Lots of good questions! Of course my brain is feeling all mushy so I'll just answer some random ones! *g*
M. Yes! I can do names and numbers. When I was first getting into BtVS/AtS and trying to figure out which episodes I still hadn't seen, I was also finishing my degree and I would get often really bored in class. So to not fall asleep, I started writing out the episodes and ended up memorizing them.
Q. I actually started reading fanfic at work (this was pre having a computer at home). Now it's a pretty even split between reading at work and at home. I've occasionally printed things off and read them on the subway but didn't like that cause people will often read over your shoulder. I do a lot of my fanfic writing on the subway though. I find it a really productive time and never worry about people seeing it because I have atrocious handwriting. I've also written on buses, planes and in airports - also fruitful fic writing places! R. Yes - but obviously that's if there's errors in the fic. I try to avoid reading fic that has lots of errors! *g* S. 2 or 3. But it can depend if I post to communities a few days after posting to my LJ. T. I always copy and paste from my word document once all the editing it finished. But I will read it over in the preview pane and will occasionally catch some small mistake. U. I often use variations on the same ones and will just add or alter - mostly because I don't want to come up with something new. V. I normally use it thank my betas and give other info, like if it was written for a ficathon or something.
So to not fall asleep, I started writing out the episodes and ended up memorizing them.
I would say you're crazy. Except that the whole reason I asked is I started doing the same thing a couple weeks ago!
I do a lot of my fanfic writing on the subway though. I find it a really productive time and never worry about people seeing it because I have atrocious handwriting. I've also written on buses, planes and in airports - also fruitful fic writing places!
I also write in more places than I read--for the same reasons, less people will be able to read what I'm writing. I have a funny personal shorthand, just to be sure! But it was invented for note-taking, not fic-writing, so I'm not scary. *looks shifty*
T. I always copy and paste from my word document once all the editing it finished. But I will read it over in the preview pane and will occasionally catch some small mistake.
Me too, but the trouble is, I have to reread after I fix every little mistake, and end up finding new tiny mistakes every time! Eventually I either get bored and put it back into Word to fix it more, or get bored and just post the damn thing.
M. Yes! I can do names and numbers. When I was first getting into BtVS/AtS and trying to figure out which episodes I still hadn't seen, I was also finishing my degree and I would get often really bored in class. So to not fall asleep, I started writing out the episodes and ended up memorizing them.
Q. I actually started reading fanfic at work (this was pre having a computer at home). Now it's a pretty even split between reading at work and at home. I've occasionally printed things off and read them on the subway but didn't like that cause people will often read over your shoulder. I do a lot of my fanfic writing on the subway though. I find it a really productive time and never worry about people seeing it because I have atrocious handwriting. I've also written on buses, planes and in airports - also fruitful fic writing places!
R. Yes - but obviously that's if there's errors in the fic. I try to avoid reading fic that has lots of errors! *g*
S. 2 or 3. But it can depend if I post to communities a few days after posting to my LJ.
T. I always copy and paste from my word document once all the editing it finished. But I will read it over in the preview pane and will occasionally catch some small mistake.
U. I often use variations on the same ones and will just add or alter - mostly because I don't want to come up with something new.
V. I normally use it thank my betas and give other info, like if it was written for a ficathon or something.
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I would say you're crazy. Except that the whole reason I asked is I started doing the same thing a couple weeks ago!
I do a lot of my fanfic writing on the subway though. I find it a really productive time and never worry about people seeing it because I have atrocious handwriting. I've also written on buses, planes and in airports - also fruitful fic writing places!
I also write in more places than I read--for the same reasons, less people will be able to read what I'm writing. I have a funny personal shorthand, just to be sure! But it was invented for note-taking, not fic-writing, so I'm not scary. *looks shifty*
T. I always copy and paste from my word document once all the editing it finished. But I will read it over in the preview pane and will occasionally catch some small mistake.
Me too, but the trouble is, I have to reread after I fix every little mistake, and end up finding new tiny mistakes every time! Eventually I either get bored and put it back into Word to fix it more, or get bored and just post the damn thing.
Thanks for doing some of these questions!
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