Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day 11
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potentiality_26Day 11
In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?
I get inspired all the time, and for many different stories, so in the interest of not completely drowning in WIPs I usually start by just writing the basic idea down in a list for later. I try to only let myself start on a few, but I don't have great self-control, so that doesn't always happen. The problem, of course, is that stories tend to come to me in scenes and snippets of dialogue. I'll forget those snippets by the time I finally get around to writing them if I'm not careful.
In terms of how smoothly the actual work goes, it really depends on the fic. I really have no idea what makes one story flow out like a dream and what makes another stall.
I only really outline if it's a 5 + 1 style fic, or something like that where the structure of the story is the point of the story. Otherwise I just see where it goes. I also finish a work faster and more neatly when I write it linearly, but that doesn't always happen for me. Sometimes I have the middle in my mind really clearly and nothing else, so that ends up being what I write.
I also often take a long time to edit something. It's my least favorite part of the process, and I'll occasionally end up with some perfectly innocent 2k fic just sitting in my drafts folder for weeks because I think something's wrong with it but I haven't decided what it is.
In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?
I get inspired all the time, and for many different stories, so in the interest of not completely drowning in WIPs I usually start by just writing the basic idea down in a list for later. I try to only let myself start on a few, but I don't have great self-control, so that doesn't always happen. The problem, of course, is that stories tend to come to me in scenes and snippets of dialogue. I'll forget those snippets by the time I finally get around to writing them if I'm not careful.
In terms of how smoothly the actual work goes, it really depends on the fic. I really have no idea what makes one story flow out like a dream and what makes another stall.
I only really outline if it's a 5 + 1 style fic, or something like that where the structure of the story is the point of the story. Otherwise I just see where it goes. I also finish a work faster and more neatly when I write it linearly, but that doesn't always happen for me. Sometimes I have the middle in my mind really clearly and nothing else, so that ends up being what I write.
I also often take a long time to edit something. It's my least favorite part of the process, and I'll occasionally end up with some perfectly innocent 2k fic just sitting in my drafts folder for weeks because I think something's wrong with it but I haven't decided what it is.
