I'd be so intrigued to learn a little more about your writing process if you are willing to share! I saw on twitter that you don't really edit your fics, and I was just so amazed as I often find it very tricky to get things like tone and pacing right straight off the bat, but you just so consistently knock it out the park!
Do you tend to outline a lot beforehand, and edit at all as you go? Do you ever brainstorm for imagery and word choice? Or are you just able to have things pop into your mind?
I hope you don't mind the question, and I know everyone's process is different! I'm just curious as you are a writer I really look up to, and I often wonder what goes on behind the scenes 😊 I'm finding ways to try to get better at writing myself, and slowly working out a process that doesn't drive me crazy!
Thank you for blessing us with all your works ❤️🙏
Hello, lovely friend! You're welcome to ask me questions any time!
It's true that I don't actively edit my fics! However, I do HEAVILY outline. I am an extremely outline dependent person. With a one shot that's maybe 10-15k, I won't require an outline, because the entire premise is in my head, but anything longer than that receives a very detailed outline.
I don't know how people write longfic without outlines. For me, I need to have the full concept of each chapter or scene, ready and waiting in my head.
My style of editing is to back-read my piece as I'm writing it. If I'm on Day 2 of writing, I'm going to read everything I wrote on Day 1 in order to get back into the writing mindset, and I'll tweak things as I do that. This leads to me not editing AT ALL when I reach the end of the fic. I most often do not even do a final read-through by then because I feel like I've back-read enough times.
In terms of conceptualizing, brain storming, word choices, etc. . .This falls under my outlining. When I start a fic, I'm already thinking 'okay, this is going to be snappy, light-hearted and funny' or 'this is going to be lethargic, dreamy, verbose' or 'this is going to be imagery-heavy', and then I just run with that vibe.
All that being said, my work tends to have plenty of typos or whatever, and part of my dedication to writing for fun is just letting it go. I really try to think of my writing as just some fun thing I'm simply sharing with my friends. I'm not allowing myself to hold my writing to the standard of a novel or allowing myself to introduce stress into my writing environment. I tend to get A LOT stressed within my writing when I'm writing FOR someone because then the pressure exists for it to be 'good', whereas when I'm writing fic for pure fun, I don't give much of a shit if other people think it's 'good' as long as I'm enjoying it lol.
This was probably more than what you wanted or needed to know! But thank you for asking!!! Sending all my love!
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