#midsummerenjun

[yeoldontknow]

hello hello !! sorry to bother u, i was just stopping by to ask if you had any tips for planning stories? like organizing the plot and transferring it from head to words, filling in gaps, fixing plotholes, seperating into chapters, all that stuff lmao. i need advice for a story idea i have kdhdlfk thank u !! 💕

hello love! congrats on starting a long series! its such an undertaking, trust me i know how it feels. you have all these things that live in your head and they feel so overwhelming. long series are hard! especially for people like me! who think they can be brief! and absolutely are not! lmaoo 

i do have a few tips but please keep in mind they work for me and might not be applicable to you. or simply they might not suit your style. the longer you practice writing, the more you develop a flow, style, and structure to your planning/work so. this is how i do things but you might choose to do them differently!

under the cut to not clog dashes!

= OUTLINE=

i truly cannot stress this enough - outlines save lives. when i make an outline, its basically my process of creating a timeline or even like…an encyclopedia of all the information that’s going into the fic. its literally a master doc. this is where i break out characters, ages, personality traits. if its fantasy, i break out their rank and title, what their magic/power is, or specific skills. and i mean, every character - even down to minor characters. you can see an example of how i do that in the wyrm tamer outline:

its really nothing special, and honestly i dont want it to be fancy. if it gets too crazy i get distracted. simple details help drive my action but i dont take complete control of every little thing - more on this later.

from there, i break out chapters. this is why i stress making a timeline because once you order the events you want to take place it makes it easier to see them as chapters. when i break out a chapter, similar to how i list info about characters, i list all the minor/smaller events that will take place that will influence the overall story. again, you can see how i do this in the wyrm tamer doc. 

i can show another example in the hero doc where the more fleshed out my idea is, the more it comes out looking like a skeleton of a draft. when i outline like this, it makes it easy for me to refer back when writing next installments because ive already told myself where the story goes.

the above pic brings me to point number 2

=GIVE YOUR CHARACTERS ROOM TO BREATHE=

the above pic has scenes that are highlighted in purple. they are purple because they were originally intended for chapter 11 of hero but when i actually sat down to write it, the length became insanely long so i moved those moments to 12. i will not show you the end of my outlines because of obvious spoilers, but when i tell you the very ending of both wyrm tamer and hero have been outlined using 4 words its because of this: give your characters room to grow into the story. 

i really dont like outlining dialogue beyond major, fixed events - things that are integral to the main plot. the interactions that occur at a granular level within the fic are what drives the resolution. the actions will be the same, but how they choose to get there, how they relate to the event, and internalize it is something that you can only really know once youre writing it and letting them express it. 

when it comes to fixing plot holes, a strong outline will have taken care of that for you HOWEVER:

=TAKE TIME READING BACK PREVIOUS CHAPTERS=

every time i sit down to work on hero, 90% of my time working on the next chapter is spent reading the story from start to finish over and over again to make sure that i am referring back to details, moments of dialogue, important small things that i might not have drafted so that they can be used as plot devices. dont worry about how long it will take you to do this - your next installments will thank you. 

when it comes to transferring images in your mind into words:

=KEEP A THESAURUS OPEN=

my computer is old as hell so its slow to take screenshots, but i will list my tabs for you right now:

tumblr; the shadow kings outline (tam infra quam supra); the draft for junmyeons part; the videos for exos ladder (lmao); and the online thesaurus. 

when im writing, i will kill the blank page that terrifies me with sentences that build off my draft - but when it comes to the emotions or details, adjectives that get my point across better than the first word id pick, i go to the thesaurus. there are also tons of resources on tumblr and other places that will give you other ways to say things like ‘said, sad, mused, etc.’ 

=CONSUME OTHER MEDIA WHILE WRITING=

i absolutely have never been able to write without music because, for me, the music i pick while i write becomes a soundtrack. in my mind, all my stories play out like films or tv episodes. i studied film at uni, so maybe this is why i do this, but honestly having music guide the flow of what youre writing is so important to pacing. pacing itself could be a section on its own, but honestly the flow of a song can really help generate the flow of how you translate a scene from mind to doc. 

i hope these tips help you love!

[yeol]

isabella 🍉 !

miss fuchsia!!

send me your name and an emoji! ill respond with an ac villager you remind me of! 💗🌸

[httpsjaemin]

"isabella wld die 4 her" energy 😔🙏

oh my god this is so late but miss isabella i would literally die and then resurrect myself just to die again for u NO HESITATION!!! literally our astronomical brains are so powerful like even the thought of you is enough to open my 5th eye... noah fence but literally i love you so much and you really deserve the world catch me becoming an astronomer so i can name a comet after u ummmm like not to be like that but mayhaps you have my whole entire heart 🤧💘💗💞😔✨😖💖💕🌸🌷💝❣️

tell me what energy I give off.

[dingdonghun]

MARIEEEEE wtf ur so cute !!!! illegal !!!! my uwus !!!! 😔😔❤️❤️

!!!! THAT IS SO SWEET THANK YOU 😭 I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH

[scarletsehun]

✨☕ uwu

✨ = a blog rate

10000/10 miss isabella i love u and your moodboards ok 💓

☕️ = shade someone

askdjfk ok so there's this one popular exo blog but i just can't... get behind them i guess?? their content is good but their personality is 😕 like they're just unnecessarily negative abt everything and kinda rude. ppl can send them the most innocent asks and their responses are still a bit rude to me?? just not my kind of person i guess.

send me asks!

[dingdonghun]

Why am in here why are you so cute what did I do to deserve that cute-ass butterfly I'M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE 😤

pal tags !!

i’ve got a whole lotta love in my heart n that means i’ve got a whole lotta pal tags !! so here’s an updated list of them so you all know 💞

((please let me know if you see yourself but don’t want a pal tag, or if you don’t see yourself and you do want a pal tag uwu))

((or if there’s just anything wrong in general dkdjdj lmk))

@hyuck-s // ada ☀️

@strawberry-hyuck // allyson 🌊

@rainbowayv // amy ✨

@quiverhope // andie ❄️

@kacchand // andy 🌙

@loser-dot-com // ari 🎀

@afsaaneh // arya 🍃

@peachei // bethie 🍑

@kimyeongues // bri 🥥

@blossomjeno // brianna 🌠

@lattejaemin // celeste ☕

@honeyhyuckle // chloe 🌆

@bfjeno // cj ☁️

@jjkgcf // coco 💋

@jxnkyu // daphne 🌷

@junemyeon // devon 🍹

@princefullsun // hailey 🍰

@song-mingi // irida 💎

@jellyjaemsworld // jelly 🍇

@wegojeno // jess 🍒

@flower-jimin // julia 🐌

@caticorn61 // jody 🕯️

@princeyeolie // kaylee 🎇

@tiddiescult // kiki 💫

@peachyjaemins // lani 🍭

@rebeljae // lidia 🐝

@middlepod // livi 🐞

@jin-hua // maggie 🌺

@carm-bitchy // marcella 🤘

@sundropsoo // marie 🦋

@chibighoul // marlie 🌻

@lapistual // meara 🔮

@slutual // mia 🎠

@officialrenjuns // nidhi 🌌

@kiwitaes // olivia 🥝

@renjunite // ria 🌇

@clayraven // sigrid 🕊️

@xiaocity // siya 🍯

@cherrydejun // sorina 🎐

@the-angel-of-my-heart // 🌼

[seokmatthewz]

mini archive moodboard for @midsummerenjun

[hyuckles-chuckles]

adobe’s recs ✧ 8

here i am again with more posts to share because i love them. i didn’t do one last month because i feel like i didn’t do much reading/looking on tumblr in june so now it’s june and july time people!!

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writing

moon taeil; nct

highway to heaven by @lilacjaemin (genre: fluff)

lee taeyong; nct

royal repercussions by @jaextapose (genre: smut, slight angst)

mark lee; nct

heaven by @longassr1de (genre: smut, fluff)

na jaemin; nct

heartbreaker by @valentinesicheng (genre: fluff, angst)

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kim jongdae; exo

easy on you by @taexual (genre: fluff, suggested smut)

social media

nct dream

the sky is falling! by @yedarnit (genre: adventure, demigod!au; must continue) preview, jaemin, haechan

blurbs

mark lee; nct

21:31 by @celestialmark (genre: angst)

xiao dejun; nct

[6:35pm] by @neoneversleeps (genre: fluff)

moodboards

huang renjun; nct

the cosmos moved for us by @midsummerenjun

fireflies by @fangirlingandprocrastinating

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kim woojin; stray kids

happy blues by @3rdtear

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follow my recs page @adiba-willalways-read for on-the-go fics and stuff!

[271192]

renjun for @midsummerenjun 💕

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send me ur bias for a mb!

[howllscastle]

u guys literally mean the World to me ily ! thank u so much omg I don't deserve u guys at all 😔💗

and now here’s just a little mutual appreciation bc ily guys

bold - close moots       italic - new moots

# - D

@1ove1ies @bellflowerjpg @berryjaellie @celestial-yunho @cheeji-burger @chittaphonisringing @cinanamon @dayy6 @dearmingi

E - I

@ebarbs95 @flirtwoo @foreignswaggesr @forehead-enthusiast @haejjan @hillarybittencourt  @honeyzhong @huangfilms @imaginedreamies @iwritesinsnotfluff

J - N

@jaelovs @jaesluts @jenuminous @jkpersona @jungjijel @junguwus-en-rose @kacchand @kkulbuns @lattejaemin @lofijhyn @merryandhappyhyuck @mlmjaem @midsummerenjun @nanotics @nctyping @norenm1n @nothaechan 

O - S

@peachyjaemins @pinktea99 @qeminisiqn @renjuntual @sakurajaemin @sailorchell @saranghwa @skaterjae @seobangcha @seoulmates98 @sofhyuck @staygf @stonerenjun @straynotstraight @suhdone 

T - Z

@thirdyear @titty-toasted @vocalhyuck @wowjisung​ @xiaocity @yanggerm

[httpsjaemin]

BITCH I WAS SUCH A HOE FOR THE MAZE RUNNER SERIES !!!!

IT WAS SO GOOD!!!! FDFNVSDJFLNMV BRO NEWT AND MINHO??MWSKDNFJKDFFD ISABELLA I JUST FEEL MORE IN LOVE WITH YOU

[hotsaucenct]

can you rec me some blogs to follow for each dream member?🤗

jisung @xiaocity @airs1gn @myfirstand1ast

hyuck @soleilees @hyucafe

mark @skaterjae @yestodaygfs @soleilees

renjun @midsummerenjun @renjunsegirl @pretzcl @rynjun

jaemin @nctjaem @fanmeets @cinanamon

jeno @1ove1ies @dayoung @soleilees @nctyping

chenle @zhongf @airs1gn

[eunsangf]

HI ! i was, once again, tagged by @afsaaneh and @limitlessjohnny love u tysm !! here r the tags underneath bc its. long

normal voice tag:

What’s your name & username?

Where are you from?

What’s the time where you are?

Pronounce the following words: Meme, Pepe, Doge, Sudoku, Espresso, Celtic, Açaí, Dr. Seuss.

What’s your favourite pizza place? Favourite pizza topping?

What’s your favourite dessert?

What’s your favourite food? What food do you hate?

What’s your favourite TV show? Which show were you into, but then got out of?

What brand is your phone?

Do you speak a second language?

How do you define a group of people when you’re talking to them? Do you say ‘guys,’ or ‘dudes’ or?

What Harry Potter house do you most identify with? If sorted by Pottermore, did you agree with the one you got?

Is there something you should be doing right now but are procrastinating?

Now that you’ve talked about what you need to be doing, go do it!

nct tag:

Name and url

Where youre from

Favorite nct unit

Bias

When did you become a fan?

Favorite album

Favorite song

Favorite vocalist

Favorite rapper

Favorite era

How many members do you think nct will have by 2030

Next unit you think/hope will debut

bilingual tag:

What languages can you speak

What word(s) do you like to say in your language, etc

A phrase that’s common

Count numbers from 1 to 10

The hardest word to pronounce?

A word you know in this language that you dont know in another.

Say any few phrases you want

HI! n if u made it this far....im so sorry!! idk if ur bilingual or not so im jus gonna uhhh tag a bunch of u !!

tagging: @renjvn @homegf @fancylesbian @arins @oncetual @renjuntual @gyugoth @xiaocity @iftarstan @midsummerenjun @stanallah @floral-jaemin @2weetheart @1ongride @nctjaem @yoonsgf @stonerenjun @loveciaga @nazaremoji @cherrydejun @hweji and @neocitycafe LOVE U !

[yeolkisses]

ILY!! 💖💞💕💓💗💖💝💞💝💕💗💖💞💞

fave mutual✨

mmm well #1 is obviously chloe (@honeyhyuckle) bc shes my best fuckin pal 😤💕

but also !! @princeyeolie , @sundropsoo , @hyuck-s , @strawberry-hyuck @spaceboy-jun , @officialrenjuns , @kacchand , @lattejaemin , @junemyeon , @smhent , @wegojeno , @slutual , @ratbyun , @pcytual , @skaterjae , @bfjeno , @princefullsun , @flower-jimin , @monsterpcy , @jin-hua , @renjvn , @venusunwoo , @yeolslove , @loser-dot-com

and honestly all my other moots too,, don’t think that if i didn’t tag u it means i don’t lov u bc i do 💖💕💖💕💖💕

[futurenostalgie]

Hiiiii I was tagged by @jongchens to list 10 songs I can’t stop listening to lately. Thank you! <3 Also I just changed my url so this is the artist formerly known as bbhsluvshot.  Here goes: 

1) Crying Lightening - Arctic Monkeys 

2) SSFW - Chanyeol 

3) Cornerstone - Arctic Monkeys 

4) Sweet Dreams, TN - The Last Shadow Puppets 

5) Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz 

6) Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen 

7) Doin Time - Lana Del Rey

8) Black Treacle - Arctic Monkeys 

9) Girlie - Alexandra Savior 

10) Miracle Aligner - The Last Shadow Puppets 

Yeah so anyway I feel like the world’s lamest kpop stan but uhhh I’ve been feeling a bit more distant from it lately.  Also if you can’t tell from this list or the content of my blog recently I’m a bit obsessed with Alex Turner rn...ugh...

Thanks this was fun!

I tag @ksooji @9empo @blusyd @sebaby-l @cherryjichu @ilovkji @kimkkibum @seokbyuns @midsummerenjun @sailor-sleepy @jirong-ie and @byunselma if y’all want :)

[saturnlotus]

@midsummerenjun