Fine Lines - my story :)

This is a oneshot, so there's only this one chapter and that's it. Let me know what you think

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Feeling his hands all over me was intoxicating, even though we were technically in the middle of a fight. Still, I couldn't help the feeling of excitement as we struggled for dominance, our breathing harsh.

His blow made me wince in pain, yet in a way it was as pleasurable as every contact of our bodies was, the line between the two extremes dissolved.

I don't think I'll ever stop thanking God or whoever, whatever it was that brought us together, that made him my mentor, no matter how inconvenient the fact actually was. Even if I had the power to change it all, I never would. Screw the heartache and all the pain this situation brought to me, I would never, ever wish it didn't happen.

Of course, I wouldn't mind if it were different to the extent where we could actually be together.

Oh, well. I guess I just have to live with what I get. And it wasn't all that bad, especially at moments like this, when I let myself hope that his control would slip, just for a one lingering moment.

How likely was that, I wasn't quite sure. Unlike me, he always seemed so focused. On the other hand, he couldn't possibly be immune to the electricity that sparked between us at every contact.

“Cut the daydreaming, Rose,” Dimitri’s voice reached me.

Yeah, it was probably time to stop drooling over my fantasies and avert my attention back to the practice. I wasn't all that eager on showing him how easily distracted I was. It always seemed so important to prove to him that I am up to this situation. To anything really. But I guess that was just the way I was. Rose Hathaway nature at its finest.

“Technically, it’s night.”

I swiftly avoided his next strike.

I put in a little more force and even though I'd like to say that I caught him by surprise, it was hardly it. He couldn't be caught off-guard. Like, never. A true god, as many tend to call him. Either way, I managed to get the control over the situation. We were on the ground at this point, our bodies pressed hard together as we were both trying to maneuver our way. I flipped us over, getting on top of him.

It took a bit more struggling till I found the opening, but eventually I did. I was just a swing away, ready and determined to 'stake' him and it seemed like a sure thing. But then I found myself on my back once again and before I could register what happened, his teeth were against my neck.

I knew I should be disappointed and a small part of me was. But the part of me who enjoyed this position currently dominated my consciousness.

"There's a fine line between life and death," Dimitri whispered in my ear before leaning away from me and gracefully getting up.

"Don't ever forget that," he said as he extended his hand to help me get up.

He was right, of course. He always was. I had let my guard down thinking that I had won, but it's not over till it's over. I scolded myself internally for making the mistake and letting him beat me once again. I wondered if I'll ever be able to take him down in a fight.

I took his hand and he pulled me to my feet.

"Good job, though," he added with a half smile.

Getting praise from him was a rare thing, making it even more valuable. My eyebrows arched in surprise before my lips pulled into a grin.

"As ever, comrade. But it's never enough against you, is it?" I teased, admiring his abilities and stealing a few glances at his amazing muscled body.

"It's only a matter of practice. One day, I'm telling you, we'll be a tight match."

I could tell he was teasing me and it actually made me all that more cheerful. Another one of his rare displays and I enjoyed every bit of it.

I wondered what brought on this good mood of his. An unwelcome thought crossed my mind. My antagonism towards Tasha awoke in its finest.

Ever since I found out about Tasha making the offer, the thought lurked in the back of my mind. Anger, jealousy, envy. It was one thing not being able to have him, but knowing that someone else could... It hurt. Far beyond my expectations.

And now I was angry. It boiled inside me, coursing through my veins, stronger and darker than it should rationally be. I was angry at Tasha, at Lissa, at the whole world – and at him. A fine line between love and hate, too, they say. I knew it was the spirit's side-effects that intensified it, but at this point it didn't matter where it came from. All I knew was that it was crushing me on the inside and I didn't know how to get rid of it.

If there was anything I hated, it was feeling helpless. And that's exactly how I felt with the darkness consuming me.

"Rose, are you okay?" Dimitri's voice reached me and I looked up.

His expression was concerned, his brown eyes boring into me. Of course he'd notice my mood swing as well as my spacing out - again. A bit of warmth that I felt upon seeing his concern for me soon vanished, overshadowed by the bitterness that grew by second.

"I'm fine," I said dismissively, rushing past him, desperate to get away from him and calm down. I also began to wonder if Lissa was okay, hence the strong flow of emotions I was experiencing, but I didn't have the time to check on her right now.

"Rose," he called behind me, but I didn't react.

His hand came around my wrist, stopping me.

"What?" I snapped.

"What's wrong?" Confusion and concern were written all over his face.

I sighed, exasperated. "Just... just don't, okay? Not now."

I turned around to leave.

"Roza."

One word. One word, but it held so much. One word but it was everything. One fucking word and he had me. Yet another fine line.

I stopped, another sigh falling from my lips.

His hand was on mine again, the touch so gentle and yet so strong, just as he himself was. He pulled me toward him, turning me around to face him. And then he was so close, so so close to me that it was hard to breathe.

And everything shifted like sand. His mask, his control, all of it slipping, and the change was almost tangible in the air surrounding us. Such a fine line.

My heart fluttered and all the darkness that made its way to me through the bond vanished, like it was never even there.

I could feel one of his hands on my hip, pulling me yet closer, while the other one made its way to the side of my face. His eyes were searching me, desperate to know what was wrong, but at this point, nothing was wrong.

Oh, it was wrong, all of it was so, so wrong, but not to me. To me, the whole world was perfect. In that single moment, there was nothing more right than to be in his arms, just like this. Not Lissa, not anyone could keep us apart. One moment. It might have been all we'd have, but it didn't matter. The moment was what mattered and it was perfect, shining brilliantly in its fragility.

"What's wrong?" he repeated, this time more demanding, but his voice barely above a whisper.

"Nothing," I said and it was truer than anything I’ve ever spoken. I leaned toward him, our lips an inch apart, but I made no further progress. I just waited, the anticipation building and building, the air around us crackling with electricity.

And then he made his move, closing the distance between us, our lips touching and the contact was so mercilessly intense, pleasure and pain, all wrapping into one. A mere touch at first, but then it grow into something bigger, more forceful, more demanding as I tangled my hand into his hair, gently tugging and pressing myself yet tighter against him, eliciting a groan from him.

His hand slid into my hair- the hair he so adored, while the other one rested at the small of my back. I felt his tongue against my lip and I moaned, propelled into my personal heaven, complete at last.

He pulled away all too soon, his control getting the better out of him and he stepped away, depriving me of every contact.

The coldness swept through me, the absence of his touch agonizing. I lifted my eyes to his, even though something inside of me begged me not to, because I knew exactly what I was going to see.

His mask of indifference was back in place. The moment of slipping gone as if it never existed. I could see he wasn't all that unaffected, though. I knew him too well. His chest was still rising and falling rapidly with each unsteady breath. But it didn't matter. His defenses were back up and there was no breaking them anymore.

"You should go now," he managed a calm even voice.

I nodded curtly, knowing that there was no point in arguing. I turned and walked away, knowing that just like that, we were back to our usual friendly mentor/student relationship.

Fine lines, indeed.

I think it's a good story. I love how you have Rose liking Dimitri's touch even thought thir fighting. I just feel like maybe the darkness should've built up slower, you know like they get into an arguement or something. And if memory serves me correctly, it took a little bit for Rose to calm down from the darkness. So I think the darkness came too fast and left too fast. Other than that I liked it a lot. I didn't see any spelling errors or tense errors. Good work!

Thanks I'm glad you like it.
Yeah, you're right about the darkness, it was a bit too fast.
Thanks again for taking the time to read and comment

i think that it was really good. the thing with the dark was like amy said to fast but i does describe it right! and the way that u worded it WOW! it was very good and well worded.

That was very well written(:

Thank you all It really means a lot

That was great. Loved it =]

Thank you

You are welcome =] You should write something more, not to this one but maybe another fanfiction or a storie. You're good. But I mean you don't have to.

Nightchild wrote:

You are welcome =] You should write something more, not to this one but maybe another fanfiction or a storie. You're good. But I mean you don't have to.

I will I have a few ideas at the moment, but not for VA. I'm quite busy with those, but I hope I'll get a chance to write something for VA soon.

Cool. I'd love to read some of 'em sometime =]

Very nicely written!! I really enjoyed it!!

Are you going to write something longer next time? lol I quite like one-shots, but they end too quickly.

Haha I agree.

dimkaluv wrote:

Very nicely written!! I really enjoyed it!!

Are you going to write something longer next time? lol I quite like one-shots, but they end too quickly.

Thank you I'm so glad you like it.
I agree with you on oneshots I just got this idea and it was a oneshot material, so.. I think the next one is going to be longer, though. I just have to think of something to write about

Awsome!!

Phoenix wrote:

Thank you I'm so glad you like it.
I agree with you on oneshots I just got this idea and it was a oneshot material, so.. I think the next one is going to be longer, though. I just have to think of something to write about

lol Yeah oneshots are fun to write. Actually the oneshot I wrote was... a twoshot. But plots have been a challenge for me, so I really admire anyone who can keep up a good story. Anyway, great job!! I look forward to reading more of your stuff!! I don't read much fanfic anymore because right now I'm more focused on writing, but I like to be exposed to different styles (which is why I try to read as many books as I can), and I quite liked yours.

dimkaluv wrote:

lol Yeah oneshots are fun to write. Actually the oneshot I wrote was... a twoshot. But plots have been a challenge for me, so I really admire anyone who can keep up a good story. Anyway, great job!! I look forward to reading more of your stuff!! I don't read much fanfic anymore because right now I'm more focused on writing, but I like to be exposed to different styles (which is why I try to read as many books as I can), and I quite liked yours.

Yeah, plots are tricky. The beginning is usually the hardest part for me, though, when it comes to multi-chapter stories.
The best way to improve your writing is actual writing and reading, which is why I read a lot - books as well as fanfiction. There's a huge span of quality of stories on fanfic.net so it's fun for me to search through all that mess hoping to come across something really amazing. And there are some unbelievably talented authors there, much better than some published ones.

Phoenix wrote:

Yeah, plots are tricky. The beginning is usually the hardest part for me, though, when it comes to multi-chapter stories.
The best way to improve your writing is actual writing and reading, which is why I read a lot - books as well as fanfiction. There's a huge span of quality of stories on fanfic.net so it's fun for me to search through all that mess hoping to come across something really amazing. And there are some unbelievably talented authors there, much better than some published ones.

I agree with you about there being more talented authors there. But I feel like I'm always reading the same things. The stories are always based off of someone else's work. I guess that's why I've enjoyed creating my own characters. lol I mean, I've seen some really great things on fanfic.net, which is why I still go there. And I have my favorite fics and everything. But with books, the stories are always new. Someone's new characters, new settings, new thoughts... I guess it just seems more adventurous to me than fanfic.

I've read A LOT of fanfic in my time. lol I think it started with HP and then I got into some anime. I think this is where my desire to write came from actually, which is why I don't knock it. I LOVE fanfic.

I know I'm getting a little off topic here, but what do you think about authors that *don't* like fanfiction of their stories/characters?

I enjoy creating my own characters, too. My fanfic that I'm definitely the most passionate about is a Harry Potter fic about my OC.
I agree, the books are more adventurous and it takes a lot more to write a book than a fanfic where you already have the characters and the setting. That's why I think of writing fanfiction as an exercise, if you know what I mean. If you can manage there, then you can go for something bigger, like writing something of your own. And of course writing fanfics develops you as a writer and it's certainly a great thing.
My desire to write showed up as soon as read my first book when I was like 7 and it was Winnie the Pooh But fanfiction really spikes my creativity
Harry Potter is my all-time favorite series. You could say that it changed my life. Which is probably why I can hardly find any HP fic satisfying. I have great expectations when it comes to that. Anya Violetta is the only author that really amazed me when it comes to that. Maybe I should just try to read more HP fics I also love VA fics, but there aren't much of them. Btw, I'm reading your stories at the moment - I'll leave you a review there. And another fandom that produces good stuff is Twilight. While I don't have some great respect for Twilight books, there are some awesome authors on fanfic.net that write brilliant Twilight fics, mostly AU/Human. They top Meyer by far.
I can understand the authors that don't like people writing fanfiction of their stories. It's their work and I guess they don't feel good when someone exploits it that way. I mean, there are some really awful things there - like pairing Harry Potter with Dumbledore. I'm pretty sure Rowling wouldn't appreciate that. But if I were a published author, I would agree with Rowling and say that it's still a great thing - all that creativity. And it's a really good way to keep the fandom alive.

Phoenix wrote:

I enjoy creating my own characters, too. My fanfic that I'm definitely the most passionate about is a Harry Potter fic about my OC.
I agree, the books are more adventurous and it takes a lot more to write a book than a fanfic where you already have the characters and the setting. That's why I think of writing fanfiction as an exercise, if you know what I mean. If you can manage there, then you can go for something bigger, like writing something of your own. And of course writing fanfics develops you as a writer and it's certainly a great thing.
My desire to write showed up as soon as read my first book when I was like 7 and it was Winnie the Pooh But fanfiction really spikes my creativity
Harry Potter is my all-time favorite series. You could say that it changed my life. Which is probably why I can hardly find any HP fic satisfying. I have great expectations when it comes to that. Anya Violetta is the only author that really amazed me when it comes to that. Maybe I should just try to read more HP fics I also love VA fics, but there aren't much of them. Btw, I'm reading your stories at the moment - I'll leave you a review there. And another fandom that produces good stuff is Twilight. While I don't have some great respect for Twilight books, there are some awesome authors on fanfic.net that write brilliant Twilight fics, mostly AU/Human. They top Meyer by far.
I can understand the authors that don't like people writing fanfiction of their stories. It's their work and I guess they don't feel good when someone exploits it that way. I mean, there are some really awful things there - like pairing Harry Potter with Dumbledore. I'm pretty sure Rowling wouldn't appreciate that. But if I were a published author, I would agree with Rowling and say that it's still a great thing - all that creativity. And it's a really good way to keep the fandom alive.

I was never really encouraged to write when I was younger, and I never got to take a creative writing class in school, so writing is still pretty new to me. Writing does NOT come easily for me and I feel like I'm fighting with every word I write. lol So I too think of writing fanfic as an exercise. Actually, my VA OC fic is like... my greatest challenge yet. Before now, I've never had a plot this complete, so I'm very excited to write it. I want to see this thing through to the end. I feel that if I can do this, I may be able to move on to other things that I want to write. And there are many things I want to write...

I think I've always wanted to write, but I never really did until now. When I was a teenager, I kept coming up with "movie scenes". lol I'd see scenes in my head and then I'd say "That'd be good in a movie," and then I'd write down what happens in that scene for later. Naturally, I wanted to be a screenwriter because of this. It was really too bad my writing sucked. And I could never come up with plots to go with these "scenes". I'd probably have more fics by now if I'd been able to come up with plots for them... Anyway, when I found VA, I think it aggravated that desire to write. lol So now I'm trying to write more. Even if it's very very bad.

Years ago, one of my favorite fanfic authors was Rainpuddle13. She used to write only HP Draco/Ginny fics and they were possibly the best thing I'd seen at the time in the fanfic realm. The only thing with Rainpuddle13 is that a couple of her really interesting stories are still incomplete... which I find frustrating. This is exactly the kind of thing I don't want to do to my readers.

lol Omg, you're reading my older stuff? Granted, it's not older by much, but I feel as though every time I write I get just a little bit better (you *don't* want to see my stuff from three years ago). Or maybe I'm deluding myself. Those fics... while I still love them, I don't think they're my best anymore. Maybe they were at the time. Now, notsomuch. But thanks for taking the time to read them. If you liked them, I'm happy.

While I don't like Twilight, I had an OC in mind for a JacobxOC fic. I'll admit, she was quite the Mary-Sue, but that wasn't my fault because that was the world SM created. I'll probably never write it now, but two years ago it was something that challenged me to write more. *shrug*

lol The jacked up pairings are the best part of fanfic though!! My OTP is Kakashi/Sakura (from Naruto). Ok so maybe some pairings are very wrong... like Harry/Dumbledore... I don't think I'd ever read that fic. But I really like to be able to experiment with different pairings. Like I'm sure you've seen... if you've been reading my older stuff.

But that can't be the only reason why some authors don't like people writing fanfic of their work. Though I understand them not wanting anyone to jack with their creation. I dunno how I would feel if someone went and wrote fanfic about my OC characters. I guess maybe some of them consider it plagiarism. I've been plagiarized before (one of my VA fics actually) and it is NOT a good feeling.

I know exactly what you mean when you say fighting with every word - sometimes it's like that for me, too. It used to be like that all the time, but not anymore. Lately, it's only occasionally. I wrote this VA oneshot in less than an hour - without stopping, the words were just flowing. Only a month ago that would be something unimaginable for me. And I feel the same about my OC story. It's definitely a huge challenge and while I don't think I'll ever give up on it, I'm not sure if I'm ready to write it just yet. I will try, though, and see what happens.
I think your writing is really good for someone who's new to this. Natural talent I started writing fanfiction a year ago and that's actually when I started to really write. Everything before that was meaningless and it happened rarely. And a month ago, I believe, I started writing on daily bases and I noticed improvement. I always say - the more you write, the better you write. It all comes with practice and since I have a LOT to learn, I'd better start working
I don't think it's fair to the readers to leave the story incomplete. I can understand why that happens, but it still doesn't make it right. That's why I never rush into publishing stories before they're complete. I know people rarely do that, but I prefer it that way, because I won't disappoint the readers and it's better for me because I can easily change something if I think it needs to be changed, I can take my time, I can delete the whole thing and start over if I want to. The first chapter of my OC story was written about 7 months ago - if it was published then, it would have been a terrible story I now have a completely different version.
I read I Hear Your Voice and I loved it. But I know what you mean, you progress over time. I would be extremely embarrassed if someone was to read the stuff I wrote a few months ago. It's just... *shudders* awful. Really badly written. Not yours, though. The story is really good. I would like to read more chapters of that, I have to say.
I like experimenting with pairings, but some things are just sick I mean, yesterday I came across a Twilight lemon (didn't read it, though) about Bella and her father. Who writes that kind of stuff?? Disgusting.
Yeah, I supposed some writers consider fanfiction plagiarism. I wouldn't agree - it's not like we're actually making any money writing it or claiming that we thought of the whole thing first, right? Some fanfiction writers plagiarize each other, though, and I think it's a horrible thing to do. I'm sorry it happened to you, I know I would be really pissed off if someone did that to me. Luckily, it never happened to me - not that I know of, at least

Phoenix wrote:

I know exactly what you mean when you say fighting with every word - sometimes it's like that for me, too. It used to be like that all the time, but not anymore. Lately, it's only occasionally. I wrote this VA oneshot in less than an hour - without stopping, the words were just flowing. Only a month ago that would be something unimaginable for me. And I feel the same about my OC story. It's definitely a huge challenge and while I don't think I'll ever give up on it, I'm not sure if I'm ready to write it just yet. I will try, though, and see what happens.
I think your writing is really good for someone who's new to this. Natural talent I started writing fanfiction a year ago and that's actually when I started to really write. Everything before that was meaningless and it happened rarely. And a month ago, I believe, I started writing on daily bases and I noticed improvement. I always say - the more you write, the better you write. It all comes with practice and since I have a LOT to learn, I'd better start working
I don't think it's fair to the readers to leave the story incomplete. I can understand why that happens, but it still doesn't make it right. That's why I never rush into publishing stories before they're complete. I know people rarely do that, but I prefer it that way, because I won't disappoint the readers and it's better for me because I can easily change something if I think it needs to be changed, I can take my time, I can delete the whole thing and start over if I want to. The first chapter of my OC story was written about 7 months ago - if it was published then, it would have been a terrible story I now have a completely different version.
I read I Hear Your Voice and I loved it. But I know what you mean, you progress over time. I would be extremely embarrassed if someone was to read the stuff I wrote a few months ago. It's just... *shudders* awful. Really badly written. Not yours, though. The story is really good. I would like to read more chapters of that, I have to say.
I like experimenting with pairings, but some things are just sick I mean, yesterday I came across a Twilight lemon (didn't read it, though) about Bella and her father. Who writes that kind of stuff?? Disgusting.
Yeah, I supposed some writers consider fanfiction plagiarism. I wouldn't agree - it's not like we're actually making any money writing it or claiming that we thought of the whole thing first, right? Some fanfiction writers plagiarize each other, though, and I think it's a horrible thing to do. I'm sorry it happened to you, I know I would be really pissed off if someone did that to me. Luckily, it never happened to me - not that I know of, at least

Omg getting plagiarized is possibly the worst experience I've had. lol I just felt so... used. This person didn't steal my entire fic or anything like that. But she took passages from my story and used it in her own and people were giving her reviews on the parts that I'd written saying it was beautiful and everything. Omg I just felt so horrible and upset. I notified the community mod (because she'd posted her fic on LJ) and it was taken down. I think. But it was also on fanfic.net so I left her a review saying that I wanted her to take out the parts that she'd stolen from my fic. I probably should've like waged war on her or something, but I can't bring myself to be like that. I was really torn up about it though because I'd put a lot of effort into my words. Like I said, I fight with them.

This is why I can understand why some authors don't like fanfic. To me though, I find fanfic to be the highest compliment to that work. Seriously, what better than to have someone love your work so much that they want to live in it? lol I actually kind of feel that once an author's work is out there, it's not really theirs anymore. It's the readers. I know it doesn't actually *belong* to the reader, and the author deserves all the credit for writing it. I guess what I mean is that the author may have created it, but once someone reads it and connects with it, it's their's too. I wonder if that makes any sense at all.

Wow, I'm really quite ecstatic to read such positive reviews of my older stuff. I don't get many, or well, I don't feel like I get many. Compared to a lot of the crap I've seen on fanfic getting hundreds of reviews... and I've only got like 20. That sounds petty, but it's the way I feel. I love all of the reviews I have on my work, and I love having readers. If I could think of more chapters for that fic, I would try to write it. I don't know if I'll ever come back to that one because it was more like self-fanservice. lol I'd just finished reading SK and was agonizing over waiting for BP, and that was the end result. I think I have to move on from those fics for now. If I had any ideas for them, of course I would continue. I just don't have any at the moment.

With my OC fic, I feel as though I won't be able to finish writing it. I've only written two complete chapters, and right now I'm working on the third. I know every important detail in my fic and I know where it ends. I guess I'm more worried about having the motivation. This is also the first time I've ever had a plot, so I'm still excited about it. And I love my characters. lol Ok, they need to be together. I have a couple of excerpts written from later on in the fic. The words in them may change, but not the overall story. At least I have that. Ch1 of my fic was written months ago as well, but I've been revising it and now, it's probably the best it will ever be. I had quite a bit of help with it though. I wrote it all myself, but my sister and Kim (SecretMagic) have been challenging me to write it differently. In fact, I probably wouldn't have a story, or characters for that matter, if it weren't for Kim. So far, they love the story. Or well, what they've read of it. This gives me confidence that I can do it well, even if I feel as though I'm not ready to write it. But if I don't write it now, then when?

I should probably start writing every day. Authors say this all of the time, but it's a lot harder to do in practice. There are some people who have an abundance of ideas to go around, but not me. lol Normally when I have the urge to write, I'm just sitting at my computer waiting for something to come to me and I don't usually get any writing done. Maybe I'll just start typing random words every day. I wonder if that counts as writing. lol

Like I said, I can understand authors who don't like people writing fanfiction about their characters. To me, though, it would be a huge compliment. We all know fanfiction is written because fans love the world the author has created too much to let it go. So I would think it's awesome. And yeah, it makes sense what you said. It belongs to the author but it's reader's, too, in a way.

It seems like 20 is not much compared to other stories, but you have to consider the number of chapters, too. There are a lot of people who leave a review for each chapter. So you have, for example, Anya Violetta whose fanfic got 2000 review and it had 100 chapters. 2000 sounds like a lot but it basically 20 reviews per chapter - just like you got. I guess what takes to get a lot of reviews is write well, write a lot and try to get people hear about your story. Not that I had much success with reviews

When it comes to planning the whole plot, I noticed that for some people it works to plan every single detail before starting to write and for some it works better to just jump into it with a very basic idea. I usually chose the latter, but with my OC story I'd felt like I won't be able to make it work that way. So I tried to figure everything out before writing and I must say that that didn't work well either I kept wanting to actually write and wasn't able to come up with all those ideas at once. So now I'm trying to do a little of both - plan some things I believe it's necessary and let the others develop as I write. We'll see how that goes.

I'm not one of those people who have so many ideas that they don't even have the time to write it all down. It happens to me often that I want to write but have no idea what to write about and I end up staring at a blank page. But I realized it doesn't really matter what you write - it doesn't have to be something you'll publish on fanfic.net or anything. The point is that you write - and enjoy it. So I usually write something completely useless, but I have fun with it and sometimes it even gives me an idea for an actual story. I really enjoy writing about my OC so I can use her for anything - I just put her in some random situation and have fun with it and sometimes I can actually use what I write for the actual story about her.

Phoenix wrote:

When it comes to planning the whole plot, I noticed that for some people it works to plan every single detail before starting to write and for some it works better to just jump into it with a very basic idea. I usually chose the latter, but with my OC story I'd felt like I won't be able to make it work that way. So I tried to figure everything out before writing and I must say that that didn't work well either I kept wanting to actually write and wasn't able to come up with all those ideas at once. So now I'm trying to do a little of both - plan some things I believe it's necessary and let the others develop as I write. We'll see how that goes.

I've noticed that for me, I plan out as much as I can beforehand. I HAVE to know how the whole thing begins and ends. Everything in between is pretty much free for me to play with I guess. I haven't written much, but I have a general idea of where I want each chapter to end and what has to happen to get to that point. But anything else... no clue. I've noticed I've added in a few minor conflicts as well, just to keep things interesting.

Phoenix wrote:

I'm not one of those people who have so many ideas that they don't even have the time to write it all down. It happens to me often that I want to write but have no idea what to write about and I end up staring at a blank page. But I realized it doesn't really matter what you write - it doesn't have to be something you'll publish on fanfic.net or anything. The point is that you write - and enjoy it. So I usually write something completely useless, but I have fun with it and sometimes it even gives me an idea for an actual story. I really enjoy writing about my OC so I can use her for anything - I just put her in some random situation and have fun with it and sometimes I can actually use what I write for the actual story about her.

Somehow last night I got into this writing mood. Something just hit me and then I started writing this ultimate nookie scene using my OC character. It turns out, that wasn't working so well, and then I switched povs to her mate. It was really interesting, and I found I had a lot more ideas just from switching the pov. I might even use it sometime as a oneshot. I'd been debating over whether I should include any M-rated scenes in my fic and decided against it so that my sister could read it. lol So I probably won't have it in the actual fic. It was fun though. I'll have to try doing something like that again. I might even try putting my OC into random situations like you suggested.

dimkaluv wrote:

Somehow last night I got into this writing mood. Something just hit me and then I started writing this ultimate nookie scene using my OC character. It turns out, that wasn't working so well, and then I switched povs to her mate. It was really interesting, and I found I had a lot more ideas just from switching the pov. I might even use it sometime as a oneshot. I'd been debating over whether I should include any M-rated scenes in my fic and decided against it so that my sister could read it. lol So I probably won't have it in the actual fic. It was fun though. I'll have to try doing something like that again. I might even try putting my OC into random situations like you suggested.

Great, I'm glad you had fun with it And that's good, experimenting with povs and stuff.
I had decided very early on that my OC story is going to be M-rated. I think it's suits her