A 30-day fanfic meme, Day 1
Yoinked from pitry.
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?
Well, it depends how you define "fanfic". My sisters and I have been LARPing anything and everything we liked, ever since I can remember - Trojan War, Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, LOTR, Ancient Rome, what have you. (No characterization and very little plot, but the slice-of-life nature of those games reminds me a lot of my writing, so. *shrugs* Which came first I don't know. *g*)
Proper writing of stories about openly non-original characters, though... Star Trek: TOS. I think there's something about it that instigates fanfic. ;-) I wrote a playlet, for my 4-H club's talent contest, which became Jim, We Shrunk the Helmsman after it failed to be produced. (Too many cooks. o_O)
After that, there was an AU Captain America backstory - sort of a Batman Begins-style retelling - which has not been published, and isn't going to be because I DON'T NEED TO. The movie did everything I was trying to do, better. :D
There was also a novel-length AU Venom backstory, related to my mom's epic Spider-Man 2 tag-novel... it's complicated. (The only bit of THAT that's ever seen the light was Venom Our Name Is, which was the epilogue, and shows just how much I rely on "iceberg" worldbuilding to produce a very short piece of orig!fic...)
But my first proper, fic-publishing, online fandom was MacGate (MacGyver/Stargate crossoverdom/fusionverse. It's a thing.) And... I frankly have no idea what pulled me in about that. I'd just been reading a lot of 'Gatefic, a fair bit of Jack-and-Mac-are-brothers fic, and a goofy conversation about velociraptor zombie vampires, and my brain suddenly spat out Velocizompire Apocalypse.
(Well, I say "suddenly". I had to do half a dozen rewrites, by hand, before it actually settled down into finished form. That was standard for my writing style in those days; still is, for some types of writing.)
That was the first thing I ever wrote without a specific deadline and prospective audience, and finishing it to my own satisfaction (and getting feedback that wasn't from a judges' panel) pretty much sent me over the moon. So I kept writing. *g*
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 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 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!
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?
Well, it depends how you define "fanfic". My sisters and I have been LARPing anything and everything we liked, ever since I can remember - Trojan War, Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, LOTR, Ancient Rome, what have you. (No characterization and very little plot, but the slice-of-life nature of those games reminds me a lot of my writing, so. *shrugs* Which came first I don't know. *g*)
Proper writing of stories about openly non-original characters, though... Star Trek: TOS. I think there's something about it that instigates fanfic. ;-) I wrote a playlet, for my 4-H club's talent contest, which became Jim, We Shrunk the Helmsman after it failed to be produced. (Too many cooks. o_O)
After that, there was an AU Captain America backstory - sort of a Batman Begins-style retelling - which has not been published, and isn't going to be because I DON'T NEED TO. The movie did everything I was trying to do, better. :D
There was also a novel-length AU Venom backstory, related to my mom's epic Spider-Man 2 tag-novel... it's complicated. (The only bit of THAT that's ever seen the light was Venom Our Name Is, which was the epilogue, and shows just how much I rely on "iceberg" worldbuilding to produce a very short piece of orig!fic...)
But my first proper, fic-publishing, online fandom was MacGate (MacGyver/Stargate crossoverdom/fusionverse. It's a thing.) And... I frankly have no idea what pulled me in about that. I'd just been reading a lot of 'Gatefic, a fair bit of Jack-and-Mac-are-brothers fic, and a goofy conversation about velociraptor zombie vampires, and my brain suddenly spat out Velocizompire Apocalypse.
(Well, I say "suddenly". I had to do half a dozen rewrites, by hand, before it actually settled down into finished form. That was standard for my writing style in those days; still is, for some types of writing.)
That was the first thing I ever wrote without a specific deadline and prospective audience, and finishing it to my own satisfaction (and getting feedback that wasn't from a judges' panel) pretty much sent me over the moon. So I kept writing. *g*
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 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 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!