#tree talk

Hmmm... if Disco swaps over to that spot, I'm unsure if Silver Tabby will remain there. Might push him up to be Disco's parent instead, since I could actually use some older cats named by Brokenstar.

I have no name for him yet, but I DO know Silver Tabby's personality.

He's from a BOTC story about ThunderClan using hit-and-run tactics by leaping out of trees to convince an invading ShadowClan Patrol that there's more attackers than there actually are. This works, and the patrol is spooked enough to run.

So Silver Tabby is a bit of a nervous nelly. He's easily unsettled, and prone to making bad choices when panicked. Poor guy is easily pranked by his clanmates, he's the sort of cat who would launch 10 feet into the air if you put a cucumber behind him.

If he's Disco's father, it would be neat for her to have that association as a legacy. That her dad is the coward during an extremely violent period in ShadowClan history. I'd want to make her mother someone especially brave and "honorable" during the time period, though, to give Disco "privilege" which she uses to reduce suspicion on herself during TigerClan's Tyranny.

1. Do you daydream a lot before you write, or go for it as soon as the ideas strike?

Since emmlef beat me to 18 🤣 how about…

25. What’s your favorite part of the writing process (worldbuilding, brainstorming/outlining, writing, editing, etc)?

46. If you could only write one type of AU for the rest of your life, what would it be?

1. Hmmmmmmmmm depends. I think both. I have to write down what I call my “tone setter” before I start a project (or a chapter), like i have to get the feel of the world where I know what it tastes like and sounds like and would feel like in my hands. Does that make any sense? So that part gets put on paper pretty quick so I don’t lose the aura or the colors.

Certain projects I can get into more immediately like the college au or something lighter, but if it’s an important moment in a longfic or a heavier oneshot, I have to let it stew in my mind a little. Not necessarily actively think about it, but just let it simmer and the ideas will come to the top more fully formed. Daydreaming specifically happens the most with my zombie au and I don’t know why. I think it’s because it’s the most outdoors and the setting is very earthy and I can feel myself in it.

But there are absolutely times when a demon possesses me overnight and a oneshot is completed in 6 hours

25. I feel like anyone who says anything except world building or brainstorming is lying. Worldbuilding is super fun especially in stuff like the zombie au and even in lighter stuff like the college au, just little tidbits. Brainstorming can be fun with a friend and you finally figure out the big twist or a character’s motivation and it feels like you discovered electricity.

Writing is fun if I hit a groove, or I just really nail something I want to say or the tone and setting and color is exactly what I want it to be. Editing can die and I don’t really do it ever and you can probably tell

46. Hm. I want to pick a versatile au so I could cater to all the genres I like to write, like venture into satire/comedy/mystery/introspection in the same au, but you could do that with all of them. I guess I’ll go with a classic college au, but honestly thinking about how much fun my knight and zombie au’s were, it’s a tough call

That tree gets hella bitches