#2) daydream (preferably to a custom playlist) and write ONLY THE DIALOGUE that I like from my daydreams | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

ghostlycod · 22 hours ago

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“I have this scene in my head for my fic that I really love but i don’t feel like writing all of the other stuff to get to it.”

I see this comment like 5 times a day in fic writing spaces lol

a scene that you don’t want to write is a scene you don’t want to read. don’t write stuff you don’t want to read.

me, personally: wait until the scenes that get you to that first initial scene you were excited about are just as interesting as that scene too. it won’t be the first, second, or third thing you think of. if u have a scene you really want to write, write that, and keep writing only those exciting scenes that come to you. eventually you have a million interesting scenes for your fic and they become puzzle pieces for you to arrange and then eventually the strings come together and you realize you really do have an interesting way to get to that original scene, and you’re just as excited to write it, if you haven’t already written it when you were brainstorming other scenes earlier in the writing process that you didn’t even realize could carry your story like that.

#My process is 1) write the initial scene — the first one I thought of that inspired the fic #2) daydream (preferably to a custom playlist) and write ONLY THE DIALOGUE that I like from my daydreams #3) discover common threads while daydreaming and thus discover a theme #4) now that I have my theme; my favorite dialogue lines; and my inspiration scene I begin drafting #Drafting includes writing around the dialogue and filling in the gaps with action #I find that dialogue drives my plot usually but I’m trying to get better at throwing chaotic events at my characters #and forcing them to respond to circumstances beyond their control/beyond the consequences of their choices #Drafting is also the point where I start writing only the exciting stuff and stringing it all together like a lunatic #5) once you have enough scenes to string together and you’ve put the puzzle together: reread and revise #6) put it down and don’t touch it dont think about it don’t do anything to it for like at least 3 days to 1 week #7) reread with fresh eyes and revise again #8) repeat steps 6 and 7 until you have desired fic #Sometimes if I really don’t like the way a story is working though I’ll play around with scenes #like “what if I remove this scene? How does that affect things? Is this a loadbearing scene in the story or is it superfluous?”#“What if I delete chapters 5-15 and just totally rewrite everything in that space”#that one is a rough one to go through and is the reason why I have some fics that have never seen the light of day 😂#this is all coming from pre-2021 ghostlycod #back when I was in the marvel fandom and writing 100k self insert OC fanfics #14-18 year old me wrote like an Ancient Greek poet #pure genius masterpieces with masterclass articulation #and idk what happened but it’s like at 25 I’ve suddenly gone brain dead #I envy 14 year old me so much when I’m writing now #That girl was just humming along to Lorde on repeat creating multiple full length novels at the same time all written with English Premium

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