#Once I’m done with liab I can use what I learned to write other fanfics!!!

[ssreeder]

out of genuine, intense curiosity: what does ur writing set up look like?

how many words do u write in a day on avg? how do u plot? (do u plot?)

are there specefic tools that u use?

do u struggle to stay focused or is that not an issue?

im just so curious because LIAB (love it so much!) is such an impressive, complex, intricate (i could really go on on and on) and LONG story and im so curious about ur process if thats something u would be comfortable with sharing.

so sorry it’s taken me so long to answer this I’m trying to get better at answering asks more timely I’m sorry! Thank you for the compliments you’re so sweet I’m glad you like liab and find it impressive!! so my writing set up is very unimpressive, it’s an iPad with a keyboard and my kitchen table (one day I’ll get myself a real desk I will!!) & typically I write everyday! I write super fast but usually the first round of writing is just my thoughts for the scenes without too much details and not overly smooth dialogue.

After I get words on paper (usually I average like 2-5k a writing session when I’m pulling the scene out of my mind for the first time) then I’ll go back over it again and again and AGAIN to bring the scene to life by Adding more detailing and making sure conversations sounds realistic lol. (A lot of my writing time is spent rewriting haha, so I can get the words down fast but I can spend a week on one pov working through it)

I do plot!!! I plot…. A lot. I’ve been plotting since day 1 and I have two notebooks now that I put all my character and plot detailing in. So details that happened to the characters that I need to revisit, symbolism, scars, trauma, things that I want to dig deeper into and of course what direction I want the characters to go (not that they listen very much!)

It helps me stay organized character wise & when it comes to plot I usually just plot by arc? (I’ve got everything in my head and key scenes stashed in a document page in my phone- but I don’t write it all out in detail, only the arc I’m working on) Ive been struggling to plot out this second to last arc because there’s so many working pieces but usually I write an outline of what I want, then add more specifics details into it and divide them into chapters at the end.

as for tools I use I have a notebook, google docs (so I can share <3) and a thesaurus webpage pulled up. I also have Grammarly too but I usually have it turned off until I wanna check something because it’s annoying & keeps asking me to use AI which is fucking obnoxious (don’t use AI!!!!)

LIAB IS SO LONG!!! realistically looking back I can see so many areas where I could have cut back or adjusted my writing style but this has been such a fun and BIG learning experience and it’s helped me understand writing so much more. Would I do it all the same again? Probably not? But do I regret anything I wrote? Absolutely not! It’s been such a fun experience and I’ve learned so much so yeah I really enjoy writing and I’m excited to see where the story goes as we come to an end!! Ahhh!!! So close to the end I can taste it lol

thanks for taking the time to send me this ask it’s super sweet and I hope I answered your questions lol