Writing Meme

[citrinesunset]

I've seen this floating around my flist a lot, and it looks like fun, so I thought I would do it. Code was taken from elrhiarhodan

There are forty writerly questions below the cut. Take a look and give me the numbers for up to four of the questions, and I’ll answer them the best that I can.

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?

4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?

5. Share one of your strengths.

6. Share one of your weaknesses.

7. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

9. Which fic has been the hardest to write?

10. Which fic has been the easiest to write?

11. Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?

12. Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?

13. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?

14. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?

15. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?

16. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?

17. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

18. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?

19. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?

20. Describe your perfect writing conditions.

21. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

22. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).

23. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?

24. Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?

25. What do you look for in a beta?

26. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?

27. How do you feel about collaborations?

28. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

29. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

30. Do you accept prompts?

31. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?

32. How do you feel about smut?

33. How do you feel about crack?

34. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?

35. Would you ever kill off a canon character?

36. Which is your favorite site to post fic?

37. Talk about your current wips.

38. Talk about a review that made your day.

39. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?

40. Write an alternative ending to [insert fic title] (or just the summary of one).

Comments

[embroiderama]

3, 15, 37 :)

[citrinesunset.livejournal.com]

3. Hmm. That's a tough one because I like a challenge, so there isn't a lot that I would absolutely not write. One thing I'm not into is heroic law enforcement characters who are blase about threatening suspects and roughing them up. I've never liked cop shows where the characters act like that. Sometimes WC can be a bit unrealistic when it comes to stuff like how they obtain evidence, but Peter doesn't throw people into walls while interrogating them, and I couldn't see any of the characters acting like that.

15. Maybe my Doctor Who fic "How River Song Got Her Pardon." I would have loved to see River and Liz Ten interact in canon and was sad that Liz Ten didn't show up more and that there wasn't a chance for that to happen. And I think the two of them running around and getting into trouble together would be cool in a visual medium.

27. Right now, I'm finishing up my White Collar big bang fic, and I'm starting work on my fic for the Inception reverse big bang, which I'm excited about. I have several small fics on the back burner. angelita26 has given me a few plotbunnies that I've started working on, including an AU where Neal has telepathy and a deaged Neal fic. I'm also sort of getting into writing Guardians of the Galaxy fic, though it's a little soon to tell how that's going. I promised someone a fic for a small fandom, so I'm working on that. I also have a couple fics started for my slavefic 'verse, including one where Keller tries to cause trouble for slave!Neal. Geez, that sounds like a ton of stuff. Obviously, I'm not working on all of it equally right now. I'm focusing mainly on the things with deadlines. My WC big bang fic is, thankfully, almost done.

[embroiderama]

Sometimes WC can be a bit unrealistic when it comes to stuff like how they obtain evidence, but Peter doesn't throw people into walls while interrogating them, and I couldn't see any of the characters acting like that.

Yeah, that's something I like about the show. I think that just about every law enforcement show plays a little (or a lot) fast and loose with evidence gathering, but at least they're not dangling people off of tall buildings or throwing them in shark tanks.

[angelita26]

12, 19, 21 :)

[citrinesunset.livejournal.com]

12. Of White Collar, I don't really think so. I like to write a lot of fics that take place in early season two because I feel like that's a good dynamic for a lot of my ideas. It was a point when I feel like the show started hitting its stride, with Diana back and Peter and Neal getting more comfortable as partners. But it was before the stolen artwork conflict, which impacted the relationship between Neal and Peter a lot. A lot of my WC fics don't involve canon events that much, so I like setting them at points where I can be relatively uninhibited by canon.

When I was in the Torchwood fandom, I was absolutely crazy about fics dealing with the episode "Cyberwoman". Good grief, I read every single one I could find. I wrote a few, I think, and I could have written more. The actual episode was pretty nonsensical and ridiculous, especially in retrospect, but it was great fodder for angsty and dark fics.

19. I've never thought of my muse as an imaginary entity. But I definitely have times when I feel more inspired, have projects that my muse is more active on, and whatnot.

21. It depends on how much work I feel it needs, how long it is, and whether I have it betaed, but maybe an average of two or three times. I revise as I go along a lot. At the very least, once I have a finished draft, I'll go through it from beginning to end fixing any spelling errors and altering scenes as needed. And then I usually go over it a second or third time to double-check everything. If I feel more major changes are needed, or I re-post the fic (like I do sometimes with kink meme fills), then I'll do more.

[nywcgirl]

29, 37, 40: Part of the Process

[citrinesunset.livejournal.com]

29. Years ago, there was a series of Torchwood Jack/Ianto D/s fics called "A Close and Holy Darkness." There were several fics and I think the series ended on a pretty good note, but I would have loved it if there was more and I waited a while to see if the author was going to write another fic. So I guess I would choose that.

37. I already answered this above, so if you'd like to pick another question, go ahead! I don't mind answering this one again a little differently, though. One WIP I don't think I mentioned in my other answer was an AU where instead of being sent to prison, Neal was sentenced to be marooned on a deserted island for four years. This was a prompt from angelita26, and I've started it and have it mostly planned out. I'm not sure when it'll be completed, though.

40.

The great thing about Mozzie was that when enlisted to steal a package from the Burkes' doorstep, he didn't ask any questions.

It wasn't a permanent fix, but Neal was hoping that by the time Peter realized the paddle wasn't coming, his anger would have dissipated and he wouldn't care about getting another one.

Instead, the following Saturday, Peter showed up at Neal's apartment.

"What can I do for you?" Neal asked innocently.

"Neal, remember the purchase we made?"

"Yeah...."

"It never arrived."

"I guess it got lost in transit."

"I guess it did."

Peter crossed his arms and fixed Neal with a steely stare. Neal refused to crack.

"You have one minute to go get the paddle or tell me what you did with it. I will give you your paddling and ten extra for trying to get out of it."

"Wait, you're really accusing me of stealing the package? I should be offended, Peter. What are you going to do if I don't have it? You can't punish me for something you can't prove I did."

"You're right," Peter said calmly. "I'm not going to punish you unless I know you're guilty. But if I find out you had something to do with the paddle not arriving, you'll get ten swats for every day it takes me to find out the truth."

Neal wasn't going to let that spook him. If Peter never found out, he couldn't follow through with the threat.

"I wonder if Mozzie knows anything about this..." Peter mused.

Neal's eyes widened. Mozzie's questionable ability to stay calm under pressure was the least of his concerns. He couldn't let Peter tell Mozzie what was in the package he stole.

With slumped shoulders, Neal said, "Fine. It's in the closet. I'll go get it."

Peter nodded. "I think that would be a good idea."

[nywcgirl]

Oh, wow,

I can t wait for the marooned island fic, sounds promising.

And the alternate ending... Yippie, nice...

Thank you very!

[lousy-science.livejournal.com]

1, 2, 33, 20. Intriguing!

[citrinesunset.livejournal.com]

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

That depends a little on the fandom. In general, I write a lot of D/s and relationships with some form of power play or imbalance. I like writing spanking, but it needs to be the right fandom/pairing.

Lately, I've been writing more gen and friendship-oriented fics, though I still consider myself more of a smut writer. But when it comes to my stuff that isn't smut/kink-based, I suppose I write a lot of stuff revolving around interpersonal conflicts, or situations where the main character gets in over their head and struggles to right things.

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

Sexswap! I've had a few plotbunnies for "magically waking up as the opposite sex" fics, but haven't actually written any.

20. Describe your perfect writing conditions.

I prefer to write on the computer. I'll write with a pen and paper if I'm out of the house and don't have another option, but it's not my preferred method. Sometimes I like listening to music, though I have to be in the right mood for it, and it has to be the right music for what I'm working on, or it can be distracting.

33. How do you feel about crack?

Heh, I love it, and it's surprising I haven't written more, because I get a lot of cracky ideas. I think I censor myself a bit because my sense of humor can be a bit ridiculous and I'm self-conscious about actually writing some of the ideas I come up with. Also, when I do write my cracky ideas, they usually end up evolving a bit and become a mixture of crackiness and seriousness.