30 Days of Fanfic Writing: Days 4 - 6
4) Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
Not really, or else 'yes, lots'. There's normally a character in a fandom that I find easier to write, or whose POV I tend to default to. But because I fandom-hop, I'd be reluctant to say 'muse'. At the moment, I'm enjoying writing Tony Stark's POV, and before that the longest run of things was Mark in The Social Network. So emotionally confused boys, largely. I tend to chime best with writing characters who have strong voices and strong opinions, but who have problems reading or expressing emotions. Which is good for POV because one of my favourite things is the reader getting to work things out that the character hasn't yet.
5) If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
Lloyd jumped into a few Entourage fics, as did Ari. In Ari's case, the answer was often to just let him take the POV for a while. If it's just dialogue in scenes (as opposed to POV, where I tend to be stricter on not moving around too much), it doesn't tend to bother me - even when I'm writing pairing-fic, I like ensembles, so if it turns out that someone else wants to have a moment wih the lead, I normally just write that. Dustin got a lot of the good lines in TSN fics, but that's because I needed to give Mark someone else to talk to! Same with Bones and Uhura in Star Trek - if you have these great characters, why pretend that your pairing only talks to each other? They have friends and colleagues, and I've never really stopped myself from just letting them slap the hero upside the head occasionally. If it turns out they want to say more than that, I've sometimes pulled a whole strand out (another pairing, or a couple of the women) to write another fic. At the minute I'm writing an Erik/Charles X-Men First Class fic, with a companion piece where Raven-Emma-Angel(+others) do their own talking, because they weren't being served properly by the Erik/Charles tragic love story.
6) When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
Well, experience would tell me that I prefer writing men. The vast vast majority of my fics have male POV characters, and if we take out fics that I've written specifically to make a point about the female characters (Women's Whole Existence, Other Things to do After Buying a Cat) then I'm left with a lot of m/m slash. Most of my original fic has female POV though, so it may say more about my relationship with fandom than it does with writing women. Or about the fic I chose to post publically versus what is mostly unsubmitted?
1) How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
2) Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
3) For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favourite characters to write?
4) Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5) If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6) When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7) Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8) Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9) Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favourite pairings to write?
10) Pairings - Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11) Genre - do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12) Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" fic of a favourite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13) Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14) Ratings - how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15) Warnings - What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16) Summaries - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17) Titles - Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18) Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19) When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20) Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21) Sequels - Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22) Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favourite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23) When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24) Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25) 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?
26) What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27) Where is your favourite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28) Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29) What is your current project or projects?
30) Do you have a favourite fic you've written? What makes it your favourite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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Not really, or else 'yes, lots'. There's normally a character in a fandom that I find easier to write, or whose POV I tend to default to. But because I fandom-hop, I'd be reluctant to say 'muse'. At the moment, I'm enjoying writing Tony Stark's POV, and before that the longest run of things was Mark in The Social Network. So emotionally confused boys, largely. I tend to chime best with writing characters who have strong voices and strong opinions, but who have problems reading or expressing emotions. Which is good for POV because one of my favourite things is the reader getting to work things out that the character hasn't yet.
5) If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
Lloyd jumped into a few Entourage fics, as did Ari. In Ari's case, the answer was often to just let him take the POV for a while. If it's just dialogue in scenes (as opposed to POV, where I tend to be stricter on not moving around too much), it doesn't tend to bother me - even when I'm writing pairing-fic, I like ensembles, so if it turns out that someone else wants to have a moment wih the lead, I normally just write that. Dustin got a lot of the good lines in TSN fics, but that's because I needed to give Mark someone else to talk to! Same with Bones and Uhura in Star Trek - if you have these great characters, why pretend that your pairing only talks to each other? They have friends and colleagues, and I've never really stopped myself from just letting them slap the hero upside the head occasionally. If it turns out they want to say more than that, I've sometimes pulled a whole strand out (another pairing, or a couple of the women) to write another fic. At the minute I'm writing an Erik/Charles X-Men First Class fic, with a companion piece where Raven-Emma-Angel(+others) do their own talking, because they weren't being served properly by the Erik/Charles tragic love story.
6) When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
Well, experience would tell me that I prefer writing men. The vast vast majority of my fics have male POV characters, and if we take out fics that I've written specifically to make a point about the female characters (Women's Whole Existence, Other Things to do After Buying a Cat) then I'm left with a lot of m/m slash. Most of my original fic has female POV though, so it may say more about my relationship with fandom than it does with writing women. Or about the fic I chose to post publically versus what is mostly unsubmitted?
1) How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
2) Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
3) For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favourite characters to write?
4) Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5) If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6) When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7) Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8) Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9) Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favourite pairings to write?
10) Pairings - Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11) Genre - do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12) Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" fic of a favourite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13) Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14) Ratings - how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15) Warnings - What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16) Summaries - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17) Titles - Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18) Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19) When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20) Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21) Sequels - Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22) Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favourite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23) When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24) Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25) 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?
26) What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27) Where is your favourite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28) Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29) What is your current project or projects?
30) Do you have a favourite fic you've written? What makes it your favourite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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comments. Please comment there using OpenID or signed anon.