#but it’s whatever hookhausen makes things better

[jungleho0k]

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i keep seeing so many cool prompts on the kink meme but i've never written fanfic before, do you have any ideas where to start??

so you wanna start writing fanfic and you dont know how to start or what to do. I hope this is somehow helpful at least a little bit

Write for yourself: Pick a prompt/two characters or even one character and write what you would want to read. Make an oc, create that rarepair! I personally started talking about wrestlers with my sibling and focused specifically on one or two and just hyperfocused on them, personally I found making headcanons were easier and building upon that as writing. Make the things you would personally like to read

Dont be a perfectionist: perfectionism is a brain killer and a creativity killer. Youre learning a new skill, you will not be perfect straight away, get a beta reader [someone to look over your work to point out typos, words that would be better ect] spell check and edit but dont start overthinking everything because it can put so much stress on you. Remember this is a hobby, not a career, it doesnt need to meet some imaginary wordcount or page number or whatever else, theres no rules to fanfiction. You dont need to write 20k words your first time, even if its a drabble of 100 words it is needed and wanted in the fandom. There is no such thing as bad writing

Practise: i try to write everyday, even if its just 100 or 50 words, thats enough. You dont have too if its too hard. like previously said its a skill youre learning and it takes time to feel comfortable doing it and you get better while writing and pracising. even if its a line of dialogue or a sentence. However take breaks, dont force yourself to publish a chapter or a oneshot daily otherwise youre going to burn out and thats no good for anybody

Dont use ai: self explanatory but generative AI will kill you creativity and excitement for writing. it also steals from other fanfic writers and its in general not writing. It will not help with beta reading or spelling or nothing like that, stay away from character ai and other stuff as well as chat gpt

write the way you want: if you wanna write in lower case, do it. if you want to use a script format do it! however certain people enjoy things differently.

read: Keep reading, other fanfics, other books you enjoy, research pages. reading helps with writing. leave comments cuz thats just the nice thing to do and then youll have more fanfic to read!

dont compare yourself to others: each author has a different writing voice, you will find your own the more you write. Some people fall into writing easily others work a little harder and thats completely fine, youre making a form of art, not a product, fanfic isnt content. like how artists have different art styles, we all have different writing things

use prompts: either using a genator that you enjoy [if you wanna write smut- a kink generator, theres whump geneartors, fluff prompts] or use tumblr or pinterest

requests: the way I start writing for aew is taking prompt requests for ships. My first one was a hookhausen one and I still love the ship and fics to death so open requests for drabbles [100 or so words]

research: never go into a topic blind, dont know a kink google it or ask a friend, not sure if diaglogue sounds like a character, find clips

Im sure theres others but thats just, how I started writing and always remember what youre writing theres always gonna be one person who likes what youre writing, you can do this anon! i believe in you and I look forward to watching you flower and flourish in your writing journey