Meme - DVD Commentary (By the Numbers Version)

[elrhiarhodan]

I've been a little quite here on LJ the past few months, and my apologies. I come bearing a meme - a version of the DVD Commentary meme I love so much!

Look at my Masterlist or my AO3 Works page and ask me up to three questions about any fic:

1:What inspired you to write the fic this way?

2:What scene did you first put down?

3:What's your favorite line of narration?

4:What's your favorite line of dialogue?

5:What part was hardest to write?

6:What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?

7:Where did the title come from?

8:Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?

9:Were there any alternate versions of this fic?

10:Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?

11:What do you like best about this fic?

12:What do you like least about this fic?

13:What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn't listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

14:Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?

15:What did you learn from writing this fic?


And of course, if you want to play along, here's the text:

<B>Look at my <a href= URL FOR YOUR MASTERLIST>Masterlist</a> or my <a href= URL FOR YOUR AO3 PAGE>AO3 Works page</a> and ask me up to three questions about any fic:</b> 1:What inspired you to write the fic this way? 2:What scene did you first put down? 3:What's your favorite line of narration? 4:What's your favorite line of dialogue? 5:What part was hardest to write? 6:What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics? 7:Where did the title come from? 8:Did any real people or events inspire any part of it? 9:Were there any alternate versions of this fic? 10:Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story? 11:What do you like best about this fic? 12:What do you like least about this fic? 13:What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn't listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading? 14:Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic? 15:What did you learn from writing this fic?

Comments

[nywcgirl]

We shall come home: 1, 2 and 11

[elrhiarhodan]

Oooh, VERY EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!!!!!!!


1:What inspired you to write the fic this way?

"We Shall Come Home" was conceived during a very difficult period in my life. An LJ friend had put out a general call for Peter/Neal prompts and I responded with "What if Peter and Neal are turned into dogs and Clinton has to chase after them?"

The friend wasn't all that interested and didn't mind that I wanted to write it myself. This was right around the time that my dad was hospitalized for his final illness. And so instead of going all cracky, it became filled with all of the angst I was experiencing in real life.

2:What scene did you first put down

I am a very linear writer, which means I always start with the first scene, in this case - Peter and Neal driving out to Pennsylvania and getting lost. And hitting the deer.

I think I wrote the first 17k in about a week.

11:What do you like best about this fic?

There are a lot of things I really love about this fic - the symbiosis between Peter as the Pathfinder and Neal as the Hunter. I love Moz and Diana bonding, Hughes accepting what happened without thinking he was crazy. Peter's homecoming, the final scene with Neal.

But what I love best are actually my OCs here - the Pennsylvania State Troopers, Eduardo Montoya, the children who save Neal, the veterinarians. They all are very much "real" people to me.

Thank you so much for asking about this story. It's one of my favorites.

[nywcgirl]

I really love the story, I have it on my e-reader, now that I asked the questions and got more info on the story, I will re-read it. Thank you.

[ladyrose42.livejournal.com]

It should not happened like this. 1.5. and 11/12

[elrhiarhodan]

I actually forgot which story this was! But now that I've refreshed my memory, it is a favorite.

1:What inspired you to write the fic this way?

I don't really remember what prompted this particular story. It is, to my recollection, one of the few stories I started writing without a clear end it sight. I think I wanted to have Peter and Neal end up working together, but just not in the FBI.

5:What part was hardest to write?

The sexual assault scene. I almost didn't finish the story after writing it. I thought how horrible it was to have Peter sexually assault Neal like that, and it felt almost unrealistic that Neal could talk Peter out of the attack. But it happened that a few days after writing this scene (and putting it aside), I read an article about the types of sexual assault and how the only type of rape where it is possible to talk the assailant out of the act was the same type of situation that Neal had found himself in.

I'm still not 100% convinced I wrote it well, but as time passes, I find I'm less upset with the scene than I was when I first wrote it.

11:What do you like best about this fic?

I love how Peter is finally able to move forward with his life, that he finds himself (and Elizabeth, too) again, because he can finally talk with someone who cares.

(I'm skipping 12 because I think my answer to #5 addresses the same thing).

[pipilj.livejournal.com]

It must be now :2,5 and 6

[elrhiarhodan]

2:What scene did you first put down?

I am an almost pathologically linear writer, and can't think of a single time I didn't write the opening scene first.

Although I do have to say, I originally wrote David Seigel as an original character, but changed that once I realized how important a role he was going to play in the early part of the story.

5:What part was hardest to write? The scenes between Neal and Elizabeth. There was, when I'd started writing it, a tiny undercurrent of OT3 there, because I'd written so much P/E/N over the years, that I had to work hard not to bring her in, romantically.

6:What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?

What an interesting question! I think the ending is what makes it very unique for me. I love happy endings, I rarely write unhappy endings, but also, I rarely write ambiguous endings, and the end of this is very ambiguous. You, the reader, don't know if Peter survives his cancer.

It's all very open ended.