#astrolatte

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'The fluttering in Lance’s chest feels like his heart is threatening to burst from his ribcage. Keith extends his arm across Azure to take Lance’s hand, fingers locking together like found puzzle pieces. Emotion sinks into his features as he whispers, “My whole heart.”'

Y'ALL, THE LAST CHAPTER OF @astrolatte 's FIC 'HEART OUTSIDE MY CHEST' IS UPPP. GRAB UR TISSUES, IT'S A BEAUT!!

(READ IT HERE)

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Hiya! I'm curious because you're able to juggle so many fics at once, what's your typical fic process look like? Do you write chapters in advanced and then schedule the release or post as you go? Also, how do you typically outline your stuff? 💗💗 Astro

Astrooooo <3 Hope you don’t mind, but I’m gonna answer these questions a little out of order! For starters, I can tell you right now that I definitely don’t write chapters in advance. Sometimes I’ll write rough-drafts of single scenes from later chapters, but never entire chapters. Reason being because my outlines are so fluid and susceptible to change. Sometimes I’ll be 90% finished with a chapter and suddenly be struck with OMG IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO WRITE IT THIS WAY INSTEAD and then it takes me a couple more days to re-write everything lol. So I don’t wanna be tied to a posting schedule for that reason. And my outlines are very basic. I literally just write out some vague scene descriptions in bullet point form, and move things/add things/remove things from there. Nothing fancy! 

(The rest is going under the cut bc A BITCH RAMBLED) 

As for my typical process... First of all, just wanna preface this by apologizing if this makes zero sense LMAO. I’m gonna use my fic Something Blue as an example because I think that whole process was a pretty good representation of how I work. The very first thing that happened was that I saw this post on tumblr and thought OH MAN I WANNA DO THAT WITH KLANCE!! Then I started brainstorming things like: why would Lance need a fake fiancé? Why is his family coming to town? Basically ironing out details that will set things up for the main plot. From there, it was a lot of daydreaming about scenes/moments that I thought would be funny, cute, meaningful, angsty, etc. And the first ones that came to mind were: Lance and Keith meeting at the bar, Keith meeting the family at the airport, and Keith destroying Nyma’s paintings. For a while, all I had were those three scenes. Everything else sort of fell into place naturally when I started thinking about ways to connect those three dots. When I finally started actually writing, I only had about the first six chapters fully outlined. I didn’t even know how I wanted the fic to end yet! I knew vaguely, of course, that they were gonna end up together, but I had no specifics figured out. All of that came through writing the first half of the fic, so I had a better grasp of the plot flow.  

Again -- no idea if this process will work for anyone else, but it seems to work well for me, and my style. I hope this wasn’t too much of a mess vjkhvdfghdhr <3            

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Hello! Once you get this you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly, then send this on to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is super cool!)

Ahhh Astro you are so sweet!! Thanks!! I realize I’m not accustomed to thinking about things like these so... uhm, I’ll try!

1- I’m super resilient. Life has thrown some shit at me, but here I am, and it’s not easy to make me fall. I used the bad things as lessons to be not only stronger, but also more patient and overall kinder too (I was a little shit when I was younger).

2- I’m someone people rely on a lot, specially regarding their feelings. Like, you know, a vodka aunt who always has a nice piece of advice so people always asks and I’m always willing to lend an ear too. In my own friends’ words, I’m their “Jiminy Cricket” lmao.

3- I’m smart. It took me a while to truly believe it and then put it to good use, but I got there.

4- I’m a good cook. What? I’m proud of that! I like preparing food as much as I like watching people enjoy what I make.

5- I give great hugs! Certified by many people haha. 

Well this was quite hard, guess that says something about me too, but it was fun! Thanks again <3 And friends, prepare to be invaded in your asks lol.

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did a little smth for @astrolatte‘s fic ‘heart outside my chest’, and i want all of u to cry over the fic w me pls

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Wanted to share the inner cover I did for @Astro_Latte's Whispers in the Dark zine!! Akdjhsaj I love her book sm

You can find more pics I did for the project in there :D

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Hi! I'm interested in eventually applying to be a writer for this - are we allowed to post our fics after the zines are out or is all writing exclusive to only the zines? Thanks!

Hi! tysm for expressing interest in our zine! Yes, all contributors will be allowed to post their final pieces once the zine has been sold and shipped.