Tagged by: @saedoeswriting and I think @ashen-crest (like 20 years ago) thank you both! This is a really neat game!
Tagging: @spacetimewraithwrites, @abalonetea, @idreamonpaper, @sleepy-night-child, @winterandwords, @kaiusvnoir, @writeouswriter, @writer-on-time, and anyone else who sees this who hasn't done it! I know I'm late and you may have already been tagged in this, but I'd love to see everyone's process! (As always, please don't feel pressured or rushed!)
Rules: When your work is tagged, show the process of its creation from planning to posting, then tag others. Use the tag #showyourprocess so we can find yours!
I'm going with Time Borrowed since it's my most recent creation
Inspiration
So this idea started hitting me in the fall of 2021. I was working a job I really hated (I'm talking REALLY hated), and it was making me miss an old job and coworkers I had as security personnel. As we all know, the last few years had been shit, and the wip I was working on at the time was a little too dark and heavy. So I tried to think up something lighter and funnier. So I took inspiration from that previous job, which was my first job with coworkers who were really like a ragtag family, and went for a futuristic hopepunk future.
I was an idiot at my first job, I had no idea how adult world things worked, but I had a great work family to help me out. And I thought, wait, instead of a teenager, what if we played with clueless robot tropes? It's futuristic. It's fun. It'll be cute. And that's where we started, with Beau.
Preparation
I'm gonna be honest, the preparation wasn't its own step (never really is), I usually like to jump in with absolutely no idea where I'm going or what a plot even is. I just wanted to do something fun. Preparation was mostly Character Creation –that was is. No worldbuilding, no plot, just jotting down random ideas that popped into my head, trying to dig up really funny bits and things, and then building a world around it. My main goal was to have fun as more escapism than anything.
Art process
I stumbled across these Fictober prompts and dove head first, making things up as I went. Scribbling out scenes, finding the natural flow/voice of characters, and really trying not to place stress on things. Just have fun. By the end of October, I had a rough plot I wanted to use, but I still wasn't sure how I wanted it to end.
I went into NaNoWriMo and really started to put it together. I started posting snippets and excerpts and really got motivated with feedback! I started really fleshing out worldbuilding and as the new year rolled around really got hit with extraterrestrial ideas to drive home the Sci-Fi aspect.
I finished the first draft in May, and I've let it sit for a while and hope to get back to it shortly.
Thoughts
I love, love this story, which I love most everything I write, but this one is a little bit special. Every step of the way has been fun and comforting, and it doesn't seem daunting or impossible to complete. It might be my first attempt at publishing, and may have ideas for a sequel!
But I hope everyone enjoys reading the bits and pieces I've posted as much as I've enjoyed writing it! The community here has helped in a big way, so thank you to you guys too!
Rules: When your work is tagged, show the process of its creation from planning to posting, then tag 5 people. Use the tag #showyourprocess so we can find yours!
Going to do this for Trials of Avaidia because it's my main WIP.
Inspiration
So this idea sorta came to me in pieces. I knew I wanted to do a novel that was fantasy-based with enemies to lovers, magic, and royalty. Then somehow (I honestly don't know how I came up with this idea) I was like "Oh lets do the seven deadly sins! But they have to show that their sin isn't always a bad thing." And it kinda sparked from there.
Preparation
Lots and I mean LOTS of research, and I still need to do more. Writing about teh seven deadly sins + virtues is a lot harder than I thought because I want them not only to be a character version of their sin I want them to have motivations, backstories, and goals (so not fully recover around their sin/virtue). Plus the fantasy aspect like the royalty took a lot of research and still requires more. But I am honestly loving every second of the research cuz I am learning so many new things. Also, I would like to say thanks to @inky-duchess for their blog it has helped a tremendous amount.
Art process
I haven't published any of the actual story yet and I probably won't for a while (maybe just quotes or small scenes) but everything is stored in 4 google docs, one for the story, one for the characters, one for the worldbuilding, and one for the plotting. I am currently working on teh first draft which I started late last year and I am excited to continue it.
Thoughts
I absolutely love this story, it is a lot of fun to write, research and plot. I have lots of ideas for it and I can't wait to see how it evolves :)
