3d Laser Writing with smoke and flare

HI guys, I’ve been obsessed with this effect for months now and have tried to figure out how to do it in 3ds,c4d, lightwave and I never really pull it off.

I’m hoping someone has an idea of how to do this:

basically i want to choose text, have like a burning flare appear as if it’s carving or etching it into a floor(stage or whatever), and have smoke disperse as the text is being written?

i saw a lightwave tutorial once that required to have a tablet to capture to writing motion but i dont have a tablet.

any ideas?