#Bulletpointed plot beats fic

[mushroom-for-art]

A random fic I started like all the way back last yearish when I first became obsessed with Syn, same sort of world as shadow au with Syn existing in the same world as my twos possibly the other twos from @seasidemew existing there too but lmao not important this is about Syn. Please enjoy his originally intended pure villain arc, bulletpointed after the original part I wrote up so it's at least done without me having to go into super detail about everything

Evil Syn au part 1 of ??

Faint coos and gurgling could be heard within the abandoned facility, within one of the rooms the dark hued mewtwo huddled over cradling a tiny form, her crystals and makings faintly illuminating the room. The light blue infant squirmed in her arms making soft vocalizations as their stumpy tail wiggled, sparkles of glow radiated with varying brightness from dotted patterns on the infants' skin like gold dust glowing bright as they cooed once more. A crescent moon pattern formed over the child's right eye. The infant let out a whimper at a sudden chill and the older mewtwo gently shoved her snout against their small form hands carefully supporting them as she nuzzled the baby to her face, warming them through body heat and soothing them with closeness.

"Shh, shh, it's okay, no need to cry it's okay, I've got you you're safe mamma's here…" The adult whispered against their child who clumsily reached to touch and hold onto their mother beginning to purr and coo once more. Darkness could feel herself trembling as she cradled the newborn close to her, she was exhausted and sweaty to say the least and incredibly ill prepared. Her breathing wobbled as she sensed the waves of pure gaia energy radiating off of the baby in her hands, every living thing has gaia but like some cruel punishment her infant practically glowed like an overcharged battery of the stuff. And she knew…she knew she wouldn't be the only one to sense it, that others of shadow kind would come.

Her breathing hitched in her throat as a sob wracked through her chest against her control, gasping as tears splattered on the flooring beneath her. She was in no state to fight them and she didn't know how long she had. Her baby whimpered as tears fell on their skin and she whispered apologies to them as she dried them and comforting them, apologizing for crying, apologizing for upsetting them, apologizing for bringing them into such a dangerous world and apologizing that they were going to suffer because of the ill actions she partook in. They didn't understand simply purring and glowing with sparkling energy, Darkness softly licked the baby's cheek purring back to them as their hands opened and closed in a kneading manner wiggling in her hands.

"My sweet little moon."

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A demented Hydreigon was one of the first to arrive crashing straight through a wall in a wild dragon frenzy snarling and snapping wildly searching for its prey, the crystal protruding out from the back of its neck mimicking the look of its natural frills. It was loud and it was big, but it was stupid and careless and unable to turn its main head with the crystal lodged in its spine by the looks of it. It lunged crashing into a generator receiving what should've been a killer electric shock, before it could recover with electric sparks fizzling over its body. She ripped the shard right out from the creatures' lower neck, watching it jerk spasm and flop still. The crystal having become infused and embedded into and by removing it it had severed the link to the body and effectively broken the main spine. She held no sympathy for it, throwing the crystal she couldn't use across the room.

More came and despite her more exhausted state she found they were relatively manageable, she had to throw a few of the corpses outside and looked in dismay at the damages caused by these idiotic creatures figuring she'd need to move somewhere else soon somewhere safer to raise her young and hopefully learn how to mask her gaia signature by then.

By the late morning, because of course she gave birth in the night and had to be vigilantly awake ever since, she'd become almost overconfident in herself, figuring perhaps if every shadow Pokémon out there were just everyday Pokémon and this easy to defeat maybe she could cull them all and be the only one left letting her raise her child in peace.

Unfortunately fate had other ideas…

Darkness rubbed at her eyes sleepily with a yawn as she attempted to get her daughter to try some of the berry that she has pureed beyond it's life, "come on little moon," another yawn as she gently tapped her finger onto her young kittens lips leaving a small dollop of the berry puree behind in hopes her child would try to lick it off, "you need to eat something, you must be hungry, just have a little num nums please, mamas tired." The practically liquidized berry slid from her finger splatting on the floor as she gave an exhausted groan leaning her head forward closing her eyes.

She jolted awake as she felt herself slipping realizing she nearly fell asleep, she sighed licking the berry puree off her finger and gently licking her babys' face clean wondering how she even managed to get berry puree in her forehead as she slowly walked to the medical room which she'd been using as her sleeping room. She shuffled over to the recovery bed at the end side of the room where she'd hoarded all the different fabrics that she enjoyed the texture of, climbing onto the bed carefully while holding her kitten in one hand she shuffled her feet and legs and available hand adjusting the fabrics into a makeshift nest. Using her tail she lifted a blanket and shuffled backwards under it lowering the blanket onto herself effectively tucking herself into her nest comfortable buried inside, she moved a pillow as she moved to lie on her side placing the pillow next to her chest and gently placing her kitten on top of the pillow and laying the blanket over them so that she was close, wouldn't get squished and wouldn't get too hot being put too deep in the nest. Through Darkness did wrap her arm over and under the pillow with her hand gently resting on her kitten just to be safe.

Dark attempts to get some mceepyin cause she's so fucking tired my guy holy shit it's been a long day with a wiggling kitten and people coming literally trying to kill her baby to drain her life energy, baby wiggles and cooes

Outside the sky darkens as something powerful and dangerous approaches

Dark bolts awake as Syn makes contact with the floor outside gasping to herself sensing his power now suddenly through her sleep, he takes a moment eyeing the damaged structure before floating inside hunting down the radiating glow of life energy unlike anything he'd ever sensed

Dark attempts to flee but her path is blocked off by Syn, they stare at each other assessing the others power level he can sense she's weakened but is aware she's very powerful and she can sense his power too. His eyes fall on the infant in her arms that she possessive pulls closer to her body attempting to hide with her hands, he only assumes they are same place same time hunting the same life force and he's not in the mood for sharing

He strikes for her, she barely manages to dodge swinging her tail at him but hitting a wall restricted by the hallway space she's stuck he gets a kick in right to her soft delicate tummy

She stumbles backwards a few steps, baby starting to cry in her arms, aura glowing off her body brightly going through Darks fingertips. She can't fight him and protect her. She focuses and teleports the baby away just as he goes to grab for child slamming her head down to nut him

He growls in frustration stepping back and turning to leave as he came for that gaia source not her and she's less worth it in his opinion, the strike in the back makes him stumble forward before glaring over his shoulder with a dangerous growl

He moves first with greater speed ramming dark backwards through the walls of the structure sending her body crumpling outside sliding against the dirt, he glares darkly as he steps through the hole in the wall following after her slightly amused when her weaker body gets up

They fight some more and he'd almost be impressed if he wasn't so already done and pissed off with her tbh she tries to slash him with her tail he manages to beat and bruise her with his ect until and attack from him topples her over the end of the ledge the lab was on and her body falls hitting nearly every rock on the way down falling right into a muddy ditch

He looks over the edge and can't see her past the tree line or sense her anymore to finish the job as she suppresses her aura, he scans searching before sensing gaia baby's aura again and flying off after it

Meanwhile elsewhere Maybe just got jumpscared by randomly spawning baby child that she caught out the air from falling holding in her arms comforting to stop them crying. Matt judging (he's the baby >:c not that baby doesn't like to share)

When they sense shadow pokemon approaching they both bolt and as Maybe runs holding this child she must protect her powers kick in mega evolving and she's running at speeds she rarely achieves weaving through the trees with skill gaia glowing through her from the baby keeping her going

Until Syn appears in her way getting in front of her making her slide to a stop and take a step back. He eyes this new mewtwo up because mega mewtwo x huh? He can take em without even mega evolving then he's got a 6’4 mewtwo to crush when he beats the mega out of em.

He takes a warning step closer watching the other back away, “now let's be reasonable,” the last mewtwo was just a thing protecting it's catch, this mewtwo might have sense, “I don't want to harm /you/” he emphasizes, “I just want that gaia lifeforce you're holding there, nobody has to get hurt” his tail swings up and slams down crushing the skull of an approaching shadowed pikachu, he chuckles, “nobody reasonable that is”

“You think I don't know what you'll do if I hand over this child?” his expression betraying his surprise at a female voice but only briefly face falling into annoyance as she cups the infant closer to her body trying to soothe the distressed baby, “you'll drain her of all her lifeforce,” maybe steps back from him still seeing his expression turn dark at her lack of cooperation, “like fuck am I letting you do that.”

Syn tuts to himself looking to the side disappointed before lunging forward at her surprised as she dodged senses heightened for the gaia being willingly given and shared with her swinging her spare arm to slam her fist down into his spine as he attempted to go for her hitting the ground and sliding painfully which just riles him up more

They fight and he's amused by how much she's compromised by how she has to hold and protect the child from him it makes her fighting sloppy and restrictive a waste of a mega form and he's a bit impressed by how long she's holding it for

He shoves her up against a tree one hand grabbing her upper arm that's holding the baby the other grabbing her hand grinning up at her before he mega evolves just to tower over her, he hears the bone in her upper arm crunch in his grip as she yells out in pain for it

Her tail wraps around the tree tightly and she heaves up her legs kangaroo kicking him in the gut away his feet sliding back through the dirt and crashing into a tree himself causing him to grunt and wheeze glaring at her to hide his surprise and intrigue at her battle prowess

The sharp movement of air as she takes off causes him to stagger before moving to quickly fly after her

She flies fight into Matt snarling something at him as he enters mega Y and zooms off with blinding speed as she locates Syn coming right for her moving and flying right back at him

They crash dangerously sending a shock wave of energy through the area trees bending at the force she grabs him with her hands and tail determined to drag him down in a death roll and using the momentum and confusion to crash them both down her knees digging into his form as they crash together her victory short lived swinging an arm successfully back handing punching her across the face sending her flying off body scraping against the ground

As he gets up back bruised and some injuries on his front he realises…. She was a distraction looking off towards where the mega Y shot off he goes to follow until his tail is grabbed and he's swung thrown backwards, “no you don't, I'm not done with you”

He cant help laughing at that assessment, she's not done with him? Ha! “well I was willing to ignore you until we next met but if you insist, tell me, how long can you keep that mega form” going for her again knowing that this other mewtwo has been mega far longer than him and was likely fueled by the gaia energy so how long is she going to last with the extra energy gone?

To Syns great annoyance he will discover it's a fucking while!! She doesn't betray her growing weariness or tiredness as they fight fists colliding and moves exploding off of each other, for the second time that day he's nutted this time under the chin causing him to bite his tongue and spit out blood annoyed. She hits hard and she can take a hard hitting. It'd be greatly desirable were he not so interested in his hunt for the gaia lifeforce

She screams as while tackling her he rips open her back with synergy dark energy covered claws pinning her onto the ground his claws sunk deep into her back flesh pinned there by her own body weight as he kneels over her feeling her life drained through his fingers and the blood in his palms

He can see the energy of her aura and mega flicker and fizzle before receiving a punch in the side of his neck guard not thinking much of it if she wants to get crystals in her hands so be it until he felt the burning sensation yelling and throwing himself away from her her and his blood splattering the grass as he touches the stab(???) wound feeling it burn his aura flickering and seeing synergy claws protruding from the backs of her hands as she stands up slowly despite her bleeding back

Her victory is short lived her mega form breaks, he covers his eyes for the bright glow eyes level to meet his adversary before dropping down to actually see her, she was shorter than he anticipated…

He chuckles and then he cackles and he enters a full blown laugh looking at the 5’4 mewtwo before him, “oh dearest, you are not what I expected~” he cooes mockingly amused by the turn of events. This entire time she'd just been boosted by the gaia then? And he thought she was your average mewtwo. Though it wasn't needed he stayed in mega form he had a Y to hunt as he turned to leave her there

She'd been a good fight and while he would've delighted in killing her he was just amused enough by her sorry state he figured he'd show some mercy after all he had bigger fish to fry. He quickly came to regret that as despite being bloodied bruised and heaving for her breath she grabbed his tail as he attempted to fly away swinging to smash him into the ground

“Oh you're not fucking going anywhere,” he glares at her from the ground, still so determined to die then. Find he'd give her that.

Despite the loss of mega she kept going she still hit hard and took the beatings he was giving out, how was he keeping up, how was her arm that he broke healed?! He managed to strike her down standing on her head to push her down into the dirt, “this” he breathed heavy the exertion of mega evolution getting to him but he tried not to betray that, “has been quite the experience, but you have been bested, now why don't you lie there and submit before I break and splatter your skull across the dirt and pebbles hm?” it'd probably have been easier for him to just do what he was threatening than just threaten it. Perhaps she intrigued him or he just wanted to prolong the game and get her properly later

He didn't expect her to bite his fucking FOOT. He snarled pulling his foot away sharply before kicking her clean in the face sending her crashing into the bottom of a tree her nose broken and bloodied as he glared. This would be impressive if it didn't piss him off so much watching her once more force herself back to her feet meeting his glare with her own determined scowl

“Nuh uh. Not yet.” she smirked at him past the blood from her nose and the bruises and wounds. Her goal ultimately was just to distract him really keep his attention on her as long as she physically could to give her brother the best headstart from escaping this shadow mewtwo as she could and that was what fueled her right now. Pure determination and grit.

In honesty this segment of the fight she's getting most of the beating he starts to not hold back from the sheer anger and frustration of how much she's denying his exit he MUST beat her now it's not about leaving her to pursue the gaia is far enough away now she has his whole undivided attention /bad very very bad

He grabs her by the throat as she staggers to try to stand picking her up off the ground as he chokes her, “oh there,, there we go,” he can see and sense it she's reaching her limit now she can't go on and he simply purrs and cooes as though comforting her even as he grips her throat, “that's it,” he exhales a soft chuckle, “that's it” she was quite the fight but he WON

Her hands grasp the one holding her throat struggling to breathe before moving to grab one of his crystal formations causing him to snarl out in pain feeling her attempt to drain it?? Turning his head sharply he sinks his teeth into her wrist returning the bites she'd bestowed upon him making her yelp out on pain whimpering he slams her into a rock hand on her throat his other hand pinning her bitten wrist to the rock painfully rocks jabbing into her back as he licks her blood from his lips finally letting his mega form slip standing over her smugly

She still grasps at the hand on her throat with her remaining hand and weakly she shoves her feet against his legs trying to push against him to leverage herself to reduce the choking or trying to shove him away he couldn't tell but he could feel her weakening from it, his grip tightening when she attempts to weakly kick at him with her foot watching her struggle exhaling a struggled breath eyes about to roll back into unconsciousness before he eases his grip again hearing her struggle to gasp the little air she can spluttering tears rolling out her eyes from the choking, he can see her even trying to mega evolve the energy flickering around her and from her mega stone in her chest but it can't form she's too weak it's a cute attempt tho

Now at this point it could go two ways because while she's been #annoying as fuck, for him I'm not sure if while doing all this he thought oooh girl~ (shock me like an electric eel(idk I've seen the meme about))

Bad end she mumbles gurgles something struggling for being choked and while he's confident in his victory he smirks leaning closer saying softly, “what was that hm? Final words?” he hears her gasp inhaling shortly struggling before uttering “I,,, still won” before she bites right into his face that was leant close to hers bonus points if she takes a chunk outta his lip because hm yea lip biting sexy but this time it's for ripping his flesh off lmao which would just send him from his content I won 0 to moving his hand from her throat to slam her head back and feral biting right into her throat draining her lifeforce violently killing a scream before it can leave her. Does he need to bite her like a feral vampire? No but he's annoyed now she bit his fucking pretty face!!! Took a chunk out his fucking lip!!! Throat rights revoked! He drains her and tears her throat out in the process from how violently he was biting dropping her body watching the blood gush out her throat and spitting out the flesh in his teeth beyond pissed off but hmm that was a satisfying meal she was so full of life and so potent too~ before taking off to finish the hunt he started

Worse ending he looks at the slightly glowing pulsing mega stone in her chest making a purr to himself remembering her synergy attack and the fact she tried to drain his own crystal, his psychic breaking off a shard from himself wincing at the pain but ignoring it, “aw, did you want my crystal? Here. /You can have it!/” his voice louder as he speaks with intent but not shouting as his psychic stabs plunging the crystal through her mega stone scene cuts to black background silhouette views the yellow crystal going through her white mega stone and the yellow veins rapidly growing through her body and consuming her eyes indicating the Synergy shadow taking over her and infecting her. Teams have been forcefully reshuffled. Player 2 is now on Team Shadow. Why Syn thought corrupting the girl he's spent the better part of an hour or more fighting would be a good idea I'm not sure but sometimes the rush of combat and adrenaline can be blinding girl who could keep up with him in combat? Wants wants wants

Either ending Matts having a panic attack in a Milktank field as the baby gets some needed moomoo milk rocking back and forth because he is NOT prepared for this wah

And that's the end of that idk chapter? Segment? I'm not sure XD I don't know how this will be finished tbh but I just wanted to write about them beating the shit out of each other and Syn just??? You fucking bit me????

Hunter you're welcome to add any of your own thoughts and opinions on how you think it'd go and end and what you think might happen from here cause I'm at a loss lmao I hope you enjoy your son being evil

#My writing #Incomplete fic #Bulletpointed plot beats fic #I wanted it done #Tw fighting #Tw death #Tw blood #tw blood mention #The girls are fightingggggg #Syn gets to be evil and a dick as a treat #Tw intent to cause harm to child #Tw child endangerment #Luna who is barely 24 hours old XD she going through it #Also dark being cute #@seasidemew Syn #@seasidemew oc #Forgor how to tag my fics it's been a while

[mylordshesacactus]

Eyes & Fear

Fun fact I forgot I reblogged an askmeme a few days ago and seeing this message in my inbox unexpectedly sure had a psychological effect of some kind.

How many planning documents do you have?

Total? No idea, genuinely no clue how many I might have between WIPs and defunct planning docs and indefinite-hiatus projects, etc.

On average though, I generally will have one bullet-point planning doc per major plot- or organization-heavy project. For a oneshot, my writing and planning document are the same--I put the bulletpoint outline at the top and work through in sections.

For Reunification, though, I do have a separate planning document. I'll stick snippets of dialogue I don't want to forget in there (like Beverly's extended "if I was the Draenei..." gag in the recent chapter) as well as keeping an overall broad-strokes outline of the plot and of elements that have to be introduced well in advance. Like, for instance, the fact that Beverly is on the Forsaken payroll as an assassin. Or Genn's paranoia, or the ongoing dragonflight crisis.

Then, when I'm actually writing that section of the fic, I'll pull those broad-strokes notes to their own separate bulletpoint list at the top and expand it dramatically, turn it into its own zoomed-in beat-by-beat roadmap.

Similar focus--X has to happen before Y, character A has to being this up before character B mentions the other thing, etc.

What is your greatest fear as a writer?

Shouting into the void.

Alternatively, gaining an enthusiastic following of people who absolutely cannot fucking read.

#askmeme

[storm-and-starlight]

so the idea of an Earthspark fic following the bots not on Earth after the spacebridge broke has been rattling around inside my head basically since the show first came out, centering around "what if the Quintessons took advantage of Optimus and Megatron being out of the game and Rodimus had to step in", but I never really had a plot for it until about two-ish weeks ago when one just Showed Up.

I'll warn you now it just straight up doesn't have an ending, but who knows, maybe that'll show up too someday.

Anyways since I doubt I'll ever be able to write in in a way that does it justice, here's the bulletpoint outline of what I do have, under a cut bc Long

Important Backstory Notes (not, like, a prologue, just stuff that would need to be sprinkled throughout as context)

The whole Knights of Cybertron thing was well before the Thirteen Primes, enough that it's mostly fallen into legendary-type history instead of commonly-taught history, though the process is more pronounced due to how centralized information storage (and really the entire concept of information storage that isn't entirely dependent on a living being like a Titan) wasn't really a thing until late(er) in the Age of Primes, and only became standard until after the loss of most of Cybertron's Titans.

The Thirteen Primes, Prima and all the rest, rose to fame during the last Quintesson war by being generals and heroes and scientists, the figureheads of the war and the people who saved the Cybertronian species from perpetual slavery.

All but one of them, that is. Quintus Prime, researcher, scientist, who loved life in all its forms (and, some would say, who loved organic life a little too much), disappeared with his artifact the Emberstone -- the final safeguard against the loss or corruption of the Allspark -- and was later found to have defected to the Quintessons, with his technology and that of the Emberstone showing up in the Quintesson efforts.

The Primes eventually won, and beat the Quintessons away from Cybertron.

Unwilling to lose their image of planetary harmony that they worked so hard to create even before the war, the remaining Primes recorded his disappearance as a death in battle, implying that the loss of him, his Titan, and the Emberstone was simply a terrible accident), and went about rebuilding and beginning the Age of Primes.

(Timeline note: the Thirteen Primes unified Cybertron, got attacked by the Quintessons, fought in what was actually the Second Quintesson War -- the first was the initial liberation of Cybertron before the Knights set out on their explorations -- and then started the Age of Primes, which ended in the betrayal of Solus and the departure of the colony Titans.)

(post-betrayal leads into another age of unrest, before the new lineage of Primes (ones without the Matrix) begins the Cybertronian Golden Age, which really wasn't all that golden.)

Story begins millions of years later, about, oh, twenty years before the events of Earthspark

Most of section one takes place well before the spacebridge closes, and the initial journey back to Cybertron takes a few years, so from the time of Hot Rod's capture to their return to Cybertron just after the spacebridge closes is probably in the vicinity of five-to-six years.

Hot Rod, way out in the middle of nowhere on a mission, is captured by the Quintessons and presumed dead by the Autobots. He's not, but he's been enslaved by them -- however, they're still operating on their understanding of Cybertronian neurological defenses from before the Autobot-Decepticon War, meaning that their ability to control him is unable to keep up with his anti-virals and is slowly weakening over time. He gains more and more autonomy back, right up until the Quintesson ship he's on discovers Theophany (by horrible chance) and elects to begin the Quintesson resurgence right then and there.

Crucially, Crystal City hasn't been part of the war, so their anti-virals aren't at Hot Rod's level, and so nearly the entire city is enslaved and formed into the first and worst core of the Quintesson army.

In the middle of the attack, he finally manages to grab back almost full motor control, flames on, and burns out most of the adaptive nanites that are serving as a reservoir for the control code even as his anti-virals keep destroying the stuff that makes it into his processor. He flees the battle, ending up in the wastes of Theophany while Crystal City is overrun and the Third Quintesson War begins.

There is, however, one mech in Crystal City who has war-grade antivirals and manages to survive the inital assault of a non-nanite transmitted code infection (think radio broadcast) and who fled the city at Wing's request once it was clear the entire city was lost and the Knights of Light taken captive and the city destroyed.

He meets Hot Rod once they both come back to the ruins of the city for lack of anywhere else to go, and Hot Rod reveals what, exactly, happened to everyone around him. Hot Rod manages to convince Drift that they need to go and warn whoever else they can find, so they take one of the least-damaged ships in deep storage and set out to warn Cybertron.

En route to Cybertron, they slowly gather together a crew of various outcasts and misfits -- people who for one reason or another have been stationed out in the reaches of deep space, far away from Cybertron -- and even the odd prisoner (Whirl), all packed together on an ancient tiny shuttle and still desperately trying to outrun the Quintessons and make it in time to warn Optimus and Megatron.

At one point, they meet the Camien trio, Windblade, Nautica, and Chromia, who are also heading to Cybertron to ask for aid for Caminus completely unaware of the Quintesson threat, but in finding an ancient, injured Titan who's already been taken over by the Quintessons everyone learns of the risk they're all facing, and the dangers of letting this war spread further than it already has -- the destruction of Crystal City was bad, but the fact that every Cybertronian infected is another weapon in Quintesson hands is what really sinks in here.

At another point, they come across the remains of the Ark and manage to pull two people out of stasis: Cyclonus, the perfect warrior and Galvatron's right hand, and Tailgate, sanitation worker kept in stasis since the launch of the Ark as auxiliary personnel that they wouldn't have to feed since he wasn't awake.

The major climax is encountering Kimia, a secret Autobot research station under attack by Decepticons. With the Quintessons right on their heels, Hot Rod and Drift attempt to reconcile both the primarily-Autobot crew and the Decepticon squad attacking (maybe Deathsaurus's?), but negotiations keep breaking down until the Quintessons show up with an entire army of enslaved Cybertronians. Hot Rod manages to destroy their ship by crashing the entire station into it, but only a handful of people on either side survive the battle (Chromedome, Rewind, Brainstorm, Perceptor, and probably a handful of Decepticons that I haven't decided on yet), and everyone in their tiny enclave of free Cybertronians realizes that this is bigger than their old war, and that if they don't work together they're never going to survive.

End Section One

Section Two

They finally make it to Cybertron, but it's already too late -- the spacebridge to Earth is closed with most of the Autobot and Decepticon high command on the other side of it, the Allspark was lost somewhere while it closed (it's actually stuck in-between the planets in subspace, since the subspace route is still open but inaccessible with one end of the bridge destroyed, but this isn't relevant to the rest of the fic) and the Quintessons have already arrived and begun a planetary takeover -- most of the ground troops still remaining on the planet have become part of their forces.

Jazz has escaped with a handful of special ops from both sides and is hiding down in the deep underlayers struggling to survive and start up a resistance, and the arrival of Hot Rod and his motley crew is a huge boon and a huge hassle, since most of them (yes, even the Kimia scientists) was assigned that far from the front lines for a reason. About the only ones who're really considered command material are Cyclonus, and he's still struggling with the fact that he's been in stasis for millions of years and has no desire to lead what he sees as a pack of misfits and rejects, and Ultra Magnus, who has no desire to be in command whatsoever, so Hot Rod got the job largely by virtue of being the person to start this mission in the first place.

Moreover, they can't even get off Cybertron because the Quintessons have a major planetary cordon eliminating anyone who tries to flee.

Still, they try to get a resistance going and start figuring out how to actually fight the Quintessons, rather than just escape them, and are making some progress. Slowly. The deep planetary tunnels are largely safe, and a lot of the Kimia scientists have managed to use one of Shockwave's labs to find some protection against Quintesson influence -- as long as they don't get physical access to your brain, you probably won't get enslaved! -- and are attempting work on a cure. It's starting to look like it'll be long and hard but they might even manage to win this war!

And then the judge shows up, and brings with them not just the limited number of Cybertronian slaves they have, but nearly uncountable hordes of mass-produced Sharkticons, because they have access to Cybertron's entire industrial complex and all its fabricators.

On top of that, the Quintessons have discovered the existence of the deep underlayers, and are preparing an assault on the resistance bases.

Right before the assault goes down, Drift gets a vision (he's been having weird premonitions his entire life but it's only after he started actively using them to avoid Quintessons that they've started getting noticeably stronger) and gathers together a group (definitely Hot Rod and Rung, maybe also a bunch of the Camiens/some scientists) to try to find the location of a ship he saw, one that can get them off the planet.

They've been gone less than a day but are already entirely out of range when the Quintessons attack

Magnus and Cyclonus rally, together, against the assault and and try a desperate attempt to repel it and save the scientists' work that might be the only hope to save their species.

NOTE: Prior to this, Magnus and Cyclonus had not gotten along, with both of them having an extremely rigid code that is not... entirely compatible with the other but when it comes down to the wire and both Hot Rod and Drift are off on hopeless errands, they're the only ones left to coordinate the defense and try to save what they can.

Midway through Drift and Hot Rod's journey, the planet transforms (something it has, quite notably, not done since the Age of Primes) and cuts Hot Rod and Rung off from the rest of the group, with the only way out being down deeper into the planet, past even the deep layers and down into the core.

Separated, they continue on.

Drift ends up in the Hand of Primus, way out in the middle of the wastes, the site of the last true hotspot on the entire planet (after it was harvested during the early years of the Golden Age, all new sparks on the planet came from the Allspark). Deep below the surface, underneath a strange spiky red metal formation, they find a ship literally embedded in the stone, not entirely spaceworthy but possible to get to working conditions, and with a set of unique quantum engines that might be enough to get them away from the planet before the Quintessons can shoot them down.

Leaving Nautica (and possibly any other scientists they brought with them?) to try to repair the ship and get it flying, Drift and the rest race back to the base only to find it under attack. Magnus and Cyclonus manage to punch a hole through the Quintesson ranks and start the evacuation, and they all race up through the sublevels back to the surface.

Meanwhile, Hot Rod and Rung are (apparently) desperately trying to find a way out of the deep tunnels and back to the surface, but every turn they make just redirects them deeper towards the core, and eventually Rung comes to the conclusion that whatever's at the center of the planet must want them to go to the core. As they travel, it's apparent that there's something going on with him, though he won't tell Hot Rod what (the truth is that he's regaining his memories of being a part of the long-dormant core of the planet, and he's realizing that the Core, that Primus, the heart of their world, is somehow calling Hot Rod in).

Upon reaching the core, Rung acts almost as cityspeaker for the planet, one of the many fragments of its great multi-part mind that's separate enough to speak for itself, and offers Hot Rod a Matrix -- not the Matrix, the old one, the original one, the one that Optimus Prime still carries and that was lost on Earth when the spacebridge fell -- but a new, empty one that still nevertheless holds the ancient property that the Matrix was made for in the first place -- protection against the Quintesson scourge, a way to store crucial information in a way that can't be stolen by them and is much harder to lose if groups are split up or scientists killed, and most importantly the chance at a true cure. 

Hot Rod accepts the Matrix from Rung, and becomes Rodimus Prime.

Rung, in making a new Matrix, returns to the Core and cannot return with Rodimus, who races back up through the planet desperately, trying to reach the ship before they write him off as dead and leave.

Right as Nautica and the rest get the ship's strange quantum engines online, engines that almost seem to work as a spacebridge in their own right, Rodimus appears and gets on board, and they flee the planet ahead of the approaching hordes, abandoning Cybertron entirely to the Quintessons.

End Section Two

Section Three

Now the fight has gone to the stars -- there are still the colonies, Caminus and all the rest of the titans, to consider -- though there are a couple that aren't in Caminus's or Cybertron's records at all, such as the titan of the traitor Quintus Prime, who in the last war against the Quintessons led by the Thirteen Primes that cemented them in history as a collection of heroes.

The project begun on Cybertron, with the addition of the Matrix, has mostly succeeded -- they have effective defenses against Quintesson mind control, and with the Matrix in hand the scientists are making real breakthroughs on a genuine cure, instead of something that leaves the "cured" screaming and nearly catatonic.

Rodimus, still trying to figure out what it means to be Prime and what it means to now be considered the unambiguous leader of the remaining Cybertronian forces instead of having to deal with balancing the authority of Jazz, Magnus, Cyclonus, Windblade, and several of the more prominent Decepticons, is in command and is trying to find and gather the remains of the Autobot and Decepticon fleets into something that can actually fight against the Quintessons.

He's... not the best at it.

While they're fighting and gathering new members, they intercept some kind of Quintesson communication and find out that Caminus, thought safe because of how hidden it is, is under attack. The Lost Light and the few other ships they've got (Vis Vitalis, maybe? which is another major source of character conflict, becauseRodimus still feels inadequate as a leader in the face of Thunderclash's... everything, and lets it lead him to make bad decisions) race to Caminus to try to save the city.

They try, during which there is a huge battle, but they cannot stop the Quintessons from infecting Caminus, who sacrifices himself to save his people as they all flee, and Cybertronians become a species without a home, adrift in space. At the same time, the records of the last Quintesson War are given to them by Caminus, revealing the strategies used by the Thirteen Primes and the record of Quintus Prime's treachery that nearly lost them the war -- as well as the fact that Quintus Prime's Titan is still alive -- lost, but alive.

The war continues, and Rodimus slowly gets better at learning to be a general and at gathering people together to try to survive this. They start making progress, though it's hard and often painful. Maybe Caminus is the end of the section, maybe there's something more that's less of a downer ending, I don't know, but Section Three is all about the war as it goes on in space, a tiny desperate fleet trying to beat the odds and win.

Oh also at some point the Lost Light is revealed to be a newborn Titan, the first one to be born in millions upon millions of years, who aligns herself with Rodimus because he's a Prime and also her captain.

Also Metroplex possibly shows up at some point, and he and Windblade form a very strong bond together, to the point where when he dies, not even in sacrifice but just straight up in battle, it deeply deeply affects her, to the point that not even Lost Light can help. (Might be a plot point, might not be, depends how dark I want the overall story to end up.)

End Section Three

Section Four

Years into the fight, Rodimus is a far better leader than he was -- massively depressed about the whole thing, but still learning how to be an effective general. They haven't quite been making progress, but they've been surviving and gathering together fighters from all the different colonies, and it looks like the tide might turn any day now.

Drift, prompted by visions he's been having of Quintus Prime, is working alongside Nautica and a handful of other historians to put together the true story of what happened during the last Quintesson War. The facts aren't entirely adding up -- if Quintus was truly a traitor and gave the Quintessons the Emberstone, why weren't the Thirteen Primes overwhelmed by endless armies of newsparks? Why was it only certain pieces of Quintus's hybrid technology that got integrated into the Quintessons, and not the organic-Cybertronian bonding elements that would have massively increased their ability to control Cybertronian slaves? Why did he disappear, only recorded by his technology showing up in Quintesson warships, and why did his Titan drop completely out of the spacebridge network, even though Caminus insisted that he was still alive?

He realizes that figuring this out could be the key to actually winning the war, instead of grinding along slowly getting themselves worn away by attrition the way they've been doing -- the Quintessons can constantly replace soldiers while the Cybertronians have lost every method they had of reproducing, and on top of all that any soldier captured or infected on the battlefield will turn against them.

With Rodimus and Jazz and Brainstorm's knowledge (and maybe a few others, haven't decided yet), Drift fakes his death and goes flying out to search for answers, thinking that there has to be something Quintus was hiding and that it might be the answer to surviving, if not winning.

Meanwhile, Rodimus and the rest of the United Cybertronian Fleet's (name subject to change) high command find out from Jazz and his espionage corps that the Quintessons are looking for something, some kind of newly created weapon that can be used against them more effectively than anything created before (over the course of this war, they've gone on a total scorched-earth policy with regards to their planetary conquests and any species, biological or cybernetic, that even remotely gets in their way -- the new Judge created to lead this war is ruthless and angry and isn't interested in things like "public relations" -- so while there isn't really anyone who can fight back against them the way the Cybertronians can, because in terms of firepower and who's willing to get involved in this, they're kind of the only ones, it's totally plausible that there might be the last remnants of a destroyed species out there who are working on creating some kind of weapon).

Both of their paths, Drift's journey looking back through the records of the last Quintesson War and the history of the Thirteen Primes, and Rodimus's search for something to turn the tide, lead them back towards Earth, which somehow hasn't been found by either side yet, and has remained totally undisturbed. No matter how hard anyone looks, they can't find any outward sign of Cybertronian activity that might indicate Earth's location.

Drift, following the history of what happened to Quintus and his Titan and the Emberstone, finds a subspace connection that leads him to a strange system of caverns, filled with green light and old Cybertronian writing and technology that looks extremely similar to Quintesson tech and yet has somehow been neutralized without being destroyed.

Rodimus, following something (maybe some kind of connection through the Matrix?) lands in secret on green and blue planet that looks a whole hell of a lot like Earth, and traces the signal down into a system of caves.

Both Rodimus and Drift get attacked by an ancient Quintesson defense system, bioengineered monsters that feed off energon and which pursue them through the tunnels and herd them towards a central location, where bang they run into each other--

--and also into Optimus, Megatron, quite a lot of both Autobot and Decepticon High Command, and the Malto family, who are all down in the tunnels for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with either Cybertron, ancient weapons, Quintus Prime, the Emberstone, or the Quintessons, and everyone is very confused and also kind of panicked about what to do about the giant monster.

But when it arrives, the Maltos and the Terrans are able to fight it, without being affected by its energon-eating nature or the defenses it usually has against Cybertronians.

They flee down the only route they have left, deeper into the cave systems, where they pass through a massive and very strange green door into a set of corridors that look like metal, and that are decorated with icons and emblems of Quintus Prime, though woven through with Quintesson mind-control tech -- ancient Quintesson mind-control tech, not the modern kind currently in use and not even the kind of outdated tech that was used on Hot Rod before they managed to adapt to modern Cybertronian neurological defenses, but the kind that was in use back in the last Quintesson War, against the Thirteen Primes, and the pattern of the tendrils seems to be leading them somewhere.

Where it's leading them to is a massive processor chamber, one for a Titan -- Quintus Prime's titan, lost all these many millions of years.

Drift, finally, reveals what he's learned about Quintus Prime's supposed betrayal, and what really happened -- how he tried to be a double agent, learning about the Quintessons: half just for the sake of learning about them -- remember, he was most noted for his fascination with organic life -- and half for the sake of finding ways to end the war.

Before he could find a way, his Titan was overrun, exposed to an experimental piece of technology that would take over not just his mind but his body, turning him into an unending weapon that couldn't even be killed.

Quintus fled to Earth, looking for a way to save his Titan, and apparently died there.

worked against the Quintessons from the inside, stealing away secrets of their technoorganic engineering and their mind-control techology and eventually fleeing with his Titan and the Emberstone to an unknown location, and Rodimus reveals that they're here hunting a supposed "weapon" that the Quintessons are terrified of.

The Titan (name TBD) manages to tell Windblade the story of what really happened, that Quintus defected with the Emberstone to try to find a way to use it to create Cybertronians who were naturally immune to Quintesson control, who could live in peace away from the war and everything and never have to worry about being made into slaves, and all of the bots that have been trapped on Earth all this time turn to look at the Malto family -- and the Terrans.

End section four

aaaaaand that's more or less where I run out of ideas, because I have no clue how to effectively pay off this reveal with how the Terrans are supposed to defeat the Quintessons, but who knows, maybe I'll think of something

#transformers #transformers fic #transformers earthspark #my fic #also this fic has plenty of room in it for driftrod because that's currently my main ship but like... it's not explicitly a driftrod fic #maccadam

[cal-writes]

For the More Fic Writer Asks, I'd love to hear more about your writing and editing process! 17 and 1 if you have the time, please! :)

17. talk about your writing and editing process

my process is very chaotic so brace yourself

most of the time i start with dialogue. i mentioned it a few times i think but a lot of times an exchange of dialogue is the scaffolding that i build the scene around of. 221 Beika Street is the best example i think it started with this bit of dialogue

“You want us to live and work together?”

“Like Holmes and Watson.”

“Am I Watson in this scenario?”

“Well, you already have a cane-”

and it all went from there. sometimes i’ll have ideas for whole scenes that i write down and think about context later but thats usually when i already have a vague plot or premise in mind. second chapter of Law’s Eleven from zoros pov was just short single paragraphs that i then expended upon

i tend to get my ideas when im lying in bed so they get dumped into my telegram chat with myself or random docs so that ends up looking like that

when im trying to gather all the pieces i pull them all into a full doc vaguely in order so i dont lose anything. i make a copy and depending how polished the bits are i either work directly in the collection or rewrite in a new doc with the other one open on the same screen

if i already have a plot in mind or its an ongoing project with multiple chapters i might also have bullet points for plot beats or character stuff. Lucky Charm definitely requires that bc its like complicated deductions and stuff. future detco au also has a spreadsheet with a timeline and important dates and birthdays. occasionally i’ll also have a spreadsheet for characters and oc’s so with descriptions and traits so i can find it faster.

when im writing on the fic itself and i get stuck i’ll occasionally just put placeholder bulletpoints with what needs to happen and then continue on or a scene is getting its own doc

before i send it to my beta i consolidate all the pieces in one place and read it through at least once if not more times. do some minor edits, add some stuff, delete some stuff, reword. my first language isnt english so sometimes my wording is wack.

my beta does her thing, when things dont make sense or i use the wrong words she’ll make a comment and ill look over it again or she’ll make suggestions

when shes done i usually wait until to post until saturday to tuesday around 9pm my time

1. the last sentence you wrote

the last sentence i wrote is from the nami pov snippet so i shared that already and the one before that is a spoiler so i’ll share this wip

#thanks for asking! #caliowl333 #ask

[x-authorship-x]

Hihi 😃👋🏾

Air: What’s the easiest part of writing for you?

Rock: How do you deal with writer’s block?

Hi, gaymergal! ☺️

Air: what's the easiest part of writing for you?

Hmm planning a fic, because all it takes is a spark of an idea and then the whole thing spirals very very quickly and often grows a chapter outline almost immediately after. As for the actual writing process, it's binge-typing the first draft because I don't have to think, I just have to have a daydream of the scene and then I just describe it as best as I can, following fluid thought tangents and skipping parts I don't have the words for yet. I can knock out about 5-12K a day at this stage if the mood is right - it's very very messy but it's there and that's what matters!

Rock: How do you deal with writers block?

Hm so my block usually tries to creep in between chapters that I know are necessary but I'm not super enjoying writing. To beat writers block before it can fully kick in, I can normally rollover from finishing one chapter to writing the next by a simple but effective process:

1) as soon as the chapter is 'finished', i open up my master/plan doc and rewrite the bulletpoint plan for that chapter as a summary of main events and details instead. Any new information about characters or places gets updated in my self-made info lists too (makes it so much easier to control-F search facts, especially in huge multi-series fics)

2) i immediately edit the next chapter bulletpoint to flow from the previous chapter better; sometimes it's a complete change that effects more chapters or the whole plotline and sometimes it's barely anything.

3) i immediately set up and format the new chapter, copying in the (revised) bulletpoint plan and separating it out into sections

4) i trick myself into starting to binge write the main text! By splitting the bulletpoint into sections, a big chapter becomes bite size so it's easier to think 'ill do this bit' and then follow it with 'may as well do the next one too' and, before you know it, you're at the bottom.

5) When the first draft is done, I swap to my phone to edit using my predictive keyboard and the chapters roll over like that!

For writers block that comes from a break from fic writing and then getting back into an 'old' or 'abandoned' story... I focus on remembering what made me happy about it, what i was so excited to get to and write and post. When I stop writing, it's usually because I'm too busy IRL, my interest jumps to another thing, or... I get burnt out. To draw myself back, once I have the time and space (and we should all take as long as we want or need, fanfic is supposed to be fun so, writers, please don't torture yourself with guilt!) I end up looking over comments left by readers and my favourite unwritten scenes. If I'm overwhelmed by a project, then it's vital that I relearn how to take it step by step (finish this scene first, then this chapter, this plot device, this arc.. this fic, then move to the next part, etc etc)... Basically, remember to be gentle with yourself, keep that spark of excitement alive, and don't be above tricking yourself into binge writing lmao!

Thanks for playing! ✨

[youvebeenlivingfictional]

I have a Writing™️ question so I apologize on principle.

I absolutely love “Magnetic.” That can stand on its own. Specifically I’ve been thinking about it bc I’m trying to get myself to write more, and I’ve been debating writing a oneshot series, but I really don’t have much of a grasp on how to do that in the sense of having a common thread and a plot that has direction but the pieces can theoretically stand alone.

So overall my question is how do you approach oneshot collections? Do you follow a beat sheet or take a “fuck it, we ball” approach? A third option? Any insight would be appreciated.

Your writing is excellent, I can’t wait to read more.

Ahhh no feel free to ask writing questions, it's totally fine!!

I'll be honest, a lot of oneshot series that I've written are very fuck it, we ball. I usually write a oneshot with the intentions of it only being a oneshot, and then an idea just...Won't leave me alone. Old Dog very much started that way, it was supposed to be one smutty Bond fic and then it wound up being hideously long and multi-parted.

I think for me, writing a oneshot series...Has the element of common threads, but also has the ability to be read without the previous parts? Like I think you can sprinkle in elements that are specific to the previous chapters, but they can stand on their own...Like having a book that can stand on a shelf by itself but could also benefit from bookends.

...I'm certain that this makes no sense, I'm so sorry.

I will say that once I realize that something is going to be multi-parted, then I do write an outlines, which are usually single-pointed/bulletpointed with sections of dialogue that may've already popped into my head. These usually wind up getting changed or reshuffled.

I'm gonna pop a bit of a current outline for a Benedict Bridgerton x Reader from my notes app below for an idea of what I...Do? When I'm outlining?

Feel free to reply or reach out again if this did absolutely zilch to help

Reader nickname: Birdie “A better nickname for you,” You insisted, “You’re so bird-brained.” “That’s awfully harsh.” “Why do you call me that, anyway?” “Because you always twitter about, Birdie.” “Stop that.” “Didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers.” --

Chapter One - A Matter of Importance Reader is forced to return to London for her greatly-delayed coming out. “I heard that the queen mandated it.” “Did you.” “Mhm.” “…News travels fast in London. I’ve forgotten that.” “Then it’s true?” Eloise pressed. “As true as it was when I mentioned it at my club,” Archibald rounded into the room, “A letter arrived with the queen’s seal. Mother practically fainted.”

Chapter Two - A Matter of Perception

Reader is made to consider her prospects on the marriage market. She admits (to herself? Acknowledges?) that she has no intention of marriage, as her grandmother has left her a sizable inheritance in a trust—one that she’ll be able to live off of.

(“Why not simply marry Colin?” Benedict’s question made the both of you wince and scoff, glancing to one another before turning away again sharply. “I don’t know what your brother has been drinking, Colin, but I believe it’s turned.”)

#asks #replies #Writing #I'm sorry if this didn't help ! ! I hope that it did tho D:

[ursafootprints]

2, 3, 4, 11 for ynyd :D

Thank you for playing!! 💖💖💖

2: What scene did you first put down? I write chronologically, so the first scene I wrote-wrote was, well, chapter one! BUT: before I ever committed to writing the fic, I got to the opening scene in chapter 9 in my outline, and I outlined... basically all of the dialogue and mood shifts in that scene in bulletpoint format (just the outline for that scene was 1.5k), so while it went through a LOT of changes once I actually got there in-story, I think it's fair to count that as the first scene I put down! The outlining up until that point was a much more bare-bones summary of the beats I wanted to hit, though I did have a fair bit of the dialogue for Peter and Tony's talk in the lab after Peter's birthday outlined as well.

3: What’s your favorite line of narration? This is likely the recency effect at play, but I was far too pleased with myself for the steel trap imagery that Tony kept using in ch8, so probably:

“He had to make it worth it. So that someday when Peter got sick of being glanced and grazed and gouged by those teeth that Tony had never quite managed to file down-- he could look back at the suits and the hours in the lab and the college fund, and at least think that it hadn't been a complete waste of time.”

Ch8 was where I really dug into Tony’s particular brand of self-loathing, so finding the right metaphor to get that across and then combining it with his sense of utter resignation and inevitably re: Peter leaving him behind someday was super satisfying!

4: What's your favorite line of dialogue? I got asked this multiple times so I'm gonna cheat and choose a different one for each time because it’s very hard to pick a favorite from 100k+ words, lmao. Feelingsy answer later, but comedically I really love this one from ch6:

Tony hummed an affirmative, and then hoped it was the right move as he said, dry, "If you wanted to redecorate you know you could have asked for help. I'm a pro at designing spaces for hitting rock bottom. Gimme an hour and I can fuck up your feng shui so royally Patty'll get an emergency alert on her phone."

I felt like I managed to hit Tony’s very particular blend of self-confidence and self-deprecation in how he presents himself, and it also just made me laugh.

11: What do you like best about this fic? Further thoughts later because I got this one twice, but: my favorite fics are always the ones that combine a romance A-plot with a like, genuinely plotty(/action-y/mystery/whatever) B-plot, and while the B-plot is in all honesty probably the weakest part of the fic (I’m gonna do my best by it though!), it’s been super exciting to me to make an attempt at it! I’ve only ever written straight-out romances before, so trying to blend the two plots together in a way that feels organic and where each genuinely supports/feeds the other, and attempting in general to write My Favorite Kind of Fic, has felt ambitious in a good way and I hope it all comes together in a way I can be satisfied with ///

#ask games #ynyd

[laesas]

🎶🧐🦅🤲

🤲 - Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

Chay curls his hand into a fist experimentally and the rhythm of the kiss stutters slightly as Kim's mouth opens on a gasp. Emboldened, Chay runs the tip of his tongue against Kim’s lower lip. He feels a pulse of giddy pride as he feels the last threads of Kims control tense and snap.

The measured restraint that Kim exudes gives way to something half as guarded, twice as hungry, and the kiss turns desperate and relentless. There’s a heady thrill in it, the feeling of pulling Kim apart, and Chay is finally lost to it. The first glide of Kim’s tongue against his own sends a sharp spear of arousal from his chest to the base of his spine. His hands tangle in Kim's hair in response, lungs burning, half desperate to surface, half desperate to drown.

Chapter 3 of the as yet Unnamed KimChay fic - Currently T rated despite what that last bit sounds like lmao

In the interests of not wrecking anyone's dashboard with my ramblings 🎶🧐🦅 are Under the cut!

Send me an Emoji Fic Ask! ✨

🎶 - Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

SO - Short answer, No. Which is sad. But I find lyrics quite distracting while trying to write!

Long answer: Sort-of? I'll sometimes pause while writing to listen to songs when I'm writing a new section or need to settle back into an emotion.

I have playlists that I listen to for each couple, and within each one will be songs that match the individual characters feelings, and/or the vibe of the scene/chapter. So before writing I'll usually listen to the playlist while walking home from work or doing the washing up lol, so that by the time I sit down to write it I'm already in the right frame of mind.

For example: The songs for the snippet above were Someone To Stay // Vancouver Sleep Clinic and Bad Behaviour (Acoustic) // The Maine

On loop: Disbeliever // Danny Dwyer - it was on a random bad buddy playlist I found on spotify and it's just the most PatPran song ever. It's free serotonin babey ✨

🧐 - Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

None of my fics have required too much Actual Research so far, theyre always more character studies than technical plots. That said I am definitely going to have to rely on google and other fic writer knowledge because Chapter 2 of the above fic takes place in the gun room and I am unfortunately quite Br*tish and so have never held a gun in my life, let alone fired one lol. We'll see how it goes. It's more of an excuse to get Kim and Chay as close to eachother as possible without touching rather than super accurate gun knowledge. Nobody's reading it for that lol.

🦅 - Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

I find outlines so useful! Mostly because I think much quicker than I can ever write "properly" so when inspiration strikes I just chaotically bulletpoint a scene / chapter / fic from start to finish with all of the main story beats. Then while writing I go through the chapter point by point writing it "properly" from the narrating characters perspective.

Every fic I have has started as a one shot and ended up as Not A One Shot, and as soon as it starts to expand out, I put it into an outline table. The only one shot still intact is a backburner 5+1 KinnBig fic that needed an outline for structure anyway lol

It's nice because it kindof lets me write the bits of the chapter that inspire me most / I vibe with on the day.

This was so so fun!! Thank you so so much for asking!! 🥰✨

#kimchay #kim theerapanyakul #porchay kittisawasd #porchay kp #kim kp #kimchay wip #wip #ask #Oh if anyone actually wants the links to playlists I'm v happy to share them! #They're not super long as I tend to be very picky about what goes on them (KimChays is only 2.5 hours) #I kindof want to make fake albums from each of their perspectives but that may be Doing Too Much lmao #but anyway!! this was so so fun thank you so much for asking hehe #kpts

[sweetmilkbread]

2, 6, 13

2. Do you read/reread your own fics?

Sometimes I reread my own fics if I'm working on a new WIP and need to remind myself how to pace/structure things, or how to convey a certain mood/tone. It's like reassurance for my brain, saying: 'Look! You've written before and you can write again!' But apart from that, I usually toss my fics into the void and run away lol.

6. Are there any fics from others you reread all the time?

There's so many! If I had to list them off I'd be here forever but three fics that come to mind (please heed the warning tags on each if you check them out) are:

•daddy's little deathstick dynasty by blueparacosm - There's so much to say about this Succession fic..the stunning characterization, the humor, the grief, the painful way member of the family is a little responsible for what happened because they don't know how not to be, the fucking story Connor tells Roman about the sheep....In a weird way it's a comfort fic to me. Every few months I reread this and tell myself that I'm not going to cry. I end up sobbing every single time.

•The Thirteen Letters by dropdeaddream and WhatAreFears - way back when I first started reading fanfic, I wasn't involved in fandom so I had no recommendations to work from, but by my lucky stars I stumbled upon this masterpiece. I don't think much about the MCU these days but 'womb to tomb, sweetheart' still lives deep inside my heart.

•Twenty-Four Victors, Twenty-Four Tributes: Meet Your Quarter Quell Contestants by aimmyarrowshigh - during my Hunger Games phase, this was my favourite fic. Everything from the OC's and worldbuilding to the literal sentence lengths are haunting.

13. How much planning do you do before writing?

It varies. For some fics, I try to draft a brief plot outline, bulletpoint story beats and jot down certain details or sentences to use for later. Other times I just wing it and write fics freestyle in the notes app on my daily commute.

Thanks for the ask! <3

#ask box

[minheefreckles]

Hidden Love - Taeyoung

Word count: about 2.5k

Member: Cravity’s Taeyoung 

Warning(s): Idiots in love, a few curse words here and there nothing too bad

Genre: Fluff, bulletpoint scenario, slight crack

Note: This was requested by anon! Also I don’t know how entertainment companies work so there may be some errors. Reader is older than taeyoung and is female since anon requested a nuna reader. Enjoy!

Request: hi!! can i ask for a taeyoung fic where the reader is an older trainee at starship and tae has the fattest noona crush on him 🥺

Plot: In which getting locked into a closet brings you a lot closer to a certain younger trainee

- The first thing taeyoung was greeted with while entering the practice room for the first time was a big group hug, sweaty arms and shoulders embracing him from everywhere

- (he swore he could have felt someone wrap their legs around him koala-style too)

- Giggles and shouts echoed through the room and despite himself (and the numerous sweats stains the huggers left on his new, plain white shirt :)), he felt himself giggling along with these strangers that he has known for a total of 5 seconds

- A chorus of very very enthusiastic “Hi Taeyoung!”s as the group released him from their hug followed, people introducing themselves to him left and right, leaving him slightly disoriented, but like, a good kind of disoriented if that was a thing

- As each trainee introduced themselves properly to him, by what he was guessing as age order– age, years of training, name, all that jazz

- Taeyoung’s eyes finally drifted to the person at the end of the line

- You!!

- There’s a small sign with the word “leader” messily written in black Sharpie on it and he noticed the corners of it didn’t stick on your shirt anymore

- Your eyes shone brightly and warmly, a wide grin etched on your face and Taeyoung felt his heart skip a beat

- Taeyoung seeing you basically: 😳

- You took a big step towards him and extended a hand towards him

- “Hi! I’m (Y/N), leader of this practice room, and you’re watching Disney Channel. Welcome to Starship Entertainment. Let’s get along well!” 

- Taeyoung’s eyes widened slightly. 

- Taeyoung: “what if… what if my hand was sweaty???” 

- “What if my hand sweat disgusts her????”

- To the poor boy’s shock, you retract your hand

- Taeyoung now, his eyes even wider because he thought you hated him now: “Did I make her wait too long????,,, does she hate me??? am i gonna have to leave starship now????”

- Taeyoung stop overreacting

- However, you open your arms very wide, inching closer and closer to him until your body is about 2 inches apart from his

- Taeyoung’s heart right now: THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THU-

- You hugged him in what might the warmest and most comfortable hug Taeyoung has ever received

- After a few seconds, which felt like an eternity for Taeyoung, you broke the hug and ruffled his hair

- “Let’s be good friends, kiddo :D!”, you said while unintentionally kiddo-zoning AND friend-zoning Taeyoung at the same time 

- And become good friends you guys did!

- You were the one he was closest to and the most comfortable with among the female trainees

- Whenever he couldn’t execute a dance move the way he wanted to, you were there at his rescue! guiding him through it and calming him down

- Whenever his throat was feeling sore from all the practicing and singing, you were there to yeet a bottle of water at him and tell him to stay hydrated, ruffling his hair while he whines at you for always treating him like a child

- Whenever he felt sad, down and as if the whole world was against him, you were there to sit down with him, remind him that no! he’s not alone, he had you and the other trainees who cared a lot for him

- Sometimes, you guys engage in deep long talks that last hours

- They always without fail manage to cheer him up and its probably during one of these talks that he starts to crush on you

- And boy does he start crushing h a r d

- The thing he liked most about you was probably the way you were so kind and so encouraging to everybody

- Even if the teachers scolded you for spending too much time helping the others with their moves or something, you didn’t care

- You liked helping others and you had already claimed all the others as your children >:D

- Anyways, the second time where he felt himself fall even deeper for you was on a weekend night, late in the night

- All the others have opted to go out to the movies or to go sing at a karaoke since it was the weekend 

- You, however, decided to stay at the practice room to touch up some dance moves you didn’t feel that good about and Taeyoung stayed because… well because of you

- After practicing for a good while with him and also lowkey just messing around, you laid down on the hard floor, your shirt soaked with sweat, Taeyoung soon following suit. 

- You turn towards him to face him and Taeyoung noticed how pretty you were, even with your sweaty, wet, messy hair plastered to the sides of your face, even when your nostrils were flaring up and down because you were out of breath

- “I never noticed how pretty your lips were” you said and turned back to stare at the ceiling

- While taeyoung’s literally about to flatline because his heart is beating so quickly jssjakak

- He also turns to stare at the ceiling awkwardly because he swears to god, if he looks at you for one more second, he will literally combust

- “R-really?” - him, absolutely shook while you lay there peacefully smiling at nothing

- “Yeah :) they look very soft :)” 

- Taeyoung’s literally shaking at this point

- “T-that’s cool. Your lips are pretty too?? I guess?? N-not to be creepy, i just find them really pretty, like pretty in shape, you know haha? And color too!! Your lip color is really pretty :’DD” 

- He turns back towards you to see you snoring and sleeping peacefully and he just sits there for a minute blinking because

- What just happened

- …

- The poor boy is on the verge of tears because :((( was he that boring to the point where you feel asleep :((( 

- The truth is you were just tired from practicing and from pulling that one nighter yesterday 

- But he didnt know that so whoops

- He ended up just saying fuck it and just fell asleep next to you, his arm under his head serving as a pillow 

- And oh boy y’all bet y’all got teased when the other trainees came back and found you two together

- Taeyoung with his arm around your waist even though he made sure to sleep at least 3 feet away from you last night because he wanted to respect your personal space

- Your face nuzzled into his chest

- Your legs tangled together

- S c a n d a l o u s

- Many pictures were taken on that day

- “God tier blackmail material” - kang minhee probably

- That was the day where you also started seeing taeyoung in a different light

- Maybe… just maybe he wasn’t the kid you always thought he was?

- Maybe he was… a man 😳

- There’s no way, right?? Haha you were just tripping

- … unless ?

- You start paying attention to your hair whenever you practiced with him

- No longer were the days where you liked to agressively flip your hair into his face because what if your hair smelled bad today :(?

- And wow, you really weren’t lying that night

- His lips really were pretty :0

- And how can someone look so good right after waking up at 5 am? And right after dancing for 30 minutes straight?

- And wow he really cleaned up well in a suit and tie when there was a certain formal event you guys had to attend

- You were even afraid to hug him sometimes after practice because what if you got sweat on him :((( what if your sweat disgusts him :((((

- Oh how the turn tables

- Unfortunately, taeyoung being the clueless boy he is mistakes your crush on him to being uncomfortable 

- He racks his mind to think of something he did to offend you or something

- And he suddenly remembers the practice room night

- Did he make you uncomfortable that night? Maybe he should have woken you up instead of laying down with you?

- Goddammit taeyoung - him

- He now thinks you hate him whoops :)

- So now the two of you avoid each other

- You avoid him because you’re still having an existential crisis over whether you really consider him as a crush and a man or a boi™

- He avoids you because he feels guilty for sleeping next to you and thinks you think he’s creepy

- Two idiots in love :)

- And y’all bet the other trainees knows how absolutely dumb and in love the both of you are

- And that is why they formed a plan together to

- !!! lock both of you in a closet to talk out your feelings !!!

- Isn’t that just genius haha nothing’s gonna go wrong right? Of course not

- So, Minhee’s mainly the one behind this absolute evil masterpiece

- He commands tells poor Seongmin to go tell you that you need to retrieve a bucket from the closet 

- While Wonjin’s the one who tells Taeyoung to go there to get a mop for “spring cleaning” even though its almost july

- And as if y’all couldn’t be dumber, you guys buy it and do exactly as they say

- You arrive first to the closet, not noticing the small footsteps behind you as Taeyoung also walks towards the closet, too enthralled by something on his phone to notice you were right before him 

- As you enter the tight closet, you don’t see a bucket?

- Did you get the wrong closet?? :( you remember them specifically saying it was this one though

- You hear the closet door open once again and you yelp, surprised by the sudden creaking and suddenly finding yourself face to face with Taeyoung 

- His nose was literally almost touching yours because of how small the closet was and you feel your heartbeat accelerate

- You didn’t even have the time so say hi to him before the doors suddenly closes followed by the sound of something, or rather somebody locking it. 

- Now that the door was closed, there was no natural light peeking through the crack of the door like before and you both find yourselves in the dark, tight space of the closet

- You stare bewildered at Taeyoung’s direction and you were pretty sure his expression was also mirroring yours before both of you turned towards the door and banged on it 

- It didn’t take long to conclude the others were behind this as the sound of giggling and hushed laughter could be heard from outside

- “YOU FUCKNUTS” - Taeyoung

- You at him swearing: 😶🤭😯😧😮😲

- “LET US OUT”

- “NOT UNTIL YOU TALK TO EACH OTHER AND STOP BEING DUMBASSES. YOU GUYS ARE IN LOVE AND ITS ANNOYING. BYE” sais someone who suspiciously sounded like Minhee

- You knew they weren’t gonna give up so you tried to find where the light switch was so you could at least see

- “Taeyoung, just give it up, do you know where the light is?”

- “IT’S NEXT TO THE DOOR” - a voice from outside

- “Thanks, I guess” you muttered, trying to stabilize yourself when you almost trip on something, which you were guessing was probably Taeyoung’s foot or something like that

- “Ouch!” Yep, that was his foot

- “Sorry, it’s really dark here, can you help me find the light switch. I can’t even remember where the door was” 

- You keep palping the wall to find it when you come in contact with something else :) something that kinda feels like a hand :) like Taeyoung’s hands :) not that you memorized the feeling of his hand shape from holding his hands so many times you could recognize them anywhere anytime :) totally not :)

- You hear a “click” and the light finally comes out of a light bulb from the ceiling and you tightly close your eyes for a second to get accustomed to the sudden change 

- When reopening them, you realize that you and Taeyoung found the light switch at the same time, your hand now on top of his

- You quickly retract your hand, your face feeling kinda warm, and glance at Taeyoung to find that his face, too, was very very red

- “So… um…”

- “Yep…”

- Awkward silence ensues :) 

- “Look y/n i can’t take it anymore… i’m so sorry for making you uncomfortable that night when i slept next to you in the practice room. I was tired and i didnt want to wake you up because you looked so peaceful. Im sorry :(“

- “Wait… what, Taeyoung, you didn’t make me uncomfortable at all. Actually, since that night, I’ve just been really weird. I get weird around you, not in like a bad way. My heart feels weird, my stomach too. Like it feels like having butterflies in your stomach. All this time I thought of you as a kid, and now I might actually,,,,,, seeyoulikeaman?”

- Taeyoung: :0

- sO YOU DON’T HATE ME? Or is this your way of indirectly telling me that you hate me :(“

- “NO NO I DONT HATE YOU AT ALL WHAT MADE YOU THINK THAT”

- Haha nothing just you basically avoiding me 24/7 and not talking to me ever about anything anymore - taeyoung in his head

- “Idk. Wait, what did you say before? You might see what?”

- “Uh, well basically, uhhh…”

- “Does the mighty y/n mayhaps have a crush on me? I think I heard something like “i might see you like a man now”, huh?” Cue Taeyoung grinning like the Cheshire cat

- “Pfft, no, what do you mean, i never said that…”.........

- “Ok, yes, I admit it, I may have a small, teeny crush on you. I don’t know how it happened but it happened. And I actually like the feeling I get when I’m nervous around you. That sounds really weird, doesn’t it? And now I feel stupid because you probably don’t feel the same.”

- Taeyoung who has been crushing on you literally from the second he saw you: :0

- “I have a confession, but… I’ve liked you since the day you hugged me in that practice room my first day at Starship.”

- “WHAT?”

- “You were so kind to me and the others even when I just entered the company. You supported me through all these years and I don’t think I honestly could have picked someone else better than you to crush on. You’re literally an angel in disguise, Y/N.”

- Homeboy really just poured his entire heart and feelings to you in a closet

- “Wow. I guess we were crushing on each other this whole time and didn’t notice.” You couldn’t help but chuckle at the situation. 

- “NOW KISS” - a voice outside, again

- You and Taeyoung shared an exasperated look together. 

- “Leave us alone, this is private >:(((“ 

- “No.”

- You know, Tae,” you put your hand on his arm, wiggling your eyebrows suggestively, “that kiss doesn’t sound like a bad idea” You were now sporting a wide grin. 

- “Y/N NOT YOU TOO”

Bonus

“guys! get us out of here”

“jungmo unlock them”

“...”

“jungmo!”

“i may have forgotten the lock combination…”

“JUNGMO!”

#kim taeyoung #cravity #kpop #kpop blurbs #kpop fluff #kpop imagines #kpop scenarios #cravity taeyoung #taeyoung fluff #taeyoung scenarios #taeyoung imagines #cravity fluff #cravity scenarios #cravity imagines #request #cravity taeyoung fluff #cravity taeyoung imagines #cravity taeyoung scenarios

[chocosvt]

hello tiny butterfly! 👋🏼 how are you? i just come here to say that your blog are beautiful and i admire your writing. do you have any tips for someone who wants to start to write? what are the steps to create such a beautiful art as your fics?

i hope you have a good day/night! 🤎

omg i can’t believe you just called me a tiny butterfly 😭💗 that is such a cute nickname dare i say my heart skipped a beat 🦐 hehe thnk you so much !! hmm let me see, i will try to think up some good helpful tips for you!

i guess i would preface my advice with: BE KIND TO URSELF! trust me – ur writing is going to change the more you continue to practice. there will be times when you feel rly inadequate or uninspired or burnt out, all of which is normal! so always be patient, and keep in mind that no matter how much you improve, you’ll still have off days :_) it’s no worry at all!

okay tip two: i would say to NOT force ur writing! each time i’ve forced myself to finish a piece i always have regrets. additionally, forcing urself to do a leisurely activity will strip away its fun 😢 i’ve found the best thing to do is just step away from it for a few days, a week if need be, work on other projects in the meantime if you’re still feeling the urge to write. but try to avoid that particular piece and wait for ur interest to come back naturally.

tip three: don’t feel pressured to write smth fantastic and gripping and never seen before! writing simple plots that have been around for a long time is a gr8 way to practice (eg: coffee shop!au’s, soulmate!au’s, uni/college!au’s). i kinda see these as the building blocks to expanding ur little creative universe. they’re small but necessary in a way!

tip four: try challenging urself with a speedrun! a lot of the times when we write, we backpedal and make so many clicks, constantly replace words and delete paragraphs. just for fun, try writing a scene without thinking abt it too heavily. i tried this a few times in honey boy and it helped me blast through a couple scenes. besides, you can always return to them later to tidy up when you proofread.

tip five: if you’re someone who struggles to write off the cuff (as in, you hardly plan and have a spontaneous approach to ur plots) i would suggest outlining ur plot in bulletpoints before you begin to write. i’ve found that using the bulletpoint strategy allows you to write nonchronologically (idk if that’s a word LOL but whatev) and skip scenes which may be giving you a hard time. it’s pretty efficient too! also makes it easier to cut out/replace scenes ahead of time rather than typing it all out before you realize it’s kinda pointless or saying nothing.

tip six: don’t be afraid of words like “SAID” or “SAYS” djjsjsjska which may seem like a stupid tip but sometimes it’s easy to lose the reader when you’re too focused on flowery language. i say this from experience bc i WAS THAT WRITER so consequently i had to learn the hard way. i think it’s important to be mindful of the language you’re using, eg: am i inserting all these fancy hoo ha words to create the preception i’m a wordsmith VS should i place them appropriately in places where they would be more impactful and grab the reader’s attention. i think this can be sort of difficult for new writers to comprehend instantly, so sometimes it’s good to have a beta reader who might catch those hard-to-read blocks!

tip seven: the world is ur freaking oyster okay. writing has no boundaries!! you can litrally design ANYTHING you want🌜you can bring worlds to life!! so pls HAVE FUN WITH IT 💗 i think the first tip of not forcing urself is so important bc writing can be the best stress reliever, but only if you listen to what ur mind and body r saying. the reason i haven’t gotten tired of writing after all these yrs is bc i don’t try to pull the motivation out when it’s not there. i just do it when i feel like it and i luv it 👽

#SORRY THIS GOT SO LONG #but i tried to gather what i thought would be most helpful #if you want more technical advice i answered an ask abt that not too long ago! #if you scroll down a bit i’m sure you’ll find it (or i can send you a link - just let me know!) #n: moonbeam #t: choco’s letters

[lengthy-artery]

How do you do your chapter outlines? Your fics always seem really well-planned out, so would you mind sharing a bit of insight on that process?

Oh boy, that’s a hell of a question, and I fear the answer I give may be a little disappointing. However, I’ll try to answer it as best I can!

So, with both of my first two Big Fics (The Descriptivist’s Approach and Twine), I didn’t actually finish the chapter plan for the fics until I was about half way through. TDA sort of started on a whim and I was only ever planning a few chapters ahead up until about chapter 8, at which point I planned out (most) of the rest of it. Likewise with Twine, I planned the majority of it, wrote some chapters, and then finished planning. I’m only changing that now with my next big fic, The Mycelium Effect, where I’ve actually got all of it planned currently. However, even when my fic plans are ‘finished’, I still accept that there’s always a possibility that things will shift and change, and more chapters may have to be added. For example, chapters 8 and 9 of Twine were originally going to be one chapter! For a long time, in my chapter plan chapter 9 was called ‘chapter 8a’.

But anyway, with that guff out of the way, I’ll try to explain my process as best I can.

I more or less follow an iterative process for planning fics. By this I mean that I start with a rough outline and then refine it multiple times (normally two or three) until it’s sufficiently detailed.

I always start with an idea for an opening scene. Always. I don’t know why, but that’s how it works best for me. Once I’ve figured out how I want it to open (to help me mentally set the mood for it), I then try to establish how I want it to end. This doesn’t have to be a scene - normally, it’s just an idea. So, TDA’s end goal was ‘Caleb tells Molly that he loves him’. At the time, I didn’t know how or when that was going to happen. I just knew that I wanted to end the fic on that. With Twine, the end goal was ���Caleb and Molly are boyfriends and happy and the pining is over.’

Once the end goal is figured out, I try to identify some key plot points or story beats that I want. I list these as bulletpoints, bracketed at the top and bottom by the opening scene and closing goal. Examples (Twine): Stargazing scene, Ikithon visit, Molly banishment. I bulletpoint these in the order that I want them to happen, but at this point things are still very flexible.

With the key bulletpoints down, I then try to establish how to connect them. By now I’ve got a fairly good idea of how much I can fit in one chapter, so I can roughly estimate what I need in terms of chapter numbers. I do try to write these chapter ideas down as ‘chapter 1, chapter 2, etc’, but I also don’t mind if I skip some. So, a certain chapter idea might be marked as ‘chapter n’, and the chapter after that is ‘chapter n+1′, and so on. Or, inversely, I might have an idea for a chapter (chapter n) and the chapters that proceed it (chapter n-1). The goal in this step is just to start threading things together. At this point, I don’t worry too much if there are gaps or areas that I’m uncertain about. Currently in my planning document for TME I have one bit that just says ‘’

Chapters themselves are rarely super detailed. I normally keep my idea for the content of the chapter about a paragraph long, but if I have ideas for specific conversations or lines of dialogue then I’ll add those in. Some examples from Twine: 

Chapter 5: (Caleb POV) Caleb invents a bracelet of woven twine and magic that will prevent Molly from using his magic outside of himself. That is, he can only use magic on himself - he cannot teleport, or shapeshift to something larger than his current body, or anything like that. Then clothes shopping. End with them getting coffee because molly spotted a cake in the window and got excited because he’s never tried it before, and Caleb thinks that he looks adorable and so he caves. (molly is in glamour for all of this). It’s just really cute and gay, basically.

Chapter 7: (Alternating POV) Fjord and Jester come round for Caleb to summon Fjord’s patron for his meeting. This involves a paddling pool and Caleb splashing about in wellies as Molly watches. Molly think he looks very attractive doing magic. Molly kind of wants to kiss him. Molly is having gay thoughts. Meanwhile, Caleb is muttering and doing his magic and opening a little tear between planes for Fjord to chat with his patron. Basically go through each word and make it comedy.

Chapter 16: (Caleb POV) Caleb figures out how to send Molly home. Wrestles with feelings a bit, eventually decides it’s for the best. Fiddles with molly’s bracelet, thinks about things. Thinks about how Molly doesn’t belong here - how Caleb might like him, but him forcing himself on molly when molly is his prisoner is wrong in so many way. Chapter ends with him telling Molly that he can send him home. (bed sharing softness???????) tells him it will be a week.

As you can hopefully see from this, not everything in the chapter plan actually makes it into the chapter. Some things get cut, some things get moved, some things I just flat-out forget I planned for. I also tend not to update my chapter plan with these modifications… I just leave it as it is (apart from adding in extra chapters as needed).

HOWEVER, if I think of something cool from one chapter that I want to reference back to or have come up again in a later chapter, I do make sure to add that in. Also, I sometimes have notes for continuity to make sure that things stay consistent throughout the fic and that details remain the same throughout chapters. 

With the chapter plan as ready as it’s ever going to be, I just start writing. When writing TDA I would paste the chapter plan at the end of the doc, but honestly these days I read it and then wing it. Occasionally I check back if needed. I can make a separate post about how I write each chapter if needed.

And that’s it! I don’t know how much sense this made, but it’s what I tend to stick to. I hope it helped!

#crunchy answers #Anonymous

[buggerup-busters]

7, 8, 14, 15, 20, 23 pls and thank!!

Woo I love an excuse to ramble about writing, I’ll try put it under a cut since I know I go on 😅

7. Which character that you’ve written is most like yourself?

Maybe Knotty? (Though I haven’t written much of him yet.) Anxious and panics quite a lot lol, keen to make his friends happy, plus I always write him as ace like me! Also, I’m not really like Mal at all, but I usually end up using a lot of my experiences when writing him (lots of stuff he does in Roses is based on real life) so I guess he ends up more similar to me than normal. 

8. Which character is your favorite to write?  Why?

Despite I’m pretty sure most of my fics being about him, Mal does my head in (please I’m begging do at least one of the things I want you to!) I haven’t got anything from her POV yet but I have a lot of fun with Eliza, she speaks kind of distinctly and I like balancing how gruff but also kind she is. And I’m really enjoying writing Will again atm! After 10+k feels like I’m getting a handle on him and it’s loads of fun :) He hardly ever says what he means and everything is an act and he’s such a mess but I end up with these long flowing sections of panic or wonder I really like, interspaced with plenty of ‘oh shit’ moments. Him and Eliza is the most fun actually (though maybe that’s just because I haven’t yet had any scenes with Knotty that aren’t sad or incredibly awkward)

14. Would you want your books to be made into a TV show or movie?  Why or why not?

Most of my fics probably wouldn’t be that great on screen I feel, but the boy who fell from the stars (my marvel fic) might be a fun film! I can imagine all the scenes super clearly in my head and there’s lots of action and both Spiderman and Loki are visually cool to watch. 

As for original writing, if my fantasy novel was ever a film that would be amazingly cool! I’d want it to be animated though (I kind of see the characters in animated style in my head anyway) I’d mostly want that so more people would care about Brookes and Tobin and Lilias XD currently it’s just me and one friend because I won’t actually write the damn thing 😅

15. How do you plan your writing?

Ooh I love this stuff! Okay so for big important works like when I did a romance novella for school or my fantasy WIP I do a big spreadsheet and work out all the beats and scenes and who’s there and what the important points of each scene are and it gets colour coded and crazy. Then as it inevitably goes off the rails a bit, I edit the plan as I go so in theory it still all ties up. This turns out really useful for edits because I already have somewhere I can see everything at a glance and know what happens when. 

If it’s a fic with multiple scenes, I usually bulletpoint out the main events I know happen. Then I expand that list, breaking it into scenes until I have a  rough outline of the entire thing. It can be as narrow as the beats of an argument, or just ‘they go to the place and do the thing.’ Occasionally I’ll include snatches of dialogue in this if I really don’t want to forget, but usually it’s just rough notes. Once I have the whole thing through, that tends to be enough to get me going. I don’t look at it that much while writing, but if I get stuck I check back and it reminds me where to go. 

For my part of the Geology AU (oh yes it’s absolutely real we have far too much planning between us) I’m trying out my friend’s method of planning, where she writes out ideas long-form and lets it build like that? Sort of a mix between planning and drafting. So I started off almost writing a blurb of the whole set up, then started describing what happens at the start, and ended up writing super rough sections of scenes. I use Scrivener so I’ve got those organised into like plot strands so one is ‘Will’s family’ and one is ‘Eliza being overprotective’ and ‘garbageknot’ and once I’ve got the material I want I can slot the scenes into order and write it out properly. It’s time-consuming but helps me come up with a lot of stuff so it’s working fairly well. 

20 . What color scheme is your current work in progress?

Pretty similar to Hangman’s Knot I reckon (I think there’s only like 2 locations not in the book) lots of orangey-brown but also sort of navy. Oh, and pink because Will is blushing a lot XD

23. Do you make playlists for your works in progress, characters, or scenes?

Not exactly, the Widdershins playlists I’ve already shared are my main ones relating to characters. The entirety of M A N I A  by Fall Out Boy is the soundtrack for my fantasy WIP because I first listened directly before starting to plot it out. Lover Boy by Queen is the themesong of my garbageknot WIP! Oh, but I do have a mini playlist for my school AU I think I just titled it ‘Widdershins Community College’ and it’s mostly just emo trash and I can’t remember if I added the pop songs yet. It’s not really to do with the actual AU, it’s a combo of songs I think some characters might listen to and songs they absolutely would not but I have particular scenes in mind that go along with it anyway because I was listening when I thought of them. Therefore, Starships goes with both Will, Eliza and Knotty hanging out doing their homework and Ben trying to cut his own hair at school while having a breakdown :D (If I ever write it idk if that scene stays because I have a few ideas but it’s a possibility lmao) 

#ask game #mez speaks #writing #sorry I ramble I get carried away lol #menkhu

[pkmntrashcan]

pkmntrashcan’s Lonashipping Fic Masterlist

I’m awkwardly shy even when it comes to announcing fics or new chapters so I never considered making this post before :D....

SO PER REQUEST this is a rebloggable masterlist of every Lonashipping fic I’ve written (or am currently writing) as of February 2018

also forget chronology.  I’m putting these in a “my writing/the plot are better in this story” order cause I can :^)

[Multichapter Fics]

Operation: Alola | In-Progress | 7/? Chapters 

Read on: Tumblr | AO3

Summary: Moon is a brand new International Police member tasked with capturing Lusamine and extracting information on the Ultrabeasts. However, no one warned her about the new President of Aether. {SPY AU}

chasing pavements  | In-Progress | 2/? Chapters

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Summary: HEARTBREAK & ANGST | Alola’s favorite power couple is finally going to tie the knot...until one leaves the other at the altar. What happens when the ex-fiance shows up 5 years later?

Your Cup of Tea | Complete | 16/16 Chapters

Read on: Tumblr | AO3

Summary: THE FIRST FIC I WROTE | Sometimes you begin your Pokemon journey by working at a cafe and falling in love with a world record holder {CAFE AU x Pokemon Journey}

Freshly Picked | Hiatus | 4/? Chapters

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Summary: Moving across regions & unexpectedly meeting your soulmates at the same time is a little overwhelming for Moon {SOULMATE AU x HIGH SCHOOL AU x Love Triangle}

[Oneshots/Requests/Ask Box Memes/Headcanons]

swipe left, swipe right (Valentine’s Day 2018)

Read on: Tumblr | AO3

Summary: Resorting to online dating subjects Moon to a series of bad dates before she realizes who was in front of her the whole time

Foolproof Plan

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Summary: Moon’s in love and asks her best friend, Gladion, to help her out

A Mistletoe Mission (Christmas 2017)

Read on: Tumblr | AO3

Summary: After beating around the bush for years, someone had to do something

The Waiting Game (Valentine’s Day 2017)

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Summary: Everyone is tired of waiting for their friends to fall in love

Strictly Business | Complete | 2/2 Chapters (Ask Box Meme)

Read on: Tumblr | AO3

Summary: Gladion doesn’t think it’s professional to fall in love with Alola’s Champion

An Interesting Friendship (Valentine’s Day Request 2017)

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Summary: When friends get stuck up on a mountain…a pillow fight ensues

We Aren’t Friends

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Summary: It doesn’t matter to Moon if Gladion doesn’t think they’re friends. Nope. She doesn’t care at all.

Caught Up (Ask Box Meme)

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Summary: Hau and Lillie got married and Gladion needs help getting away from his prying family

Greatest Showman Headcanons

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Summary: because I’m musical trash who can’t draw I resort to screaming my thoughts in bulletpoint format :)

#masterlist #lonashipping #gladion x moon

[riskeith]

aside from that, ur graphics must look incredible! i’ve seen some comparison pics and pc graphics are God Tier. help the second lowest being “high”... good riddance. 😶

summer 2016! it seems so long ago like a whole different universe. everything was so beautiful back then.. everybody was out and about hunting pokémon’s... that zine is so cute! i wouldn’t say main i actually only got into them a little while ago and i’m still mostly tddk and kiribaku but bkdk is interesting.. to say the least. i haven’t seen what happens in the manga (only a bit of spoilers especially that cover...) and s4 didn’t give us That many scenes with them but i’m keeping my eyes open... wbu?

IDK like their descriptions make it seem like they might help you find some specific treasures??? like the gold seelie giving you fortune aka mora? not sure tho hehe... YEAH THAT FANART!!! so cute i wanna eat them all.. forbidden snack. 🥺 omg funny you mention that... i met xiao just earlier for the first time and when i saw his entire outfit i was like.. hm i wonder what he would look like in darker clothing HAHA. but yeah skins would be awesome!!!! like a clothing shop or smth somewhere????? anyway when i saw him i was like HEY that’s cluna’s boy!

ALBEDO IS A BAD BITCH. his hair is perfect perfect perfect. actually everything about him is so perfect he’s just a delicate little guy... 🥺 dude us talking about albedo and opening up the game and seeing his banner is like... 👀 temptation.

with venti??? i’m not sure which quest you mean i did the archon one with him though and it was awesome. does he have more? I DID LOOK IT UP AND MURASE IS MAKING HIS VOICE EVEN HIGHER AND IT’S SO CUTE I WISH I KNEW IT BEFOREHAND SO I COULD’VE HEARD HIS VOICE WHILE DOING THE MISSION. 😭 oh well 😭

hopefully there are some good 4 stars too. who are you wishing for? anyone special? imagine having xingqiu and chongyun.... that’s like the dream. and bennett and razor and you have the boy scout party haha!! do you have mostly claymore users?

i remember you mentioning you don’t like book users but i’ve actually really grown to love them hehe. their long range attacks are so nice and handy! KAZE DA! 😭 bro stop i literally have a crush on venti it’s ridiculous.. imagine closing ur eyes and talking and it’s his voice.... (OR HINATA!!!) murase is so lucky... he seems like such a great guy too ajsksjdk..

ok friends to lovers goodness! 🥺 i’m considering getting twitter just to see fanart... maybe.. o.o

ooooo that’s so thorough! in all caps caught my attention, why do you do that? personally, if it’s something longer i write bulletpoints of the concept but never like... actual plot yk? i’ve tried before but i doesn’t work for me very well. so.. i wing it! and like you i just get inspired randomly, it could be from song lyrics or thinking about tropes i enjoy. 😜

loona is cool! they have this whole story about their group. i highly recommend checking them out! i wonder if they kept it up though lmao. oh yeah everyone loves hozier he just speaks to the soul.. LOVELY IS MY FAVORITE SONG!!!!! LIKE EASILY TOP SONGS OF MY LIFE!!! it makes me so happy that you like it even if you skip it lmaojsjdjsjsjdk and i like billie a lot!! ariana too she has great music.., idk if you’ve heard of the group the neighborhood but i like them too. lana del rey as well! haha guess it’s super basic stuff tbh. all of them with mostly slow songs.. sorry 😭

OK GOOD. all nighters are honestly horrible. i don’t get how people can pull them off and get things done... (hopefully you never have to either!) YEAH haha 8 am is my favorite hour i think... that and 9 pm. they’re just special. what’s your favorite time of day? listen if you stay up to read fics that’s valid. midnight up is like the perfect time to read fics it makes them appear more magical sjdkdhdk.

i hope i caught you today but if not, hope you’re sleeping well babe! ♥️

sorry i was playing genshin! JFKSNXKSNKSJ i started before 12am and before i knew it it was already 1am… my goodness

and yeah i watched this vid comparing the graphic quality settings (i play on the default one) and i was like??? people really be playing like this? LOL can’t relate

edit: missed this paragraph oops but yeah what a time 2016 was! (lmao voltron started that year iirc) i remember we had an athletics event and legit everyone was on their phones jfksnfksnd. oooo! nice tddk and krbk are very good very nice. and also yeah that cover lol i love that you didn’t even have to specify which one i just Know. hmm i think rn bkdk would be one of the top ships i’m interested in aside from todobaku? they just have so much history ya know? and they have a lot of moments in the second movie! oh wait did you know that there are movies? two of them in fact!! the kiribaku is pretty strong in the first one (but there are some todobaku moments too lol). and there are a few OVAs too. WAIT are you all caught up with the anime? can’t rmemeber if you’ve told me or not 😫

oooo if that were the case tho what would the others give? i did like the “sea blue” description or something of the blue one tho 😩 YOU WANNA EAT THEM FJDJCJSKNCSKJCKSNXJS NO!!! but i can understand.. they look very squishy. THAT’S MY BOY!!!!!! honoured you thought of me <33 yo i was also wondering what chongyun would look like in darker clothes too HDKSKDN see this is why i need to learn how to draw.… gotta put them in the clothes i want since we can’t do that in game!! but a shop would be so cute omg

JFKSKSKAKS i’ve legit been staying away from opening the wish menu as much as i can.… it’s too tempting i can’t!!

yeah the archon one is what i meant sorry! forgot the name for it lol. and yes there is! once you reach AR 35 or something you can unlock story quests and venti is one of them 👀👀 RIPPPP BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW NOW 😭😭

i think just xingqiu rn!! i’ve been holding off ascending barbara in hopes of getting him, bc i grinded some oceanid (literally the worst fucking boss ever) before i ascended so i’m just hoarding those materials rn fjskdnd. yesss the boy scouts 😭🥺 but i heard chongyun and razor’s elemental skills cancel each other out so rip.. hmm i did a count and i think i have 3 each of claymore and catalyst users! hbu?

omg nooooo betrayal 😭 tho ngl i’m considering using ningguang bc i see people play her so well.. so i’m just carrying her around in my team hoping to passively level her up HAHAHA. i def appreciate their long range attacks too, lisa’s burst especially is quite nice. CHJDKSKD that’s so cute but also very relatable 😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺 also did you know murase is like tall af it’s kinda crazy lol

there’s /so/ much good fanart!!! it’s where i’m getting a taste of all the ships too lol but yeah there’s angst and fluff and just charas looking s*xy they’ve got it all 😩 but that also reminds me, like most other big fandoms genshin fandom is kinda fkn shit 😔 once again i’m thankful to myself for keeping such a small circle lmaooooo

honestly i don’t know either?? i think it helps me distinguish between what i’m actually writing vs what i’m planning like if i do something like “JUMPS OFF PLATFORM, LANDS IN FRONT. so, are you going to introduce me or do i have to do it myself ETC THEN THEY TALK SUDDENLY there’s the sound of a windchime, and VILLAINS HERE GOTTA FIGHT” it’ll look something like that jdjsndkskd where the lowercase is exact dialogue I wanna write in but the caps is just planning

but winging it ey that’s hot of you 🤪 god do you ever just like thinking about potential ideas before falling asleep but then your phone is far away/you don’t wanna hurt your eyes looking at a screen but then you’re also afraid you’ll forget the idea DJKSXKSK

:o! i think i stayed away bc of the whole “stan loona” thing DHSKKS but i might give them another shot! therefore i am is one of my go to songs rn hehe i really like the beats she uses they’re so funky. i don’t really like ariana sorry FJDJKSKS but she does have a lot of bangers!! side to side… 😘👌 and i do know the neighbourhood! sweater weather is so iconic but lately i’ve been skipping that too aahah. but have you heard daddy issues slowed? oh my god. that singlehandedly started my obsession with slowed songs (ironic isn’t it when you consider i don’t listen to normal slow songs fjsjdj) i like summertime sadness from lana! and young and beautiful too (the radio songs AHAH) but yeah.. they’re slow fjdkksks. how do you feel about halsey + melanie martinez + bastille? (i’m always paranoid about listing artists bc so many get cancelled or what other and i feel like randos are gonna come for me too JDKSKSKA.) oh and troye sivan!! and pentatonix if you’ve heard of them? i was obsessed with those two back in 2015 ahaha

omg crazy.. how!! hm my favourite hour is maybe 12pm? or 2pm? just some time in the afternoon i like when it’s still light outside but it’s also like “after school” time kinda .. and yesss reading fic at late hours… gets me crying more easily 🤪

i don’t think i’ll catch your next reply so goodnight in advance!! hope your day is great <3

#marriage anon #wowclunaanswers #long post #can’t tell if it should have a ‘read more’ or not bc i’m on mobile LOL #can’t insert one even if i wanted smh tmblr make your app better

[tully-blue]

pop bottles for me tonight y’all i just realized i’m halfway through my messy outline for MBH

#technically my bulletpoints in my notes doc #bc the outline doc is summaries of each chap so i know where to find what lmao #but my organized mess of notes contain all the plot points and whatnot #and im halfway there! #25/51 bullpoints finished babes #tullytalks #my beating heart #fiveya fic #wip fic #fanfic writing #writing process