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I am going on vacation in two days! Exciting! However, I would most definitely rather do this meme than start packing, so please ask away!
1. Describe yourself how you would describe a character you’re introducing.
2. Is there any specific ritual you go through while/before/after your writing?
3. What is your absolute favorite kind of fic to write?
4. Are there any other fic writers you admire? If so, who and why?
5. How many words can you write if you sit down and concentrate intensely for an hour?
6. First fic/pairing you wrote for? (If no pairing, describe the plot)
7. Inspiration, time, or motivation. Choose two.
8. Why do you choose to write?
9. Do you ever have plans to write anything other than fic?
10. What inspires you the most?
11. Weirdest thing you’ve ever written/thought about writing/etc.?
12. A fic you wish you had written better, and why?
13. Favorite fic from another author?
14. Your favorite side pairings to put in?
15. Your guilty writing pleasure?
16. Do you have structured ideas of how your story is supposed to go, or make it up as you write?
17. Would you describe yourself as a fast writer?
18. How old were you when you started writing?
19. Why did you start writing?
20. 4 sentences from your work that you’re proud of?
3. What is your absolute favorite kind of fic to write?
5. How many words can you write if you sit down and concentrate intensely for an hour?
6. First fic/pairing you wrote for? (If no pairing, describe the plot)
7. Inspiration, time, or motivation. Choose two.
8. Why do you choose to write?
10. What inspires you the most?
12. A fic you wish you had written better, and why?
14. Your favorite side pairings to put in?
16. Do you have structured ideas of how your story is supposed to go, or make it up as you write?
17. Would you describe yourself as a fast writer?
18. How old were you when you started writing?
19. Why did you start writing?
20. 4 sentences from your work that you’re proud of?
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ETA: laughed out loud at your post title :-)
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Number 11, please ^_^
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Rush hour sucked.
He slumped lower behind the wheel as the lights turned to red, just too soon for him to be able to get through them. He drummed his fingers impatiently on the wheel and wished he could instantly transport himself from here to home. The chance would be a fine thing.
Unexpected motion caught his eye, and he looked over to see a young woman about his age walking across the street.
He found his attention caught first by her hair with was a) unusually short for a woman and b) longer on the right side than the left. It should have looked punky and strange, but the way she'd paired it with delicate jewelry, big sunglasses, pressed trousers and a Doctor Who t-shirt turned it instead into some strange sort of business casual geek chic that really shouldn't have worked as well as it did.
Her smartly-heeled shoes did little to give the impression that she was anything other than short, but the confidence in her stride made it clear that the world was dead wrong if it thought that bothered her. She was bobbing her head in time with her iPod, lips mouthing the words to well-known lyrics, and seemed, by all accounts, completely oblivious to the world around her.
She was across the intersection and halfway down the sidewalk by the time the lights changed, and he had the sour thought that, even on foot, she was probably going to get home before he did.
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9. Yes? I mean, I've wanted to be an author since I was a kid, and I've always had the vague intention of trying to get something published someday. I have a decent number of fics that I've written that I think have the potential to be original fiction - or, at least, have worlds that I could tell other stories in - but I have never actually written anything with the purpose of trying to get it published.
Fanfic has been both good and bad for me as a writer, since it has given me space to (hopefully) improve my craft but the fact that it gives me an audience diminishes my 'need' to try and publish, if that makes sense. I still do, one day, intend to try to get something published, but my slacker-self hasn't got around to it yet.
Unless this question was about writing, like, screenplays and free verse poetry, in which case no I haven't got any plans of that. :P
15. I have a terrible fondness for tropes (which is probably obvious from my Masterlist!), but if I had to say a general guilty pleasure, it'd probably have to be happy endings. I do try to be realistic about the trials and tribulations that my characters face, but I very rarely write stories that end badly. There's enough of that in the real world, I think. *is a sap*
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11. I once wrote a Final Fantasy story that was all about playing tiddlywinks, which was pretty freaking weird. Also,
Weirdest thing I've ever thought about writing is tougher, because I tend to get all sorts of weird ideas that come and then go once I have determined that they're ridiculous. Stuff like turning them all into cats, or a J2 version of Settlers of Catan.
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And your weird thoughts sound fantastic, tbh ^_^
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I'm always so curious as to who some of my favorite writers like to read :)
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I know I've had a million other dumber ideas, but I can't think of any right now (of course).
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I really like
...that being said, one of the active ladies in the fandom whose work I really enjoy is
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I guess the one writing technique that I do use is that I have a little spiral notebook that I use for brainstorming and asking myself questions about how the story is going to progress. It's very stream-of-consciousness and I like the way it lets me bounce back and forth through the storyline and focus on whatever bit I happen to be thinking of at that time. For some reason, I find that the physical act of writing down the plot issues I have - along with the possible solutions/options I have come up with - actually helps me think of better solutions. I also tend to have multiple stories on the go at the same time, so I number the pages for what story they refer to, which allows me to work on whichever one currently I've got in mind, then switch over to something else without having to be finished with the first story.
And just for the hell of it, here is a scan of the first two pages of brainstorming for 'The Beat of Our Noisy Hearts'. As you can see, the original idea was rather different from where I ended up!
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Writing about oneself in the third person is weird!
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#TeamProcrastination! ♥
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My family knows I write fic - my mum and my brother actually helped me problem solve for this year's bigbang! - and I think my friends are sort of peripherally aware. But none of them are likely to go through my desk without my say-so, so I'm not really worried about anyone finding my notebook anyway.
#TeamProcrastinationFTW!
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Just one? Well, I'm active/reading in four fandoms right now, so how about one of my favourites from each?
Something Borrowed, Something Blue (http://belyste.livejournal.com/19534.html) by
Fake boyfriends is one of my favourite tropes, and I find this story funny and enchanting every single time I read it.
The Last Outpost of All That Is (http://gekizetsu.net/sn/lastoutpost.htm) by gekizetsu - SPN - Wincest
This older story shows up on many people's favourite fic lists, and for good reason. THIS is the first story that sold me on Wincest as something that is actually logical and possible (rather than simply a 'and then they kissed' plot thing), and also as something that could actually be good for the boys and give them some of the happiness that they're never going to find with someone else. An epic, epic read.
Faerie Touched (http://blind-author.livejournal.com/18832.html) by
I love stories about magic and I love John Watson being a total badass without people noticing, and this story delivers both in spades.
So Wise We Grow (http://archiveofourown.org/works/55410) by Deastar - Star Trek AOS - Kirk/Spock
I'm sure no one around here reads AOS fic, but this is a great mix of kidfic, first time romance and good old Star Trek exploring new worlds and meeting new peoples. I'm desperately in love with Deastar's rather battered but utterly loveable Kirk, and the Spock-voice is pitch perfect.
Really, I could talk about my favourite fics all day, but hopefully at least one of these looks like a good read to you!
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Thank you so much ;)