#atinyweeny

all of my long fics, hockey!au included, then officially starts with A LOT of research to make sure that i've got all the terminology and context correct, because if i'm going to write about an au, then i'm going to do it properly 😎

in terms of the actual plot, i pretty much plan out the entire outline of my fic before i start !! this includes things like motifs, key lines i want to include, important scenes, specific contrasting interactions that demonstrate character growth, hints and foreshadowing, etc. then i basically order everything the way i want the story to flow

hockey!au was different though in the fact that it alternates between past and present, which was a decision i made after realising the angst would hit SO MUCH BETTER when you get the characters' backstory and context as the plot unravels. so once i figured this out, i reordered all of my planning and then started to write