30 Days of Fanfic, day four and five.
My day off's going well so far. Scarecrow and Mrs. King marathon! Fic reading! Plotting my new Vampire Big Bang!
...this looks a lot like a normal day for me, actually.
Anyway, a couple more answers for the 30 Days of Fic meme. They're short, so I'm putting them in one post. (The rest of the questions/answers.)
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?
I should say this: I don't really view writing in that things-are-real-and-do-things-on-their-own way. I'm the writer. Everything happens because I do it, whether consciously or unconsciously.
Anyway, the closest I come to this with any character is Dean Winchester. He's not my muse so much as he's like my Patronus/self-insert: we both have ridiculously low self-esteem and love Sam to a large degree, and I've written Dean's POV a lot, so I can slip into it easier than pretty much any character. (Of course, Dean's a lot less PC than I am, and more aggressive, so he also fits that opposite-character standard I mentioned yesterday.) But it's not like he's in my head whispering to me or anything.
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?
Again, I don't think characters push their way in. I'll think of a character, get a rush of OOH THEY SHOULD DO THIS, and write them in. (I know, I'm such a stick-in-the-mud.)
What I usually do is play around for a little while. If I really want to write a character, I write until I'm not having fun anymore, and then I evaluate whether their presence fits. What often ends up happening is I'll write a few paragraphs into a scene, realize it doesn't fit the general flow, and trim their involvement. Or I'll muse for a second and move on before I do any real damage to my story.
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...this looks a lot like a normal day for me, actually.
Anyway, a couple more answers for the 30 Days of Fic meme. They're short, so I'm putting them in one post. (The rest of the questions/answers.)
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?
I should say this: I don't really view writing in that things-are-real-and-do-things-on-their-own way. I'm the writer. Everything happens because I do it, whether consciously or unconsciously.
Anyway, the closest I come to this with any character is Dean Winchester. He's not my muse so much as he's like my Patronus/self-insert: we both have ridiculously low self-esteem and love Sam to a large degree, and I've written Dean's POV a lot, so I can slip into it easier than pretty much any character. (Of course, Dean's a lot less PC than I am, and more aggressive, so he also fits that opposite-character standard I mentioned yesterday.) But it's not like he's in my head whispering to me or anything.
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?
Again, I don't think characters push their way in. I'll think of a character, get a rush of OOH THEY SHOULD DO THIS, and write them in. (I know, I'm such a stick-in-the-mud.)
What I usually do is play around for a little while. If I really want to write a character, I write until I'm not having fun anymore, and then I evaluate whether their presence fits. What often ends up happening is I'll write a few paragraphs into a scene, realize it doesn't fit the general flow, and trim their involvement. Or I'll muse for a second and move on before I do any real damage to my story.
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comment[s]). Feel free to comment on either entry.