The creative process..., What you usually do. Options

[valkan]

Everyone goes about doing it a different way. Usually if I wanna write a new fanfic chapter, I'll play a game or watch an anime over and over again.



.....That was when I CREATED my stories. To get new chapters out of that.....I tend to read alot of books and other fanfics until I become inspired to create something of my own.



How do you do it?

[Endless]

I don't do too many fanfics, I prefer to come up with my own stories. My process is to come up with a main character; basic personality, appearance, basic background, and name. The name is always the hardest part. After I get the main character down I kind of let them dwell inside my subconscious. Every time I'm bored or want to get my mine off what I've doing, I ask him/her random questions.

"What would you do in such and such situation?"
"Why is your personality like that?"
"What was your childhood like?"

Stuff like that. Overtime they become more developed. Then I come up with a basic plot by borrowing ideas from anime, games, books, music, dreams, or just about anything. I throw that character into that plot and just see what happens. After the story is complete, I start writing.