a writing meme

[sabaceanbabe]

Oftentimes people don’t leave comments or feedback because they’re not sure what to say. They don’t want to remark on things the author may not have meant for them to notice, or the overall impression is so strong that it drowns out specifics. Below is a list of questions to consider for what I’ve already written, and let me know your thoughts.

Comments

[daybreak777]

Meme!

5. For vids, I'd say do another like Girl Next Door. I love that vid so very much.

For fic? Hmm. You know I love Chance Encounters. I haven't read that pairing in years!

7. I think of you on a level with rebelliousrose. Best Helo fic writers I know.

11. I think you are a good writer and particularly good at plot. When I think of you I think of that. I actually think in my last fic, I tried to do a multiple plot thing like you did with Scenes from a Liberation. You did that so well!

(I still mostly know BSG things. Hope the response is still useful, though!)

[sabaceanbabe]

Thank you so much for replying to this one. I honestly thought no one would. *hugs you tight*

Chance Encounters was the very first "smut" I ever wrote and one of my first BSG fics, too.

Your comment about Girl Next Door makes me want to do some vidding again for the first time in months.

And what you say here about my writing in #11... *tackle hug* That means so much to me. ♥

[daybreak777]

Well, you never know. As Sharon would say someone is still alive and kicking here on Caprica LJ! *hugs back*

I support all vidding efforts! You've rarely made a vid I didn't watch. Usually multiple times. :-)

About number 11, I didn't realize I was trying that until I wrote the above comment. But I don't have the skill that you do! You are really at home with longer stories. :-)

[thatgirlsix]

Hiya, Sunshine

[deathmallow]

I 10000% agree with the comment regarding #5 above. I'm biased, but Madrigal is still one of my favorite fics in this fandom.

[thatgirlsix]

See? Smartypants people smarter than me agree with me. So you have to listen. Neener, neener. Hee!

[deathmallow]

Lulz. :D WE WILL MAKE HER LISTEN!

[captaintish]

#7 -- I'll give you the same answer I just gave to deathmallow -- you and her and pretty much the only authors I read in Hunger Games fandom, and the reason for that is you both are just so darn good, that I can't find any fics that are on par with them.

[sabaceanbabe]

That is a very sweet thing to say. *tackle hug* Thank you! ♥

If you ever want some THG fic recs, just let me know. I have a list of several that I've loved...

[captaintish]

Ooh yes please, I am always in the market for recs!

[sabaceanbabe]

Here you go:

links I've saved on LJ

my fic recs tag, the first 8 of which are Hunger Games

There When You Die - Cato and his mentor Lyme by lorataprose (anything by Lorata is oh so well written)

Sit With Me, Muchacho - Haymitch and Mags by millari

All Things Are Mine Since Truth I Found - Haymitch backstory by Mithrigil

Enjoy! :)

[deathmallow]

#3: Your original fic, for sure, but THGwise...more in Victorious'verse. I enjoy TW and would very likely enjoy DU as well, but I honestly think the story you've begun in Victorious is even more compelling than DU in its sheer originality. I don't know exactly what you'd do and where you'd go with it, and I find that idea really exciting. :D

[sabaceanbabe]

Yay for both chocolate cake and ice cream! :D

Interlude was the first THG fic I ever posted and even though I was writing TW and it sprang from a scene in TW, I didn't have a good handle on the characters yet, Annie especially, so that probably explains most of the characterization issues you find there. I knew I finally had a handle on Annie when she attacked Finnick's uncle Rick, because that came out of left field but just felt right. :P

[deathmallow]

Both are very good things. :D

[rose_griffes]

1, 2, 4: nope.

3: I'll go with the completely selfish answer of "I wish you wrote more Person of Interest fic."

5. As much as I like your fic with Helo, I really love it when you tackle the very minor characters. Fleshing out Doc Cottle, or Racetrack, etc. Mags in HG, for a more recent example. (While I like your Finnick and Annie, I *love* what you've done with Mags. Love it that a character who could be super-ignored by fandom* gets a voice and history of her own.)

Aaaand I need to go grade papers, so I'll stop there, but this was an interesting exercise. :)

*Since I'm not reading much HG fic, I don't know if there's a plethora of Mags stories or not... but your particular backstory for her is awesome, so...

[sabaceanbabe]

Sadly, PoI is not something I've ever felt drawn to write. That might change with the new season, of course...

Minor characters are the best to write in terms of getting to do your own thing within the background of the canon setting. Finnick is arguably a main character in the THG 'verse, but there was so little given in canon for Annie and Mags that I just fell in love with writing them, and Happy Endings is so underappreciated in this fandom that it makes me very happy that you love it. :D There isn't much Mags fic that I've seen, and the only other one that I've noticed is millari's Sit With Me, Muchacho, which I think you'll also like.

Thank you for answering some of these questions! ♥