#writing process

[lackadaisycats]

Hiya! What's your process with creating and developing ideas like characters, stories, etc? I look at Lackadaisy and I struggle to imagine it being in any other state than it currently is, even with all the old / original concept art and comics in Volume I.

I don't know if it's a 'process' so much as it is maladaptive daydreaming.

Most of the writing, story construction, story revisions, character backstory, character interactions, and dialogue is stuff that happens in my head first. If I'm sketching, doing yardwork, driving to run errands, walking, listening to music, trying to fall asleep, struggling to pay full attention in a long meeting, chances are I'm mentally hashing out story stuff. Sometimes I'm conscientiously going there in my mind, but often it's just habitual, involuntary. A lot of that mental material ends up discarded. Some of it inevitably, regrettably, I forget, but any tidbits I like, any dots I connect, any glorious "a ha!" moments - I write those down and then I organize as I figure out where the pieces go. If an idea doesn't quite fit within the main storyline anywhere, it ends up either a mini-comic or a premise for an animated short.

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[writers-potion]

Fear Elements for Your Fiction

Places Creepy places make atmospheric fiction settings.

Is there a place that makes you feel cold? Are you terrified of walking a certain path, especially in the dark?

Recall a scary dream. Where did that dream take place?

Wierd Shudders Are you frightened of something that others people consider harmless?

The sight of long fingernails, the sound of nails scraping on a blackboard. Moths and butterflies flying in your face?

If you have a shudder that makes you feel low-key creeped out in daily life write about it.

Phobias Many people of phobias about particular objects and situations. If you have a phobias, try writing about it.

Childhood Fears Whether the danger was true or imagined, the fear you experienced in your childhood was probably intense.

What if there really was a monster under your bed?

Gian black steam engines, the blue glow of an automatic door lock, the gaping hole of an empty closet?

Dreams Do you have a recurring nightmare? Something that makes you wake up with sweat?

Human Attitudes What are some things that people do that you find scary or creepy?

Unbending bureaucracy? Bullying? People consuming others' pain for entertainment? Hating others in the name of religion?

Use fiction to address these issues.

Ordinary Things Look around the ordinary things around you and ask - what if they aren't as harmless as they seem?

Metal pins on my bulletin board? Windows? The TV? A potted tomato slowly withering?

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[seraphinitegames]

Hope you’re doing well! Just curious as to how long it actually takes you to complete a chapter? I find the creation of make your own choice games fascinating.

It depends very much on the chapter!

A more linear chapter can actually take me only a week sometimes to write (though not so much nowadays as even with linear chapters there's A LOT of variations and branching to include for past choices, personality, etc), but then there is editing and rewrites, etc.

A chapter such as the chapters with the research and combat variations can take FOREVER! It's pretty much having to write a whole different version of the chapter for each love interest...and then do it again for either the research or combat versions!

But it's a fun process, and it's so worth the effort when it all finally comes together as the whole! :D

Thank you so much for the ask! :)

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[lannegarrett]

Writing a synopsis in my head: entire book explained in three neat paragraphs, no missing pieces, no fluff, exceptional writing.

Sitting down at the computer: there was a girl, she got angry about some things, a few people died about it. There was a cat.

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[themightyhumanbroom]

My average writing experience:

"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"

*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*

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[char-writes]

Daydreaming about my book:

Writing my book:

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[morbidmiracle]

me writing: i am a god and reality bends to my whims

me proofreading: im too stupid to be alive

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[kaizestar]

is this relatable for anyone else…

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[chodzacaparodia]

It's frustrating that you can come up with the plot of an entire fic in just a few seconds, but writing it all down can take anywhere from never to forever.

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[vavandeveresfan]

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[urfriendlywriter]

20 angsty romance prompts part 2

(feel free to use <33 tag me when yall writeeee)

crying in your lover's arms

^ face buried in their chest, while their heart breaks at your every sob :(

"i wish i loved you less." but it is spat at the other person angrily, immediately being regretted after the words leave their mouth.

watching them cry and not knowing what to do (ouch-)

"why do you love me when you know i can't- shouldn't love you back?"

"you messed me up, you fcked me over and what- how dare i? how dare fckn you!"

"i am sorry. i am so so.. so.. sorry. please.. let me go."

"don't you dare do this to me- No! No, no, no, no- nono, hey, please!!"

"... why can't.. anybody see--that... I'm tired?... " (if written write, this wud traumatize me)

"I'm done waiting for you, [name]."

them literally on their knees, "please, please--just please trust me! Why is it so hard for you to believe me once?"

^ "how many times do i have to get hurt by trusting you!!?"

"i am not sorry that i don't love you. I'm sorry that you don't love yourself."

"i loved you, believe me. i did. then you turned into someone else, someone... scary."

"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP HURTING ME? why--why am i the one.. always losing everything..?"

"listen to me-" "No, no!" "my dear, i swear, that isn't what i meant." "oh yeah? i don't think so. you were pretty loud and clear back there."

"so.. you're just going to.. give up on me." "that is NOT what i meant-" "you're not willing to fight for me either. i think it's pretty clear, [name]."

hands trembling while holding their pale, bloodied face, "k-keep your eyes open, for fucks sake! PLEASE-please please, talk to me."

"promise me you'll be okay, and that you'll keep living. moving on, even without me." "only if you do the same." (this happened irl yall)

"you saved me then killed me all over again."

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[writers-potion]

Title Brainstorming Tips

Pick the central element in your novel. You can choose a few if you'd like.

Come up with 1-2 titles, then tweak them to create a whole list.

Keep rolling and save the title sheet away.

Go back to the list later and choose the one you like best.

Central Element: Fear of Dentists, Lying

The Dentist

Dentists

Dental Check-up

The Dentist's Revenge

The Dentists's Promise

Dental Treatemetn

You Know the Drill

Death and the Dentist

Dental Dangers

Trust Me I'm A Dentists

Liar

The Liars

The Lying Dentists

The Dentist's Lie

The Dentist Who Lied

A Tale of Two Dentists

The Third Dentist

What Lie

etc, etc.

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[cj-etc]

Forbidden Romance Prompts

Sneaking out of an event/party to be together

Holding hands under the table at meals, hoping nobody catches on

Secret glances in public/out with friends

Finding excuses to see each other (group project, work meeting, car troubles, etc.)

Texting/writing letters to one another and having to hide their responses

Seeing each other in public and having to ignore each other/stay apart, as much as it hurts

Secret meeting spots

Being discovered and begging to keep things quiet

Fake enemies

Planning to run away together (you would never do it)

Kissing in the car

Small gifts

Why is it forbidden?

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[lannegarrett]

I felt this.

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[themightyhumanbroom]

This is a friendly reminder to give your OC a firm and unmistakable L every now and then.

This is a necessary action to keep your OC healthy for the long term.

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[thenerdyindividual]

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