#writng process

[prairiedawn]

It looks like the Kintsukuroi series and one of the works in it, Nowhere Else But Here, have been deleted from AO3. Is there a particular reason why?

Oh!

Yes, actually. Several. First, I learned that sticking together a bunch of loosely related works I was writing out of chronological order was really not the best idea for engagement and, more importantly, comprehensibility. So I took out the metaphorical seam ripper and pulled them apart. I plan to add Kintsukuroi back as a tag, rather than a series, so I don't have to worry about such pesky matters as chronological order, widely varying time periods and OC-focused works with main character-focused works.

Nowhere Else But Here was a plotting trainwreck and needed significant redrafting. I was still trying to pin down Jon and Martin's voices and how I wanted the world to feel. It will go back up with major revisions, possibly before Christmas. I am also learning to figure out how to do the CW tag lists that are common for TMA fic. It was, in an academic sense, interesting to discover that tagging conventions could vary so widely between fandoms.

But genre conventions would make a whole post, maybe for later, so I'll just tease it by saying that there are situations in horror 'verses that seem to require content warnings because they are considered intrinsically horrifying for at least some people, while in science fiction 'verses, especially far future space opera, it's a bit more "well he only had the two arms and one head at the time, but that's definitely Zaphod", my engineer is made of tentacles, yes I reproduce by binary fission, do you have problem with that?

[unlikelysaintdelele]

I always forget this when I’m writing but…

drafts are supposed to be ugly. they shouldn’t look like a proper story until you’ve finalized everything. whether that be sketched out comic strips or a jumble of sentences that just get to the point of what you want to happen in the story.

Don’t be discouraged. keep going for as long as you can take it. no one else can tell your stories like you.

[generic-whumperz]

Write story?

No work on crazy world building and spend all day writing a 6 page fake essay-esque info sheet on an imaginary parasitic worm that turns people into crazed cannibals. The lengths I go to for this fucking story and au I stg.

[techtow]

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.- E.L. Doctorow

[barbed-snile]

WAAAAAAAAA THE NEWEST CHAPTER OF INKY MYSTERY, SOBBING CRYING IMPLODING AND TURNING INTO DUST

GOOFYYYYYY NOOOOOO SINCE WHEN HAS AN INK ATTACK IMMEDIATELY SMITED SOMEONE. GOOFY DESERVES BETTER. Max’s dad is gone just like that😭

I do like the little nod to O Peewee Tree, it makes sense that the gifts they did get would come from Pete…poor quality stuff but stuff nonetheless

And oh my stars that scene of Bendy trying to keep Goofy afloat, unconsciously almost killing himself in the process. I- aughhhhh the writng is so good but the authors are so cruel 😭

I have a feeling that sea of eyes is connected to the Old Devil somehow, or it could be all the “lost ones” that the ink has claimed, or something else. idk im not a theorist

anyways, I hope uou lovely authors have a good hiatus!!

[darkbluekies]

heyy darling, do u have any writng advice? your ocs are incredible

Writing in general or specifically characters? I can give some short information about both, how I do because I don't really know how to tell someone to write, i just know how I do!

I can make up a oneshot on the spot here to demonstrate!

Plot

Personally, I start with a plot. I am a plot driven writer, which means that it's the plot that drives the story forward, rather than the characters itself.

Let's say I've read about a ship sinking (unusual i know). I start with the main focus: the sinking ship, and continue from there. What genre? Let's say horror

But there needs to be more than just the ship. So I try to scatter through my mind or notes for earlier story ideas that I have had that might work together with this one. Let's say I don't have any. In that case, I would try to think what could have led up to this sinking ship.

Here's where the characters come in. To fit the horror theme, I might create a young woman who has had heard weird voices these last years after a near death experience. Why would she be traveling on this ship? Is she trying to get away from someone? Or go to someone? Let's say she has a stalker.

Now let's go deeper onto the stalker. What could the stalker have done to want the main character to flee? Maybe sent notes to her? Maybe confronted her?

What happens on the ship? Do they meet? Does she know he's there? What does he do on there that makes her scared?

The ship sinks. This would be the ideal point to take her. This is where the thing should happen. Unleash whatever you have in your mind. Is she getting chased through water falled corridors? Does she have to hide in a room that's filling to the brim with water? Does he find her? Does she manage to escape?

Let's give her a happy ending. She manages to run away from him and get into a lifeboat. What now? Is she feeling relief? Fear? Guilt? Play around!

And the end. Either you can tie it up with a happy ending where she lives a good life afterwards and the stalker died, or you can do a more open, mysterious ending where, maybe when shes stepped onto the harbour, she sees him in the crowd.

This is an easy outline of how my thought process can go. This is very surface level, and if you want you can see it as a timeline where you put in the important things first and then fill out the remaining space with smaller scenes!

Characters

Characters are my favorite thing to do. I love to make people and put them in situations. Let's take one of my characters that you haven't met, that way you won't already know things about them and have old feelings about them.

This character is called Ben and I have had him since 2020. He is a 15 year old boy with a sore history. This is how I came up with him, and developed him. basically my thought progress

When I created him, he was actually nothing more than the best friend/protector/later developed to be a love interest (still unclear but there definetly is some real tension and they probably would get together if "something" didn't happen) to the main character Hugh.

I knew that this character, since he made himself a protector, would need to be physically strong, but also a bit intimidating. But I left it at that and developed the rest later when I knew the characters and their different bonds more.

Ben is rough. When he meets the other characters for the first time, he has bruised knuckles, smokes and is described as "violent looking". Until he meets Hugh. Because Ben is not a bad person. Towards Hugh, who has chronic pain and relies on an IV throughout the book, he's gentle, slow and careful.

So I decided to give him a backstory that would back up this behaviour. I made him a boy who had to fit in with the bullies in his city, to avoid get beaten up himself. But he knows that's not who he wants to be, and that's why he's now here with the other characters, to escape from it. And here he meets Hugh, who allows him to be that person he actually wants to be.

So throughout the book, Ben's knuckles heal. His smoking becomes less. He's happier, nicer, more protective and gentle.

If you want to know how they look in a scene, this is a small snippet, just so that you can get to see these thought progresses in action.

So, to create a character, you just have to start with the basics and work from there. And that can be along the lines, while you're writing. You don't need to have anything figured out while you're writing. That will come when you get to know your world and characters more!!

[anim-ttrpgs]

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[lamemaster]

Elves with morosexual tendencies

AN: Random af idea. Sorry Nerdanel but I cannot resist writng Feanor with this one.

Genre: Fluff

Maedhros✋🏻:

Let's just say elder brother tendencies tend to carry on to other aspects of life. Specifically, when he sees you struggling with "deteriat" for the fifth time. Maedhros stifles a smile, the memory of your early love letters flashing in his mind.

He could still recall the scandalized heat that rose to his cheeks when one enthusiastic letter declared "coitus welcome" instead of "courteous welcome." Another endearing misspelling had him picturing you at court, charming dignitaries as a "courtesan" instead of a "courtier."

"Hey! It's not my fault that your world doesn't offer autocorrect," you mumble, your brow furrowed as you return your attention to the report – a rather dry document on trade routes that desperately needed a touch of your usual spark.

"My love, I am your autocorrect," Maedhros chuckles, his amusement evident as he plops down next to you. He reaches over, gently taking the parchment and circling the misspelled word. "It's 'deteriorate,'" he writes with a flourish, the familiar fondness warming his gaze as he watches you pout playfully.

🌲Beleg🌲:

He is no stranger to this special brand of humans. Turin Turumbar was a handful, but you... you were a different kind of chaos. Beleg blinked, taking in the scene before him. The door to your shared home lay in splinters on the floor, a gaping hole now marking the entrance.

"You did what?" he finally managed, his voice a mixture of disbelief and weary amusement. You stood there, a sheepish grin plastered on your face, your hands twisted together in a nervous knot.

"Listen!" you began, your voice taking on a frantic edge. "The door wouldn't open, and the baker was just leaving these incredibly heavy rolls, and I—"

"And you decided the best course of action was to batter it down?" Beleg interjected, his eyebrow raised. "Because apparently, pulling is a concept that eludes some humans."

"Well, it wouldn't budge!" you protested. "And I needed the rolls for lunch! Besides, I thought perhaps it was just slightly jammed."

Beleg sighed, shaking his head. Maybe living with a human wasn't such a bad idea after all. It certainly kept things interesting. He grabbed a nearby broom and gestured towards the splintered remains of the door.

🔥Feanor🔥:

"We cannot use flamethrowers to melt driveway snow," Feanor declared, his voice laced with a barely contained fury. A vein pulsed ominously in his temple, and his normally fiery eyes seemed to crackle with indignation.

You, however, remained undeterred. "Why not?" you countered, tilting your head in innocent curiosity. "It will get the job done quickly and efficiently."

"And burn the house down in the process?" Feanor retorted, his voice rising in disbelief. Had you truly lost all sense of reason?

"But Feanor," you persisted, a mischievous glint in your eyes, "think of the time we'll save! Plus, the dramatic exit the melted snow will make leading right down to the street? Unforgettable!"

Just then, a curtain twitched across the street, and a bewildered neighbor peeked out their window. "Is everything alright over there? We saw sparks!" they called out, their voice laced with concern.

"Oh nothing just my elf tweaking," you smile blindingly at the neighbor, completely oblivious to Feanor's growing sense of dread.

Feanor groaned, burying his face in his hands. He could picture the headlines already: "Couple Sets House Ablaze in Attempt to Melt Driveway Snow."

The sound of heavy boots stomping towards the front door did little to soothe his nerves. Curufin sauntered out, a mischievous glint in his eyes, and slung the coveted flamethrower over his shoulder with a dramatic flourish.

[cadybear420]

📝 Answer these questions and send to five mutuals! Get to know each other’s writing processes and learn some tips from other writers!

1.How long have you been working on your current WIP(s)?

2.Do you have any tips to beat writer’s block?

3.What is a current fic you’re reading? Is there a fic/writer who inspired you to start writing?

4.What’s the first and last sentence of a current WIP you have written?

5.Do you have a fave OC? (if any?) Why?

TYSM @dutifullynuttywitch for this ask!!! <3 <3 <3 Details are under the cut!

1. How long have you been working on your current WIP(s)?

I have a loooooot. Some go back months, some go back at least a year.

This HSS waterpark trip fic WIP I have goes back almost two years

The OG HSS Evie adaptation has been in slow progress for about 1.5 years

And I have one Michael/Maria smutfic WIP that goes back 3 years

2. Do you have any tips to beat writer’s block?

Some tips I've picked up here and there:

Make a "ritual" out of writing. Schedule a daily "Writing Hour" for a specific time, and not just that. Make a sort of "writing box" with some items to use or surround yourself with while you write. Have like a special writing playlist or a special writing drinking cup or something like that. Personally I like to have a scented/aromatherapy something while I'm doing my writing, like a scented candle or an essential oils diffuser or a wax warmer. I put it between me and the laptop screen, and frequently lean forward to get a whiff of the scent. It helps me get into a good writing mood and stay centered on what I'm writing, rather than getting anxious or distracted.

Read regularly. Earlier this year, and it's a habit I need to return to (should help me catch up on all the fanfics I need to read), but I scheduled a daily reading hour as well. It doesn't have to be as ritualistic as writng hour, just make yourself comfy and read something for an hour straight. Sometimes I like to read it aloud but whichever works best for you. It doesn't always have to be hard reading, just something that you want to read. Reading works out the brain, and often other fics will inspire ideas or motivation for my own.

Timed braindumps, AKA set 5 or 10 minutes to yourself to just write whatever pops in your head without stopping. Don't even stop to go back and edit something. Admittedly this is something I barely ever do and should do more, but it is recommended by a lot of people and I can understand why. You gotta let those first drafts be shitty and messy. Sometimes actually, I might not dump actual story writing per se, but I will dump out sort of the descriptive ideas that come into my head.

Speaking of descriptive ideas, if you get stuck on describing something in a fic, put a brief description of what you want to write in brackets and come back to write it later. Same can go for if you're thinking of a better and stronger word for something, just jot down like the basic idea of what you wanna describe in a bracket and return to it later.

3. What is a current fic you’re reading? Is there a fic/writer who inspired you to start writing?

Nothing I'm currently in the middle of reading, but I have an , er, embarassingly large backlog of fics saved in my drafts and bookmarks that I've been planning on reading.

I've loved writing ever since I was a little kid, fanfic included, so I can't really name who exactly inspired me to start. But writers in the fandom that inspire me to keep going are: @lover-also-fighter-also , @loreofyore , @aria-ashryver , @choicesmc , and you.

4. What’s the first and last sentence of a current WIP you have written?

Imma sample from the aforementioned HSS waterpark fic, because summer is in two months and I wanna hype myself back into that fic so I can finish it this summer.

First sentence(s) (yes I'm cheating because the current first sentence is too blunt to be here on its own):

It was the last week of summer before school would start. After a fantastic first year at Berry High, Evie was excited to enter her second year and see many of her new friends again.

Last sentence:

“Ohhhhhhhh.” The tips of Aiden’s ears turned red. He looked around himself, then leaned towards Evie and lowered his voice. “I’d… I’d love that…”

5. Do you have a fave OC? (if any?) Why?

Evie, of course!

OG HSS is my favorite Choices title, its MC is my favorite MC on the app, part of that is because I can have a lot of fun coming up with the MC's character.

But also, Evie is very personal to me because of how much I based her off of myself and the kinds of things I like. She almost represents the type of person I aspire to be and wish I was more like. And OG HSS trilogy in general is very special for me for multiple reasons, and I love exploring the relationships and storyline and feelings Evie has throughout it, especially so with Aiden who is also very special to me. And that sort of gives me a better understanding of WHY OG HSS is so special and important to me.

That's the short of it before I go into a 500,000 mile long essay and then this post never sees the light of day.

[pasta-in-the-pudding]

Yo...

Do you remember when i asked for the "Jeff the killer x pregnant!Reader?"

It's been a few months from that so…i guess the baby must be born , don't ya' think?

-⭐

BARKING AND ROLLING AROUND ON YHE FLOOR I LOV3 WRITNG FOR DOMESTIC SITUATIONS!!! Also fun fact, i was scared to write this because i didn't want it to leave my inbox :(

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Thank you so much for requesting!!

Jeff's child being born

During the early months of your pregnancy, Jeff was very nervous

At the beginning, he was desperately trying to convince you to get rid of the kid, because he haaates kids and hates the idea of being a dad

He is also very insecure about his abilities to be a dad, but with some long talks about what you both really wanted, you eventually both came to the conclusion that a child is something you both want in actuality

After he gets after that first big hurdle of "oh no what if I suck at being a dad :(" he get's really excited to become a father!!

He is almost always in the room you two bought from slender in the manor, either painting the walls or fixing up some things here and there

He is always protective of you, but he gets especially protective of you once you become pregnant

That's his partner AND his child in there, don't touch them >:(((

As the baby's due date gets closer and closer, he gets more and more antsy, constantly asking if you think you're in labor yet

"No, Jeff, if I were in labor right now I would not be idly waiting on the couch for you to realize"

When you actually do go into labor though, he is anything but prepared

It is in the middle of the night, both of you asleep in your shared bed when you awake to a sharp pain in your lower abdomen

You shoot up, hands going to your stomach when you realize that your sheets are wet

Your first thought is that maybe you had peed the bed by accident, being pregnant means you lose control of some of your bodily functions

But then the pain happens again, and that is when you realize that you are in labor

You shake Jeff, who grumbles when you tell him and tells you to go back to sleep, and that you'll deal with it in the morning

"No, jeff listen. I. Am. In. Labor. Our baby is coming" You exclaim anxiously

He is quiet for a moment before springing up and cursing up a storm, quickly coming to help you up and looking for your hospital bags

While he gathers the bags, you get Liu to help you down the steps of the manor and into Jeff's truck

Liu at least, is stable enough to help calm you down while Jeff also panics, telling you that everything will be ok, and raving about how excited to be an uncle he is

Once you arrive at the hospital, it is a very chaotic process of getting you checked in, getting you set up in the delivery room, Jeff almost fist fighting a nurse because they wouldn't let him into the delivery room, and finally pushing

The whole time, Jeff is right by your side, letting you grasp onto his hand so hard you almost break it, and watching in an uncanny silence

Well, uncanny for him anyways, because this man never shuts up

The baby finally arrives, and you don't even notice

You are too busy trying to catch your breath, and relishing in the newfound comfort not being in pain is

And then you hear the small cries from beneath you, and when you look, your baby is resting on your lap while the nurses help wipe them off a bit

Soon, the baby is placed onto your chest, and the staff leaves to give you and Jeff a moment alone with your baby

The first thing you notice about them is that they have a lot of hair, and it's all black just like Jeff's

That makes you smile, pointing it out to Jeff who in turn, points out that they got your nose

While you hold the baby, Jeff is mostly paying attention to you, kissing you all over and whispering how badass you are

He makes sure you have enough pillows, blankets and water, asking what you want to eat and placing your order

When it's finally his turn to hold the baby, he totally melts, tears are streaming down his face (which he denies ever happening), and he is telling them how perfect they are

After that first moment, they are practically inseparable

Jeff refuses to ever put the baby down unless they need their diaper changed or they need to be fed, always cuddling them and telling them how much he loves them

And the baby has picked up on this too, because any time Jeff does try to put them down, they will whine and cry until he picks them up again

You have many many pictures of them sleeping together, playing together, Jeff just being a clingy dad in general, etc

SPEAKING OF PICTURES

Jeff is kind of a big deal in the underworld

This is Jeff THE killer we're talking about

This being said, his devoted fanbase and paparazzi outlets likely caught onto your relationship, if he didn't just outright say something (he loves showing you off)

So there's probably at the very LEAST rumors of a pregnancy happening

So when you two first emerge from the hospital, carrier in hand, there is a massive explosion on social media, with pictures of you walking to his truck going viral

Many people will send you congratulations, some will speculate the babies name, etc

And this isn't helped by the fact that Jeff loves to show the baby off on social media too

He loves them, therefore everyone has to see them and love them too

So many forehead pictures....

"Guys shut up my pet sperm has something to say"

[horizon-verizon]

The fact Alys killed FOR Daemon. Probably the most romantic thing someone has done for him, lmao. I hope they have sex and she does get pregnant with Daemon’s child, FINALLY someone who match his freak (you’d never hear the end of it from some quarters if Daemon did, the same people who are championing Rhaenyra cheating).

But seriously, Daemon asking Alys for help, her actually helping him and the last hallucination she gives him is that of reconciliation with his brother… I’m still processing this and what it’ll mean down the line. I need to know her motives because it can’t just be helping out Daemon ?? She calls them both chess pieces at the hands of larger forces… How far into the future has she seen ?

Besides that point she knows how Daemon dies, she told him “he’ll die in this place”, so why does she even help him ? And what about Aemond ? Like I wonder what the end goal is for her. Since she will know Aemond dies, imagine she doesn’t warn him about it when she met him which will be 100% funny.

First, this is nothing against you anon. But I don't take HotD's writing and characters at face value or value them bc I believe much of HotD's writng is superficial and too contradictory for that. Even without considering how they have made it so much easier to hate and misunderstand several F&B characters, general ASoIaF lore, etc., enough for people to think this war wasn't as anti-woman-leader focused as it was bc the showrunners have blatantly said they wish to make this more about "both teams bad, Targs are uniquely selfish".

Answer: (in case you weren't being facetious) Sorry, nothing is ever going to beat for me Alys getting impregnated by the craziest bitch of the greens, aka, anti bastard team. Other than that, show!Alys is not doing for Daemon but for the Riverland smallfolk, so yeah she doesn't care for Grover Tully that much. I believe she's meant to parallel Mysaria in HotD's endless love for "parallels".

I don't think the writers know what her end goal is, bc even this is not all that clear in the book as she disappears from history with her son. And I don't think that she has much to anticipate since unless HotD is trying to say that Jojen Reed was Alys' descendant, how did a Targ father contribute to any of Jojen or Meera's abilities in GoT or ASoIaF? Nah, this storyline is weird & jumbled.

As for Daemon asking for help, I think this is the "toxic-man-learns-he's-not-that-special-and-asks-for-a-woman's-help-to-raise-women's-importance" arc HotD has out for him in this season. An unnecessary one that contradicts the first one--and no 1x10 was bullshit esp the choking scene, so 🤷🏿‍♂️.

Finally, I don't blame some people having issue if Daemon did cheat with Alys bc if they are, like you, trying to enjoy HotD for its own thing and in this iteration of Daemon, he did choke Rhaenyra out. So yeah, he has less of a high horse if he did cheat. Other people's dislike for Daemon cheating may rather just come from their misunderstanding of his character, book or show, so they don't count.

[mr-laveau]

I’m sorry… W H A T JUST HAPPENED???? H U H?

He’s d e a d????? Doll was working with Adonis??? Was this apart of the plan that Adonis, RL, and Hugo were talking about??? Uhhh uhhh w h a t? Also you kinda made me feel bad for Dion when he was talking about his family ughhhh how dare you. Sorry w h a t???? I’m still processing uhh have a uh good day I guess. Imma just go sit in a corner and think for a bit.

*smiles deviously at my writng desk*

conversational reference, for my future note taking purposes:

I like the notion of making a character complex because this audio asks a number of questions that people will have to contemplate on their own time regarding where their ethics lies in these situations.

Dion wasn't right for what he did to Chief but it comes from somewhere and that makes it easier to understand why he was like that even though we can acknowledge that he was a piece of shit in some ways.

And while I am firmly on the side of "I hope your abuser dies" because that's just me, I am also willing to make people question where their notions come from and why they hold them as well as where they apply in different situations.

(Also I am intentional about giving my characters ethnicities and Dion's family being immigrants was me reminding y'all that I will dance in the ring of making people feel some shit about even antagonists)

The whole plot twist at the end was a long line of work in the making that I hope makes people pay more attention to the other two criminals because they're just getting started and Dion being removed from the equation is only going to spur more from the narrative that I'm looking forward to people looking out for

[localplaguenurse]

hiiii from the anon who sent a prev ask asking about your rating of your own writng!!

even with the decade difference , there is something so distinct in your writing, i just really cant put my finger on ot. if i was given a bucnh of fics and told to identify yours it wouldn't be hard to because there is something unforgettable in rhat writing. i donr know what sorcery you put in there but god i am not complaining. it only takes a singular read of any of your works for them to stick to someones brain

the pacing, the flow of events, your writing seems to come from a more calm and logical approach but you evoke all sorts of emotion at the perfect times. you dont know whether youre going to get a punch or a slap or a full minute beatdown (that takes you a bit of a while to recover from) with the localplaguenurses writing

i could go on for a day.

long story short your writing is amazing, keep it up<3

Hello again! And thank you!

I think the reason why my writing is very logical yet emotional is because that's also just how my mind works as an autistic individual. I get very emotional very easily, I'm very empathetic and will start crying if I feel too much joy, anger, sadness, any emotion really. Despite that, I've always tried to approach things in a logical way and try not to let my emotions cloud my judgement, which has the unfortunate side effect where I will bottle things up and sometimes withdraw from friends because I don't want to bother them. Writing's become one of the ways I can properly vent my frustrations or work out my complicated feelings as a result. I think that's especially noticeable in Ginkgo and capillaries.

I write for me, but I post for others so that people who don't get it can understand a little better, or so other people can feel seen. I take care to make sure that not only is my writing relatable to some degree, but I am EXTREMELY careful in researching if I'm discussing heavier topics that I might not be super well versed in, or if it's just a very sensitive subject in general.

I could also probably go on about my writing process, but it honestly is just me either working out some personal heartaches or playing around with a new topic/trope I happen to find interesting. Most of the time it's both!

Take care!

[undermine-the-instinct]

I am a little curious, how has your planning process/thought process been with the multiple fic series while balancing college?

Well i typically try to focus on one or two projects at a time, with like, 70% of my focus on the priority project! Currently im focusing on my Sesshoumaru fic, and then the Vi fic im cooking up. On the backburner i got my Bard!reader series, and maybe then my prince Alhaitham AU.

As a political science major, i already have my common core credits like math and literature, so my major course credits just have me do a LOOOTTT of reading. Aristotle, Kant, Noddings, Plato, Smidtt yada yada. This semester just ended for me, but before then i had some time in between, like-- A morning class ending at 11 and my second class starting at 4, so i had time to go to study hall or just brainstorm for my writing. I try to write at minimum 200 words a day, even if it just feels like verbal garbage! Write!!!

But usually, when writing a multi chap fic, i like to throw my ideas on the wall per se, and just word vomit in a google doc. Especially when im writing a very specific chapter. I mean, look how many doc i have for when i was writng chp3 of my Sessh fic:

Or this one form that Yingxing fic i cant quite get down. Each one of my brainstorm docs has multiple tabs with their own subsections and headings:

{this is kinda old mind you}

So basically i throw everything i can at the wall, get a general idea, and then whittle it down or embellish where I need to to get the story i want. I carve little bits of time out, and i always try to write something. And now...! i have around two weeks before i head to take my summer term upstate! I got an oppurtunity to study at a university for free tuition and board so im pretty hyped about that. Its only two lalsses too, so i wont be as bogged down and ill still have time to write

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ok big question im kinda wondering how did you came up with ur fanfic "Where the Streets have no name" and the inspos when it comes to writng the world and its characters

thank you for the question! im always willing to blurb out my thought processes haha.

i wanted to write a long fic because there really wasnt that many? (at the time when i came up with this) and i just really wanted to read a very good dramatic slowburn human au tuggoff fic but there weren't any out there, so i did the dirty work myself haha.

i actually came up with the story idea in 2022. this fic couldve been a VERY different story, but i still wanted it to be a dramatic, slice of life, school based, human au fic that features misto's magic as its main point. (the scene of tugger discovering misto's magic was the drive for me creating this whole fic). at first, they started out in an academy and all of the characters were dorming, but i realized it didnt fit well with misto's magic and the overall plot, so i turned it into the siblings having to attend public school.

the music was also a big factor for writing this fic. each chapter is a song. i try to relate the chapter plot to the song or vice versa. (thank you guardians of the galaxy for being my inspo to that). however the title is actually the one song i put most thought into because the lyrics relate to tugger and misto's personal goals so well. they are both beaten up from the life they have lived/are living. they want to escape this pain so badly, so they find it in each other and their love to find the peace they need, the healing they crave, the street that has no name.

i have a lot of inspos for the way i write tugger and misto. i took inspo from heartstopper, sasaki and miyano, boy meets world, and other series (that i cant really remember off of the top of my head) for the general vibes of the story. i always imagine this fic as a drama tv series haha. rogue and gambit from xmen are also now helping me write the tuggoff dynamics too. theres also sett and aphelios from league of legends who are also very similar to tugger and misto!

but tugger was really the main focus point for me. it was important for me to really draw out his character. i actually relate a little too well to tugger more than i expected, so i always enjoy writing in his pov. hes the perfect character who masks everything he's feeling, burying all of his vulnerable feelings in the ground until there's no more room. i get so much inspo for him from sean from boy meets world for the drama and from sasaki from sasaki and miyano for how he reacts to having a crush on someone. those two characters really helped me build up tugger's personality. his interaction with the world helped me write misto's interactions.

i also love writing misto, he's a very reserved character who sticks a lot to his thoughts, so writing his inner dialogue was the hitting point for me. my favorite thing was getting to his "oh" moment with tugger. the main question that helped me write misto's relationship with tugger was "what would be that tipping point for misto's heart to finally fall?" i also needed to think about how his powers isolate him from everyone else.

i have a chart and list for misto's powers and how his powers actually work (which i cannot reveal yet haha).

for writing the rest of the characters, i actually imagine their voices and how they would say certain things, then it helps me get their personality from that. munkustrap for me was always that older sibling figure who cares so much because he feels he has to and hes the only glue keeping the family together to prevent another tragic event from happening (big relate to that). victoria for me is that sister who wants the best for her brother, shes the one who understands misto well to even say his thoughts when he goes silent. she's full of that joy, purity, and innocence that grounds misto. bombalurina is the perfect best friend for tugger in a way that she knows him in such a deeper way (despite them never truly talking about their feelings). because she understands tugger, she can slap whatever thoughts out of him and whip him into shape. i chose tumblebrutus as misto's best friend because i just always liked the way the two danced with each other in the 1998 version (despite that role always going to pouncival), and i thought it would be great to develop that kind of relationship.

but i do in fact have a pinterest board for most of the characters. saving textposts, face claims, and aesthetics really help me imagine these characters better. they also helped me design these characters too.

ahhh i hope i answered your question well and i hope i didn't ramble too much, anon! i get so excited to talk about my fic haha. this story has been boiling my brain for 2 years now and the plans i have for it are so huge, i hope everyone is excited for them as i am.