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binary_sunset) wrote2020-01-23 06:24 pm
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Fan Fic Author Ask Meme
Shamelessly stolen from elrhiarhodan.
1) How old were you when you first starting writing fan fiction?
2) What fandoms do you write for and do you have a particular favorite if you write for more than one?
3) Do you prefer writing OC’s or reader inserts? Explain your answer.
4) What is your favorite genre to write for?
5) If you had to choose a favorite out of all of your multi chaptered stories, which would it be and why?
6) If you had to delete one of your stories and never speak of it again, which would it be and why?
7) When is your preferred time to write?
8) Where do you take your inspiration from?
9) In your (pick a fic of mine), what’s your favorite scene that you wrote? Or, what is your all time favorite scene you’ve ever written?
10) In your (pick a fic of mine), why did you decide to end it like that? Did you have an alternative ending in mind?
11) Have you ever amended a story due to criticisms you’ve received after posting it?
12) Who is your favorite character to write for? Why?
13) Who is your least favorite character to write for? Why?
14) How did you come up with the title for (pick a fic of mine)? Or, how do you come up with titles?
15) If you write OC’s, how do you decide on their names?
16) How did you come up with the idea for (pick a fic of mine)?
17) Post a line from a WIP that you’re working on.
18) Do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them?
19) Are there any stories that you’ve written that you’d really love to do a sequel to?
20) Are there any stories that you wished you’d ended differently?
21) Tell me about your current favorite canon, what attracted you to it? What will make you abandon it?
22) Do you have a story that you look back on and cringe when you reread it?
23) Do you prefer listening to music when you’re writing or do you need silence?
24) How do you feel about writing smutty scenes?
25) Have you ever cried whilst writing a story?
26) Which part of your (pick a fic of mine) was the hardest to write?
27) Do you make a general outline for your stories or do you just go with the flow and pants your plots?
28) What is something you wished you’d known before you started posting fan fiction?
29) Do you have a story that you feel doesn’t get as much love as you’d like?
30) In contrast to #29 is there a story which gets lots of love which you kinda eye roll at?
31) Send me a fic recommendation for one of your own stories
32) Are any of your characters based on real people?
33) What’s the biggest compliment you’ve gotten?
34) What’s the harshest criticism you’ve gotten?
35) Do you share your story ideas with anyone else or do you keep them close to your chest?
36) Can you give us a spoiler for one of your WIP’s?
37) What’s the funniest story you’ve written?
38) Have you ever collaborated? Was it a good experience or a terrible one?
39) Do you prefer first, second or third person?
40) Do people know you write fan fiction?
41) What’s you favorite minor character you’ve written?
42) What do you think about song fic? Have you ever written on? Why wouldn’t you?
43) Has anyone ever guessed the plot twist of one of your fics before you posted it?
44) What is the last line you wrote?
45) What spurs you on during the writing process?
46) I really loved your (pick a fic of mine) fic. If you were ever to do a sequel, what do you think might happen in it?
47) Here’s a fic title - insert a made up title. What would this story be about?
48) What’s your favorite trope to write?
49) Can you remember the first fic you read? What was it about?
50) If you could write only angst, fluff or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why?
elrhiarhodan.1) How old were you when you first starting writing fan fiction?
2) What fandoms do you write for and do you have a particular favorite if you write for more than one?
3) Do you prefer writing OC’s or reader inserts? Explain your answer.
4) What is your favorite genre to write for?
5) If you had to choose a favorite out of all of your multi chaptered stories, which would it be and why?
6) If you had to delete one of your stories and never speak of it again, which would it be and why?
7) When is your preferred time to write?
8) Where do you take your inspiration from?
9) In your (pick a fic of mine), what’s your favorite scene that you wrote? Or, what is your all time favorite scene you’ve ever written?
10) In your (pick a fic of mine), why did you decide to end it like that? Did you have an alternative ending in mind?
11) Have you ever amended a story due to criticisms you’ve received after posting it?
12) Who is your favorite character to write for? Why?
13) Who is your least favorite character to write for? Why?
14) How did you come up with the title for (pick a fic of mine)? Or, how do you come up with titles?
15) If you write OC’s, how do you decide on their names?
16) How did you come up with the idea for (pick a fic of mine)?
17) Post a line from a WIP that you’re working on.
18) Do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them?
19) Are there any stories that you’ve written that you’d really love to do a sequel to?
20) Are there any stories that you wished you’d ended differently?
21) Tell me about your current favorite canon, what attracted you to it? What will make you abandon it?
22) Do you have a story that you look back on and cringe when you reread it?
23) Do you prefer listening to music when you’re writing or do you need silence?
24) How do you feel about writing smutty scenes?
25) Have you ever cried whilst writing a story?
26) Which part of your (pick a fic of mine) was the hardest to write?
27) Do you make a general outline for your stories or do you just go with the flow and pants your plots?
28) What is something you wished you’d known before you started posting fan fiction?
29) Do you have a story that you feel doesn’t get as much love as you’d like?
30) In contrast to #29 is there a story which gets lots of love which you kinda eye roll at?
31) Send me a fic recommendation for one of your own stories
32) Are any of your characters based on real people?
33) What’s the biggest compliment you’ve gotten?
34) What’s the harshest criticism you’ve gotten?
35) Do you share your story ideas with anyone else or do you keep them close to your chest?
36) Can you give us a spoiler for one of your WIP’s?
37) What’s the funniest story you’ve written?
38) Have you ever collaborated? Was it a good experience or a terrible one?
39) Do you prefer first, second or third person?
40) Do people know you write fan fiction?
41) What’s you favorite minor character you’ve written?
42) What do you think about song fic? Have you ever written on? Why wouldn’t you?
43) Has anyone ever guessed the plot twist of one of your fics before you posted it?
44) What is the last line you wrote?
45) What spurs you on during the writing process?
46) I really loved your (pick a fic of mine) fic. If you were ever to do a sequel, what do you think might happen in it?
47) Here’s a fic title - insert a made up title. What would this story be about?
48) What’s your favorite trope to write?
49) Can you remember the first fic you read? What was it about?
50) If you could write only angst, fluff or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why?
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7) When is your preferred time to write?
After dinner or otherwise late at night. I like to get all my school stuff done during the day and reward myself with a fic session, but I'll write whenever I have time.
12) Who is your favorite character to write for? Why?
Definitely Oliver from Call Me By Your Name. There's a reason I write him so often, lol. I love having a Jewish queer character whose Jewish and queer identities are important to the story. He's also such an enigma. Like, we know so little about him throughout the course of the film. It's clear he's stuggling with his sexuality, and I just really enjoy exploring how and why.
I'm also giving General Hux from Star Wars an honourable mention here, for similar reasons. I was also abused by my family, so it's nice to channel all those complex feelings onto a character that doesn't have to do the right thing all the time (or even be particularly nice).
...Apparently, my type is "emotional support twink."
28) What is something you wished you’d known before you started posting fan fiction?
Oof, tough question. I started writing fic almost a decade ago, and most of the mistakes I made got ironed out pretty quick.
I guess if I could go back in time, I'd tell baby Tori that not every fic is going to be a winner, and that it's okay if you put a lot of time and effort into smth that people didn't resonate with as much. Popularity =/= quality.
Also, I wish I'd known about AO3 before I started posting fic. I joined fandom around the time that FFN was taking down stories for seemingly no reason, and I wish I'd known there was a safe haven out there. I also think baby Tori could have really benefitted from the tagging system lol.
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1) How old were you when you first starting writing fan fiction?
I wrote my first fan fic (an awful self-insert fan fiction that crossed over with everything I was into at the time) in fourth grade, so I was probably.... ten or so? It has been lost to the void
My first fan fiction that I actually published on a fan fiction website was a Death Note crackfic I wrote when I was 12.
4) What is your favorite genre to write for?
Judging by my AO3 history, probably smut. I just really enjoy exploring character through sex. I'm also just a sucker for fluff in general.
17) Post a line from a WIP that you’re working on.
Working on some Witcher stuff RN. I hope you enjoy!
He'd seen the witcher's massive hands in action, whether it was snapping a man's neck or grasping a tankard of ale. It made him wonder what Geralt was like as a lover.
45) What spurs you on during the writing process?
Oooo, interesting question! Personally, I really enjoy the process itself, going from nothing to creating something I can show to the world. But I also really feed off of the idea of community. Not every fic is going to be a home run, obviously, but I love knowing that I'm writing for a community of people who also like this thing I'm writing!
50) If you could write only angst, fluff or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why?
As much as I love writing smut, it'd have to be fluff. Don't get me wrong, sex can be super fun to write and people seem to enjoy it, but if I write too muich of it at once, it starts to feel SO repetitive. There's so many different ways to write fluff, that I'd probably have to pick that.
Also, I just don't write angst that much, unless it's Hurt/Comfort lol. I'm very Soft.