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16 - Summaries - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?When I have one ready in my head, it's no big deal, but I can't count how many times I've stared at the screen, wracking my brain for something that sounded interesting. There's no other real method to it: think of the plot or a resonating theme, and try ( Read more... )

I'd nearly forgotten about this meme...

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'm not comfortable writing more than PG-13, in terms of sexuality and violence. I've... pushed the ( Read more... )

...I’ve been writing my protagonist as shaped like me, keeping myself conscious of the words I am using to describe her, and her best friend as being maybe smaller, but strong and muscular. because I don’t read about a lot of girls who are shaped like me. and I know there are other girls out there also drawn in bold, heavy strokes who need that. ( 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?In general, I prefer to stay as close to canon as possible. Even my headcanon - my "fanon" - usually doesn't go leaps and bounds over canon. My fanon usually fits into the world already ( Read more... )

The percent hasn't changed since the last time I posted this a few weeks ago. But I've been adding words and taking away words, so it's hardly accurate, but whatever. Helps me see some tangible progress? Meh.



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11 - Genre - do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?I was very scientific about this question. I went to my FF.net profile and actually counted my gen fics versus 'ship fics. And, to my surprise, it came out roughly 50/50. I though for sure that ship fics would win out with a wide margin ( Read more... )

Distracting myself from utter boredom...

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?I have blocks all the time with pairings I love - most recently for Kaidan/Shepard and a few Dragon Age pairings. But I chalk that ( Read more... )

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.For the most part, I don't write OCs. The majority of my fanfic these days have been drabbles relating to main or side characters, so there's really been no need for them. In my longer fics (and my background stories for a ( Read more... )

7 - Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?Sort of, but not really. Most of the time, I find that if I'm writing something about that character, the kernels of my feelings for them were already there, even if not fully explored, they usually will only be clarified by the end of a fic. Of course, that depends on if the fic I'm ( Read more... )