Survey Post
The following is a survey regarding authors in fandom. My aim is to study how authors in write, so if you are a fanfiction author or you author metacommentary for your fandom, please consider taking my survey.
Please email these to me (deliriumbubbles@gmail.com) by December 4th, although I will certainly take them sooner. If you would like to further discuss your answers, please leave your SN for the messanger you use (I use YIM and AIM, but I can download another if it becomes necessary.)
Survey
For the following questions, please answer to the best of your ability and feel free to use examples from your own fiction or meta to illustrate. Please let me know if the examples you give should not be quoted. Some sections of this survey may not apply to you in which case feel free to skip them. For example, if you only write meta, and not fanfiction, skip the fanfiction section.
I. Personal Info:
How would you identity yourself as a person (perhaps on your userinfo)?
How would you like to be referred to in this study?
What is your gender identification?
How old are you?
What’s your general location?
What kind of work do you do?
In which fandoms do you participate? Write in?
How much instruction have you had in a classroom regarding writing? How do you feel about writing classes?
How much and how often do you use the internet? What was your experience of getting online?
II. Fanfiction
What does it mean to you to write fanfiction? Why do you think others write fanfiction?
Do you think that there are things you can do as a writer in fanfiction that you cannot do in another medium? If so, what?
How long have you been writing fanfiction?
How did you come into writing fanfiction? If you were formerly only a reader, what prompted you to begin writing?
What source materials do you use when planning your writing? Do you use only the primary source (television show, book, etc.) or do you use additional sources? Do you ever draw from multiple incarnations of your characters (For example, a television show based on a comic book and also treated in a cartoon or a movie)?
Do you ever write fanfiction with other authors? If so, how do you collaborate?
Where do you normally post/publish your fanfiction? What do you expect from these different forums?
Do you use a beta reader? If so, how do you communicate?
Are you a roleplayer? If so, does your roleplaying impact your stories or style?
How do you feel about contests and challenges? How do these affect your writing?
How do comments or reviews affect your writing?
How much do you interact with the rest of the fandom in which you write? What has been your experience in the community?
Do you read fanfiction as well as write?
Do you think your interaction with the community has affected your writing? If so, how?
How do you think that your writing projects who you are to your readers?
Do you ever write fanfiction with a specific message, either overtly or implied? Do you ever find messages popping up in your writing without having planned them?
How much do you experiment with different styles in your writing? If you choose to do so, why and what led you to do so?
III. Meta
Do you write metacommentary in your fandoms (essays about specific elements, threading about and episode or issue, reviews of episodes/books, etc.)? If so, why?
Do you ever meta with other fans? How do you communicate in that case?
How do you think the statements you make in your meta project who you are to other fans?
Do issues that you feel are important in “real life” filter into your meta? If so, when and how does this happen?
How much do you experiment with different styles when writing meta? If you choose to do so, why?
III. Other Writing
Describe your writing process. What materials do you use to write (pen and paper, typewriter, particular writing software, html, etc.)? Creatively, how do you begin writing a story (start with a character, line of dialogue, series of scenes, concept you want to see in play, etc.)?
Do you write either original fiction or in other genres? What do you write about outside of fandom?
Did you write before coming into fanfiction? If so, what was your attitude toward your writing? Also, how do you think your writing has changed since you began writing fanfiction?
Do you have aspirations to become published in print? Why or why not?
Please email these to me (deliriumbubbles@gmail.com) by December 4th, although I will certainly take them sooner. If you would like to further discuss your answers, please leave your SN for the messanger you use (I use YIM and AIM, but I can download another if it becomes necessary.)
Survey
For the following questions, please answer to the best of your ability and feel free to use examples from your own fiction or meta to illustrate. Please let me know if the examples you give should not be quoted. Some sections of this survey may not apply to you in which case feel free to skip them. For example, if you only write meta, and not fanfiction, skip the fanfiction section.
I. Personal Info:
How would you identity yourself as a person (perhaps on your userinfo)?
How would you like to be referred to in this study?
What is your gender identification?
How old are you?
What’s your general location?
What kind of work do you do?
In which fandoms do you participate? Write in?
How much instruction have you had in a classroom regarding writing? How do you feel about writing classes?
How much and how often do you use the internet? What was your experience of getting online?
II. Fanfiction
What does it mean to you to write fanfiction? Why do you think others write fanfiction?
Do you think that there are things you can do as a writer in fanfiction that you cannot do in another medium? If so, what?
How long have you been writing fanfiction?
How did you come into writing fanfiction? If you were formerly only a reader, what prompted you to begin writing?
What source materials do you use when planning your writing? Do you use only the primary source (television show, book, etc.) or do you use additional sources? Do you ever draw from multiple incarnations of your characters (For example, a television show based on a comic book and also treated in a cartoon or a movie)?
Do you ever write fanfiction with other authors? If so, how do you collaborate?
Where do you normally post/publish your fanfiction? What do you expect from these different forums?
Do you use a beta reader? If so, how do you communicate?
Are you a roleplayer? If so, does your roleplaying impact your stories or style?
How do you feel about contests and challenges? How do these affect your writing?
How do comments or reviews affect your writing?
How much do you interact with the rest of the fandom in which you write? What has been your experience in the community?
Do you read fanfiction as well as write?
Do you think your interaction with the community has affected your writing? If so, how?
How do you think that your writing projects who you are to your readers?
Do you ever write fanfiction with a specific message, either overtly or implied? Do you ever find messages popping up in your writing without having planned them?
How much do you experiment with different styles in your writing? If you choose to do so, why and what led you to do so?
III. Meta
Do you write metacommentary in your fandoms (essays about specific elements, threading about and episode or issue, reviews of episodes/books, etc.)? If so, why?
Do you ever meta with other fans? How do you communicate in that case?
How do you think the statements you make in your meta project who you are to other fans?
Do issues that you feel are important in “real life” filter into your meta? If so, when and how does this happen?
How much do you experiment with different styles when writing meta? If you choose to do so, why?
III. Other Writing
Describe your writing process. What materials do you use to write (pen and paper, typewriter, particular writing software, html, etc.)? Creatively, how do you begin writing a story (start with a character, line of dialogue, series of scenes, concept you want to see in play, etc.)?
Do you write either original fiction or in other genres? What do you write about outside of fandom?
Did you write before coming into fanfiction? If so, what was your attitude toward your writing? Also, how do you think your writing has changed since you began writing fanfiction?
Do you have aspirations to become published in print? Why or why not?