2026 — Fandom Snowflake Challenge, Day 8

[angenoir]

Challenge #8

Talk about your creative process.


I don't know if it counts as a creative process, but I constantly have, like, stories and ideas floating around in my head. It never does seem to stop, and watching one movie will inevitably lead to me thinking how to rewrite it or adapt it to fit a fandom pairing I prefer.

When I write, I normally try to make sure I have time to do so. I block off time, or I make a concerted effort to know I won't have anything to do for an hour or so. And then I just start typing? I will often jump around in the story because I have a series of scenes of the story clearly planned out, and the connecting bits are the harder part. I also end up down random rabbit holes depending, because world-building is really important to me (it's why I like writing in sci-fi scenarios, because all I really need to do is come up with plausible and good-sounding science to explain my world, vs. trying to do research on what modes of travel were available during the regency era etc.

I am also very often posting things fast, because I promise to post or I have a deadline, and then I miss it and stress my own self out. It means I don't always catch all my mistakes, and my endings are almost always rushed. It stresses me out but once my brain is 'done' with a story, it's harder for me to stick with it and finish it to the degree it deserves.

I don't think that's a proper creative process description but it's how I've done most of my stories, if not all of them..