So… here’s me explaining how I came up with the stories that I have and some other stuff about it. Why am I doing this? IDK I feel like writing a blog all of a sudden so here it is LOL

Cousins With Benefits:

So this is the first ever story that I posted on AFF. I have been on this site for 3 years. One year here is spent on solely reading. Although I do write, I haven’t got the courage to post anything online before. During this time, I have been addicted to two authors and most of their stories were LOL so I got inspired to write my own. How did I get the idea?

During a vacation with my cousins, I was reading a lot . IDK Y T'was so weird tho XD And when I got home from the vacation, I suddenly felt like writing so I did and somehow, I couldn’t stop and it became a full-blown story. I was skeptical posting it up. I was like, “OMG MY DEBUT STORY IS GOING TO BE THIS?! WHAT?!” And I was also nervous because I’ve never written before but I was like, “What the hell? Probs worth a try.” Ended up being the most subbed to fic that I have LOL.

He’s not Jealous:

I wrote this in the middle of writing for CWB lol. My brain is just soooo… excited? A new idea pops up and it’s just thinking about it non-stop until I cave in LOL So how did I come up with this idea? I think I was reading some bestfriend!aus and this just suddenly popped in my head? I don’t remember as much but yes, it was probably that LOL I made this without much thought at all. I just had the first chapter suddenly typed out so I was like, “Well okay. I’ve started it so might as well continue.” I just winged the story from then on but I entered it into a contest so I told myself to take it more seriously and plot things out. It’s supposed to be ending soon but with the plotting that I did, I decided to extend it ^^

Lifeline:

I have actually got this plot stuck in my head after listening to Justin Bieber’s Cold Water a few times. It was really weird because it’s such an upbeat song but I came up with a story about depression LOL. The lyrics, to me, just had a much deeper meaning and I guess our discussion of depression in class (I’m a Psychology student) also contributed a lot. Originally, I planned the story out with Jaehyun (from NCT) as the lead bc I was strangely addicted to NCT at that time but I stumbled upon this contest and saw Chanyeol as an option for the main character so yeah XD Also, “Purpose” helped me with the OC a lot. I played that song whenever I needed to describe how her depression felt and all. This story honestly triggered me LOL

The Sacrifice:

I was watching MAMA and Baekhyun’s solo flippin’ killed me. I was so shoOoOoOoOok and couldn’t stop thinking about it! I know their concept was about cyborgs or something but I saw this fancam of Baek’s solo and it was entitled “The Sacrifice” and BAM! LOL My report about the seven deadly sins for my Religious Education class also played a part. Cause then I was thinking of demons and possession and there you have it, The Sacrifice was born! I had a hard time with it though. It took me a lot of thinking but now I’m pretty satisfied with it. I took a lot of inspiration for the ending chap in me being a Psychology student too. XD

The 3 Haves:

This is a story I randomly came up with in the middle of updating for another too. I forgot what I was writing at that time, probably HNJ or something then I decided to take a break and lie down. I was on my phone and I remembered going through my messages that time (because I was looking for a particular one that I may or may not use against my best friend to prove something lol) and I bumped into one that was rather strange.

The contact name was “Can’t Have You.” I opened it and realized it was the last message sent to me by the guy I “used” to really, really like. I named him that on my contacts because he is fairly out of my league and he had a girlfriend. So yes, the man I want to have was born!

Then there was a random message my ex sent me via messenger that same night so the man I could’ve had came to be and lastly, a few days before this fateful night lol, one of my best friends told me he has a thing for me but I couldn’t reciprocate his feelings ‘cause I seriously only think of him as a best friend, a brother even and nothing else beyond that, so then I came up with the man who can’t have me.

This was also winged for the first few chapters then it started to take shape and OMG It’s almost done! Like two chaps and it’s over! (Lol, I think hehe^^”)

At Least Once:

The sequel to CWB! It’s not what people expected because Sehun is kinda the main in this one. How’d I come up with this? Soooo… in the story Sehun was already showing interest in the OC. He was very fond of Bada and since he’s part of my holy trinity, I was like what the hell? Why not make him a lead? Chanyeol and Baekhyun got their spotlight so it should be uri Sehunie’s turn. I was also hit with sudden Sehun feels during this time. IDK I guess I was reading a Sehun fic and ended up being so attached to it hence the feels and me wanting to write about him. XD

The Fault Of Our Hearts:

This. Damn, my feels were all over the damn place while writing this. I was listening to All I Ask by Adele and had my heart ripping apart for some reason then I see a contest hosted by one of my fave authors (vanillasushi OMG forever love u <333) So I got all excited because the song was filling my head with all sorts of scenarios until I ended up with “The Fault Of Our Hearts.” I was feeling so angst with the song stuck on replay while I was writing but I didn’t want a sad ending. I settled for an open ending but people were still sad about it? LOL XD

How to be a water bottle:

My friend from school attacked me with a photo of Chanyeol during Exor’dium in Malaysia and I lost all control of myself and started thinking of the plot to this. I was staring at the pic like, “Damn, lucky water bottle. How do I be you?” and so, Kyung Ji (the OC in the story) was born. XD I think I was supposed to be updating another story but ended up doing this instead? Lol, I just suddenly craved for Chanyeol and needed to to have story about him <3

Exes and Oops:

Right when I arrived from a vacation with my friends, I had this floating around in my head. My ex was in that vacation with me because like Baek and OC, we’re from the same friend group in high school. We’re not really awkward tho. We don’t talk as much but when we do, the convo flows naturally (he was talking to me about Legend of the Blue Sea which he apparently really likes and I suggested that he watches Strong Woman Do Bong Soon XD). The bed thing was for real tho LOL

We were all squashed together on the bed and I had no idea he was the one next to me (‘Cause I slept earlier than them). I wake up in the middle of the night because I did feel an arm around me and I was like what?! I turn my head and it was him LOLOL. I moved away then but after a while, when I wake up yet again, his leg was hooked around mine. He was hugging my arm and like playing with my fingers in his sleep. He was drunk. So that probably explains it. Thanks to that incident tho, Exes and Oops was born, yey! XD

The Star and The Crane:

I was legit hit by feels out of nowhere. I suddenly wanted to be all deep and poetic or some ish like that LOL I just really loved making lucky stars. I used to be so obsessed with it because they look so cute and I did that thing of writing tiny notes in them for my crush (WTF really idk why I did dis). I filled a whole glass bottle with lucky stars (there were hundred of them in there!) that held my little notes or well… confessions.

I was going to give it to him this one time. I waited like an hour or two for the guy but the wasn’t there. I was pretty bummed and never bothered to try to give it the next time. He’s very well-known and probably wouldn’t give a ish anyway. Plus he probably wouldn’t figure out that the stars had notes. The Star and The Crane was inspired by that experience ^^

Not Really:

This came legit randomly. It was midterms of the second semester and I was studying. I usually like to study with music on (idk I can actually concentrate more with it) and Alex Aiono’s cover of iSPY was playing. The lyrics really caught my attention and made me think of Baek’s character in “Not Really,” a seemingly uncaring, very passive boyfriend but in reality, is just a shy boy not knowing how to handle such overwhelming feelings for this certain girl. I was using some of the lyrics as prompts too but ended up not having the song on the play list(?) LOL Hug Me by Crush just fit more so I used that XD

Ex, Why?:

So Exes and Oops got recommended (Yippee! *Jumps in joy*) and the person who recommended it (autumn_leaf <333) suggested a Baek POV Bonus. I didn’t pay it any mind at first but then it kept haunting me and I was like, “Just a bonus? Why not an entire story in his POV?” I already have all the drafts for the chapters and am currently working on it. Writing in his POV is so hard tho I must admit XD. My feels are too girly LOL IDK how I should portray Baek’s side but I hope I can successfully make it LOL (I’m in the midst of final exams and my is kinda roasting so I’m going slow on this one LOL)

And there you have it! If you’ve ever wondered about how I came up with my stories then I hope this feeds your curiosity ^^

Feel free to ask more questions ^^ (to whoever is reading this XD)