analyzing my writing habits

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coming to terms w the fact that i only ever write the same four tropes over and over again w different plots so yeah im doing a headcount to see how many of my fics fall under similar tropes/settings !

i’ll be counting all of my kpop fics over 2 ao3 accounts—neotbz and hyucksdream. in total, there’s 24 fics that i’ll be counting, over 4 different fandoms: bts (4 fics), nct (11), the boyz (7), and cix (2).

friends to lovers: 7

> bts: 1

> nct: 3

> tbz: 1

> cix: 2

im actually surprised at how low this number is, but actually i didn’t count fics w childhood friends in this trope. this is like one of my favorite tropes, so 7/24 isn’t too bad lol. my 3 most recent fics all have this trope, so clearly its one that i really like. 

childhood friends: 8

> bts: 2

> nct: 5

> tbz: 1

> cix: 0

this is the only trope thats mutually exclusive, bc i wanted to specify between friends to lovers and childhood friends lol. for tbz, i think the count is low bc out of my 7 tbz fics, 4 are short drabbles/oneshots that i did for fictober so idk if they even count bc i steered away from tropes that i commonly write. not to get too hashtag personal on here but i think i write a lot of childhood friends bc its something i have experience w and i find it hard to get close to people that i havent known since i was like 6 so this one is really based more on my life rather than preferences. but also i love the knowing each other that comes w being childhood friends. 

roommates: 7

> bts: 1

> nct: 3

> tbz: 1

> cix: 2

i didn’t include canon compliant fics for this one bc i dont really think that should count as roommates per say so yeah,,, i do enjoy writing roommates bc its just really easy for me to come up w plot for. this will probably end up being one of my top tropes bc its what i default to when i first write a ship or new group.

college/high school aus: 18

> bts: 4

> nct: 9

> tbz: 3

> cix: 2

i really should’ve seen this one coming,,,, but yeah i know exactly why this number is so high for the first 2 fandoms i wrote for. writing college/hs aus are So Easy to me bc its just so relatable i can just project and pass it off as a fic lol. esp back when i was first just getting started w writing kpop fic, i wasnt that comfy writing canon compliant so naturally i turned to hs/college aus bc they pair wonderfully with the childhood friends trope and sports au… im sure you see where im going w that. lately (like this year) ive kinda grown out of the hs/college setting ? ive really told all the stories i want to tell w this trope so ive been focusing more on other tropes ? its just the setting i find easiest to write. 

sports aus: 5

> bts: 1

> nct: 2

> tbz: 2

> cix: 0

this is something ive gotten more confident in writing more recently. my earlier sports works are really not focused on sports, and ive only really written 1 fic that really centers around sports (other than my nohyuck soccer wip) but ive always enjoyed writing sports ! 

established relationship: 8

> bts: 1

> nct: 3

> tbz: 4

> cix: 0

im a Huge domestic fluff fan which is why this number is fairly high. i find these fics to be the most comforting to me to read but personally i really like to write angst, which is why this number isnt higher. established relationship is also just very fun to me bc then i can focus on the main characters’ interactions w other characters instead of each other !

canon-compliant: 3

> bts: 0

> nct: 1

> tbz: 2

> cix: 0

i knew this number would be low bc i find canon compliant so hard to write? i didn’t even seriously attempt it until last october and now im finally getting more comfy w it ? its bc i think you need a certain level of familiarity w a group/ship to be able to pull canon comp off and i never thought i had it with any group until a few months ago. the exception is the canon comp xiaoyang fic i word-vomited in 2019 at 2 am. i was basically just too scared to write any canon comp but now im more confident and i have a few wip ideas that are canon comp !

enemies to lovers: 3

> bts: 0

> nct: 2

> tbz: 1

> cix: 0

i wont lie im using a very watered-down version of enemies to lovers simply bc i dont have any better descriptors. i find enemies to lovers hard to write bc its just hard for me to come up w a solid enough reason that two people would despise each other that much ! i want to write more of it though since its definitely something that piques my interest and would stretch my writing skills. i have a great time reading this trope as well !

anyway, those are really the most important tropes that i include in my fics,, the rest are more arbitrary like cuddling and pining which i dont think anyone really cares about ! the frequency of each trope goes like this: 

1. college/hs aus: 18

2. childhood friends: 8

3. established relationship: 8

4. friends to lovers: 7

5. roommates: 7

6. sports aus: 5

7. canon-compliant: 3

8. enemies to lovers: 3

for the most part, this lines up with what i read as well, except the bottom three are probably at the top after childhood friends. i also really like reading fantasy fics, which ive written 1 of, and aus where the characters are working, which ive written 2 of. these settings are harder for me to write than college, which is why i dont write them as frequently !