30 Day Fan Fic Meme: Day Ten
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.
Day Eight
9 - Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
Day Nine
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?
I think at least half my writing, if not more, has been a challenge to myself to go outside my comfort zone in some shape, form or fashion. That does include pairings, of course. Some of my most out-of-comfort-zone pairings have been: Fred Dukes (The Blob) with a supporting OFC character in Witness and Jehnna D’abo and Warren Worthington III (Angel) in The Mutant Sue Virus. Neither Warren or The Blob (no kidding) are characters that I’m particularly comfortable with in general. Ah. And then there’s Haley and Johnny Storm in the little gift fic I wrote for dazzledfirestar . I’m not really an FF ficcer, but he keeps popping up, you know?
As for a pairing that’s purely made up of canon characters? I think writing Scott Summers and Jean Grey in Good Girls Don’t Get Caught was one of the toughest for me. I just don’t feel the spark there, even though they’re an established canon couple. I guess I’m slowly warming up to Mr. Summers. But I think it was even harder to think of him as a romantic/sexual interest than it was with Logan in the beginning.
Another toughie for me was probably Pietro Maximoff and Rahne Sinclair, also from Witness. Since there is no canon basis for them, or even any fan fic that I’d run across, I felt like I was charting new waters. A little scary. In Evo-verse, Rahne was a very minor character without much character development. So I was totally gripping on getting them together while keeping them in character. I think I pulled it off. At least I hope so.
Anyways, I think you can see from my answer that I used that one fic, Witness as a sort of laboratory and personal obstacle course, tackling one out-of-my-comfort-zone issue after another. I even invited my readers to challenge me. And they did. LOL.
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 bunnies 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!
Day Eight
9 - Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
Day Nine
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?
I think at least half my writing, if not more, has been a challenge to myself to go outside my comfort zone in some shape, form or fashion. That does include pairings, of course. Some of my most out-of-comfort-zone pairings have been: Fred Dukes (The Blob) with a supporting OFC character in Witness and Jehnna D’abo and Warren Worthington III (Angel) in The Mutant Sue Virus. Neither Warren or The Blob (no kidding) are characters that I’m particularly comfortable with in general. Ah. And then there’s Haley and Johnny Storm in the little gift fic I wrote for dazzledfirestar . I’m not really an FF ficcer, but he keeps popping up, you know?
As for a pairing that’s purely made up of canon characters? I think writing Scott Summers and Jean Grey in Good Girls Don’t Get Caught was one of the toughest for me. I just don’t feel the spark there, even though they’re an established canon couple. I guess I’m slowly warming up to Mr. Summers. But I think it was even harder to think of him as a romantic/sexual interest than it was with Logan in the beginning.
Another toughie for me was probably Pietro Maximoff and Rahne Sinclair, also from Witness. Since there is no canon basis for them, or even any fan fic that I’d run across, I felt like I was charting new waters. A little scary. In Evo-verse, Rahne was a very minor character without much character development. So I was totally gripping on getting them together while keeping them in character. I think I pulled it off. At least I hope so.
Anyways, I think you can see from my answer that I used that one fic, Witness as a sort of laboratory and personal obstacle course, tackling one out-of-my-comfort-zone issue after another. I even invited my readers to challenge me. And they did. LOL.
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 bunnies 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!