#co-writing

[c-rose2081]

Gale Chasers…

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Found a friend to write this with, so now it exists :) I felt the need to update the art as well since there have been some changes to the concept since the first time I posted about it.

[courtepointeclementine]

Nurse One and Nurse Two Are in Love

Rated E | 18,152 words | Buddie | text messages | getting together | Hotshots fandom

Buck and Eddie watch Hotshots together every Thursday — and spend all the days in between texting about their nurse characters.

[Buck 7:48 p.m.]: do you think nurse 2 likes nurse 1? [Buck 7:48 p.m.]: like … like-likes? [Eddie 7:48 p.m.]: what are you talking about buck Eddie's heart beats in his throat while he watches the typing dots. [Buck 7:50 p.m.]: didn't you see the way nurse 2 was looking at nurse 1??!? Christ, Buck. Eddie runs his hand over his mouth, feels his cheeks start to burn up. How is he supposed to know which one of them is Nurse 1 and which one is Nurse 2? But … he knows. He's pretty sure he knows. Eddie starts to type, I think I was just looking at you like normal, then backspaces like his life depends on it.

By @justonebigbee and me!

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[aishitara]

I know you've cowritten a number of times, any suggestions on that process?

omgosh, thank you for asking, this is such a great question!

i have to preface my answer with the fact that i was extraordinarily fortunate to find not just a writing partner i vibed with but also someone who turned out to be an incredible friend. the process that unfolded organically between @jemariel and i had an ease to it that made every step feel joyful and new, which is certainly not a requirement but made it such that we had very few hiccups (if any) along the way.

i know this is not everyone's experience with co-writing, but it was mine, and so i haven't really spent a lot of time thinking about WHAT made it work so effortlessly for us. thank you for giving me this opportunity to reflect!

the first thing i guess i'll say is: ASK! if there is someone you're wanting to collaborate with, don't be afraid to approach them about it. i say this having literally done it this morning, actually 😅 sometimes people say yes and then nothing materializes, because Real Life, etc., etc., but that's okay. never hurts to ask. ❤️

i think it was important that i approached someone whose writing i already really liked and whose style/voice/themes/ideas seemed similar to my own. it turns out that Jem and i complement each other's writing skills really well, to the point where our individual seasoned betas couldn't tell our writing apart after a while, which was very cool.

talk to each other about your individual process, start to finish. are you a planner or a pantser? do you use an outline, do you write everything in linear order, do you jump around between scenes? write drafts by hand? how many editing passes do you like to do before you consider a piece polished/complete? etc.

have a shared planning document! this is so important for keeping track of brainstorming, notes, running tag lists, etc.

communicating openly throughout the process was critical. think of it as scene negotiation if you like. 😂 but establishing things like: will one person write one (or several) characters, or will you both (all?) write for everybody? will you tinker in drafts on your own first and share snippets with each other, or write at the same time with your preferred collaborative software, or some secret third thing?

try to be flexible about how you're doing the process together. if you're familiar with the improv game "yes, and..." it can be very helpful when you're developing a scene. maybe one partner has a wildly different process and you want to give it a try for a scene or two. collaboration over compromise - you're trying to work together in a way that satisfies both parties while you work on telling each other the story.

HAVE FUN!!! at the end of the day we're all here on our own time doing this for our own jollies. if it doesn't excite you, why are you doing it? 😂

AND! bonus, Jem has chimed in with their thoughts as well!

Step 1: Find someone you vibe with hard on both a personal level and a writing level (as in, somebody whose writing you've read and enjoyed and who has enjoyed your writing in return).

Step 2: Get comfortable with "yes and." Co-writing will require you to relinquish a little bit of control over the story direction, so get comfy with improvising together and hyping up each others ideas.

Step 3: Ask the other's opinion, and listen. Similar to above, you don't really get to make unilateral story decisions when you're cowriting, so when you have a fantastic idea, share it with your cowriter. If they poke holes in it, try not to take it personally. Trust that you're both working toward the best version of the story possible.

Step 4: Optional, but it helps, especially at first: Pick a story that can be neatly divided between the two of you. (I think it helped... significantly on the first story that Cas and Dean spent most of the story in different states. We each kind of had our own chunk of the story. That said, the scenes where they did interact were by far the most fun, but by the time we got there we had already developed our partnership vibe, y'know?)

i hope this is helpful - thanks again for asking, it was a really good exercise for me (us??? lol) to examine the process for my(our!!)self a little more objectively! ❤️💚💙

[welcometololaland]

Seven Sentence Sunday + Inspiration Weekend

thanks for the tag @heartstringsduet! this is from our agent/handler au and carlos is gonna handle tk real good 😌

Carlos, on the other hand, has a beautiful, light-filled apartment in Georgetown, several thriving indoor plants and a stray cat that visits him every now and again. He’s recently taken to calling her Noodle and feeding her expensive, purpose-bought cat food, and she’s taken to sleeping on the windowsill while he watches TV. It’s a relatively symbiotic relationship, except when he finds the odd dead mouse.  In any case, it’s unsurprising that Carlos hasn’t given a single thought to Valentine’s Day. He wonders if Agent 126 has. Despite working together for almost two months, Carlos doesn’t know much about Agent 126’s daily habits, aside from the basics that he catches on camera. His operative puts strange syrup combinations in his coffee, runs his hands through his hair when he’s distracted and likes to read trashy romance novels while he’s on surveillance. It’s an odd combination – Carlos’ former operative preferred self-help books and matcha – but he’s not here to judge. It’s better that way, anyway. He’s hoping to keep the boundaries extremely professional.

Open tag and those below <3

@rmd-writes @carlos-in-glasses @theghostofashton @nancys-braids @captain-gillian

@strandnreyes @lightningboltreader @reyesstrand @tellmegoodbye @freneticfloetry

@bonheur-cafe @lemonlyman-dotcom @nisbanisba @ironheartwriter @emsprovisions

@sanjuwrites @carlossreaders @henrygrass @everlastingday @liminalmemories21

@alrightbuckaroo @chicgeekgirl89 @basilsunrise @mikibwrites @cha-melodius

@eclectic-sassycoweyes @literateowl @futures-tense @ladyknight1512 @ladytessa74

@st-elle-ar

[hannahhook7744]

Tiana the Series (Future Fanfiction):

Something @breezee513 and I are working on.

Edit is inspired by this poster.

[justonebigbee]

Nurse One and Nurse Two Are in Love

Buddie | Rated E | 18,152 words | Getting Together, Buck and Eddie write chatfic about their nurse characters

Written by @courtepointeclementine and me

Chimney bursts through the curtains, a wild glint in his eye. "What's going on here?" he growls. Cut to close-up of Banner's face, eyes now blinking open, squinting against the fluorescent light. 

[Eddie 7:43 p.m.]: do you think chim ever did community theater?

[Buck 7:43 p.m.]: 💯

Eddie zones out a bit as he watches the rest of the scene. They did so many takes of Brad saying "I'm in the miracles business" with different intonations that Eddie still hears it in his sleep sometimes. Now he tries to pay attention, focusing just enough to flinch when Captain Banner rips out his IV and saunters out of the hospital room in favor of saving more orphans.

On the commercial break, Eddie mutes the TV again and goes back to the text thread. The last thing Buck sent was a gif of Miracle Max from The Princess Bride. The typing dots bounce and another text comes through.

[Buck 7:46 p.m.]: do you think nurse 2

Eddie waits for a follow-up. Buck does that a lot; sends an incomplete thought, splits his sentences up into several texts in a row. Eddie's learned to wait patiently for the entire idea to come through before he replies. 

But when an entire minute passes with no follow-up, not even any dots to indicate that Buck's typing, Eddie replies.

[Eddie 7:47 p.m.]: do I think Nurse 2 what?

Buck's response is instant.

[Buck 7:47 p.m.]: nvm

Hm. 

[Eddie 7:47 p.m.]: buck

[Buck 7:48 p.m.]: fine.

[Buck 7:48 p.m.]: do you think nurse 2 likes nurse 1?

[Buck 7:48 p.m.]: like … like-likes?

[Eddie 7:48 p.m.]: what are you talking about buck

Eddie's heart beats in his throat while he watches the typing dots. 

[Buck 7:50 p.m.]: didn't you see the way nurse 2 was looking at nurse 1??!?

Christ, Buck. Eddie runs his hand over his mouth, feels his cheeks start to burn up. How is he supposed to know which one of them is Nurse 1 and which one is Nurse 2? But … he knows. He's pretty sure he knows. 

Eddie starts to type, I think I was just looking at you like normal, then backspaces like his life depends on it. 

His phone, abandoned across the room, still vibrates with Buck's incoming text, prompting Eddie to direct his attention right back to where he's got their messages open on his iPad. 

[Buck 7:51 p.m.]: do you think they're dating?

[Buck 7:51 p.m.]: nurse 1 and nurse 2? 

[Buck 7:51 p.m.]: or is nurse 2 just pining? 

I'm not pining, Eddie thinks.

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[mnmovdoom]

Shouting into the void, but interact if you want.

Styx Effendi: goody-two-shoes, eager to help Jedi Knight

Vercingétorix (Verci for short): righteous Jedi Knight who might question things a little too much, might be a reincarnation of Revan

Scatha: ADHD Warrior, training him says everything about Baras' patience to achieve his goals

Virtus: vengeful bastard with a slave-liberating agenda