30 questions fic meme, day 15: still still not at VividCon.
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?
Sunday of VividCon seems like a good time to have my very own Warnings debate, right? Right.
I warn. I try to warn for the things I can anticipate people being upset by. Death and rape seem to me to be the biggies, although I don't think I've ever written a story that I actually clicked the AO3 Rape/Non-Con tickybox for; I'm usually operating in some kind of gray area involving, you know, soul-bonded wolves or amnesia or something. When I was writing What to Do After Firing I had nights where I spent more time worrying about warning than I spent actually writing which turns out not to be a very efficient way to get anything written.
I think in practice the things I have warned for most are incest and (in a hey, this is NSFW, way) explicit sex. In general, I want people to be able to make an informed decision about whether my story is going to be their cup of tea.
Mind you, there was one time when I totally manipulated a warning to try to mess with people reading my story--lo these nearly eight years ago, when I first posted That Good Night: A Death Story, I had absolutely no faith in the story. I was, especially, worried that people would not take it seriously (even though I was the only one who knew that it had, in a way, started life as a screwball comedy) and would laugh off Ray's fear of death which, uh, in retrospect I do not know what I was thinking, but anyway. I thought that no one would take the story seriously if they didn't think Ray was going to die at the end--so I warned for death.
I got a lot of really nice people assuring me--and other readers put off by the death warning--that I'd added that warning by mistake or in a fit of overzealous concern, and it wasn't necessary (spoiler: Ray doesn't die at the end). Eventually I moved the warning into the sub-title, and on the AO3 what I actually warned for was suicidal thoughts (of which there are ... many).
Ahem. Anyway. Weirdest thing I have ever warned for. Apart from "dub-con gangbang of the soul-bonded wolf in heat variety" there was "lack of closure, dubious historicity, vodka, sodomy, and the lash" and, oh, well, it seemed like I posted three Vorkosigan Saga stories more or less right in a row where the respective warnings were "Warning: Prince Serg" and "Warning: Ges Vorrutyer" and "Warning: Canon attempted infanticide, incongruous cuteness." That was sort of a strange month for warnings.
ETA: Papercuts! How did I forget warning for papercuts? That's definitely my favorite.
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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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Sunday of VividCon seems like a good time to have my very own Warnings debate, right? Right.
I warn. I try to warn for the things I can anticipate people being upset by. Death and rape seem to me to be the biggies, although I don't think I've ever written a story that I actually clicked the AO3 Rape/Non-Con tickybox for; I'm usually operating in some kind of gray area involving, you know, soul-bonded wolves or amnesia or something. When I was writing What to Do After Firing I had nights where I spent more time worrying about warning than I spent actually writing which turns out not to be a very efficient way to get anything written.
I think in practice the things I have warned for most are incest and (in a hey, this is NSFW, way) explicit sex. In general, I want people to be able to make an informed decision about whether my story is going to be their cup of tea.
Mind you, there was one time when I totally manipulated a warning to try to mess with people reading my story--lo these nearly eight years ago, when I first posted That Good Night: A Death Story, I had absolutely no faith in the story. I was, especially, worried that people would not take it seriously (even though I was the only one who knew that it had, in a way, started life as a screwball comedy) and would laugh off Ray's fear of death which, uh, in retrospect I do not know what I was thinking, but anyway. I thought that no one would take the story seriously if they didn't think Ray was going to die at the end--so I warned for death.
I got a lot of really nice people assuring me--and other readers put off by the death warning--that I'd added that warning by mistake or in a fit of overzealous concern, and it wasn't necessary (spoiler: Ray doesn't die at the end). Eventually I moved the warning into the sub-title, and on the AO3 what I actually warned for was suicidal thoughts (of which there are ... many).
Ahem. Anyway. Weirdest thing I have ever warned for. Apart from "dub-con gangbang of the soul-bonded wolf in heat variety" there was "lack of closure, dubious historicity, vodka, sodomy, and the lash" and, oh, well, it seemed like I posted three Vorkosigan Saga stories more or less right in a row where the respective warnings were "Warning: Prince Serg" and "Warning: Ges Vorrutyer" and "Warning: Canon attempted infanticide, incongruous cuteness." That was sort of a strange month for warnings.
ETA: Papercuts! How did I forget warning for papercuts? That's definitely my favorite.
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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
This entry was originally posted at http://dira.dreamwidth.org/583314.html. There are currently
comments there.