I left ur fic TVoHW back at chapter 11 and came back to it now in 2025 and it was absolutely worth it but I'm mostly extremely taken by the way you write, how descriptive you can get, would you share your writing process?? Like, how do you go through with writing chapter after chapter? Do you have an idea in general at all times or do you make it up as you go?
I want to post my own fics, but I've yet to publish any if them due to insecurity, AND english is my second language, I literally aspire to find as many words to use like you do! :)
We all have to start somewhere and honestly asking about my writing process is the biggest compliment one can hope to receive, so thank you 💞
Please post your fics! And if you feel comfortable I can even give them a shout out 😁😁😁!!
I did not start out as good. TVOHW has gone through a lot of revisions even after it was posted. So like don't be afraid to post, I primarily started writing for myself but turns out other people really liked my stuff and I would have not known had I not seen the comments which have been a huge motivation for me to finish this! What I am trying to say is just post, I guarantee you someone out there will be into it and will let you know lol it does not have be perfect it just has to make you happy!
Now regarding my writing process? Lol I just winged it the first few chapters tbh until Ms. A met Ryan 😅! And added more as more Villainous lore was revealed. It was supposed to be a purely smut fic but I could just not picture it happening out of the blue lol it needed to make sense bc at that point in Villainous we didn't even know if BH liked to get it on with humans lmao I hope Alan never reads this
I guess the one thing I can recommend is to have a good grasp on who the characters are! And thinking how they would react in certain situations without letting your bias write their reaction. For example, BH is a cosmic evil entity - he has no human emotions - so at no point did I plan ever him being anything than relentless, and if he was - it was not out human affection but rather manipulation. Flug, as we now learned from word of god, can be nice but he is BH's right hand man for a reason and more importantly he wants to be there, so he was never going to betray him in favor of an outaider. Things like that, you have to commit to and it will take you to places that make sense within the story.
Regarding structure. My mind worked like this:
Inspiration hits>>idea and cool imagery comes>>ok, how do I get to point a to point b while making it interesting?>>write loose guide of what needs to happen.
When it comes to writing your Special Moment In The Story, really hone in on that shit!!! Like what is the character seeing, how are they breathing? What are they feeling? And just jot it down, revisions come later.
Wording and diction: Google words for color, descriptions of things and actions! Also have the thesaurus tab open-- thats what i do at least lol. But most important of all: read other literary works, I listen to Lovecraft's stories when I write about Black Hat lol and tap in to my chicana authors when I want to write about Ms. A's emotions. And also gather from your own life experience and others, you'll find that makes for richer character development and portrayals!
Anyway I hope ot made sense, anon, let me know if you'd like me to elaborate on anything else I love talking about my work 🩵😎
