what's your favorite aspect when you are writing?

[Ral_062]

For me it would be the antagonist, they screw with the MC and i could make them either pure evil, consumed by their greed or others, a broken individual or just an dick to the MC for no reason at all.

What's yours?

 

[AnEmberOfSundown]

Dialogue, hands down. Specifically my deuteragonist, she's my id and gets to say all the things I want to say.

 

[Wamba2K]

I love world building. Even in contemporary stories, world building can be so much fun. Coming up with cities and how they function and how transportation happens and what that means for the characters.
For example, in my romance story; there's a country spanning bullet train system called the 'Rova' which basically reinvigorated everything. Because the country is huge but populations are basically clustered in small areas. But the protagonist is from a small town that wasn't connected to the Rova. This means that as the country developed and prioritized Rova usage, towns not on the Rova slowly became less relevant and fell into poverty.
This is how world building can entirely change a story. Because what could've been a pointless background detail is now a hinge point in a character's backstory.

 

[Xeoz]

When I get into dilemma. 5 scenarios. Branching them out one by one, taking me hours.

 

[Wamba2K]

When I get into dilemma. 5 scenarios. Branching them out one by one, taking me hours.

That's a unique strat. How much detail do you usually go into in the scenarios?

 

[Xeoz]

That's a unique strat. How much detail do you usually go into in the scenarios?

Not that much. It's like a blueprint. Yes or no. That's pretty much it. Can I write something off it? Does it expand my story? Plotholes? Pros and cons.

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

The exploratory discovery aspect of it and making connections that build things up throughout the story and tie things up near the end of the story.

 

[Tetrahedron]

its world. It's my favorite craft

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Those little moments that stand out, either because they turn the story on its ear, change the relationships between characters, or are just "cute" or "silly."

 

[CinnaSloth]

My favourite thing about writing are the parallels, or the foil between characters. not even just between antagonist vs protagonist, i mean ALL characters.

I enjoy writing similarities between lots of characters, but having them use those similarities in different ways, or having them complete plastic molds of one another, except for one very specific aspect about them that makes them act as complete opposites. or mixing them all.
Ex:
A group of four. 2 tall, 2 short. 2 boys, 2 girls, 2 strong, 2 smart, 3 brave, 1 scared, 3 fighters, 1 cant fight,
You'd figure ah, the 3 brave has to include the 2 strong characters, but no. 1 of the characters who can't fight is a strong, tall guy. meanwhile that would mean there's 1 guy and 2 girls who can fight. 1 of the girls is the scared one. meaning only 1 guy and 1 girl are brave enough to fight, even though the 2nd girl can, she won't.
I think things like this make a story fun. although, written like this would be complex for the writer.
for a writer it'd look more like this on a random sheet of paper:
guy 1 - tall, brave, strong, can't fight
guy 2 - short, brave, smart, fighter
girl 1 - tall, brave, strong, fighter
girl 2 - short, afraid, smart, fighter

there is also nothing better in a story than the moment you find yourself standing behind one character for years, and years later reread the same book, only to find yourself now standing with the other. Pure Cinema.

 

[Eldoria]

Well, when it comes to meta-aspects, what I love most is when a narrative successfully encapsulates social discourse into a coherent social critique that's relevant to real-world issues.

Internally, I enjoy writing heartwarming scenes like the sweet interactions between a mother and her little daughter, moments of sharing with the children at an orphanage, and darker elements like a hero's sacrifice, a husband and wife's final farewell message due to tragedy, and a conscience that doesn't turn away from truth. These are the scenes that make me cry when I write them.

 

[Macha]

Well, when it comes to meta-aspects, what I love most is when a narrative successfully encapsulates social discourse into a coherent social critique that's relevant to real-world issues.

You forget the part about the social critique being polite. Because coherent alone don't make an Eldoria. You need to be polite and coherent at the same time.

 

[Eldoria]

You forget the part about the social critique being polite. Because coherent alone don't make an Eldoria. You need to be polite and coherent at the same time.

I can't be polite about something that's harsh and cruel. Because the sounds of screams, anger, and tragedy are often heard more than the disguised polite voice.

 

[Racosharko]

Procrastinating

 

[CanOfTuna]

When you finally get the idea for the scene right before sleeping

 

[Nekyo]

The jokes, the character moments where they'd look so cute with their reactions, the moments where they realize how much they care about each other, the fights definitely, they have to be so epic for my own amusement. The techniques or power reveals! Might be bias but I think they look so cool, I love them so much.

I'll admit thinking it sometimes is more fun than the actual writing part, but looking back on it, I am very glad how it's coming together.