here are a few things that work for me!
- you don’t necessarily have to start chronologically (this used to trip up my flow so badly) — you can start with a rough idea of a climax or an ending, whatever interests you the most, and then work backwards to figure out how to get to that point
- don’t over-outline! getting too detailed about exactly what you need to happen in each scene can sap the fun out of actually doing the writing later. also, this can make you reluctant to change parts of a scene that aren’t working later bc you spent so much time crafting it
- when i start a new fic, i like to write down some basic facts to help me focus: 1) who the characters are + a couple sentences abt what made them this way, 2) plot skeleton of what happened right before the initial scene and what happens right after, 3) the immediate setting

hopefully that’s at least a little helpful <3