Heyy! Thank you! I wrote this when I was really young so I can’t remember exactly everything I did.
For plot, I developed the character(s) I planned on adding first. I knew I wanted to add my own character, so I created Genevieve and her friend group. After creating them, I asked myself how they would impact the current plot line, and the conflicts developed themselves! Don’t be afraid to change what people are familiar with, that’s what keeps people hooked.
What helped my writing process was that I wrote multiple chapters (I was always at least 3 chapters ahead for Little Annotations) before releasing them, which gave me comfort knowing that I could go back and edit any small detail before publishing.