good question!! i'm very freestyle. i have a hard time planning things out especially bc i really value scenes coming naturally (e.g. in dialogue heavy scenes, who's talking, what about, and what needs to be said?) such that it can become very improv with respect to the overarching plot. in terms of planning, i DO always think about what i want the main climax to be -> what the ending FEELS like... like desolee came about thinking of kaveh's mother getting sick, and i knew i wanted the ending to be happy/hopeful, so that lays out the general flow of feeling (omg moms sick omg panic omg sharing comfort omg love omg hopeful recovery, and thats the story!) so yeah. i usually write front to back, no jumping to other scenes, which can be really hard-- but i just really want it all to build naturally and flow together without jumping around. i also do a single heavy edit before posting, but sometimes if i step away for a while i have to go back and reread anyway haha!

so per the second question, very freestyle-- for the third question, i very much become inspired by other works' tropes (usually i read from other fandoms surprisingly) and then im like hmm. id like to do that trope! otherwise ive had a LOT of ideas over the years and i havent been POSTING fics in a long time, so i have a whole flood of ideas that have accumulated that just. ive been putting on hthm and kvh LMAOO yeah but i just usually have tropes/story beats i personally enjoy and then i write abt them :> now, writing for the gotcha for gaza event has been fun because it challenges me to view ideas i dont normally think of and to run with them. im excited to finish my second prompt soon!

thanks for your question ❤️❤️‼️