#I usually answer these on my whump blog btw cuz its technically my writing blog too!!

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50: do you plan or do you write whatever comes to your mind?

Hi thanks for the ask :3 from this ask game (Sorry I had to share your reblog of it because the source didn’t exist and I haven’t reblogged it myself yet)

I plan for the most part and have a storyline map drawn out for both TSATS and Ratts Race! Those are both full length novels so I feel planning is somewhat necessary for them…

I use sticky notes and write down main plot points and then I can stick them all down in my note book in an order that makes sense pacing wise, and move around the sticky notes if I feel like the pacing needs work or if I want to plan scenes in between ones I already have pasted down. Having a physical copy of it that I can mess with is easier for me than using google docs to make the outline.

For Hamster Story though its a little bit different because of the format its made in, being a CYOA after all so the long term planning is a little more tricky! I mostly plan chapter by chapter with some scenes planned ahead if it works with the poll options (like Hamster getting glasses was something I wanted to do from the start, and Soap Scrub becoming a model I really wanted that to happen.)