#tnip

I'm still listening through A Crown of Candy so I can legally/morally listen to The Ravening War and I've been doodling more little veggie and fruit livestock and pack animals.

Life and love: two words starting with the same letter, mutually existing for each other. One is simple, the other not.

When Victor whisks Yuri away to Paris for the weekend, they might just find themselves asking which is which.

It’s done! Thank you so much to all of my readers and everyone who has helped and supported me throughout this process. It’s not everyday that a writer is truly able to rekindle their love for writing, and this fic allowed me to do just that. I hope you’ll enjoy following Victor and Yuri on this fun little journey as much as I loved writing it. 

My new writing blog is also up, so please feel free to check it out and/or message me there anytime. 

Oh dear, dare I confess this?

The first idea that came to mind was part of the scene toward the end where Victor and Yuri are making out in their hotel room, and that was actually the first scene to be written (though it was different than the final product, since the other story threads hadn’t developed yet). I’d also been reading a nonfiction book set in Paris and was really into the idea of the two of them going there, even if it was just for a short trip. The story was built from those two different ideas. =)

Thank you so much! This made my day, and I’m so glad you enjoy it. As for the questions…

3. Which part of [title] was hardest to write?

All of chapter 3. The pacing on that one was hard enough on its own. I knew I didn’t want to go into detail about every single stop they made that day (and instead focus on the highlights), so while I knew the chapter would move quickly (just as the characters were), I didn’t want it to feel like I was forcing the reader along. The toughest part of all was bringing an original character into the mix, and I wanted her to feel natural in the story, especially since she was going to be interacting with both Victor and Yuri. Most of all, I didn’t want her to detract from the two of them since they are meant to be the sole focus of the fic. In hopes of achieving that, I made sure to put in bits about her being able to read people and situations well. She knows when to step back. 

6. Which scenes did you cut, and which were added in [title]?

There were actually a few glimpses (in the form of separate chapters) from what was going on in Russia while Victor and Yuri were away. It was through Yurio’s point of view and showed his frustration with the two of them having taken off at such a critical time. There was some back-and-forth dialogue about it with Mila. It also implied that she was taking really good care of Makkachin since he was just happilly hanging out at the ice rink with them. I decided to cut those scenes because they were adding a different kind of layer to the story that I didn’t really want and took away from the main focus. I do, however, want to eventually use parts from the chapters in something else in the future. Another scene that was cut was a flashback to Victor talking to Yakov after beating Yuri in competition. I very strongly considered keeping that one in, and it really showed how conflicted Victor was in his position, but by that point the fic had started moving toward the big reveal and it broke the mood that had already been improving.

As for added scenes, my original plan was almost entirely different than the story that emerged. The only ones that remained the same were the setting, things heating up at the hotel at some point, Yuri wondering why Victor brought him to Paris, and the fact that they went shopping there. The Yurio scenes I’d mentioned had also been in the plan, but like I said, were cut to better focus the fic. What you read is what emerged naturally–conflict and all–throughout the writing process, so I guess most would technically be added scenes.