Did you sit down one day and begin to create an overall outline during those first few chapters or did it just keep progressing more organically as you went from chapter to chapter? And AHHH, the title ties directly into the conclusion too, so how did that come into play despite it starting out as a sick fic? Was the ending inspired by the title or was the title still somehow inspired by the ending?

Thank you so much for this piece of work, by the way! It’s been a crazy distraction, but I’ve also been thoroughly enjoying having something to obsess over this last month. Never in my life did I think I’d get into Hijack, but damnit, you’ve converted me. Your writing is gorgeous, and especially chapter 28 meant a lot to me; it’s absolutely beautiful.

i had a vague outline but mostly i planned it chapter by chapter. they way it came together by the end was a result of the two, i think—some was a happy coincidence, some was planned. the ending was inspired by the title, which i think came together around like halfway through writing it, when i had a sort of ‘ive connected the dots’ moments. like. i dont remember exactly how i got the idea, but i imagine it must have been like, im rereading the first chapter and i suddenly look up and go, oh my god. the wind is a friend of his.

so, OTNWAS. masterclass in modern literature. sure it goes without saying but I'm still gonna

anyways, if you don't mind me asking, are there any pivotal scenes or lines that looked totally different at first or ended up being cut? always been super curious as to what those original drafts looked like!

HI sorry for taking so long to respond

honestly i have really bad memory and theres so much of the fic as it is that i can barely remember lol. the one thing that comes to mind is that when jack tells jamie about how he died, he explained it in a sort of flat way originally—like he didnt really get into it and there wasnt such a bonding moment between the two of them. one of my friends who beta read that chapter told me she wished the scene was more emotional so i changed it, and i think she was right!

also a maybe big thing is that originally while i was planning the fic it was going to be rotbfd but then i settled on just hijack at some point lol. and the biggest thing is probably that it was supposed to be a sic-fic one shot, it just went off the rails a little

if i find my old computer theres probably some planning notes and old drafts to be found lol but im extrememy disorganized so they might be lost (i write a lot in notebooks too and theres just no system lol It’s Bad) but itd be fun to look back on and collect some of it if i do find them. make a sort of behind the scenes kinda thing for those who are interested haha

in theory!!