Redemonlord

aww definitely not! in fact, i very much appreciate it. im glad you liked my story enough to talk about it :)

@soraskeli77 hehe.. first chapter uploaded >:)

@Redemonlord  I feel that to many ideas not enough space in the world to put them all

@Rummerii if you do tell me I want to read this 

the key here is conflict: your plot has to be centered around multiple conflicts. it shouldnt have too much for it too get out of hand (like The Scarlet Scent was) and it shouldnt go from conflict A —> B —> C. the tip that really helped with this was to make the characters try to solve conflicts A and B together which might potentiallg lead them to creating C so make them solve C which makes fhem realize they should solve A and B the CORRECT way (this is the lesson they will learn throughout the story) 
            
            in order to write a really good story too, i always figure out who the characters are and their backstories. then, i figure out what internal conflicts theyre dealing with (example: yunho and mingi and their morals when it came to drinking from humans in The Scarlet Scent) then, i come up with 3 problems for them to deal with outside of their internal conflicts
            - so, as they attempt to solve these conflicts the characters grow and understand the lesson they need to learn (theme) 
            
            in terms of writing (prose, metaphors, paragraph structure, etc.) i think what rlly helps is looking at the structure and the way things are written in fics or actual books that u read. taking apart pieces of something that struck me as mind blowing led me to developing the prose i have today which evolves with time like really the only thing you can do with that is practice 
            
            i hope this was helpful and made a little bit of sense at least i know i tend to ramble; thank you for asking and for trying to get better at your craft it takes a lot to actively try to improve
            
            if my advice helped and you ever write something youre really proud of  id love to read it  :)

HIIII THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO ME AND MAKING CONVERSATION i just saw this today so sorry if this is a little late  
            
            those are such difficult but amazing questions! 
            
            The Scarlet Scent is slowly becoming one of my older works and i feel like in my newer works it actually feels like i know what im doing but to answer both your questions im gonna use this work as an example
            
            initially, this all started with one tumblr post about two vampires, lying on the carpet staring at the ceiling and describing their features to each other bc they couldn’t use a mirror. i actually planned to use that exact scene the post described but i just forgot. anyway, that post made me realize that i needed vampire yungi right this second and at first, i only had the vibe and some parameters (example: slow burn, tension, rivals (?)) thats all i had and the more i thought about it the more i realized i couldnt get that in a modern vampire au and MODERN is the keyword here which led me to the word HISTORICAL and at the time, i knew a LOT about U.S. history and didnt want to put in the effort to learn the history of anywhere else in so much detail and i basically just let yungi make their own decisions through that setting / timeline 
            
            as for the plot, looking back i feel like the plot was repetitive / predictable and not that good and once i realized that was happening in my other fics too i started searching for a solution. 

I LOVE SWITCHES BUT POWER BOTTOM YUNHO FOR THE WIN FR FR !!

technically it is a happy ending but as you probably know its sort of an open ending up to interpretation but the premise was originally going to be sad and i ended up holding myself back

of course, your writing was so intriguing i just couldnt resist 

STOP IT YOURE SO SWEET ILY