HI LUNAR :D! it’s been a year since i’ve last send smth in your askbox (haha get it because it’s a new year and) ANYWAYS has there ever been a time where you decided to rewrite a fic, even if you are far in too deep with the narrative already?
js asking in hopes that it’s relatable because i’ve been working on a fic that’s at 8k… only to decide i want to rewrite the whole thing 😭 (perfectionism strikes again unfortunately/lh)
HA ha Funny joke! Total kneeslapper! 🤣 Mods kill this guy (/J!!!!)
I don't think so...? I've never REWRITTEN a fic entirely, though I would. looove to do that with blue eyes @_@. I've rewritten SCENES before, but never a whole fic. Best . uhhh. i forgot what i was writing . i got distracted by my grandmas dog. it's really cute xP
thank you so much for answering my last ask! it was very helpful and gave me an insight of how other fanfic authors plot out their stories. it also felt very reassuring to know that you don’t 100% plan it all throughout, and even change/come up with a few ideas too as your fanfic progresses. i honestly felt alone about not planning my fanfics thoroughly 100%, so again, very reassuring to know that not everyone does plan out their fanfics 100% through, esp coming from my fav fanfic author/pos (NO PRESSURE BTW)
ALSO ALSO ALSO your SO REAL of replaying/rewatching the drv3 canon game to get a feel of the characters characterization and how they act in scenarios because i do the same thing too which is why i take such a long time from writing drv3 fanfics (i am stalling in playing chapter 5/6 tho for obv reasons 😞 THO I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOUR IDEA IS THAT INVOLVES CHAP 5 oooo)
OKOK SORRY FOR YAPPING SO MUCH THANK YOU AGAIN HAVE A GOODNIGHT/DAY
tumblr keeps crashing and deleting my words :( you're very welcome tho! I love answering asks, especially if I can help someone out at least a little bit ^^ and!! Thank you!! Quite a few people have said I'm a favorite author of theirs and it's,, jdhfjehd ( ◜‿◝ )♡ absolutely nuts. thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️
Chapter 5... I've been having to play it with someone physically next to me because it makes me too distraught to play alone ಥ‿ಥ Once I do play it though, I'll have my notes! And I'll be able to write whatever I want with it💕
And!! You have a lovely day or night, too!! :D (It's currently ... 2 in the morning... Oh dear O_o)
ah....... that idea..... boy... wonder what it could be..........
hihi!!! :D fanfic author to another fanfic author hehe
i’ve read all of your drv3 fanfics and they are very intriguing, in canon characterizations, plot driven stories that make me very happy to read and look forward for more! (abso love trans shuichi hc too aaa)
i was wondering if you make pre-planned outlines for your fanfics or do you go straight into writing and planning it as you go? i’m struggling in finding a fitting method myself to write my fanfics because i often jump straight into writing, but that got me stumped in my writings at times. asking for advice because i really love your compelling writing style but you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to :D!
First of all... Hi! :D Thank you so much!! I do my best <3 💕
Second... Oh boy, I sure do have a process xD (this might be a long post but I like yapping and overexplaining so bear with me qwq)
if you don't want to read it all though, the shorter answer is: Kind of? I don't fully plan it out, but I don't always totally wing it. I take notes and I build off of important scenes, and then I jump in and hope for the best lol
When I first decide I want to write something with intent to post it, I create a document soley for *notes*. Theres a few things I note before and when writing.
1. I replay/rewatch the canon game and take notes on everything I possibly can. For example! I'm replaying DRV3 chapter 5 (cus i, unfortunately, had an idea q_q). I note down what I see as important or what really stands out to me :) Hell, sometimes I'll even "transcript" down canon dialogue! For example, this is what some of my notes look like (ss1 is taken from my drv3 c5 notes, ss2 is taken from my blue eyes notes):
2. Little things matter. When starting my notes, I often write down the date I started and the basic synopsis of what the story will be about. I try to think of a name for the fic later because my #1 weakness is naming things >.> ... But also! Writing down the important details of your story is suuuper helpful, because you don't want to lose track of stuff like that!! It can prevent accidental retconning, unnecessary repetitions, and stuff like that 'cause i ran out of examples... Oh well. Here's a screenshot of the start of my notes for Motive 5 (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)
3. Believe it or not... i don't always plan ahead. I write a lot of my fics with one or more certain scenes in mind, and then I blink and there's suddenly a 7k word document in front of me and Oh Fuck I accidentally made a whole fanfic on that one idea. It happens more than you'd think. Using Motive 5 as an example again, there were a few scenes I had in mind when I was first writing! I don't remember what order they came to me in, but a few significant ones I fell asleep to was Shuichi losing his hand, Hajime and Maki facing off, Nagito and Shuichi meeting after the Coffin Puzzle, and the aftermath of Shuichi's "punishment" (PS. did you know he was originally gonna be tortured with sound? then i wanted to hang him from the ceiling periodically, but i gave that up for the "detention" theme.) this one is getting long but when it comes to planning, I always build off of important scenes in my mind. "How can I make this happen?" "What do I do to make this/these character(s) react like this?" or, my favorite... "What can I do to totally fuck up these sad gay losers?"
You mentioned you get stumped writing sometimes, and THAT'S OKAY. i do too. Chapter 8 of Fever Frost was a whole ordeal because I realized "wait. Kokichi would never confess his feelings first in this situation??!!!" While planning ahead may certainly help save you from some of those moments, they won't stop it entirely. It does feel really refreshing when you manage to skirt your way around the issue, so really what can you do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So yeah, I do kind of plan ahead. I plan MOST of the plot (I didn't even know I was gonna kill someone in Fever Frost at first >.>) and then as you write, stuff tends to tie together and build from there. In my experience, 70% of writing is just "shit kinda happens" xD
This is just how I do it, and it's okay if it doesn't work for you. I'm just the kind of person that will replay an entire game to write a fanfiction (─.─||）I hope this could help a little, though! Good luck on your fics! :3💕
checks my last ask that i had send to you about the topic of making fanfics and how i struggled with it and now i can finally say that i finally WROTE ONE LETS GO 🗣️‼️ it’s. it’s 7000 words which i didn’t expect oh no but it’s technically the first saiouma fanfic i ever made NERVOUSLY LOOKS AWAY AAA!?2?2)/!
i genuinely didn’t expect to write that much either because it’s been MONTHS since i last wrote a fanfic, one that i even enjoyed doing as well because i have a bad habit of forcing myself to write a story to get the idea out, even when i’m feeling unmotivated, which is not good 😞
but this time i did enjoy writing this one and now i can kinda get what you meant when you said you didn’t expect to have such a big word count after sitting down and writing. like, boom, it’s now there!!! 😭
now i have another fanfic idea in mind ,,, writers motivation is hella scary sometimes whoa 🧍
I SAW THAT!! I SAW YOUR FIC ON AO3 I just never got back around to reading it ｡:ﾟ(;´∩`;)ﾟ:｡ I'll go do that right after this!!
Good job on writing man!! (≧▽≦) Proud of you!! Writers motivation is the craziest thing in the world sometimes x3 especially when you're enjoying what you write. Sometimes seven thousand words just Appear on your screen o_O and sometimes you struggle to write 2 sentences. Being a writer is weird ಠ_ಠ
