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Hi Zak!! This is a pretty random ask but i was just wondering if you have any tips for starting a fanfic/story? I just keep getting stuck on how to start one (I really love your work/blog 🙏 feeds my tot brain rot fr!!)

hi anon, im glad you like the stuff i make ;w; !!! and ohhh, sure i got tons of tips for that!.....so many that i actually wish i cld get u back here to ask what specifically about starting a story u'd want tips on but for now, i'll go for a general overview :D!!

cuz....to me (i.e. based on my writing process, which i'll be drawing heavily from for these tips), the act of Starting comes in three distinct steps, one after the other:

Idea Generation (what is the story gonna be about and how do i get ideas for that?)

Concept Organization/Outlining (how is the story going to be about this idea and how will i be executing it?)

Creation (GAH, HOW PUT WORDS ON PAGE!?!?!?)

so i'll give general tips for all three!!!

Idea Generation Tips

(this is the step that i personally have the least trouble with because my brain makes 5 new ideas every day. it's kinda a curse now because it leads to me having too many wips and concepts and only 1% of them gets to the Creation period jhvjhVJKSHFVHJS BUT ANYHOO, TIPS-)

Check Out Prompt Lists (super fun and easy way to get an idea! theres tons of story and fic prompts out there that you can search up here on tumblr, some of them being lists of lines of dialog or lists of AUs or scenarios. even if you dont follow a prompt exactly, they can be great at kickstarting ur brain into thinking of something related that you Do wanna pursue)

Open/Ask For Prompt Requests (if ur brain doesnt have any ideas, u can ask around and see if anyone ELSE has ideas theyre alright with you writing! my tot fics "reviews for Time's Antiquities, South Stellis | Average Rating: 4.8 Stars" and "but little do we know, the stars welcome him with open arms" were both inspired by anon asks i got!! to those anons who sent those asks, i owe u my life....but yea, maybe other people can give ideas to you! or, again, give Something that can inspire another thing in ur brain to take shape)

Just Ramble With A Friend (SO MANY OF MY FIC IDEAS started because i was just goofing off and playing idea volleyball with fandom buddies in our DMs (shoutout to sam samsspambox, z lukevonhagen, and beck beckthebeetle for being the main culprits of this). like, what started out as a joke conversation eventually makes go "oh no wait i actually wanna see that as a fic" and then boom, Idea Has Been Acquired. but fr, talking with another person makes your brain create things u never thought about before. it's both tons of fun to chat with a buddy as a sounding board, and it yields awesome concepts for stories!)

For Fanfic Specifically, Think About What You Want To See In Canon But Hasn't Happened And You Want It So Bad It's Driving You NUTS (this can be anything from missing scenes you wish were expanded on, scenes you wish went a different way, character relationships you wish you could see more of in canon, go nuts! the fun thing with fanfic is that it's a fertile playground for all the what-ifs, and a lot of my fics' ideas were simply found because i thought "man i know tears of themis is never gonna show me deep found fam moments/artem ptsd consequences after main story 6.2/mariluke, so imma make it myself" JHVSJDHF. ideas are hard to make sometimes, but brains are so good at desiring things. and all those desires? those can also be Ideas for a fic!)

Concept Organization/Outlining

(very much skippable if your writing style/personality is more receptive to free-wheeling!! im just the type of writer who always needs an outline to begin something. it helps me structure a raw idea with no shape into something clearer that i can envision a story for)

Outline A Rough Chain Of Events Chronologically (this can be as simple as three bullet points, what happens at the Start of the story, the Middle, and the End. or maybe you can go list down the portions of your fic according to the Freytag's Pyramid Plot Structure: Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, etc etc.)

Outline A Rough List Of Stuff You Just Want To Happen In The Fic (if your brain is like mine and isnt too great at chronological thinking, make a list of just all the plot points and events or even dialog exchanges u Want to see in the fic. you can organize it in the order u want later once uve put everything down)

Outline The Themes (moving away from plot, many stories are more focused on feelings or characterization or themes. so make a list of the Concepts you want to tackle. this is something i do for my fics that are more introspective, so i outline shit like "EVENT THAT MAKES LUKE INTERNALIZE SELF-LOATHING followed by EVENT THAT MAKES LUKE'S VIEW BE NOTICED BY ANOTHER CHARACTER")

Creation

(the worst part of writing....is the writing JAVFJVSDKHFDJHJ but nah fr this is the part i have the hardest time with, so here are tips that help me kickstart the word engine)

You Dont Have To Start Writing The Fic From The Beginning Of Its Story, Start Writing Wherever (confession: a good 75% of my fics are ones where the first scene i actually wrote down was not the start. instead, i just wrote the scene i was most excited to write. and usually thats somewhere in the middle! i do this cuz it makes my brain happy, and a happy brain is much easier to pull words from than a sad brain. plus, when i see the scene I Like Best already written, it gives me motivation to do the rest of the fic because oh my god i want everybody to sEE THIS ONE DANG SCENE!!! start writing the fic at whatever point you want, in whatever order comes most naturally to you, is my point. you can fill the rest in later, but hey, starting to write where you Want has gotten you Started. now you just gotta finish, and finishing when you already have something down is much easier than starting from 0)

Set Tiny Wordcount Goals. And When I Say Tiny, I MEAN TINY!!! (writing is intimidating but if you set a goal of say, 100 words written for a wip per day, at the end of one week, you'll have 700 words. at the end of two, you'll have 1400 words. at the end of a month, 3000. small goals help since it makes you do Something, and that Something will inevitably compound, no matter what goal uve set. and let urself be proud of the goals uve achieved!!! writer brain gets happy when you tell it it's done a good job at reaching a wordcount goal, and like i said earlier, happy brain is much easier to work with than sad brain)

Give Yourself All The Time You Need (i know this sounds counterproductive but sometimes....the best thing you can do for the part of your brain that wants to start creating....is waiting til it's ready. dont pressure yourself, cuz brain will get sad. dont be too hard on yourself, cuz brain will get sad. start when you want to start in the way that works best with your brain and see where things go, but be patient with yourself. sometims Starting is actually the longest part of writing a story and thats fine. it will happen. trust)

thats all the tips ive got! and of course, what will work for me wont always work for other people, so please feel free to take what you think applies to you and discard what doesnt resonate.

i hope some part of this can help! happy writing :D

#asks #anon #.....man i forgot if i had a tag for writing tips. i know ive answered a writing tips asks but i cannot rmr for the life of me the tag..jsd #also yes im testing out changing text color to help break up my blocktext rambling jhvjkVKJ

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9ineine · 4 years

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❝ S L U M B E R . . . ❞ LUCIFER

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— PAIRING ; lucifer x reader

— SUMMARY ; luci loves watching his mc sleep so calmly and peacefully.

— GENRE ; fluff but angsty undertones

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— WARNINGS ; slight yandere themes, hints at hallucination

— TIME TAKEN ; about an hour

— WORD COUNT ; nine hundred fourty five

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— AUTHORS NOTE ; ive had this idea for a while, i hope you guys like it <3.

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Lucifer sighed softly and closed the door to the bedroom, letting his hand and crown of his head rest on the door for a moment. His eyes were shut, almost squeezed shut, in a hush attempt to calm the boiling anger that was filling in his chest. His fingers clenched harshly, enough to make the tips of them go numb from the tension. Lucifer let his hand fall before standing up straight.

He let out a breath of relief when he turned around and saw your peaceful form, the duvet covered up to your neck and your hair falling onto the pillow in a halo shape. You always looked so content, whether you were awake or in slumber. It always put his mind and heart at ease.

The demon removed his coat from his shoulders and quietly hung them on the coat rack that stood near the door and started working on removing his vest for easier movement.

The chair that remained next to your bed every night creaked as he sat down in it, him letting out an exhale of content from finally being able to relax after yet another troubling day. He peered at you through his lidded eyes, the faintest of a smile showing on his features.

Your lips were parted in the slightest, long eyelashes draping over your eyes as you stayed unmoving through your deep slumber. The moonlight from the nearby window only accentuated your silent beauty, the glow casting an eerie yet calm feeling over your form.

Lucifer hastily removed one of his gloves and brought it to your cheek, rubbing his knuckles against the soft and supple skin with a short and humorless laugh. His tired eyes gazed at yours, which were slightly sunken in. He frowned a bit, perhaps you were staying up too late from studying too much and your face was starting to convey that. He’d have to scold you for it once you woke up.

Lucifer clicked his tongue, pulling his hand back from your face and sliding it back into his fitted glove. He moved the blankets down a bit, so that they were instead at your waist. You wore a rather silky pair of pajamas— nothing sexual whatsoever, Lucifer just wanted to make sure you wore something to bed that you’d forever be comfortable in. He even let you pick it out yourself.

It was in your favorite color, and yet another faint smile showed on his face after remembering the way your face lit up once you saw it in the store. He recalled how you hastily picked it off the shelf and basically shoved it in front of him from how excited you were.

“Lucifer, Lucifer look! Isnt it beautiful? And it’s so soft too..” You pressed your cheek into the fabric, your smile slowly inching wider and wider as you engulfed yourself in the comforting and warm feeling the cloth gave you. You looked up at the man through your lashes. “Can we please get it?”

There was no way he could’ve said no when you looked at him with such purity in your eyes. So he bought it immediately. He actually almost forgot to buy it and nearly walked out of the store with it with the tag still on. Lucifer chuckled softly at the distant memory, pulling your sleeping frame into his chest while he moved off the chair and onto the queen sized bed.

Your head rolled onto his chest, almost nuzzling closer to him. He kept his face stoic as possible, though a short lived smile creeped onto his face. That smile was again, lost, when he realized how cold your skin was. You weren’t a demon like him, so there was no reason why your body should feel so chilly. Especially when you were covered in thick and fluffy blankets. He’d have to turn up the heater in your room later.

“How was your day, darling?” He spoke up quietly, his finger tracing patterns on your cheek soothingly to make sure that you don’t wake up. You didn’t answer, of course. You were always such a deep sleeper and he loved that about you. That just meant he could vent his feelings to you without you truly knowing, not wanting you to bare the weight of his problems.

“Mine was actually quite frustrating, Mammon tried to steal some of Asmodeus’ belongings and sell them, again,” He sighed and shook his head, looking up at the ceiling.

“I know you will never hear this, my darling, but talking to you like this, having you listening to me, is very,” He paused, his brows knitting together as he tried to think. “Therapeutic, in a way. I do have Diavolo to talk to but,”

He looked down at you, limp against his chest, unmoving and calm. “You’re easier. I don’t know what it is, perhaps it’s just how I know you’ll never be able to respond when you’re sleeping so well,” He brought his voice back to a whisper.

Lucifer laid you back in the position he first saw your body in, hair dancing around your head like a halo. Your eyes remained shut and unmoving, just like the rest of you as he brought the covers back up to your neck.

“I’ll see you tomorrow night, my darling. Sleep well.”

[unedited]

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