30 days of fandom meme; days 25, 26 and 27
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scripsi25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
Yes and no. I’m very often inspired by music and quite often a particular song get connected with the fic I’m writing and I listen to it over and over. When I wrote Burning I listened to Dave Gahan’s Deeper and Deeper, The Divine Comedy’s Mastermind when I wrote Sliding Down the Razorblades of Life, and Marcy Playground’s Deadly Handsome Man when I wrote My Pleasure, Miss Shaw. I have always connected Elvis Costello with Doctor Who for some reason, and when I wrote Professor Keller I listened to several of his songs.
But I don’t listen to music when I actually write, that’s too distracting. I can write when people talk around me or with a TV going on in the background, but I tend to stop writing to listen if I have music on. But while I think about my writing and when I plan it, then I always listen to music.
26 – What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
Hmm, i can’t recall anything particularly odd or funny. I tend to write about things I know something about, so no research needed, but I occasionally look up terms. When I wrote Peter Pan-fic it could be necessary to look into ship terms, for example. But I constantly check up synonyms while I write as I trend to reuse the same word over and over. My record is the same word seven times in a paragraph...
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
I have a laptop but I usually use it at our dinner table. I write on my computer unless I’m stuck somewhere without it and I get a bunny. Then I write it down manually so I won’t forget it.
Blacklist is on again. Yay! It’s an absurd story idea, but James Spader makes it work.
I’m not sure I like that the whole Doctor Who season is on two-parters. Not that I mind them, but if it is made into a rule, then there is always a risk of empty fillers. With tta said, I have really enjoyed this season so far. They are really planting Clara’s departure, I think. I hope she gets a happily ever after. I also think Capaldi feels more grounded as the Doctor now. I really, really like him.
And completely unrelated; I so dislike the new friends feed. I changed to it because of the promise that I could change back, but now when I’m there, I can’t find any information on how to reverse it. And the new feed makes the screen crash constantly. So annoying!
Yes and no. I’m very often inspired by music and quite often a particular song get connected with the fic I’m writing and I listen to it over and over. When I wrote Burning I listened to Dave Gahan’s Deeper and Deeper, The Divine Comedy’s Mastermind when I wrote Sliding Down the Razorblades of Life, and Marcy Playground’s Deadly Handsome Man when I wrote My Pleasure, Miss Shaw. I have always connected Elvis Costello with Doctor Who for some reason, and when I wrote Professor Keller I listened to several of his songs.
But I don’t listen to music when I actually write, that’s too distracting. I can write when people talk around me or with a TV going on in the background, but I tend to stop writing to listen if I have music on. But while I think about my writing and when I plan it, then I always listen to music.
26 – What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
Hmm, i can’t recall anything particularly odd or funny. I tend to write about things I know something about, so no research needed, but I occasionally look up terms. When I wrote Peter Pan-fic it could be necessary to look into ship terms, for example. But I constantly check up synonyms while I write as I trend to reuse the same word over and over. My record is the same word seven times in a paragraph...
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
I have a laptop but I usually use it at our dinner table. I write on my computer unless I’m stuck somewhere without it and I get a bunny. Then I write it down manually so I won’t forget it.
Blacklist is on again. Yay! It’s an absurd story idea, but James Spader makes it work.
I’m not sure I like that the whole Doctor Who season is on two-parters. Not that I mind them, but if it is made into a rule, then there is always a risk of empty fillers. With tta said, I have really enjoyed this season so far. They are really planting Clara’s departure, I think. I hope she gets a happily ever after. I also think Capaldi feels more grounded as the Doctor now. I really, really like him.
And completely unrelated; I so dislike the new friends feed. I changed to it because of the promise that I could change back, but now when I’m there, I can’t find any information on how to reverse it. And the new feed makes the screen crash constantly. So annoying!
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Date: 2015-10-05 04:37 pm (UTC)I found this link. Maybe it can help you: http://layout-lounge.livejournal.com/45427.html
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Date: 2015-10-07 05:00 am (UTC)Yes, thank you! <3
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