Hi anon, can you tell me more about what specifically you're having trouble with? Maybe an example?
I'm always happy to talk about writing :)

For me, writing chats is SO much easier than writing prose. Regarding conversation starters, I think I kind of just start very in medias res / by kicking in the door. So... I'm afraid I'm the absolute worst person to ask for advice >.<
I usually have a list of scenes I want to include in a chapter so I already know what needs to happen in a certain conversation, and that usually leads me very organically into a conversation starter. I wonder if having more of a plan for a chat would help you too? Or maybe you could start the chat at a point where it feels easy for you and then come back and write the start of the conversation later?

Some general thoughts about / tips for writing chat fic & OT8:
- not everyone has to reply to every statement every time! there will always be people who talk more and people who talk less in any chat
- if you're writing a scene where everyone is in the same room but they're all texting instead of talking to each other you have to mention a reason for it or it's not believable (ex: staff present, in public, someone is sleeping...)
- if you're unsure if your dialogue sounds natural try reading it out loud
- it's pretty much impossible to write in a way that every member gets exactly 1/8 of the scenes, especially when one relationship is the focus in that chapter / story arc. One thing I do is when I'm almost done with a chapter is I look through my list of scenes and make sure every one has at least one scene / has talked in the chapter. If I've missed someone I add at least a small additional conversation and make a note to write that member more in the next couple of chapters.

Hope this helps a little bit <3

You know, concerning that I'm most definitely not writing that, I'm doing an awful lot of thinking about it XD I just have a lot of love for alpha!Innie in general! But yes, the biting TOTALLY fits. Still thinking about how biting -> mating would work out (does it need to happen during heat/rut? during a full moon? some special ritual?). I imagine Chan and Changbin, who are both alphas and who have both been in relationships before, teaching Innie how to hold back / maybe something like Changbin showing him the tooth guard he used that kept him from accidentally biting+mating his ex-girlfriend... so many ideas!!
Thanks for this ask <3

Hey you ;)
I'm pretty sure I got the concept of influenced/triggered heats/ruts for betas from this fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31099799/chapters/76839263. I would basically mean that as a beta Minho could go into heat if the alpha he's with goes into rut, and if he's with an omega in heat he would go into rut. Of course there would also be some sort of suppressants / pheromone blockers to stop that from happening. I'm still thinking the concept through myself, but I think it would need extended exposure / bonds to trigger a heat/rut in a beta like this, since otherwise betas would be susceptible to every rutting alpha in the world and that just wouldn't make sense.

Also, would it mean that after having induced ruts (as a consequence of being w chan( he would have a problem being around the omegas, opposed to before?
Nah, it would just mean that Minho can't keep telling himself that Chan is not special to him ;)

Anon omg at this point I'm so torn I'm making lists like this XDD

Reasons for omega!Minho:
- power bottom
- the other omegas are his babies
- pack luna (mirrors: the dance leader to Chan's group leader)
- Minho nesting with Changbin's clothes and pretending he isn't interested in Changbin at all

Reasons for beta!Minho:
- remember what I wrote about MinChan fucking shortly after the survival show? Would alpha!Chan be more likely to give into beta!Minho who tells him it's not that serious?
- beta!Minho thirsting for knots mirrors bottom!Minho loving butts in guruverse
- betas who can have influenced/triggered heats or ruts depending on their partners (but also: beta!Minho who has no problems hanging around the omegas in heat because he's never had an influenced rut in his life, but then goes into an influenced heat the first time Chan goes into rut once they're together)
- kind of into beta!2min having the same role in the pack but being completely different

Hello double-exclamation-mark-anon (<3!!)
alphas!BinChan is honestly exactly what I want in life ______ I think generally Changbin could go with any dynamic, but BinChan both being alphas would just fit so well into what I'm doing with them in guruverse :3

I'm still SO torn on Minho. Pack Luna would make so much sense (and yes, I love that concept in fic too), especially since it mirrors the whole Chan as leader of the group / Minho as dance leader thing so well ___
I have another ask about this where I'm going to expand on why I think both omega and beta make sense for Minho in the guruverse.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts <3