What are your consistent writing habits?

[nene]

Oop I do the exact same thing most of the time

[Leyelle]

I like writing different family dynamics too, though they often have a mixture of some happy, some not. Rarely are any of the families entirely happy, but there will be one kind/mature parent, or a close knit set of siblings and things like that.

[thisisadriane]

Hey, new author in Tapas here. I used to be a fanfic writer and I would say that these are what I've noticed from my 10ish fanfics (which will probably continue into my original work ):

1. The main characters are not the main characters. I mostly write BL, and the main couple is almost always described from another character's POV. And, honestly, after a decade of writing online, it became my niche.

2. There's always a protective older figure; mostly males, but I've written female ones too. They can either be an actual parent, a mentor, a sibling, a friend. There's always one.

3. Strong tea/coffee/cafe culture. My first work is very descriptive when it comes to the afternoon spread they're having on the table. Second one revolves around cat cafes. My last one involves a group of spies working in a cafe, serving teas and coffees. There will always be a character that always has a tea party somewhere. And, surprise surprise, my penname is Tea Cup.

4. The main theme with my stories is spies/crime/secret agent. I've done other things, but this is almost always my one consistent 'thing'.

I feel like I should avoid doing the same theme over and over again, but I cannot not write these!

[Leyelle]

I feel like I should avoid doing the same theme over and over again, but I cannot not write these!

XD, It might be fun to challenge yourself sometimes though. I do. I rarely write action stories but I tried that recently. it's a nice writing challenge/exercise

[thisisadriane]

I actually did! Once though, and already that is very uncharacteristic of me. No organized crime, no murder, no police, nothing. Just a high school puppy love story that lasted about 20-something chapters. I surprised myself with how that lasted that long (it was meant to be short).

[Leyelle]

I have a habit of making my stories much longer than previously planned as well XD

[Leyelle]

Here's a weird one I've done twice:

People who are bad at being vegan/vegetarian.

I have some very faithful vegetarians/vegans (Holy Star in my novel "Damsel in the Red Dress" is one of them.)

But then I have some people who want to be vegetarian or vegan but aren't...exactly.

Texas is usually pretty good at be vegetarian, but she has a weakness for bacon. On the other hand, Jinho genuinely dislikes eating animal products altogether, but his bff/roommate/business partner does manual labor for a living and needs much more protein than the vegan diet can provide for him, so they compromised to eat poultry, seafood and dairy, but no mammals. They do still eat vegan meals pretty regularly, but they mix both of their eating habits.

[NGChloe]

The world ends
Gods and Demons
Large cast based around a city location
Lesbians and other types of queer people
A primarily female cast
misspelling Its vs It's
Fascist dictators and cults
racism and other social commentary

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[remiquise]

1. There is abuse somewhere and it's almost always a huge part of the story.

2. If there is family there's like a 90% chance they're awful. Usually they're the ones being abusive.

3. Though it depends on the story and world, I do a lot of supernatural x regular, kinda lack-luster person. I got two (three when my next one starts posting) comic where this supernatural being falls for some slob who can barely afford rent lol, and one where a robot falls in love with just... some dude.

4. If I'm mentioning a childhood it's probably miserable.

5. There is probably one boy who looks like a girl--- if not more.

6. I got a LOT of immortals/long lived/characters who can regenerate injuries who REALLY want to die.

[raspberry590]

more of a thing I do to counter a bad habit, but I try to remind myself to include more dialogue and actions and less descriptions in every chapter. I always get super drawn into details as I write (about the characters emotions, observations, the setting, the tension in the air, the way they perceive other characters) and I need to remind myself that for a webnovel especially I've got to keep things moving more

[binahwrites]

Found family: most of my writing has a pair of friends or friend group that grows into a family, which I think is my favorite dynamic.

General descriptions for monsters: be it a titan, a moonlight beast, or a M.S.S case I like to give a good description of what makes this monster a monster, when I do general horror I leave things unanswered or undescribed so the reader can project some of their fears of the unknown into them.

just be funny: I like to get a good joke or a fun word game here and there, I have said it before I love writing for Higen as he sees modern technology as literal magic.

Read between the lines: I tend to give hints about hidden things going on with the characters within the descriptions of how they say something or how they act

I think those are mine

[Leyelle]

I do the same thing lol. I love narrating too much

[Leyelle]

Here's another weird one I noticed I keep doing.

Sets of female roommates that are Dominican and Filipino. I've done it twice, maybe three times.

[dimsum_y]

Outcast Protagonist: My protagonist is usually stuck between 2 different communities/worlds/lives & is outcasted for not fitting in either. This is based on my personal experience c:
Interracial Couple: My main couple are either interracial, from different ethnicities, or from different countries. This often leads to their families either opposing to their relationship or one of the families being extremely against it since in their world, it goes against tradition.
Opposite Personalities: Either my main couple has clashing personalities (at first) or their personalities end up complementing each other, often surprising others. This is inspired by my journey with my significant other.
Street Gossips: Often times, my characters would overhear street gossip or listen to tavern/teahouse storytelling which often features fanfiction stories about the characters themselves Usually, half of the stories are true or more false than true, which adds to humor or jabs.
Cultural Inspiration: I like to incorporate some of my cultural/heritage elements into the story whether that means my culture's system of reincarnation, the supernatural/magical aspect, the holidays/festivals, or the mob mentality against the protagonist's goals.

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[rmmanlapit2023]

Strong Powerful Women makes my writing worth it.
And I make sure they look the part too!
So I have to make my Male Protagonists Strong, Kind and Brilliant enough not to be emasculated...
Or at least feel as such.

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[Leyelle]

Street Gossips: Often times, my characters would overhear street gossip or listen to tavern/teahouse storytelling which often features fanfiction stories about the characters themselves Usually, half of the stories are true or more false than true, which adds to humor or jabs.

are your MCs famous?

[dimsum_y]

More like they're "notorious" or famously misunderstood by the masses since they are gray-area characters or don't often abide by society's standards

My protagonist/FL is outcasted by an ancient society of people who can be superstitious and share a mob mentality (inspired by my culture; still like this today)--and the ML, well, doesn't like to beat around the bush a lot c: The fanfiction stories are just gossip/rumors that are largely exaggerated with little or half-truths, often popular at many family gatherings with a magical/supernatural twist today.

[mccoyamandamarie]

Yes, all the stories I'm working on have a lot of family dynamic in them. The story I currently have published "Dead Body Girl" has a main character that's in a really fun and happy found family, but they are super poor. And then the new character that's kind of part of the inciting incident, is from a really cold and uncaring family, that's super rich.