#well three

humans  were  a  well  of  entertainment,  battlescarred  and  teeming  with  vitriol.  a  mass  of  chaos  and  confusion.  at  times  there  were  a  certain  few  that  vied  for  his  attention  (  though  they  were  not  aware  of  doing  so )   and  actually  held  it.  those  with  a  potent  mixture  of  anger  melancholy  righteousness  and  true  manipulative  behavior. 

the  one  targeted  sat  in  a  flashy  car  on  a  lonely  stretch  of  road.  a  glaring  red  light  above.  looming  street  lights  on  either  side  of  the  pavement  began  to  flicker.    '   shhhheryl  blossom.   '   the  radio  spoke,  breaking  into  whatever  inane  current  pop  trend  song  was  on.   '   cheryl  blossom  hello.  nice  to  meet  you.   '    through  the  static  charge came  a  voice  steady  and  sure  but  quiet.  an  amalgamation  of  the  hiss  of  radio  static  and  an  actual  voice. 

 twenty  or  so  feet  in  front  of  the  car,  standing  in  the  middle  of  a  dead  intersection  came  a  man.  a   GOD.   though  lips  never  move,  the  radio  spoke.   '   my  dear,  if  you  have  a  moment  i'd  like  to  properly  introduce  myself.   '    the  radio   clicked  off  and  the  figure  in  the  distance  bowed  low,  removing  the  hat  atop  his  head  before  straightening  up.

Hello, delightful anon!

Thank you for your lovely words, I’m so glad things come out coherent :)

With planning, for me, it depends on the story. With each new idea I write it down when an idea pops in my head, then I go back to it when I think up random scene ideas or dialogue until I have the time to sit down and plan it. Ideas are normally either a pairing I want to tackle or a trope and then I work out the characters later.

The first part of planning is usually a really rough bullet point outline that covers the whole fic. Then I come back to it, making decisions about who’s points of view I want to use and how I want to structure the story, breaking it up into chapters. Once I have the chapters outlined, roughly, I break it into sections and expand on the outline, adding in bits and pieces until it’s ready for drafting.

There is a George R R Martin interview where he talks about writing types, he explains that some people are architects and others are gardeners. As in some plan everything, sketching out a blueprint before they begin to ‘build’ and others plant some things and watch how they grow.

I think I am somewhere in the middle. I plan things to a certain extent, creating a frame, but also giving writing enough room to breath (sorry, terribly wanky phrase), what I mean is giving yourself room to change things around a little, focus in on characters that you didn’t know you would fall in love with.

All of my fics start and end where I want, but some people move around a little in transit!

That said, I also quite like, in some instances, with shorter stories where you kind of have a very limited frame and then you just write what come up. This kind of writing is more dependent on emotional reaction, and I think some of my best stuff (or at least the stuff I react to the most) has been written this way. Though it isn’t the easiest way (at least for me) to start if you are working on something with a convoluted plot.

I hope that helps… and makes sense!