fanfic meme, days 5, 6, 7
I'm putting these together because my answer for 6 ran into 7 and I find 5 a silly question.
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?
5 - I don't feel anyone's ever pushed their way into a fic. My fics are mine and the characters do as they please. I am the Old Gods. ;)
6 - I write women more, mostly because I see women as underwritten in both the source material and the fandoms that arise from them. I have a soft spot for those I feel are getting less attention than they warrant. Sometimes I'm quite libra.
(To be fair, I do focus on caucasian women who are often in positions of privilege, so I'm not a campaigner for true fannish equality. )
I like women, I adore them, I could just link to
sophia_gratia's brilliant post on the matter of femmeslash here. I write women more because the stories I tell have more to do with women. It's not that I dislike men, or don't write about them, it's that women speak to me more.
When I write het, I prefer being in the man's pov during sex scenes because I like writing the aspects of foreplay with the female body. Most of what I've written recently has been femmeslash, and that's all women, all of the time. I have, as
parcequelle so brilliantly put it, a number of useful men, but often in my fics they're the supporting cast. I am entirely comfortable with this.
I'm suffering from the great fannish temptation of a het pairing lately, so I'll have more male POV there. I still anticipate writing about women more.
7 - Writing Chakotay made me like him more than I did during the show. I liked him, but I never really connected with him until I started writing him and realised what I could love about him. It's not the same things other people do, I concentrate on what makes him a brilliant supporting force. His patience and emotional understanding.
My feelings for Jean-Luc Picard deepened when I wrote him too. His poetic leadership, his depth, the way he seems like a little cat who'd curl up and observe and always come purr when you were upset. I respected him on the show, once I wrote him, I adored him.
I fall in love with women for their faces, their voices and the way things appear in their eyes. When I love female characters, I love them instantly and writing (especially that of other people) deepens my understanding. Very rarely does the source material make me connect with a male character. It's really rare that a man is my favourite or someone I pay much attention to.
Usually I find a woman fascinating and through her I start to like the men around her. It's rare indeed that I initially now the man for his own merits. (Han Solo, Ned Stark, Fox Mulder and any of the men of Battlestar Galactica. BSG is a rare and brilliant show).
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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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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?
5 - I don't feel anyone's ever pushed their way into a fic. My fics are mine and the characters do as they please. I am the Old Gods. ;)
6 - I write women more, mostly because I see women as underwritten in both the source material and the fandoms that arise from them. I have a soft spot for those I feel are getting less attention than they warrant. Sometimes I'm quite libra.
(To be fair, I do focus on caucasian women who are often in positions of privilege, so I'm not a campaigner for true fannish equality. )
I like women, I adore them, I could just link to
sophia_gratia's brilliant post on the matter of femmeslash here. I write women more because the stories I tell have more to do with women. It's not that I dislike men, or don't write about them, it's that women speak to me more.
When I write het, I prefer being in the man's pov during sex scenes because I like writing the aspects of foreplay with the female body. Most of what I've written recently has been femmeslash, and that's all women, all of the time. I have, as
parcequelle so brilliantly put it, a number of useful men, but often in my fics they're the supporting cast. I am entirely comfortable with this.
I'm suffering from the great fannish temptation of a het pairing lately, so I'll have more male POV there. I still anticipate writing about women more.
7 - Writing Chakotay made me like him more than I did during the show. I liked him, but I never really connected with him until I started writing him and realised what I could love about him. It's not the same things other people do, I concentrate on what makes him a brilliant supporting force. His patience and emotional understanding.
My feelings for Jean-Luc Picard deepened when I wrote him too. His poetic leadership, his depth, the way he seems like a little cat who'd curl up and observe and always come purr when you were upset. I respected him on the show, once I wrote him, I adored him.
I fall in love with women for their faces, their voices and the way things appear in their eyes. When I love female characters, I love them instantly and writing (especially that of other people) deepens my understanding. Very rarely does the source material make me connect with a male character. It's really rare that a man is my favourite or someone I pay much attention to.
Usually I find a woman fascinating and through her I start to like the men around her. It's rare indeed that I initially now the man for his own merits. (Han Solo, Ned Stark, Fox Mulder and any of the men of Battlestar Galactica. BSG is a rare and brilliant show).
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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite 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 favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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comments. Please comment on either. :)