate all they want but I’m still proud of it). I took a break for a few years because I fell out of fandoms during college, and when I came back apparently it’d become the norm to just greedily consume writing without telling writers how you feel. And that is one of the saddest things in the world to me because fanfiction is where I really started getting serious about writing. It’s how I’ve honed by skills and become the writer I am today. And that was largely in part because of all the support I got when I was an itty-bitty thirteen-year-old writing crappy W.I.T.C.H. fanfiction.

Everyone keeps saying “reviews don’t matter, you should just write for yourself.” Well, you’re wrong. Reviews make or break fanfiction. Reviews tell writers whether it’s worth their time to continue posting that story online or whether they should keep it on their hard drives and never share it with the world.

Kill the attitude that reviews don’t matter. Start telling writers you like their stories. And if you don’t, if you all just continue to be invisible readers? Don’t be surprised when that writer disappears.

And a happy new year (Shiro x reader)

Request: hey :) can i have an shiro x femreader new years eve imagine where reader has a huge crush on shiro and somehow one of the paladins (probably pidge, the little devil) found out and tries to set them up for the countdown?? thank u xx

Hi!! So I’m only, what, a month late with this one? Agdjsbjdjsjs I’m so so sorry ack, I hope you enjoy regardless❤️❤️

~Water

Word count: 2.2 K

Genre: fluff

Notes: masterlist - Lance gets drunk the fastest and you can fight me on this

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You fiddled with the hem of your shirt, eyes trained on your bitten nails. Leaning against the wall, you discreetly snuck longing glances at one particular person standing not thirty feet away from you. To you, it felt like you were separated by a lot more than just a few feet of wood. You lowered your head into your hands, heaving a sigh aimed at yourself.

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there's this one where lance goes on a europe trip by himself and somehow keeps meeting up with keith in different countries, I'm sorry if that's vague?? but I've been looking for days and I can't find it.

oh man i hope you mean this fic, bc i love!- Vallie

Foreign Scenes by bwyn (13/13 | 110,581 | Teen and Up)

Lance has been dreaming of travelling since the first time he heard stories from his family as a child. Now, having finally the time and money to do it, he goes on a trip to Europe to see some of the most culturally rich cities on the continent. Except he keeps bumping into the same guy over and over again, in random cities, doing stupid shit, and ultimately dragging Lance into his trouble, too.

Basically an AU in which Lance and Keith become impromptu travel buddies and get into trouble.

Bad Boy! Keith x Flower Shop Worker! Lance Headcannons

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: light making out

A/N: Picture not mine and mayhaps this is a bit to long but who really cares

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Gelatin in space!  Looks a bit like a tadpole when it is floating around, but I promise it was a tasty treat for us on the Space Station.  The food lab prepared drink bags with gelatin mix inside, and I made gelatin for the crew. It is very tempting to play with your food when it floats.

⠀ “Then why don’t you come here and try it, asshole!” Keith yelled while keeping his gaze fixed on Lance. “I don’t give a shit about blowing myself up along with you! These two McClains have nothing to lose!” ⠀

⠀ DO NOT REPOST WITHOUT MY PERMISSION check out @thisgirlhastales fic “The Six Sound Gun” here

“Lance was the storm. He was the vicious waves in winter, the ones that rose to pummel the beach, to toss the sand aside and break the rocks apart and rip the grass from the dunes along the shore. He was the spring tide, the surge of water that overturned the land. He was deep ocean currents, and frigid arctic water, sinking to the depths of the ocean with the patience to remain there for a thousand years. He was the upwelling’s, and the new life, the emergence of clear tides and crystalline coasts. The lightning that struck over glowing cities, or the winds that howled in the barren corners of the Earth. He was the storm, and every feeling along with it.”

Loosely based on the fic: “Goodnight, Travel Well” by Europa_report on AO3. Find the author on Tumblr @bibipidgeypie Amazing fic I highly recommend it.

@lowaharts did this beautiful sketch of Lance and Hunk from the earlier chapters of Watercast. She says this is probably going to remain a WIP and I that can post it…but i think it is so amazing as it is ;3; their expressions summarise their personalities and friendship so well omg…I love it so much!!!

Fic can be found on AO3 | Latest updated is chapter 11.

My piece for the @klancereversebang ❤️💙decided to draw a Altean/Galra AU. Lance and Keith meet each other in a royal ball but something happens that will change the life of one of them. You can read the whole story written by @sunken-floater here

shance rec masterlist

* = smut

Like I’m Fourteen Again by umeyaoi

Under His Skin by Damalia (Achrya) *

Better than Chocolate Pudding by keir

creature memory by boyghosts

You Could Save Me by Paladin_Lancelot

When You Mate With Merpeople, Always Bring A Water Bottle by No1DigiBakuFan *

Comrade by Rigel126

Lights Down Low by binding_of_cain

Warming by kitausu *

Shiro Loves Making Lance Beg by behindtheimpala *

The Break of Dawn (Until Dawn AU) by SheithLover_Voltron

SCP: Voltron Breach by ASadDitto

five times shiro couldn’t keep his hands off lance and one time he didn’t have to by rinthegreat *

Shadow by natdashg

Assistant Teacher by zaynedere

Don’t Wake Me Up by erisae *

‘Shiro and Keith’s Kickass Fighting Techniques’ by Lance McClain by skyestiel

Shiro.exe Has Stopped Working by voltronexe *

five times shiro couldn’t keep his hands off lance and one time he didn’t have to by rinthegreat *

Shiro Learns by chelseasmile1999

this just in: i finished the shance fic ‘smoke signals’ and i am shooken

if shance is as near and dear to your heart as it is for me, and you’re looking for a new fic to read, look no further. this is truly my Oasis in the middle of a shance desert. it’s completed (at a solid 11 chapters) and has everything i’ve ever wanted out of a shance fic.

you want slow burn? check. you want intricate plot with a well-built setting and really well done OCs to help the plot along? check. you want something that isn’t just a smutty oneshot (not that those are any less wanted, i appreciate all y’all writers out there)? check. you want something that gives shiro humanity and doesn’t make him into some sort of a (buff and very handsome) fix-it-felix for everyone else’s problems? check. you want something that goes past lance’s flirty finger guns and really fleshes him out as his own person? check. you want a shance fic that makes them seem balanced? like it isn’t just give give give or take take take? that takes the time to build up their relationship, with all its ups and downs, and show just how they’re good for each other? check, check, and check.

worry not, i won’t make you go digging through ao3 to find it.

you can read this beauty of a fic right here. enjoy.

Shance fic rec list

1) Chasing Pretty Thoughts by SouthernBird (NSFW) 30k words of goodness! Shiro saves lance from his job as an escort. Shiro is incredibly sweet and kind in this and lance sad.  2) Unicorn Printed Toothbrush by AshesTheTerrible (NSFW) ABO Shance are parents 

3) How Deep is the Love We Think We Know by mizufallsfromkumo ABO Shiro is a nesting Alpha

4) WANTED: Lance’s Legs by sweet_rabbit This one only has 1 chapter so far but Im excited for it to be updated! In which Shiro plays (American) football and has been tasked to recruit lance. for his powerful legs.  5) (don’t) doubt it by ali3nz On lance and his past relationships and Shiro and his jealousy

wow I swear I have more… I just forgot to bookmark them (they’re all in my subscription list but I don’t we can filter our subscription list… ) I’ll add more later! I have a few more that I marked for later so I’ll edit this list once I’ve read them! 

At Shiro and Curtis’ wedding, after their first dance together as husbands, Shiro is dancing with Keith, they’re laughing their asses off and somehow Lance ends up slow-dancing with Curtis. Lance is in love with Shiro but he’s shocked at how good it feels to be in Curtis’ arms and right now, Shiro is looking over at them like they’re the reason the sun shines and maybe Shiro loves Lance too and maybe one day Curtis can see himself falling in love with Lance the way he deserves

THIS ASK SERIOUSLY REMINDS ME OF THIS WONDERFUL FIC BY @svendidntdieforthis AND I’M SCREAMING!!!! I LOVE SLOWBURNS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONTEXT!!! SO MUCH PINING AND LITTLE MOMENTS BETWEEN CURTIS AND LANCE THAT HAS LANCE FEELING CONFUSED BUT ALSO HIS HEART RACING!!!! THEY’RE TOO CUUUTE!!!!

Stories where Keith slowly starts trusting Shiro

Check these out:

Dirt and Iron - Stuff (rosegardenlake) @whoalookingcooljoker

131k. (Mature). Contains: torture, graphic violence.

Keith’s mentor, Krolia, has always warned him from the very beginning: show mercy to a vampire and you’re dead.  They’re snakes, they’re liars, they’ll kill you if you’re stupid enough to ever give them a chance.  As a beloved member of the Blade, Keith’s lived by this.  He’s never had any reason to question Krolia.  She’s always told him how his family was killed by them, after all.

Keith’s a good fighter.  Krolia’s trained him into the perfect weapon.  But when a newly turned vampire doesn’t fight back, Keith hesitates, and to hesitate is to be killed.  But the vampire doesn’t hurt him.  The vampire saves his life instead.  And from that moment on, Keith is gone.

Maybe vampires aren’t as bad as he thought.  Maybe Keith’s not who he thought he was.  Maybe Krolia’s been lying to him all along.

like crashing in slow-motion - amorremanet @amorremanet

31k. (Teen). Contains: self-harm.

After losing the Grandfather who raised him, Shiro throws himself headlong back into life at the Garrison. Desperate to believe that everything is fine, Shiro focuses on his extra studies, on working as Commander Iverson’s TA, on anything but dealing with his grief or giving himself space to mourn. For the most part, his façade fools everybody. Unfortunately for his desire to avoid dealing with his problems, compartmentalizing and denial can only last so long before something has to give.

On the other hand is Keith. A driven cadet who’s earned everything that he has to his name, Keith sees Shiro as little more than a useless pretty boy whose family has a legacy with the Galaxy Garrison. As far as he knows, Shiro’s only gotten so far at the Garrison through a mix of dumb luck and nepotism. Keith’s perfectly content not to question any of his preconceived ideas about the Garrison’s resident golden boy. Unfortunately for his resolve, he keeps catching Shiro in vulnerable moments and spotting details that other people miss.

Visitor from the Sky - rosegardenlake @whoalookingcooljoker

10k. (Teen).

The Garrison has captured an alien.  It’s the very first time.

Shiro is sleeping peacefully in his room at the Garrison when it happens, bundled warmly in dreams as light explodes through the night sky and the ground quakes and quivers.  A mile away, in the darkness of the desert, a boy who’s not all human, but not all Galra either, stumbles from his shuttle, disorientated, looking for his father.  

He’s apprehended immediately and it’s up to Shiro to get him to tell them what he wants.

-Cas & Kel

Learn to Love Witchcraft

by LunarMysteries

Shiro’s parents have a very negative view of Lance, especially with him being witch. Lance wants nothing more to be accepted by them. The question is, how?

Words: 2506, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Shance Witch AU

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Lance (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Shiro’s Parents (Voltron), Shiro’s Mother (Voltron), Shiro’s Father (Voltron)

Relationships: Lance/Shiro (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Witch Lance (Voltron), Human Shiro (Voltron), Mentioned Keith (Voltron), Witch AU

source http://archiveofourown.org/works/17411747

‘Bar Fights’ are Bad News

So. a bit ago @tricodekuarts posted an art piece. So, I was like… *let’s click on anon and ask permission to write something.* 

It’s also my “Fighter” fill for my Keith card as well as “Dirty Talk’ on my NSFW card for @voltronbingo

Here’s a preview, check it out on AO3!

(Rated E. There is smut)

Keith’s broken jaw might not be wired together anymore- the surgery was six weeks ago, but rules were rules. And until he was back up to weight and not getting dizzy from a full fight against Shiro, there was no scheduled income for him.

And so James went back to their roots, picking up the long stick and heading to Rolo’s ring. It was seedy, a text with a warehouse location and a time. But fighters took home ten percent of their fights minimum, a good win meant almost half the profits from the make-shift concessions stand in the rusted out food truck and the cover.

If you managed to sneak in a friend to bet on your fight, you’d make your rent in one fight. 

Which, really, with how hard everyone went, was probably all you should fight in a month anyway.

Keith had snuck in Kinkade, his old college roommate’s boyfriend. Rolo and Nyma had never met Lance- so the connection would be hard to make.

Lance had frowned at the thought of Keith going back to Rolo- James had been the only good thing to happen to him in that time. 

But Keith wore him down, showing off the scar from where his fractured jaw had torn through his skin. 

The bell finally called out James’ victory, pulling Keith from his thoughts. 

Keith and Shiro hair tutorial/guide by me

James Griffin hair tutorial

They went to celebrate a victory and James got drunk af

My long awaited Jaith Enchanted au 

Finally remembered to update my redbubble which you can find here :)

True love’s kiss [Enchanted AU]

I’m really going to miss them.

The End.

Can I ask what your favorite Jeith fics are?

These are all on ao3:

For What It’s Worth by Kunfetti

Coming out of my cage and I’ve been doing just fine by garcconne

Where have you been (all this time) by 2Amaryllis3

Feelings I didn’t know I had (James and Keith Week 2018) by Ulquii

A study in forgetting by gamesgeary_18

Anti-Gravity by MaytheSixth

There’s probably more but these are wonderful.

I ordered some postcard prints from @tricodekuarts via her Redbubble store! I really like the quality of the cards and of course I adore Tricodeku’s style so much.

Bonus Jaith and the MFE squad.

HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?? good news promise

WHAT NEWS???

This is an ultimate masterlist of many resources that could be helpful for writers. I apologize in advance for any not working links. Check out the ultimate writing resource masterlist here (x) and my “novel” tag here (x).

✑ PLANNING

Outlining & Organizing

For the Architects: The Planning Process

Rough Drafts

How do you plan a novel?

Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character

Plotting and Planing

I Have An Idea for a Novel! Now What?

Choosing the Best Outline Method

How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Plot

Conflict and Character within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets

✑ INSPIRATION

Finding story ideas

Choosing ideas and endings

When a plot isn’t strong enough to make a whole story

Writing a story that’s doomed to suck

How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers

Finishing Your Novel

Finish Your Novel

How to Finish Your Novel when You Want to Quit

How To Push Past The Bullshit And Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan

✑ PLOT

In General

25 Turns, Pivots and Twists to Complicate Your Story

The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development

Originality Is Overrated

How to Create a Plot Outline in Eight Easy Steps

Finding Plot: Idea Nets

The Story Goal: Your Key to Creating a Solid Plot Structure

Make your reader root for your main character

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations

Adding Subplots to a Novel

Weaving Subplots into a Novel

7 Ways to Add Subplots to Your Novel

Crafting a Successful Romance Subplot

How to Improve your Writing: Subplots and Subtext

Understanding the Role of Subplots

How to Use Subtext in your Writing

The Secret Life of Subtext

How to Use Subtext

Beginning

Creating a Process: Getting Your Ideas onto Paper (And into a Story)

Why First Chapters?

Starting with a Bang

In the Beginning

The Beginning of your Novel that isn’t the Beginning of your Novel

A Beginning from the Middle

Starting with a Bang

First Chapters: What To Include @ The Beginning Writer

23 Clichés to Avoid When Beginning Your Story

Start Writing Now

Done Planning. What Now?

Continuing Your Long-Format Story

How to Start a Novel 

100 best first lines from novels

The First Sentence of a Book Report

How To Write A Killer First Sentence To Open Your Book

How to Write the First Sentence of a Book

The Most Important Sentence: How to Write a Killer Opening

Hook Your Reader from the First Sentence: How to Write Great Beginnings

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and the Red Hering

Narrative Elements: Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and Suspense

Foreshadowing Key Details

Writing Fiction: Foreshadowing

The Literary Device of Foreshadowing

All About Foreshadowing in Fiction

Foreshadowing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing — How and Why to Use It In Your Writing

Setting

Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life

Write a Setting for a Book

Writing Dynamic Settings

How To Make Your Setting a Character

Guide for Setting

5 Tips for Writing Better Settings

Building a Novel’s Setting

Ending

A Novel Ending

How to End Your Novel

How to End Your Novel 2

How to End a Novel With a Punch

How to End a Novel

How to Finish a Novel

How to Write The Ending of Your Novel

Keys to Great Endings

3 Things That End A Story Well

Ending a Novel: Five Things to Avoid

Endings that Ruin Your Novel

Closing Time: The Ending

✑ CHARACTER

Names

Behind the Name

Surname Meanings and Origins

Surname Meanings and Origins - A Free Dictionary of Surnames

Common US Surnames & Their Meanings

Last Name Meanings & Origins

Name Generators

Name Playground

Different Types of Characters

Ways To Describe a Personality

Character Traits Meme

Types of Characters

Types of Characters in Fiction

Seven Common Character Types

Six Types of Courageous Characters

Creating Fictional Characters (Masterlist)

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills 

Males

Strong Male Characters

The History and Nature of Man Friendships

Friendship for Guys (No Tears!)

‘I Love You, Man’ and the rules of male friendship

Male Friendship

Understanding Male Friendship

Straight male friendship, now with more cuddling

Character Development

P.O.V. And Background

Writing a Character: Questionnaire

10 Days of Character Building

Getting to Know Your Characters

Character Development Exercises

✑ STYLE

Chapters

How Many Chapters is the Right Amount of Chapters?

The Arbitrary Nature of the Chapter

How Long is a Chapter?

How Long Should Novel Chapters Be?

Chapter & Novel Lengths 

Section vs. Scene Breaks

Dialogue 

The Passion of Dialogue

25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue

Dialogue Writing Tips

Punctuation Dialogue

How to Write Believable Dialogue

Writing Dialogue: The Music of Speech

Writing Scenes with Many Characters

It’s Not What They Say …

Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

Dialogue Tips

Interrupted Dialogue

Two Tips for Interrupted Dialogue

Show, Don’t Tell (Description)

“Tell” Makes a Great Placeholder

The Literary Merit of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Bad Creative Writing Advice

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do

DailyWritingTips: Show, Don’t Tell

GrammarGirl: Show, Don’t Tell

Writing Style: What Is It?

Detail Enhances Your Fiction

Using Sensory Details

Description in Fiction

Using Concrete Detail

Depth Through Perception

Showing Emotions & Feelings

Character Description

Describing Your Characters (by inkfish7 on DeviantArt)

Help with Character Development

Creating Characters that Jump Off the Page

Omitting Character Description

Introducing Your Character(s): DON’T

Character Crafting

Writer’s Relief Blog: “Character Development In Stories And Novels”

Article: How Do You Think Up Your Characters?

5 Character Points You May Be Ignoring

List of colors, hair types and hairstyles

List of words to use in a character’s description 

200 words to describe hair

How to describe hair

Words used to describe the state of people’s hair

How to describe your haircut

Hair color sharts

Four Ways to Reveal Backstory

Words Used to Describe Clothes

Flashbacks

Using Flashbacks in Writing

Flashbacks by All Write

Using Flashback in Fiction

Fatal Backstory

Flashbacks as opening gambit

Don’t Begin at the Beginning

Flashbacks in Books

TVTropes: Flashback

Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: Flashback Techniques in Fiction

3 Tips for Writing Successful Flashbacks

The 5 Rules of Writing Effective Flashbacks

How to Handle Flashbacks In Writing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Reddit Forum: Is a flashback in the first chapter a good idea?

Forum Discussing Flackbacks

P.O.V

You, Me, and XE - Points of View

What’s Your Point of View?

Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

The Opposite Gender P.O.V.

LANGUAGE

 How To Say Said

200 Words Instead of Said

Words to Use Instead of Said

A List of Words to Use Instead of Said

Alternatives to “Walk”

60 Synonyms for “Walk”

✑ USEFUL WEBSITES/LINKS

Grammar Monster

Google Scholar

GodChecker

Tip Of My Tounge

Speech Tags

Pixar Story Rules

Written? Kitten!

TED Talks

DarkCopy

Family Echo

Some Words About Word Count

How Long Should My Novel Be?

The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Writer’s “Cheat Sheets”

Last but not least, the most helpful tool for any writer out there is Google!