#nekojitafics

Wow, I guess I don't start anything until I have a good idea of a plot (meaning how it begins, how it middles, and how it ends). I'm a firm believer of leaving wiggle room for stuff, because things can twist on you for good and bad, but mostly for good.

I know there are some people who are in the 'you should plot things out in detail' but I'm not one of them. I am not saying that is bad (sometimes I wish I was in that category, I WISH I WAS when thing warp into another x100 pages or so- really, 1000pages or so), but really, as my Irish gram always said 'to each their own, said the maid who kissed the cow'. Basically, I believe you have to figure out your own way to plot a story.

My way is a little looser than others, but I DO plot out the basics of the story so I have an idea of where I'm going. That gives me some leeway in case I get stuck and need to jump around. But I always know where I'm going to land (I might add an additional x amount of chapters to get there, which may or may not be good).

Though really, fleshing out stuff - is it bad? Readers on Ao3 seem to enjoy it. Publishers, not as much.

LOL, I've had a few (probably more than a few) people point out the SIM card thing, and yes, it's so very true. However, it's much more satisfying to break an entire phone than crack a little-bitty SIM card. The boys (especially Andrew) were venting! Venting, I say! And dramatic AF!

Oh so dramatic.

Aw, thank you.

Andrew had a little to vent during his training session with Val on Sunday; they were out in the backyard, sweatshirts discarded on the porch and tank tops damp with sweat from the intense practice. Val had taken Andrew down twice so far, but he’d landed a killing blow on her once and aimed to do so again before they called it quits.

Val feinted to the left, which Andrew pretended to fall for while preparing for a strike at his ribs. He ‘dropped’ his knife and caught it with his left hand while he blocked her weapon and allowed her to barrel him into the ground, intent on raising his blade to her throat.

They stilled on the ground, Val half-sprawled on top of him with his knife below her chin and hers off to the side, their eyes locked on the other. Then she laughed as she leaned back onto her haunches. “Ha! That was good.” She rocked onto her feet and held out a hand, which Andrew begrudgingly accepted. “You’re becoming an actual challenge now.”

“So happy for you,” Andrew drawled, voice thick with sarcasm.

Yes, they almost witnessed a murder, but it was also the RAVENS. I'm sure at some point as they sat stunned in the locker room, one of them pointed that fact out. They may be the Hufflepuffs of Exy, but the Ravens are the Ravens.

That and Jeremy was probably was all 'JEAN! IS JEAN OKAY???? HAVE THEY CHECKED OUT JEAN YET????' Never mind that Jean wasn't the one who was almost killed.

I'm not sure if I replied to this via comment, but sure. Also, while I read every comment left on my fics (I do!), and I mean to respond to some of them, I can get sidetracked (I can often get sidetracked).

My inbox is insane.

Ah, good catch! Basically, it's because he knows that Neil can drive (and has caused merry mayhem driving all over Europe/North America), but also, that Neil doesn't have a driver's license (that the Moriyama's/ICHIRO won't let him have one) so as to not cause much trouble, he has to give the keys to Marley even though Neil's the one w/ the most experience (especially when it comes to car chases/trouble).

YES! I finished it the other night, and while I've a few quibbles with it (the way they portrayed Dream, both without the proper eyes and the fact that he's not quite the proper bastard he should be, which really is important with how things play out, toning down the dinner scene, the changes w/ Lyta and Hector, etc.), over all I'm so happy to see it finally come to life on screen and SO HOPE that it'll have future seasons (I read today that they supposedly filmed at least one more episode, possibly two, of the next part of the comics).

The casting (other than Dream - really, he needs to be much colder) was so great. Death and Rose and Desire and Hob and the Corinthian... really great. Lucienne! There were so many breadcrumbs for what's to come, I can't wait. Again, so hope that we get to see the entire series on the screen.