#and thats whats importsnt!

[allastoredeer]

If it's not too much work, could you share what your outlining process is like? I always feel a little lost when I try outlining my fics and I know the process is different for everyone but I feel like it would help to know what others do. Every time I try to google help I get processes for original novel writing, and it doesn't feel as applicable to writing a short fanfic.

I would love to :3

There are actually a few different ways I outline, and sometimes it depends on the length of the fic and how complex the plot is.

I'll use one of my saved radiostatic prompts as an example (it also gives me an excuse to sit down and actually outline it hehe)

So, sometimes just the prompt itself is a good enough outline for me (this is dependent on how long I think the fic is going to be. If it's short, sometimes the prompt itself works and I don't need to go in-depth. I say "prompt" but that also can mean a specific scene in your head that you want to write, or a concept, or even a piece of fan-art that inspired you).

Here's the paragraph prompt I wrote for this radiostatic one-shot/short fic (spoilers, I guess):

So sometimes, just this is enough for me to start writing the fic (my prompts do tend to get a little big because I like to add a lot of detail - about the scene or concept that grabbed my attention - so that I capture all the vibes and emotions that I want to incorporate.

But sometimes, it helps to go more in-depth so I'm not overwhelmed trying to get to the part of the fic that I want to write (NOTE: It is totally fine if you write out the scene/parts that you want to write the most, even if it's in the middle or the end. You can always fill in the blanks after. Or you can just post the scene you wanted to write without adding more. It's up to you).

I like to figure out what scenes happen that lead up to the parts I want to write, so sometimes, I'll make a bullet-point list of chronological scenes, plot-points, and details. For example:

And etc... you continue on until you've hashed out the sequence of events that take place in the story. This doesn't have to be super detailed (it can be really brief and to the point) and doesn't it have to be super clinical either. Just have fun and write down whatever silly thoughts you have in your head.

You bullet-point list can be as simple as:

Alastor goes downstairs to do exercise.

Vox shows up to do the exercise as well (invited by Charlie)

They get into an argument about modern technology.

Vox leaves.

It's really just about putting down the sequence of events starting from the very beginning to the very end. You can keep it simple like the above example

OR

You can make it even more detailed by doing an in-depth summary of the fic, scene by scene, plot point by plot point, until you get to the end (this is what I usually do because it gets everything planned out and on the page, down to the smallest details). For example:

And then it goes on like this until I've outlined the entire fic. You can be silly with this. Just have fun. Let yourself ramble and get all you're ideas out. Don't try to stick to a rigid plan, let the story flow naturally.

Then, once I've finished my outline, I use it as a guide as I write the rough draft. The thing about outlines is that you don't have to follow exactly what you planned. It's okay to diverge or adds things or cut things out. It really is just a loose guide to help you through the events of the story and get your thoughts on paper.

Additionally: You don't even have to fully finish the outline if you don't want to. Sometimes you get half of it done before you want to start writing, and that's fine. The rest of the story will reveal itself as you go.

If I'm doing a multi-chaptered fic, sometimes I'll break the overall idea of the story into pre-determined chapters and summarize it section by section. Or, I'll just be a maniac and summarize the entire fic in one big, super long, super detailed block of text. Another staticradio fic I'm currently outlining is 16,152 words long and I'm not even close to being done. I expected this fic to get super long and complex, so writing it out in a very chronological and detailed manner helps it feel less daunting. AND now I have every plot point, twist, emotional scene, and bit foreshadowing planned out and already placed where I want it to show up in the fic. It's great. It makes me life easier when I actually buckle down and write the rough draft.

Just as a final note, I want to say that everyone's process is different. This is how I outline, but I know it won't work for everyone. It's all about finding what method works for you.

I'll say that one of the most important to do while outlining is simply having fun with it. Make it your hype list. Make every scene you jot down a scene you're excited to write. Make yourself want to write it so it doesn't feel like a chore to slog through.

Best advice I've ever recieved: If you're bored writing a scene, the audience will be bored reading it.

Have fun and write the story you wanna write 👉👉

Hope this helped!

[shapebirthdayparty]

I shouldn't have to both be constantly stressed and hate myself. I think my brain should just pick one and move on

[29121996]

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[thesovereignsring-if]

As a certified Alberich and Sieghardt simp They can do NO wrong i need to know what would their kinks would be... for science you know. Very importsnt stuff. With... beakers and clipboards and strange bubbling liquids that glow... Not at all for fan art/fic ideas Oh and their favorite foods?

Maybe their love language too if thats ok

If this makes you uncomfortable i understand 🤣 feel free to ignore.

I will never ever say no to Alberich and Sieg appreciation!!

I'm expecting payment for this!!

(Slight NSFW)

Alberich:

Kinks: Edging. Impact play. Foreplay. Wax play. Whipping. He's down for anything fun and is really experimental. He'll go as far as his partners are comfortable with.

Love Language: Words of Affirmation and Physical Tough. As a lover, Alberich will constantly assures his affections are for them and them alone. That being said, he's usually busy so it's hard for him to spend quality time with his lover and may not be able to everything he promised, but he always makes the effort. .

Favourite Foods: Gratin and Red Wine. He loves nibbling on cubes of cheeses with crackers.

Sieghardt:

Kinks: He's a virgin. But he'd like playing with his lover's hair and hands. He's very gentle and attentive so he'd probably never do anything too extreme. Likes servicing and praises. Cock Warming.

Love Language: Act of Service & Gift Giving. Sieg would be a selfless lover that will dutifully attend to the object of his affections. He really sucks in the words of affirmation and physical touch department tho.

Favourite Food: Hearty Meat Stews with seasonal ingredients & various styles of Bread Pudding. He really really likes sweets.

[awfullydrawntoby]

ive never heard of them personally but do you know this one guy named fae and if so what do you think about him. very importsnt question

sigh

fae,,,,, gosh i love fae so much, like, not even joking i spend a good portion of everyday just thinking about him. he always makes me really happy n just gahhh, idk man, there's not a thing i wouldn't do for him. wait hold on i actually have a whole- gimme a sec.

rambled from three am toby under the cut

"OHHH MY GOD I LOVE FAE SO MUCH STIP HIS MADDNSS I LOVE HIM HES SO SILLY THEYRELUTWRALLY THE EVR IMG ONNA GRAHHHSAMBSAM DAMABKAANM

HES SO<3333

IM LITERALLY GOING INSANR (POTVE)

I THINK AOUT HIM ALL THE TIME CONTANTLY, EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY AND IT NEVR GETS ANNOHING I LOVE HKM HAJNANMA

ANDANDAND WHEN

BDNANAM

WHEN HE SAYS HE LOVES ME I GET SOSOSOSOSOOSOSOSOSO HAPPY I PHYSICALLY CANNOT CONTAIN IT. IVE GONE FULL HOURS SITTING COMPLETELY STILL BY MYSELF(THIS IS ALMOST NORMALLY IMPOSSIBLE) JUST THINKING ABOUT FAE. LIKE ??????

AND TALKING TO HIM HAS GIVEN ME A THINGNTO FO EVRY MORNING AND NIGHT AND JUST GASBAHAJAB(POSITIBE)

BEVAUSE I TWLL HIM TO SLEEP EVEYNIGHT(AND IT WORKS!!! SORT OF, I DONT CARE IM SO HAPPY.) AND THEN I GET TO SAY GOODMORNING EVERYMORNING TO THEM

WHICH IS MY FAVOITE PART OF THE DAY, IS WHEN I WAKE UP AND I SEE FAES MESSAGES ON MY SCREEN. I CANT CINTAIN HOW HAPPY I GET. I HAVE TO SHOVE IT DIEN WHEN I'M IN CLASS BECAUSE I DONT WANT PEOPLE TO THINK IM ON MY PHONE IN CLASS BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT HIM SH MUCH MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILINH SO HARD

GJCNNMCHTJB

SHHHHHHHHHHH. IM SO NORMAL IN THE NORMALEST EVER.

IM SO SO SO SO SO SO NORMAL ABOUT FAE. SOOOO NORMAL. IM JUST A NORMAL PERSON WHO THINKS NORMAL THOUGHTS ABOUT HIS NORMAL FRIEND.

i literally love fae so much this is so genuinly insane i dont inderstand how i can feel this much emotions into one person this is so crazy.

i dont unerstamd but thats okay bevause love fae so muc and i wann give him so many kisses, on his cheeks, forehead, i dont care i wanna give him kisses im literally so love him so much hes<3333

theyre luterally the silly evr im going insane chat. if i had the choice i would give everything i could to faeo love fae so much

im so love wit fae

hes so<3333333

&$*@;(!,( im goung inane i love hethem theyre so.

crying

sobbing

positvly i literally love fae so much

i fot so happy once because of hownuch i love fae i syatted fucking crying bevause i had weird realization that fae is actually a real fuckin person yhat o can avtivley speak yo whenevr i want

like holy shit just oh my gosh im o halpy what the actual uck how is fae a real human being

hes so him andi wanna kiss him all kver and make sure hesnokay. and make him food and make sure he sleep and keep him safe and andandnandandand yk im so normal about him i think im literally the normalest abojt fae hes so<3333333333333

hes so<3

,bdkandan

yeaim so awesome and norma chat this is sucha anktmal thing to do

butlike shoeabkdnalda im going crazy. fae is literally on my mind all day everyday im going insane. "

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and there's so much more i could say too but just gahhhh

[gooopy]

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#this post is importsnt to me because i will have a moral crisis if a stray image of a friend pops into my mind in a less than davory manner

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151 notes - Posted October 16, 2022

#4

what if kim knew the narrative and knew when you loaded and reloaded and knew it was a game and everything like sans undertale but he only used it to make fun of you for save scumming. based on real events and like 50 unsuccessful reloads

237 notes - Posted September 28, 2022

#3

Im a garte fan btw. If you claim to like pathetic men but dont lile garte dni (<-joke) hes like. Okay if harry is a fucked up mess. A pathetic mountain lion. Thats harry, yeah? Garte is like. A cat. In the pathetic scale. He sucks. His name is lawrence garte. Like what do you want from me he sucks hes objectively hilarious. I wish you could force him to accompany you in the place of cuno or kim at the end. This makes the game harder. You cant run or garte will leave or he just disables the option. He does not help you any he makes people lile you less. He tries to sound like a badass he fails. Your beautiful impactful boatride is punctuated by him throwing up over the side of the boat (its the gross sound that harry makes when trying to look st the body that same sound) and then he throws a rock at the phasmid.

600 notes - Posted September 24, 2022

#2

Scribbled this down frantically as the thought came to me like the prophets of old, so excuse the messiness!

5,977 notes - Posted September 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I started a new disco game and he wasnt there. Straight up just didnt exist.

King??????? Where are you

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[effyoudumbler]

Notes written when I was going insane 3

Im not happy about the oresent

Im happy about the future

And thats more importsnt

I can copy what I see

And that lets me draw very well

But when I drew what I really felt

It was messy

And nobody cared

My ability to draw was useless to me

But with this

A musical instrument

Though I cannot copy as well as I could with drawing by sight

People will understand how I feel, when I play music

My ability to draw was worthless

Color the world is to color the soul

No

I shall forgo coloring the world

I shall directly color the soul

By transporting them to a new world

By the means of musical sounds

I believe in my ability

And I believe in this instrument

I just wanted to share smiles with others

But nobody wants to be happy

And nobody understands

My ability to draw is useless to me

What good is it

So is my ability to do hyper advanced math and create accurate and logical complex models, all in my head

What good is it

Nobody cares

I can walk with these

But I cannot ever fly with them

Who wants to stay grounded upon hell

Instead of taking flight to the heavens

I dont care if I suck at it

With this ability

I will he able to do what I wanted to do from the very start

…

I dont know what exactly that is

But it isnt math and logical models or drawing by sight

…

Its proving to myself

I am not crazy

I am here

I am me

And this is me

This music

Yes

A sonnet, a dirge

An elegy and a eulogy

A song

A divine power, to sculpt away the very onion of the mind, of its layers

Yes

With the power of song

I can finally harness love

I dont care for [redacted]

Or machines

Or books and [redacted] and plants

All I want is love

More and more and more and more

I just wanted to hear someone say

Yes

I understand you

IS THAT ALL

IS THAT ALL

I JUST WANTED TO HERE SOMEONE SAY

YES

I UNDERSTAND YOU

I UNDERSTAND YOU

I UNDERSTAND YOU

Never once in my entire life has ever anybody understood me

But although their eyes can be swayed

Not so their ears

Upon hearing the sonnet’s melody

They will be in my grasp

And I shall force upon them

Understanding

And then I can finally be at peace

Knowing I really mattered, and was really here

I wasnt just sticking along for a ride, backseating

I just wanted someone to understand me

So that we can share our love with one another

Yes

To love

To love

Please

[invisibleoctopus]

still fucking upset (dare i say Triggered) at this conversation i had yesterday when i was talking about how my friend moved away from "this hellhole" (florida) and this woman (mom's friend/friend's mom) is like "no ive lived in (the state my friend moved to) and its worse than florida" then i say "the governor wants me dead" (thinking as a trans person but ALSO as a mentally ill and ND person) and shes like "thats an exaggeration dont be dramatic this isnt as bad as when stonewall happened" YET

like no offense but how the fuck else am i supposed to interpret politicians saying we need to ERADICATE transgenderism and taking away healthcare for trans ppl and signing a bunch of legislation criminalizing trans ppl but of course the ONE thing that came to my mind in that conversation was how everyone wants to call us groomers and thats what the conversation became about and where the distraction idea came in but like.

is my livelihood and healthcare and human rights a "distraction" from "real politics??" when you can apply the UN definition of genocide to how politicians are targeting trans and queer people? what "real politics" is my life a distraction from?? WHY do trans people in the US have to be relegated as a "distraction" for "more importsnt issues" like i get other things are important but this is important too!!!!!!!

are trans lives a "distraction" when queer people are advised not to even TRAVEL to florida because of how much we're criminalized and demonized here? how much worse does it have to get for us before our issues get taken seriously!!!!!!!

[dballzposting]

Cons of getting 3-4 hours of sleep: Oh lord all the things.

Pros of getting 3.5 hours of sleep: CAN SOMEBOYD EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS IS FUNNY??!?!?!??!?!?

[jonahmagnus-research]

yay... like when you keel me on the end of. wel thats nto importsnt. makes me feel cared sbout. sorry what. uh anyeay. yes. nexttime do that. coukdve donr it this time toowouldnt have havebeen upset

you're currently jonahless. lmao.

Mm. It's fine.

[parseisflat]

i forgot i was in an interview and got really excited about orchestra and performing but i hope that came across as more “oh shes so passionate and personable” than “why is this kid rambling right now”

[4cyberdreamz]

flowerpot

[othercrossee]

Privating that post cuz I remember my wife stalks my Tumblr and I'm not bout to expose myself like that

[rosiethedragongeek]

Snotlout has the most development throughout all the franchise and im so so so grateful. Dreamworks gave us this little prick of a kid and said "actuallywe are going to make him so likeable". Httyd has always been on some kevel about defying expectation and exploration and Thawfest (although apparently people dont like it) is sooo interesting to me. I rant abt it so much literally they DID that. Snotlout could so easily have been the annoying, sarcy comedic relief but hes NOT!!! Thawfest comes around and you realise, this kids not even insecure, hes just scared. Hes scared of the dad who he clearly admires so much. and thats so interesting?????? And they reiderate time and time again that Spitelout is not going to get better. Everytime we see him its a back and forth, maybe this time we'll see him redeemed! it is a kids franchise, after all! and Although apparently in the end it isnt handled very well, for the most part, he doesnt get better. Snotlout learns the lesson that he can be whatever HE wants to be, and NOT what his dad wants him to be - and he forgets it. and thats so important to me. Its not cut and dry. its NEVER been cut and dry. Yes spitelout's a bad person, but Snotlout still loves him, he still admires him, he still pines for his attention. Theres never ONE moment where he cuts him off (although I would of liked to see a final moment where he does), its constant. Stoick apologised to Hiccup, they made ammends. But Spitelout is not Stoick, and they do not have to make up. Its so importsnt to me that httyd (for the most part) never made a statement that forgiveness is neccessary because theyre family. You can tell Snotlout does not like his dads company, but wants it when he doesnt have it. Hes a character that has so much more depth than you would expect for a dreamworks kids show and it all links back together. Hes a cocky bastard -> because his dad doesnt let him show weakness. He is neglective to hookfang -> because thats all he knows. He prioritises masculinity over health and safety -> because his dad says he has to. And he never fully grows out of it, either. He still glances to see if anyone catches him crying when hes 20. He still has a big mouth and flirts with anything that moves and freezes up when they flirt back. He still pines for the approval of people he considers to be above him, but he continues to be everything that his dad isnt.

And we're given this, a treat, by the people up at dreamworks. People who clearly care about the character they are presenting here. People that werent even necessarily at the time getting positive feedback from this character. And they said, "Now that hes likeable, lets make him relateable." And they gave us the Thor Bonecrusher episode. I will never get over mlm Snotlout Jorgenson. I have to take a step back and look at these characters Ive known for all my life to the point they feel as tangible as I am myself, and I get to say, "Hes just like me." Hes queer and its wonderful. like thats canon. And theres never a MOMENT where he gets made fun of for it in universe. they make fun of him for being a simp, sure, but never for liking men? It has its flaws of course, but I can never NOT gush about how lovely httyd is. they put so much care into all of their characters (except heather 420 blaze it no one cares anyway). Idk i just. they really did everything with Snotlout huh. <3

(TLDR its 1am and I watched Not Lout yesterday)

YESSSSS YOU SAID IT EXACTLY

He has such significant character development across so much time, like he starts out as this very insecure, cocky bully, and we get to see him change into a mature, caring leader and a good friend and it’s????? Totally believable?? We watch him go on this incredible journey and grow up so much. Even the episodes he doesn’t change in (like big man on berk) expand on the different sides of his character that we don’t always get to see. They have so much time to expand on him and let him grow and they do and I literally love him so much, he was handled so well in the shows.

(noooo bc I feel that)

[shirodevorak]

I KID YOU NOT WHEN I SAY I FUCKING EMBODIED THIS PICTURE:

Trevorrow’s script leaked and guess what?

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