Writing Quirks Meme
Copy the questions into your blog and answer them. Then tag five other writers to do the same!
1. Do you outline?
2. Do you write straight through a book, or do you sometimes tackle the scenes out of order?
3. Do you prefer writing with a pen or using a computer?
4. Do you prefer writing in first person or third?
5. Do you listen to music while you write? If so, do you create a playlist, listen randomly, or pick a single song that fits the book?
6. How do you come up with the perfect names for your characters?
7. When you're writing, do you ever imagine your book as a television show or movie?
8. Have you ever had a character insist on doing something you really didn't want him/her to do?
9. Do you know how a book is going to end when you start it?
10. Where do you write?
11. What do you do when you get writer's block?
12. What size increments do you write in (either in terms of wordcount, or as a percentage of the book as a whole)?
13. How many different drafts did you write for your last project?
14. Have you ever changed a character's name midway through a draft?
15. Do you let anyone read your book while you're working on it, or do you wait until you've completed a draft before letting someone else see it?
16. What do you do to celebrate when you finish a draft?
17. One project at a time, or multiple projects at once?
18. Do your books grow or shrink in revision?
19. Do you have any writing or critique partners?
20. Do you prefer drafting or revising?
1. Do you outline?
2. Do you write straight through a book, or do you sometimes tackle the scenes out of order?
3. Do you prefer writing with a pen or using a computer?
4. Do you prefer writing in first person or third?
5. Do you listen to music while you write? If so, do you create a playlist, listen randomly, or pick a single song that fits the book?
6. How do you come up with the perfect names for your characters?
7. When you're writing, do you ever imagine your book as a television show or movie?
8. Have you ever had a character insist on doing something you really didn't want him/her to do?
9. Do you know how a book is going to end when you start it?
10. Where do you write?
11. What do you do when you get writer's block?
12. What size increments do you write in (either in terms of wordcount, or as a percentage of the book as a whole)?
13. How many different drafts did you write for your last project?
14. Have you ever changed a character's name midway through a draft?
15. Do you let anyone read your book while you're working on it, or do you wait until you've completed a draft before letting someone else see it?
16. What do you do to celebrate when you finish a draft?
17. One project at a time, or multiple projects at once?
18. Do your books grow or shrink in revision?
19. Do you have any writing or critique partners?
20. Do you prefer drafting or revising?