#given to fly

[morganadiavalon]

Ci ho dato un taglio

[persephone-sighed]

And he still gives his love, he just gives it away

The love he receives is the love that is saved…

[ramblinguitar]

Given To Fly Morse Code Bracelet colors inspired by the art for the song

[ahhscheisse]

SHAH. SHUH, if you will. | credit

[allthingsgrunge]

[punchdrunkdoc]

What kind of research did you do before writing Dont Breathe? You use a lot of medical terms and just setting up the whole mystery and story- what kind of planning did you have to do? I am interested in starting writing more fics but I want them to be well fleshed out like yours ahh ! What do you reccomend in terms of approaching a new story?

Hi Anon

Thanks for getting in touch.

For the medical research, that was easy - I'm a doctor (even though some of the medical stuff was fudged for artistic license!)

In terms of the mystery/story, I started writing with an outline but it was more character-based than plot-based. I had certain beats that I wanted to hit with the character development and the interactions between Beth and Bruce, and the plot was created around those. Their characters arcs was the biggest priority for me - the plot was secondary*

For example, early in the story, I needed an excuse for Bruce and Beth to interact - I needed to deepen their connection. Allow them to learn a bit more about each other. So I came up with the idea of Bruce getting injured so that he would need to go to her for help. But how would he get injured? Saving someone. Saving who? A young boy. Why is the boy in danger? A gang initiation...

Thinking back on it, so much of the plot was born of problem solving like that. How do I get the characters here, in order for them to do this/say this? And when I cracked a problem like that, it was always so exciting/inspiring! 

But I didn’t just want it to be any old plot - it still all had to serve the characters. When I decided Bruce would get injured saving someone, it was a conscious choice over him being injured while fighting. I wanted to show the heroic side of Batman. And I chose a young boy on purpose, to plant the seeds of his future relationship with Robin (I never intended to introduce a Robin, I just wanted Bruce to get to the stage of considering a Robin).

I don't know if this is a conventional approach, it just works for me (and I hope I’m not spoiling the enjoyment of the story by revealing this!). And it all relied on writing several chapters ahead of what I was posting, so that I could go back and tweak things to make the story work and eliminate any plotholes.

*I learned that after writing my last story (a post Spiderman: No Way Home fic called Given To Fly.) I'm still really proud of that story, but I didn't have a good plan for the character arcs from the beginning and really struggled with it at the end. That was my first 'original story'. In fact, if you look back, there's a clear progression to my writing ambition - I didn't jump straight into a 90 000 word novel! I started with a couple of short 'internal thoughts' fics. Then I wrote something with dialogue. Then a character piece, that was more a series of vignettes than a plotted story. Then I wrote a plotted story, but it was based on an existing movie plot. Then I wrote something that was all my own idea (the spiderman fic), then I improved the concept with Just Breathe!

Thanks for these questions. It was fun to examine my own style - something I've never thought of before. I still don't really consider myself a writer - this is just something I mess around with for fun - but feel free to ask me more!

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Today’s music is in honour of it being exactly 23 years since this album was released and the fact that it still sounds amazing.

[youthinkyouhappy]

Given to fly.