#who knows maybe after im done chewing that bone ill be able to tackle complex projects more reliably

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19 & 25 for the ask game uwu

19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?

Very good question considering rn I'm working on Gang AU which will not only span 5 works but also three different povs and numerous character dynamics

The answer is really: Notes

I have notes on my phone dedicated to p much every WIP I'm working on and any time i think of anything i just slap it down in my notes. Dialog, monolog, setting, scenes, character bits, anything. Then I basically just spill everything into a word document like its a lego bucket and play around until coherent narrative comes out.

For Gang au specifically I've also been meaning to do a document just for listing every character involved and what their deal is but I haven't gotten to that yet ;;; I'm not the sibling who inherited joy of organization sadly.

But also like

A lot of it is just in my brain hvghvh.

Like notes help me ground moment to moment bits and pieces but the longer i stay with a narrative (and i have been on gang au for almost a year) the more its just rooted in my brain the way it is. Sometimes when my friends are in the mood to be victimized i'll sit down and just exposit on certain characters psychology which helps it go from thoughts -> concepts and if im being smart about it ill copy paste it into a doc for safe keeping but if i Ranted about something i usually remember more or less the gist.

And then of course when editing time comes i put a lot of blood and sweat and tears into editing things that didn't end up making sense, that were too rushed, that should have been introduced sooner etc etc.

But honestly even then I don't think i ever dealt with THAT complex of a narrative, like Gang au isnt complex because of its plot its 'complex' because a lot of people have opinions and interactions with each other and i tend to be good at remembering how one person feels about the other. If it had like super twisting plot i would probably die.

25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of

I just think this line is funni

He felt sickly and frail like a new born fawn if that new born fawn had been drugged stupid in its mother’s womb.

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