The Overview Effect

Writing Fanfiction Is:

Losing motivation when you have time

Getting motivation at ungodly hours of the day or when busy

Going back to your story trying to remember what the fuck you said

“Am I writing this character good or nah?”

“does the plot make sense?”

feeling guilty sometimes for absolutely no reason

waiting for comments on your fic from specific readers

writing something and thinking “oh yeah, thats definitely going to hurt them”

procrastinating on writing by writing other fics

having too many ideas and not enough time

never finishing your wips

debating whether to add the fucking dumbass joke in that scene or not

wondering if you should or shouldn’t add that angsty scene purely to fuck with the readers bc its not like its gonna kill them or anything

Hoping no one finds it while simultaneously hoping ppl read it

playing music for inspiration and zoning out

planning fics and never writing them

thinking its shit but ppl like it and suddenly ur imposter syndrome acts up LIKE A FUCKING BITCH

loving ur readers so so much

[Ghost Hunt Short Stories Collection, Vol. 1]

It's finally here!! Sorry for the delay!! I've decided to post the first volume for now since the second is still under way, and the third will only be posted once the second is up.

It's Noll and Gene's birthday after all, and what better way to spend the day than to cry over the twins while reading their stories~

Included in this volume are the following:

His Reality

Confession for a White Crow

Angel with a Bicycle

Eugene

Fuyumi Ono, of course, is the amazing writer who wrote these stories, and all rights are reserved to her and her publishers.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE 👉 GH Short Stories, Vol. 1

Enjoy!! I have a very small part in this collection—I just did the layout haha! Please please don't forget to thank the following people for the AMAZING work and effort they poured into this project. This never would have happened without them!

Translation (stories): @csakuras

Translation (preface): @thisurlplease

Cover: @seoulsborne123

[Layout version guide]

I made two layout types: (1) for reading on any device capable of opening pdf files, and (2) for back to back printing on A4 paper.

The first layout type is a simple pdf that you can read using whichever pdf app or program you prefer to use.

The second layout type is further divided into two kinds, but only the cover differs: one is colored and the other is b/w. You may print either of these depending on the ink available to you. The content of both versions are the same. (I suggest printing the cover on glossy board paper, around 120gsm, to make it all sparkly~ the other pages can be printed on regular 60~80gsm paper)

[Printing guide]

Be mindful of margins as normal printers do not print until the edges. You may scale down the document's size to 90% or 85%

Print either of the files labelled "for printing" as you normally would on your printer, BACK-TO-BACK ON A4 PAPER

Make sure that the pages are in the correct order (refer to the printing copy pdf, the order should be exactly the same)

Fold the stack in half to prepare the booklet for binding. You may also fold each piece of paper individually to make it neater, just make sure to put the pages back in order

Bind the booklet using a long-arm stapler if you have one, or using and some thread. It's pretty easy to do, there's a lot of tutorials online. Just search "zine binding tutorial"

After binding, cut off the edges using a cutter and ruler

You're done!!

If you have any questions about printing, binding or about the collection itself, feel free to reply to this post or send me a direct message!! If you're also interested in collaborating with me for a different zine project, let me know anytime ^^

That's all, hope you enjoy reading! Also feel free to reblog this post with pictures of your own diy copy ❤️ Watch out for the second and third volumes, they'll be released soon ✨✨

Hi again. Thanks for answering my previous question! I have another one- I’m thinking of doing Nanowrimo again this year. I tried in the past as a “pantser” but it didn’t really work, so I’m trying to prep a little before November so that I can be ready by the 1st day. What sort of stuff about my story I should know/have ready to start writing on day 1? (I looked at your nanowrimo tag and saw knowing the general story/where it’s going/ending but do I need to plan by chapters? Or have worldbuilding all figured out? Etc)

NaNoWriMo: Necessities for Planners

If you’re doing NaNoWriMo this year, you still have a couple days to do some prep work so you’ll be ready to go on November 1st. Here are some things you might find helpful as you begin writing your novel:

1) In-Depth Plot Summary - If you’re a planner, plantser, or think you might be, a beginning to end summary of all the important events in your story is the bare minimum you should have when you start writing on November 1st. 

Basic Story Structure

Guide: Filling in the Story Between Known Events

How to Move a Story Forward

2) Basic Character Sheets - Some character sheets go too far into details that aren’t important to the story, but it can be helpful to have the bare essentials fleshed out and organized.

Character Design Sheet: The Necessary Stuff

Fleshing Out Characters

Guide: Casting Your Characters

3) Scene List - In my opinion, this is one of the most important things you can have if you’re a planner and you need help staying on track. This is essentially a list of every scene in your story, from beginning to end. Sit down with your in-depth summary and figure out what your first scene is. Then figure out the second scene. Then figure out the third scene.... and so on. It doesn’t have to be perfect. You may have scenes where you write something like “she meets Greg somehow” or “some kind of party?” You may even have question marks in a few spots. That’s fine. The key is to know what most of the scenes are, and this isn’t written in stone. You may find better scenes occurring as you write, or you may delete scenes or move them around.

Scene Lists

4) Basic Setting Details - With your summary and scene list in hand, you should have a pretty good idea of the needs of your story as far as the setting goes. What parts of your story’s world are important to the story? Look at each scene and consider where it takes place. What do you need to know about the setting before you write? You might just need some keywords like “run down high school gymnasium” or you might do a floor plan, map, or look for real world places to serve as inspiration.

Five Things to Help You Describe Fictional Locations

Figuring Out Your World’s Geography

Setting Your Story in an Unfamiliar Place

5) Basic World Building Details - Again, looking at the scenes in your story, consider what’s important for you to know. Don’t worry about the kinds of animals and plants in the forest bordering your character’s village unless those details are important to the story.

World Building post master list

Here are some of my other NaNoWriMo posts:

NaNoWriMo: Picking an Idea Staying Pumped Until NaNoWriMo Can I Write Fan-Fiction for NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo: Planning versus “Pantsing”

Best of luck with your NaNoWriMo Story!

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Have a question? My inbox is always open, but make sure to check my FAQ and post master lists first to see if I’ve already answered a similar question. :)

At this point, I can almost see Ko and Akane sitting down at lunch in silence and hesitating to go beyond small talk because they’re genuinely confused that nothing’s blown up yet.

Hello and happy new year for all  ヽ(*´∀｀*)

I hope that everyone has had a happy holiday ヾ(＾□＾★)

I’ll start the year publishing “ Umbrella ” is part of my story: Renegade, you could say it’s the beginning of everything. ＼(*^▽^*)／

I will always respect the people who draw manga, it is terribly difficult, I spent almost 3 days just coloring  ( ´ﾟдﾟ)

There are many things I wanted to finish and publish, but the beginning of the semester is around the corner, so I will give my best effort.  (*´Д｀*)ﾉ

Hope you like. ( ^w^)

@desiarias

By Sukary  ⊂(^∀^⊂)

May 5th is a national holiday "Children's day" in Japan🇯🇵

So I drew brothers as kids🥰

Me, reading over my translation of Confession for a White Crow again: Man, Naru really doesn’t sound like a 12 year old kid in this, maybe I should fix it...

*looks at the original Japanese* ...12 year old Naru is speaking really damn formally in this scene. He does not! sound! like a kid! o_o It’s kinda scary actually?! Imagine this kid barely speaking for over a year and then he opens his mouth and out spews this stuff!

Anyway, good job past me, I guess?

:)