Personally I tend to wait till a particular genre or theme catches my interest outside of a fetish context. Because of particular piece of vanilla media that I'm obsessed with during that moment in time. Then I'll come up with a particular concept that I think could be mined for content. With a vague idea of a beginning an ending some themes I could use.
Then I tend to break it down into layers of planning. Since I'm only interested in writing longer stories. I'll start with the top layer which is the very-very long term beginning and end. Then I'll break that down into different sections. Then break down those sections into arcs. With a vague idea of what the current arc and the next two after it will contain before writing.
Characters are kind of tricky. I start with a basic personality or vibe I think might work. But they tend to only really start having depth once I'm actively writing them into scenes. I've had throwaway characters become more important cause the audience liked them. Or because I felt I found myself writing some great stuff for them.
Then I tend to break it down into layers of planning. Since I'm only interested in writing longer stories. I'll start with the top layer which is the very-very long term beginning and end. Then I'll break that down into different sections. Then break down those sections into arcs. With a vague idea of what the current arc and the next two after it will contain before writing.
Characters are kind of tricky. I start with a basic personality or vibe I think might work. But they tend to only really start having depth once I'm actively writing them into scenes. I've had throwaway characters become more important cause the audience liked them. Or because I felt I found myself writing some great stuff for them.
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