Fanfic meme!
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senmut as I can never resist a fanfic meme.
1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
I always write on at least two fics at a time. Currently, I’m working on two Yuletide treats- which I obviously can’t talk much about. I also have a Mummy and an All About Eve fic on the backburner to return to as soon as I’m done with treat-writing. Both of those satisfies my love for melodrama. I do have two more ideas for Yuletide, but I doubt I will have time for those.
2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project.
Not much to say- I enjoy everything I’m currently on, and I look forward to the fics I have temporarily paused.
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway).
None comes to mind.
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like).
I can’t think of any. Or rather, I can think of a lot. This is something I feel I’m good at, and there are usually a few in every fic I really, really like.
5. What character that you're writing do you most identify with?
Usually the person from whose POV I’m writing.
6. What character do you have the most fun writing?
I love writing villains of the elegant, verbal type. Eloquent evil is a lot of fun to write.
7. What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
I’m good at writing emotions- my fics are much more driven by character and emotion than by plots.
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
Pretty much always, unless I write for a fic-exchange. And even then I can usually write something that I enjoy.
9. Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other? Both, or neither?
I don’t write many drabbles, but even my multi chapters aren’t that long. I had to check- out of 115 fics, 90 are one-shots. Though several of those belong to a series. I’m definitely a plotter. I usually have a very clear idea of how a fic should go, and I rarely deviate all that much. I can’t say I feel a need to change.
10. How would you describe your writing process?
I start with writing a few scenes, or pieces of dialogue that I already have finished in my mind. Then I weave back and forth, skipping more difficult passages- which often feels easier later when I know what happens before and after.
11. What do you envy in other writers?
I’m a little envious of people who can pull off a novel.
12. Do you want your writing to be famous?
No. I think they are perfectly fine specimens of fanfic, but they aren’t that good.
13. Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
Yes, I post it here, and also on AO3. A few of my earliest fics aren’t there, though. They’re fairly disturbing, so I keep them here for archivalSP purposes- I don’t think anyone really cares to dig them up.
14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
Usually quite early, but that’s by no means certain.
15. Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
Summaries all the way!
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
No. This year has been mentally taxing and I haven’t felt up to trying to stretch my wings.
17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
I don’t think they perceive them very differently from how I see them. At least people who leave comments. Perhaps they don’t realise how much I have used fic-writing to work out personal issues, though.
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characteristics?) Tell us about them.
Yes. I completely re-wrote and expanded a Doctor Who-fic called Professor Keller. It’s probably the fic I have obsessed most over, and easily the one I have put in the most work in- and which have got the least attention. That’s fanfic writing for you! :D I’ve also re-written three of my early Peter Pan-fics, Rain, Man’s Greatest Joy and A Milder Fate They all had much higher ratings and were a lot darker before (They still are, so that says something), but I was never really satisfied with them. The original fics of all of these are still here, but I don’t really recommend them.
19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe 'too often', trope you can’t get enough of?)
I prefer writing from a female POV. My protagonists in need of help are basically never saved by a Big Damn Hero. They either save themselves, or they don’t get saved at all. Exploring uneven power balances.
20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks, or clues for future scenes?)
A super interesting question that I don’t feel mentally equipped to do justice right now. UI may get back to it.
21. What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
I never really thought about that. Hmm, well, I think some of my shorter fics could be made into a music video without losing much plot being lost.
22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
Yes, I do. I quite like most of them. But then I write what I like to read, so that’s probably not so strange.
23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
Probably the last part of a series called Your Heart’s Desire. It’s a Dracula/The historian fanfic, and I have had the idea for at least five years. But I feel I really need to re-write the first two stories to make for a better flow, and, well, new shiny fics have got in the way. Perhaps in 2021...
24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?
It’s obviously better. Especially, i think, when it comes to describing things- my first fics were pretty bare-boned.
25. What part of writing is the most fun?
Developing the idea, and the part where all the bits I have worked on here and there gets together to a cohesive whole.
senmut as I can never resist a fanfic meme.1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
I always write on at least two fics at a time. Currently, I’m working on two Yuletide treats- which I obviously can’t talk much about. I also have a Mummy and an All About Eve fic on the backburner to return to as soon as I’m done with treat-writing. Both of those satisfies my love for melodrama. I do have two more ideas for Yuletide, but I doubt I will have time for those.
2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project.
Not much to say- I enjoy everything I’m currently on, and I look forward to the fics I have temporarily paused.
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway).
None comes to mind.
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like).
I can’t think of any. Or rather, I can think of a lot. This is something I feel I’m good at, and there are usually a few in every fic I really, really like.
5. What character that you're writing do you most identify with?
Usually the person from whose POV I’m writing.
6. What character do you have the most fun writing?
I love writing villains of the elegant, verbal type. Eloquent evil is a lot of fun to write.
7. What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
I’m good at writing emotions- my fics are much more driven by character and emotion than by plots.
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
Pretty much always, unless I write for a fic-exchange. And even then I can usually write something that I enjoy.
9. Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other? Both, or neither?
I don’t write many drabbles, but even my multi chapters aren’t that long. I had to check- out of 115 fics, 90 are one-shots. Though several of those belong to a series. I’m definitely a plotter. I usually have a very clear idea of how a fic should go, and I rarely deviate all that much. I can’t say I feel a need to change.
10. How would you describe your writing process?
I start with writing a few scenes, or pieces of dialogue that I already have finished in my mind. Then I weave back and forth, skipping more difficult passages- which often feels easier later when I know what happens before and after.
11. What do you envy in other writers?
I’m a little envious of people who can pull off a novel.
12. Do you want your writing to be famous?
No. I think they are perfectly fine specimens of fanfic, but they aren’t that good.
13. Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
Yes, I post it here, and also on AO3. A few of my earliest fics aren’t there, though. They’re fairly disturbing, so I keep them here for archivalSP purposes- I don’t think anyone really cares to dig them up.
14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
Usually quite early, but that’s by no means certain.
15. Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
Summaries all the way!
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
No. This year has been mentally taxing and I haven’t felt up to trying to stretch my wings.
17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
I don’t think they perceive them very differently from how I see them. At least people who leave comments. Perhaps they don’t realise how much I have used fic-writing to work out personal issues, though.
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characteristics?) Tell us about them.
Yes. I completely re-wrote and expanded a Doctor Who-fic called Professor Keller. It’s probably the fic I have obsessed most over, and easily the one I have put in the most work in- and which have got the least attention. That’s fanfic writing for you! :D I’ve also re-written three of my early Peter Pan-fics, Rain, Man’s Greatest Joy and A Milder Fate They all had much higher ratings and were a lot darker before (They still are, so that says something), but I was never really satisfied with them. The original fics of all of these are still here, but I don’t really recommend them.
19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe 'too often', trope you can’t get enough of?)
I prefer writing from a female POV. My protagonists in need of help are basically never saved by a Big Damn Hero. They either save themselves, or they don’t get saved at all. Exploring uneven power balances.
20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks, or clues for future scenes?)
A super interesting question that I don’t feel mentally equipped to do justice right now. UI may get back to it.
21. What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
I never really thought about that. Hmm, well, I think some of my shorter fics could be made into a music video without losing much plot being lost.
22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
Yes, I do. I quite like most of them. But then I write what I like to read, so that’s probably not so strange.
23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
Probably the last part of a series called Your Heart’s Desire. It’s a Dracula/The historian fanfic, and I have had the idea for at least five years. But I feel I really need to re-write the first two stories to make for a better flow, and, well, new shiny fics have got in the way. Perhaps in 2021...
24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?
It’s obviously better. Especially, i think, when it comes to describing things- my first fics were pretty bare-boned.
25. What part of writing is the most fun?
Developing the idea, and the part where all the bits I have worked on here and there gets together to a cohesive whole.
