Story authors

Some questions for my fellow writers of FF just out of curiousity: do you start writing with a character, plot or a scenario first. Where do your story ideas come from? Do you post your stories with a firm plot structure/plan in place or do you let the story evolve as you write?

Oh boy, I love talking about my writing process, thanks for asking.

Most my stories (unsurprisingly) stem from my own fantasies, what I find most enjoyable. Usually just scenes will crop into my head, and I'll give it a lot of thought and see if it can expand.

TBH, most can't. The most they can be is short stories, if not just basically one scene.

But some of the ideas I have I find have legs. They get more delicious the more plot I add, as far as I'm concerned. I find the ones that do offer me an idea to explore through the story. Dream Dungeon is honestly about what people may be afraid kink is vs how great it can be when it's done with someone who cares. Too Big To Handle is about what people tell you you should want vs being unafraid enough to go after what it is you actually do want. The Contract is about... I'll let that story grow a little more before I spoiler it

Once I know what it's about, once I know it has legs, an outline kinda just forms in my head? I know the ending of any longer piece I make (except a few of the earlier ones... wonder why I didn't finish them. Though I do know DD's ending, I just had Life come up which kept me from completing it... yet). I know the major "tent poles" if you will, the major moments that drive the story. I don't always know the smaller moments and I feel like I discover a lot along the way. Sometimes I have to change tent pole moments when I've realize my story no longer built to them or my characters no longer did (i.e. Did you know Ari in TBTH was supposed to have a brother that passed away? Of course not, it later proved to not be important to the story).

So I guess I'd say it's a mixture of the two. There is an "outline" in my head, but I allow the story to also grow organically. I have moments in writing where I have to pause and really think, which leads to me deleting things, because I realize while what I'm writing works for the *scene* it doesn't support the overall story I'm trying to tell. My last chapter of The Contract was like that, I wrote it one way... but realized I had written fine good scene but not one that fit my story. So I had to edit a lot of it until it came to a place I felt like was going to actually build to what I want it to be, to where the story needs to get to.

But usually, the organic stuff is what makes writing fun sometimes. In a way, even though I know the ending, I don't always know how we're exactly going to get there. It can be stressful when you wished you set up something earlier or wish you didn't make a promise in chapter 1 that you no longer, like... want to fulfill. But I think TV shows have the same pain, it's just part of writing for something that you have to publish part of before you've actually written the whole thing.

Hope that helps somewhat Or maybe it was just cathartic for me to write

For me, the scenario always come first - I'll get some idea of oh, hey, this would be pretty cool to write about - it'll probably be a fleeting glimmer of arousal from something entirely unrelated that I'll make a note of and develop into something writable later. I have a couple on my phone right now.

I do a lot of writing elsewhere and for me the scenario/situation/core concept always comes first. I know writers who focus on characters, and writers who will write a whole thing just to set up a funny line they thought of, and there's no wrong approach - just different ways of enjoying it.

One thing I don't want, personally, is long plots with highly-developed characters, and I see so many of those that honestly it's gotten to the point where if I see a story where the main character is even named, I just skip it. If I wanted to read an actual story with character development and the like, I'd look elsewhere - the chance of a writer being really good at both actual story stuff and feederism stuff is super slim. (But maybe that's why I've not yet been able to get into rp.)

I write in the first and second person so neither me nor the reader get bogged down in unnecessary stuff like character details. It's always about what happens and what situation the characters end up in - it's just about the feederism stuff. That way I don't really end up with a plot, but more of an explanation for how this crazy situation I've come up with can develop from the reader's assumed starting point.

Usually it’s a basic premise first.
With some stories it’s just a fantasy about a particular person. Sometimes it’s based off a real relationship but I take it to a dark place that it couldn’t go in real life.

My favourite stories are ones that take an idea for how a fattening could happen and take it through to its logical conclusion.

Thanks for the very thoughtful reply, LitMistress. Would you ever post any one shots or is there a reason why you prefer to post longer stories with a plot and some form of overarching meaning? Just curious because I enjoy reading a lot of one shots and stories that don't go beyond well written smut but find that sort of thing difficult to write myself. Most of my stories either start with a scenario or a weight gain story trope that I'd like to put my own twist on but find it impossible to proceed without a sense of who the characters are as for me this informs the power dynamic between the main characters and where the main conflict/tension of the plot comes from.

I guess it's just human nature to admire/envy people who have skills that you lack but over time I've stopped feeling deprived of being a more prolific pure smut peddler and just leaned into being more character focused. I've definitely found it's been a benefit of getting back into writing after a long hiatus that it's not that difficult to pick up stories where they were left off because it's fairly easy to slip back into characters and in a way they "tell me" what's going to happen next.



Ah yeah, Dream Dungeon was a great story. Hopefully you'll find the time and mental/life space to finish it. Just wondering what's the most unexpected way one of your stories has changed during the writing process?

Ha, yes, I definitely think the Notes app on the phones of most people who write wg fiction would make some interesting reading.

Thanks for the reply. To be honest I'd never stumbled across any of your writing before so I'm having a nice time working my way through your stories.



Well, I'm not as strict as you. I do feel like a bit of character development can heighten things if the story has a shame/humiliation theme (which tbh is very much My Thing) and if the quality of the writing is good enough I can enjoy something that's more character/plot development but yeah... I do feel like this website's very limited criteria for "quality" is very skewed towards very long stories posted in multiple parts while shorter stories (which tend to be the pure feedist smut/erotica) sink very quickly.

Funnily enough that's one of the reasons I've since moved my writing to tumblr (which is why I don't have a lot of writing on my profile). It's nice to post on FF and know that for a few hours your story is on top of the world, but it doesn't last long. Posting on tumblr can feel like yelling into a void sometimes, but so long as someone's reblogging, your work is always relevant. I find it a lot more validating.

If you were interested in seeing more of my stuff, I'm yourfattestcow (yourfattestcow.tumblr.com), but my blog is marked explicit even though there's no pictures on it so you might have an easier time looking through the 'by yours truly' tag on tumbex (tumbex.com/yourfattestcow.tumblr/posts)


I guess there's a use case for it. It's definitely a skill to be able to write a long-form, relatively mundane plot, but still make it both interesting and hot. You make a good point about the parts of this kink that are rooted in character requiring character development to work well - that's not something I'd considered. More power to you, if you're blessed with that skill. I guess I have some reading to do.

For my story I usually set out (in a list or mentally) the rough outlines of the story. So main character, why is she going to gain weight and usually a main feeder. I usually also develop the background surroundings (offices/ cities/ fantasy worlds/ islands) as well, but that is also partly done throughout the writing.

Then I decide on some fun scenes. Things I want to work towards in the story. I usually try to find some stuff for all weight gain stages. For example, tight clothes for the first pounds, trouble with exercise when she gets chubby, realizing she eats much more than normal people when she gets fat, then a scene breaking a chair and so on and so on. That way I have some guide lines on where I need to work towards in the story, but also what things you need to hint at earlier in the story.

Then for the first chapter I try to do an extensive description of the main character(s). Body description, but also show a bit of their personality. So I usually don't get into gaining straight away. Then usually the main plot thing happens and the over eating and gaining starts.

That is a rough layout on how I write my stories. If you ever want some suggestions I would be happy to help.

Most of my stories start out as a fantasy/daydream. I usually start writing with a basic plot in mind from that fantasy/daydream. I usually name the characters as I write. I do find it important to me and my potential readers that the story gets write to the point. I introduce my characters and a weigh I go with the story.

Been a while since I've written much, especially on FF, but I'm trying to get back into it. I tend to start with the scenario and work from there. Though, in some cases--Out of the Moonlight, for instance--I'll have some sort of weird structure or narrative trick that I'm trying explore, with varying levels of success...