More Fanfic Questions
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olorielMy snow photos all turned out crappy because I forgot to adjust the camera's sensitivity to light (is that the right word? w/e). So instead of a self-indulgent picspam, have a self-indulgent Ask Meme! Stolen this from independence1776.
1. What made you start writing fanfic?
2. Which of your own fanfics have you reread the most?
3. Describe the differences between your first fanfic and your most recent fanfic.
4. Do you think your style has changed over time? How so?
5. You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?
6. Name three stories you found easy to write.
7. Name three stories you found difficult to write.
8. What’s your ratio of hits to kudos?
9. What do your fic bookmarks say about you?
10. What’s a theme that keeps coming up in your writing?
11. What kind of relationships are you most interested in writing?
12. For E-rated fic, what are some things your characters keep doing?
13. Name three favorite characters to write.
14. You’re applying for the fanfic writer of the year award. What five fanfics do you put in your portfolio?
15. Question of your choice!
Ask one or several in the comments and I'll answer!
independence1776.1. What made you start writing fanfic?
2. Which of your own fanfics have you reread the most?
3. Describe the differences between your first fanfic and your most recent fanfic.
4. Do you think your style has changed over time? How so?
5. You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?
6. Name three stories you found easy to write.
7. Name three stories you found difficult to write.
8. What’s your ratio of hits to kudos?
9. What do your fic bookmarks say about you?
10. What’s a theme that keeps coming up in your writing?
11. What kind of relationships are you most interested in writing?
12. For E-rated fic, what are some things your characters keep doing?
13. Name three favorite characters to write.
14. You’re applying for the fanfic writer of the year award. What five fanfics do you put in your portfolio?
15. Question of your choice!
Ask one or several in the comments and I'll answer!
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Date: 2019-02-03 08:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-04 01:38 pm (UTC)Hm. Inside the Fire practically wrote itself. We Were Not Born in Cuiviénen was surprisingly easy. Elf-struck was completely unexpected and also more or less sprang from mind to OOD fully formed.
In generally, short pieces that respond to prompts tend to be reasonably easy to write, once I've formed a vague idea of what I'm going for.
7. Name three stories you found difficult to write.
I'm assuming that this means stories that I eventually did get written, not those that I found so difficult that I didn't manage to get them anywhere (yet). I'm also not counting my novels, because long works are always difficult in some way - it's impossible to maintain the momentum forever, and at some point the story will lag and I'll begin to question everything. Not to mention the difficulty of continuity and open plot points.
So, from among my shorter stories, three that I found difficult to write:
One Woman's Journey. I found the prompt format challenging and probably used them wrong, and I was probably too impatient. At any rate, writing this was tough.
A Game of Risk. I had such high hopes of creating a sort of Late Númenórean thriller, but I suspect I got lost in the special effects.
The Course of Nature was also tough. I mean, I got it to do what I wanted, more or less, but the way there was tedious.
There are more! But fortunately, the question only asked for three!
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Date: 2019-02-04 09:40 pm (UTC)I must admit that for no. 7 I had, in fact, sort of expected you to complain about difficulties with your novels.
But I enjoyed having a quick look at those six stories of yours with your comments in mind. (The titles weren't always enough to jog my memory.)
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Date: 2019-02-05 02:42 pm (UTC)I was wondering whether I should have posted links with the titles. Decided against it because I didn't want you to feel obliged to read them! Now I sent you on searching for the stories instead. Sorry again!
Well, the novels were (or still are) difficult, of course! But they're tough in the way that all lengthy projects are tough. There wasn't (or isn't) anything about the story itself that was difficult to write. Except in the case of the perpetually languishing Wardens of the North! (Goldseven recently published a painting with exactly that title! One should think that this would finally kick the muses out of their inertia, but so far, no such luck.) There, it's high expectations and the fear of disappointment! But normally, novels are just difficult because they're not short. XD
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Date: 2019-02-03 08:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-04 01:47 pm (UTC)Hm. For someone who doesn't enjoy dealing too much with politics, law or economy IRL, I sure enjoy exploring these things (at length :P) in my writing! Everyday culture is definitely a staple. Justice (or injustice) as well as social and/or gender roles keep on cropping up. Communication issues, guilt, reconciliation and redemption tend to play a role. I also like playing with clashing cultural values.
ETA: Oh, and of course: hope and resilience. Those are so inescapable that I didn't even think of mentioning them at first!
13. Name three favorite characters to write.
Only three! Huh. Nerdanel, Maedhros, Elwing.