What’s Your Writing Process Like? (how Do You Plan, Do You Outline, Etc.)
what’s your writing process like? (how do you plan, do you outline, etc.)
also, hope you’re feeling better soon!! :] 🫶
Hi!! Great question! Okay, I have a lot of thoughts but I’ll try to keep this short and coherent lol
So I start off with a scene or dialogue and think to myself how did this character get here and why? Everything that comes to mind I type into a doc, even if it’s just a word or two. Then that evolves into writing down what I would like to see play out like character interactions, certain settings, themes I’d like to explore, conflicts, etc. Once I have enough information down, I start piecing together a story and outlining it with bullet points of major plot points. I also make a chart with character information (their personalities, backstory, connections, etc.) Only after this is set up can I finally begin to write. (The brainstorming doc can get messy and I constantly add more things to it).
Sometimes a bullet point from the main outline can span a few chapters, so I break it up into more detailed sections and assign a chapter to it. Whenever I sit down to write a new chapter I make sure that I have at least a general outline for it and rough estimate of the word count. The next step is what takes me the most time because I tend to overthink a lot and end up rewriting scenes or deleting them altogether. However, it’s also the step I enjoy the most because even adding a sentence means I’m pushing the story forward! This is when the chapter outline comes in handy because if I ever get stuck on a scene or piece of dialogue, I can just skip ahead and come back to it later. My first drafts are always full of notes I leave as I write for future me to use as a reference for an unfinished scene.
I’d like to add that I also like listening to ambience music while I work but I always end up zoning it out or shutting it off when I get in the zone lol
Then comes the editing which I also love doing because it means I’m in the home stretch! By this point, if the chapter doesn’t already have a title, I make it a goal to come up with one as I read through it (this can be inspired by a scene or theme but it has to be important to the chapter. Oh and I also like to sneak in double meanings for them). After this is done comes the tedious part of converting everything into the format Ao3 uses, but again, doing this means I’m almost done :D and all that’s left is to copy it into the Archive and type up an author’s note (which by then it could be anywhere between 1am-3am because nothing beats late night writing!!).
Hitting the “Post” button never fails to make me nervous but it’s a feeling I look forward to!
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oh my goodness life has hit me rlly hard too but I just checked in on the tab i have for ur fic and my eyes bugged out of my skull at seeing two new chapters i am so hyped for when I finally have time to catch up 💞💞
Hi! I remember you!! Welcome back, I hope you see some sunnier days soon <3
And I hope you enjoy the updates :D
Good luck for your last exam! And happy belated birthday!!
Thank you!! <3 I can't believe I'll be done soon :D!!
Hi honey! (Can we call you honey lol) do you have a playlist for your pirate fic? I just binged in one go recently and I’m getting withdrawals already 😅 FANTASTIC work, btw
Hi! That’s so sweet, I don’t mind the nickname at all <3
Sadly, I don’t :( though I love the idea of having one!
But if the fic did have a playlist, this song would be included:
Feel free to send any suggestions!
i checked my email today because i was busy trying to fix something, and although i didnt get anything fixed i DID find an email feom ao3 that you updated the tides pull us closer🎉🎉🎉
i'm so glad you're back!!!! that was genuinely the last thing ive been expecting, i am unbelievably happy ^^
Hi!! I'm glad you checked your email :D welcome back to you too!
I still can't believe I was gone for so long...it's all a blur to me now :0
honeybumi: dead or alive?
Sometimes even I don’t know the answer…
But as I’m writing this I can safely say I’m alive!!
Heyhey!!
Would you, theoretically, be okay with someone pointing out some small grammar mistakes in your fic? I've noticed a few super minor ones, like an extra word here and there. Would it bother you if someone, say, mentioned it in a comment and then deleted the comment afterward? Totally understandable if it's not!! Sorry if my wording is weird but i hope u got the point!! :)
All the best to you and can't wait for the next update!🤍
Hi! I wouldn’t mind it :D!
I don’t have a beta and whenever I finish a chapter I get so eager to publish it that I definitely overlook mistakes…
Needless to say, I’m not the best at proofreading lol. I edit a few things here and there whenever I need to reference past scenes/dialogue but other than that I rarely read my published chapters since it’s all in my notes.
(All the best to you too <3 and sorry I took so long to get back to you ;-;)
Hey honeybumi!!
I hope the AO3 curse will fade away asap (jokes aside I really do wish you all the best and I'm manifesting that you will feel better)
Hopefully you had wonderful holidays!!
Happy new year too!! 🌠🎇
Can't wait for the new chapter, no matter when it comes out i WILL be there for it, just finished re-reading the fic for the 4th time. I love you for writing this<3
Thank you :)
Hi! I’m SO sorry I missed this but tysm!! This made me so happy :)
I’m also so, so sorry this hiatus is dragging out this long… but the wait is almost over!! The update is over 10k so I’m finding myself rewriting and editing things I wrote weeks ago (hence why the word count just keeps growing lol) and it feels like I’m stuck in a never ending cycle but it’s coming together bit by bit.
When does summer break begin on your side of the world? 👀
Soon!! I’ll be completely done with exams on the 20th and I’m so, so, SO ready. I can’t wait to be back to my usual hobbies. I want to WRITE!!
Ok so after reading ur fic for the 27th time i've decided that dazai likes to hold chuuya's wrist .............. (it'll shift to hand AMEN.) NO ONE CAN CHANGE MY DELUSIONAL MIND GO AWAY!!!!!
Aaahh do you guys really revisit the fic this often?? I'm so flattered!!
Lol you bet it will!! It might take some time for it to happen but it WILL shift to hand holding!!!
if you don’t mind sharing, what are you studying?
I'm studying political science! It's very essay heavy (I've lost count of how many I've written this year alone ;-;) and there's a lot of reading theories and legal journals involved...BUT I wouldn't want to study anything else :D I find this field super interesting, even though I might lose sleep trying to get through my workload lol
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