#that's badass

[nachtfaust]

[epickiya722]

Gege, all I ask is let my boy cook in the next few chapters. That's all I ask.

[jadedgenasi]

Laudna and Ashton: team tombstone

[not-poignant]

Hello! I was wondering if you always plot the whole story before you start writing or tend to make up things as you go. Sorry if it's a weird question, but I'm really really new to writing and trying to figure everything out. Also I already went trough your writing tag and your advice is always very helpful, thank you so much for taking time to write such detailed answers!

Hiya anon!

It really depends on the story! But this is actually something I’ve written about a bit, so I can link to a few things that might help.

This post talks about the stories I’ve chapter planned on (not many), and how I go about linking plot details together.

Being flexible if you’re using a chapter plan (I don’t for about 50% of my stories, and it’s really common for me to wing the first half of a story, and plan the rest too).

Being new to writing means you can experiment with a lot of different things! You have people who always outline, and very rigidly (plotters). People who outline loosely. People who half-outline, half-wing it (plantsers). People who only ever wing it (pantsers). And people who change it up per story. You’re not going to know which one you are until you start doing them, and some things will feel more comfortable than others!

Like, you might be someone who likes the idea of an outline, but then gets bored once the entire plot is written out. Or you might be someone who hates the idea of an outline, but gets stuck 5 chapters in and doesn’t know what else to do, and that’s where an outline can help you! (In good news, you can literally start outlining at any point of writing your stories, I prefer to wait until I’ve written a good 6-10 chapters in my longer fanfics, sometimes even more chapters. Some stories didn’t get a plan until the last 5-10 chapters).

There’s pros and cons to every technique, but the ones that suit you will have more pros to them. Basically if the technique helps you write more, it’s a great one. :D

I love the feeling of making up stuff as I go. I can’t afford to do it with my original writing, so I do it as often as I can with all my fanfiction.

Also, don’t expect to have everything figured out before you start. A lot of this stuff you learn as you go. It’s really hard to Hermione the writing process (i.e. learn what your likes and dislikes are beforehand) - but it also means you get a pretty exciting journey of discovery, and no matter how you prefer to do it, it means you’ll get some writing out of it! Which is always awesome. :D

[shrapnelstars]

“There was a girl who came to this island, and fell in love with a man who had many admirers. When she was spurned by him, she garroted him with her hair braid, then fled into the mines, and was never heard from again.”

Oh, same.

[trashtulip]

Peggy Carter was such a fucking badass I want to know everything about her

[queenallura]

Pidge gets to fight with a sword?????