I'ma do a meme

[dunmurderin]

Because, for a variety of reasons that I'll go into at a later date, I'm getting back into Transformers and back into fic writing. Partly because I want to actually, seriously, no-fooling finally @#$@# finish "Common Cause" and also because I want to start posting things over at AO3. I'm thinking of starting off by editing/rewriting fics for AO3. I'm kind of waffling as to what fics to do, so if you're reading this and you have a favorite, feel free to let me know.

And also, I want to do a meme. Folks can give me a letter or I'll pick a few for myself and go through them as I will:

A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?
B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience? claimed by Dragoness_e
C: What member do you identify with most?
D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?
F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
H: How would you describe your style?
I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?
J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].
K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?
L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?
N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?
O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?
P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?) claimed by Dragoness_e
Q: How do you feel about collaborations?
R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?
S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?
T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?
U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?
X: A character you enjoy making suffer.
Y: A character you want to protect.
Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?

 Found at: https://ao3commentoftheday.tumblr.com/post/182681485143/fanfic-ask-game

So, uhm, hello again!

Comments

[dragoness_e]

Wooo! Welcome back. And, depending on the effort, I recommend putting everything you want publicly readable on AO3. AO3 simply has much better tools than FF.net or old LJ postings, for both the writer and a reader. It has an elegant tagging system that has been praised by professional librarians around the world--no less than a librarian of France's Bibliotecque Nationale wrote that AO3 had a better and more useful tagging system than their own e-catalog! So readers can find what they want, and writers can indicate what's inside without giving away the whole plot. They also let you group things by series, and gift stories to other people's series if you write crossovers with them, and stuff like that.

And unlike FF.net, they actually let you use punctuation!!


ETA: B & P

Thank you! And Answers to B and P

[dunmurderin]

Thanks! I did see that AO3 got nominated for a Hugo award as well. Which is just awesome! I can't believe I've had an account over there and yet never posted anything. I'm thinking I might do the Tailgate: Seven Ages of Man series, since it's complete.

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
Yes, several. Not in a direct one-to-one, this-is-a-thing-that-happened-to-me sense, but several of my stories have characters dealing with things that are similar to things I have experienced in my life. Particularly in fics like “Making Do” or ‘On-His-Knees Pipes.” I’m a big believer that personal experiences can help flavor your writing, even if you haven’t felt/experienced the exact same thing that the characters have. My Red Alert fic, “Compulsion” is definitely inspired by those moments I’ve had where I’m like, “…did I lock the door? I did, didn’t I? I should check – but I just got comfortable in bed…*auugh* fine, getting up and checking…”
I’ve done similar things in my original writing, though I don’t have examples online that I can point to, so you’re going to have to trust me on that.

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)
For the most part, I’m an architect. I tend to plan things out, though there are some fics that required less planning than others did. Generally, the shorter the fic, the less planning I do, but there’s a bit of research or planning or some other kind of skull-sweat in every fic I’ve done, regardless of length. When it comes to my original writings, I do a lot of planning – probably too much, since I have yet to actually *finish* one of my original works. *grumbles*