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Usually, I don't start ideas unless they speak to me and I have a general idea of where I want to go with it or a desired ending in mind. This has led to me hashing out fic ideas for months, at this point even years. But when I find that idea, and I figure out my general direction I usually go in steps. 1) find a hook. I always look for my opener first, because this is easilyyy the hardest part of writing for me. It's how you basically advertise what the rest of the fic is going to be about, and where a lot of set-up for later events happens. 2) Flowchart, sometimes section by section or scene by scene. This helps me layout a course of events even if I deviate from that as I write. 3) rough drafting is rough, and it won't be perfect. It's more important to get ideas down. From there, I tweak and refine and tune and get notes from other people. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure where I draw the line but I do try to keep things canon compliant within the story I want to tell. I try not to let canon stop me from getting a narrative out, and I let canon work inside of it instead of working inside of canon. Please enjoy the process and don't think too hard about the results. Writing should be fun.

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Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. Favorite short story is Tenth of December by George Saunders :)

anon this is a really hard one to answer i have NO idea how people perceive me. best i got: i think sometimes i come across as introverted irl when in reality im just a little shy, i open up fast i just need to get over the hump and i prefer spending time around others than alone