30 Days of Write: Day 16
I guess I'm supposed to do one of these a day for thirty days.
I kinda want to answer them all now but we'll see if I can be patient.
This meme is very timely as I have just gotten back into writing. I am writing my Canadian Zombie Movie.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story-from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
I admit to being a bit squeamish when it comes to the topic of sex. Honestly my usual tactic is to fade to black, there's the set up and then the rest is left to the readers imagination. Also due to my genre of choice, horror for those not paying attention, I tend to use sex as a threat or weapon. I find the idea of rape and sexual assault, and the sheer percentage of women effected by the same, so terrifying that I often write about it. It is my trigger, especially now that I have two young nieces in my life. As a result I write about it, I write about what scares me a lot. Hence my desire to write my Zombie script right now, when you come right down to it it is about disease. All this means that I have probably written more of this type of scene then love scenes. It isn't that love doesn't exist in my worlds, it does often against all odds, it is just that there are more bad people then good. But in all fairness the bad people always get punished. Rapists have a high mortality rate in my world.
I kinda want to answer them all now but we'll see if I can be patient.
This meme is very timely as I have just gotten back into writing. I am writing my Canadian Zombie Movie.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story-from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
I admit to being a bit squeamish when it comes to the topic of sex. Honestly my usual tactic is to fade to black, there's the set up and then the rest is left to the readers imagination. Also due to my genre of choice, horror for those not paying attention, I tend to use sex as a threat or weapon. I find the idea of rape and sexual assault, and the sheer percentage of women effected by the same, so terrifying that I often write about it. It is my trigger, especially now that I have two young nieces in my life. As a result I write about it, I write about what scares me a lot. Hence my desire to write my Zombie script right now, when you come right down to it it is about disease. All this means that I have probably written more of this type of scene then love scenes. It isn't that love doesn't exist in my worlds, it does often against all odds, it is just that there are more bad people then good. But in all fairness the bad people always get punished. Rapists have a high mortality rate in my world.