I am both a Johngirl and a Rodneygirl. Rodney edges ahead by .000089%. I blame the nipples.
Why the pairing? Does besotted love count? To give credit where it's due, the way the Flanigan and Hewlett played the characters has everything to do with my mad, crazy love. I can't imagine these characters, played by anyone else, would work the same way for me, which ties into your question about the appeal of the characters. The chemistry between the actors is a gift to fandom. It doesn't hurt that they're both easy on the eyes.
I don't have my own backstory for the boys. I will happily follow an author down the yellow brick road of backstory with glee. Take me there well, and I'll believe. At least for as long as I'm reading the story.
Scenes or linear?
I write in a combination of the two. Once I have a strong visual of a scene I have to figure out where it's going to fit in a story. Hence a quick and dirty outline to keep me from wandering all over the place. I love having the ending written first so I know where I'm going. From there it's linear in the sense that every scene I write is moving towards that goal.
and Hot off the Grill because John and Rodney challenging each other is just so much fun to write.
Hardest? Out of Time from the S.Magic 'verse. I had to come up with, and reasonably explain, a unique way of looking at time travel. It involved writing the past and circling back around to the present. I'm still not sure I really pulled it off but damn, I tried. :)
Why the pairing? Does besotted love count? To give credit where it's due, the way the Flanigan and Hewlett played the characters has everything to do with my mad, crazy love.
I can't imagine these characters, played by anyone else, would work the same way for me, which ties into your question about the appeal of the characters. The chemistry between the actors is a gift to fandom. It doesn't hurt that they're both easy on the eyes.
I don't have my own backstory for the boys. I will happily follow an author down the yellow brick road of backstory with glee. Take me there well, and I'll believe. At least for as long as I'm reading the story.
Scenes or linear?
I write in a combination of the two. Once I have a strong visual of a scene I have to figure out where it's going to fit in a story. Hence a quick and dirty outline to keep me from wandering all over the place. I love having the ending written first so I know where I'm going. From there it's linear in the sense that every scene I write is moving towards that goal.
Which story flowed out? Can I name two? Not Your Mother's Sex Change because Rodney just took over.
and Hot off the Grill because John and Rodney challenging each other is just so much fun to write.
Hardest? Out of Time from the S.Magic 'verse. I had to come up with, and reasonably explain, a unique way of looking at time travel. It involved writing the past and circling back around to the present. I'm still not sure I really pulled it off but damn, I tried. :)
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