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TAMN Outline

Since we're so close to the end of TAMN, I just wanted to share what Lock and my outline looks like, especially because neither of us ever used outlines for writing fic before this LOL

The only reason we have one for TAMN is because we were determined to finish this thing within a year of starting it and really wanted to post a chapter a week. Realistically, between work and irl and different timezones, there was no WAY we'd be able to keep up with a weekly posting schedule OR our self-imposed deadline if we were writing on the fly, so an outline was a good way to keep us on track.

(Details under the cut 'cause this got long af lmao)

SO FIRST OF ALL. We have quick chapter markers to refer to just to keep track of where we're at. The obvious ones are as follows:

🐈 Scar POV Chapters 🦜 Grian POV Chapters 🧟‍♂️ Some sort of significant zombie encounter that chapter 💦 Smut

I took this screenshot a WHILE back so Chapter 12 was actually split into 2 chapters, as was Chapter 14. So while the two emojis in Chapter 14 were meant to signify both Scar and Grian's POVs in that chapter, we ultimately just split it into a separate Scar chapter and a separate Grian chapter.

As for the other markers, this is what they mean at a glance:

✔️ Chapter is written ✔️✔️ Chapter has been edited by one person ✅ Chapter edited by both of us; Ready to Post 💯 Chapter has been posted to AO3

The last one isn't in the screenshot above, but is another one we use. And, ofc, if it doesn't have any of those markers beside it, it means the chapter hasn't been written yet.

Other than that, every chapter heading has not only the chapter number, but a reminder of where Scarian are, the time of day that chapter starts at, and how long of a walk/drive to their next destination remains. Plus, the very first point is always the current date and the weather (in Celsius 🍁) for the day. It looks something like this:

For a short chapter like Ch. 6 where not too much happens, the outline is just a handful of points. Also, we put a strike through things we skipped as we wrote when we felt they no longer fit the mood we were going for. (Basically, the outline is here as a guide and we adjust as needed for full creative freedom.)

Now the LINKS at the bottom lead to ANOTHER document where Lock and I's original conversations are sorted, in case we need to reference back to something we don't remember. That looks like something like this:

So when you click the link, there's a pop up that will take you directly to the original conversation about it located in another doc.

Basically, Lock and I had talked about TAMN for months before every writing it, so when I suggested making an outline, Lock was like "yeah, we basically have a skeleton already with how much we've talked about it". So what we did was, I copy-pasted EVERY conversation we had about TAMN into a Google Doc, and then Lock went through and SUMMARISED EVERYTHING in each conversation into The Main Points. After that, I went and put them into chronological order in a new doc which then became the outline we use today! 💫

Thus, when you click on a link from the outline, you get taken to the conversation summary, and if you scroll down past the summary you get to the actual conversation itself, minus our usernames/formatting/timestamps to make it easier to read at a glance:

And then, ofc, the further along we got in the fic, the more complicated the plot and the chapters got. So instead of short and sweet outlines with a link or two to old conversations, we had to come up with a lot of in between events that still somehow added to the plot and moved the story along to the main points we wanted to hit.

This was actually what took me the longest during outlining, and poor Lock kept going "JUST LEAVE IT BLANK, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AS WE GO" but I really wanted to have SOMETHING down just to give us a springboard to launch off of, because we had no idea if we'd have time WHILE writing to come up with anything.

(This continues on for more pages since we combined two chapters into one here, but this is the gist of what the outlines turned into per chapter as we got later and later in the fic LOL)

Turned out to be the right call, because it's saved our asses more than once when on a time-crunch! That said, there were a couple chapters where we DID in fact go "idk about what's in the outline, what if we do this instead?" and then do that because it Felt Right. So again, the outline was super helpful but not a hard and fast rule. (Though Lock and I had our fair share of "WHY DIDN'T YOU WRITE WHAT WAS IN THE OUTLINE"/"I FORGOR" moments that have been fun every step of the way 😂)

AAAND, I THINK THAT'S IT! THAT'S OUR OUTLINE! 🎉

Just wanted to make a post for it to document because it was such a novel experience, hahaha! Like I said earlier, neither Lock nor I ever used outlines before, even when writing fics together for other fandoms :')

I've got two completed longfics under my belt from before TAMN in my last fandom and I wrote those completely on the fly as well. Worked out just fine, but like. It took me 2-4 YEARS to finish the fics, and they were both MUCH shorter than TAMN is. 😅 Nothing wrong with that obviously, but it was a lot of fun to try something new and it felt incredible to be able to have a new chapter ready to go each week! ;w; 💜

We're almost done writing the fic and honestly idk what we're gonna do with all this free time once we've wrapped it up... time to come up with a new longfic ig LMAO

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR, HOORAY! 🎊

Here's a little bonus for you--

From the time I went to a gun range and shot both a rifle (near the head) and a shotgun (the spray by the stomach) and took notes so that we could use it in our fic JHGFDSKJHDF THE CRAZY RESEARCH WE'VE BOTH DONE FOR TAMN I STG 😂😂😂😂😂

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WIP Wednesday - Closed (9/20/23) | New Kings AU

Eventually almost all of his Foxes make their way to Wymack's room. Andrew eventually decided that he would be the one that took the couch and it hurts something in Wymack that Andrew feels like he needs to put his back to something but he won't take it personally. Not when Andrew's doped up on his god awful meds and bereft of Neil.

"Where's Allison?" he asks looking at his kids.

"She won't be leaving Seth's side anytime soon." Renee answers which Wymack feels like that should have been obvious.

"You said you would explain." Andrew hisses as Aaron makes his way over to his brother the concern obvious even if his handling was rough.

[breelandwalker]

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[leedee013]

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Jean hadn't been working at the studio for very long, but it hadn't taken long to figure out that it was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Another part of the job that surprised him was how much he enjoyed meeting each of his clients. It was the part he'd dreaded the most, but every person who came into the parlor and wanted ink had a story to go along with it, and he was more than willing to listen. He kept a mental tally, even, of what brought his clients in. As it stood, the majority of his clients had come in with a specific design that had a personal meaning of some sort.

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(@distortedkilling because i am too lazy to log in hi ilu)

Mahito's palm met Junpei face as he lazily shoved the boy aside in his approach to Lynn, clearly pleased to see her. "I got you a gift!" Make that gifts. He held out two bags then, both unmarked sacks containing... something inside.

It was pears. It was almost all pears. The problem was, he turned some humans into pear shapes as a joke. One bag was full of real pears, one was the transfigured humans. She didn't have to eat the latter, of course, not that he's stop her if she was unhinged enough to. Junpei, on the other hand, he may bully into it when she went to work tomorrow.

Junpei and Lynn were yattering away, enthralled in dissecting a horror film they just watched. To say the movie had been subpar would be too grand of a praise.

When they were just about to get the worst part- the best part- shredding into the cheap cgi effects and nonsensical plotline, Lynn's eyes flew over his shoulder, gleaming in the way they only did when that curse was near. A splash of excitement in affectionate ponds, a special smile that bloomed for one man alone- Junpei basked in the indirect warmth of it..He could almost think it was for him...

Then the rough, clammy hand of reality took him by the face, causing disgust and fear to violently squirm through his nerves. Junpei was out the way with a lumber, his hand raising to where Mahito's had been but even his own touch repulsed him in the way it mirrored Mahito's. That awful sensation stuck to his skin, seeped down to his bones and stained his memory with this dreadful, gross feeling.

The boy harshly smeared his palm over the area of contamination, welcoming the way it hurt, hoping the friction would be enough to burn away the revolt crawling through his bloodstream.

Lynn was estatic to see Mahito. His presence alone was a gift she took up in her arms, wrapping them around her lover's narrow waist as she pounced upon him, snuggling his chest like a cat who's owner had been gone far too long.

The crinkle of thick paper brought Lynn's attention to the bags Mahito held, a secondary present. Her eyes grew wide at the sight of two heaping mountains of pears, none the wiser to the prank Mahito set up and like a hungry little animal Lynn took the bait.

"Awe~! Thank you so much~!!"

She rewarded Mahito with an enthusiastic squeeze, her heart pittering so happily and foolishly in her chest. Poor thing had no idea what was coming.

She reached into the bag of pear-ified people, taking one of the 'fruits' and bringing it to her mouth without a single thought about it. She opened her mouth wide, going for a nice big bite.

Shock and confusion shot to her skull through her teeth as her fangs beared against the rubbery flesh, the following groan causing her lips to detatch from the pear with a gasp. She had nearly dropped the thing when she jolted, bapping it in the air before catching it again.

"What the hell?!"

She inspected the thing posing as a pear and upon turning it over, a hollow face was revealed.

The realization struck Lynn and she laughed at the clever trick that had been played on her, her eyes flickering up to Mahito.

"Wow~ You got me good!~"

She held the human-pear up, observing it more closely. "How long did this take..~?"

It was impressive work, he got almost every detail right. The shape, the color, the weight, everything except the consistency and taste was perfect. If it weren't for the face etched into the fruit Lynn could forget this was once a person.

Amused, morbid curiosity swirled in Lynn's eyes and she brought the pear to her mouth again, biting it just as hard as before and getting a tormtneted moan in response.

"Heh heh~" Lynn chuckled, repeating the process again, gnawing on the tough skin. The human pear had become a squeak-toy of sorts, mercilessly squeezed in Lynn's jaws, her fangs sinking in on the brink of breaking through the flesh only to let up last second all so a funny song of tired, anguished noises filled the air.

The girl kept nomming away, chewing faster or slower, softer or harder to change the pitch and frequency of the moans, making a sick instrument of the thing.

She threw a smile back to Junpei, truly amazed by Mahito's work, proudly holding the musical chew-toy for her friend to see.

"Look, Jun!! It's like a Otamatone!!!"

Junpei sighed, grinding the heel his palm against a closed eye before running his hand down his face in exasperation...Mahito had borderline tricked Lynn into committing cannibalism and she was playing along and giggling it off like it was nothing.

His brows pinched together, sending Mahito an irritated glance.

"Don't put that in your mouth..." He wearily tried to advise Lynn. But she didn't listen. As usual.

She turned away, holding the pear close to her chest, not letting Junpei take it from her.

"Don't tell me what I can and can't put in my mouth!"

Only Mahito had that right.

It was hopeless and Junpei was so, so tired...But the line had to be drawn somewhere...It didn't help that Mahito kept erasing the borders and letting Lynn run amok...

"Come on, seriously...You're basically chewing on a corpse..." Not that he gave a shit about the victim in her hands, he was just preturbed by what Lynn was doing with it...It was just gross.

"But it's fun!" Lynn argued too flippantly leaving Junpei to stew in how powerless he was to stop this from happening...

"Hey, Guess the song!~"

With that Lynn was munching again, forcing the pear to strangle out noises matching the catchy tune in her head, providing a distorted cover brimming with woe.

Junpei could relate to the transfigured pear a little too much...He was sure if his soul had an expression it'd match the tormented face of the fruit...He too felt gnawed on... a limbless, useless husk....

But in a twisted sense, Junpei would almost be happy to take the pear's place, having Lynn bite him like that would be a pleasant fate....

...

What the fuck was wrong with him?

Junpei kicked that invasive thought out of his head, blaming Mahito's influence for bringing such a perverse thought to his mind, always so quick to point the finger instead of looking inward and accepting his own faults.

A heavy breath dropped from Junpei's lips, conceding and trying to decipher the mess of a song...He had no say in the matter so he may as well just do what he did best...Suck it up, tolerate, and make Lynn happy.

[enarei]

i love u clara

many who count themselves amongst the wise are saying this!

[irritableteadrinker]

;; TFW your mutual says they luff u

[xradiant]

@heirceleste - cont'd

He smiles at her, keeping her pressed close against his side as he brushes a kiss to the side of her head. He breathed her in, enjoying the scent of her that he had now come to find entirely familiar, comforting even. "Breakfast it is. What is it you want?" He asked, stroking his fingers down her arm as he shifted some so that he could manage a look at the side of her face and the way that the morning glinted softly in the color of her eyes.

[thefreelanceangel]

"...givin' me crabs, hmmm? I didn't know we were on the third date already..."