#opan asks

klsjafkldajf kay ily. so it’s funny you ask about inspiration bc opan was born from a writing ask meme thing. basically everyone was sending random, off the wall au’s into writers asks like “this vs this?” and they would pick. and i sent essie (opan’s/my first supporter who, unfortunately, i don’t think writes fic anymore but pls correct me if i’m wrong) “finding a roommate on craigslist or neighbors who hate each other?” and her response made me think of a liam who suddenly needed a roommate and, despite not wanting to, puts an ad on craigslist and a stevie who just needed to get away from her family.

from chapter to chapter sometimes i reblog something and add things in the tags and i’m like....ok that needs to go in a chapter. like in ch 8 i pulled a scene entirely from something i wrote in the tags on a picture of liam. anything could inspire me and if i’m stuck i will definitely go in the opan tag and pick and choose things to add in. 

i think that’s my favorite thing about writing this fic. i have an outline but it’s not as rigid or as involved as, say, the outline for hesitant and hopeful or across mountains or the motocrossed au that i have yet to finish. opan is more like now that you’re here, resolutions, and everything from the hot chocolate universe bc i know how they’re going to end, and i know a few scenes that i absolutely want to include, but there’s nothing really piecing those things together. and i think that’s the fun part of those fics. i can really play around with what i want to happen and if my feelings about the fic change i can remove scenes/dialogue/entire chapters/etc that i no longer want to happen. that’s why sometimes i’m in the tags talking shit about how maybe stevie and liam won’t end up together knowing damn well they’re endgame but that’s beside the fact lmao. that’s also how opan started as a 30 chapter fic and is looking like it’ll be a 15-20 chapter fic (surprise opan is almost over whoops).