27 - Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?

In front of the telly (with a music video collection on), and on the computer. But if I'm travelling, I'll take a large notepad and write by hand. Although it's a total pain to transcribe it after.

28 - Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether ( Read more... )

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?Not so much specifically for writing "fic", but for writing generally I either need silence, or something of a background noise. I tend to throw on my saved music ( Read more... )

The wonderful rivertempest pointed me at this animation, the "Prince's Story". Be warned - it's a four-hanky job.

*sniff* *sniff* *Iamnotasymp*

Ahem.

Back to the serious stuff.

23 - When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?

I mainly post to the Pit of Voles, although they have ratings restrictions, ( Read more... )

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?

Short answer - no. However, that's not because I have anything against them. Usually my stories *feel* finished, or as drabbles they're just the taste of something. Which means one day I will probably write a "part two" to ( Read more... )

19 - When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?

I lost a few bunnies along the way, so I now have a lovely little Moleskin notebook in my wallet that I write the bunnies in. Most will be useless, but you never know...

20 - Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories ( Read more... )

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?Second part first - I rarely give chapters names, although I might for the large novel ( Read more... )

16 - Summaries - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?

As someone who has read far too many cheesy romances, bad thrillers and cheap sci-fi, writing a summary (or a teaser) isn't usually that hard. I just imagine what would draw people in.

Severus caught Tonks and Bill doing something steamy in the ( Read more... )

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?I reckon that even if you've made it clear that your fic is NC-17 or R rated, any kinky stuff needs to be warned about because some people have very low thresholds. Especially non-con. I have too many friends and there are too ( Read more... )

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?I've written the Really Naughty Stuff, but it's not so much a matter of being comfortable as writing it believably. (I've written straight smut ( Read more... )

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?It's really hard to write Severus/Hermione as canon :-) More seriously, the "what if" question intrigues me, but sticking to the story is an interesting challenge. I was amused once I'd finished ( Read more... )