Meme - Ask the Author

[elrhiarhodan]

I figured I should start out the year as I mean to go on, and by that, I mean posting more frequently here, where my friends still hang out.

So, ask away! Pick up to three numbers and I'll answer as honestly as possible.

1. things that inspire you


2. things that motivate you


3. name three favorite writers


4. name three authors that were influential to your work and tell why


5. since how long do you write?


6. how did writing change you?


7. early influences on your writing


8. what time are you most productive?


9. do you set yourself deadlines?


10. how do you do your researches?


11. do you listen to music when writing?


12. favorite place to write


13. hardest character to write


14. easiest character to write


15. hardest verse to write


16. easiest verse to write


17. favorite AU to write


18. favorite pairing to write


19. favorite fandom to write


20. favorite character to write


21. least favorite character to write


22. favorite story you’ve ever written


23. least favorite story you’ve ever written


24. favorite scene you’ve ever written


25. favorite line you’ve ever written


26. story you’re most proud of


27. best review you ever got


28. worst review you ever got


29. favorite story/poem of another author


30. hardest part of writing


31. easiest part of writing


32. alternate title for (insert story title)


33. alternate ending for (insert story title)


34. alternate pairing for (insert story title)


35. single story or multi-part story?


36. one-shot or multi-chaptered story?


37. canon or AU?


38. do you reread your own stories?


39. do you want to be published some day?


40. which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series


41. one song that captures (insert story title)


42. do you plan or do you write whatever comes to your mind?


43. would you ever write a sequel for (insert fic title here)


44. do you write linear or do you write future scenes if you feel like it?


45. share the synopsis of a story you work on that you haven’t published yet


46. share a scene of a story that you haven’t published yet


47. how many unfinished ideas/stories are you working on at the same time?


48. three spoilers for (insert story title)


49. writing advice


50. open question to the writer

And if you want to play along, here's the text to post on your own journal:

<ol> <li>things that inspire you</li> <li>things that motivate you</li> <li>name three favorite writers</li> <li>name three authors that were influential to your work and tell why</li> <li>since how long do you write?</li> <li>how did writing change you?</li> <li>early influences on your writing</li> <li>what time are you most productive?</li> <li>do you set yourself deadlines?</li> <li>how do you do your researches?</li> <li>do you listen to music when writing?</li> <li>favorite place to write</li> <li>hardest character to write</li> <li>easiest character to write</li> <li>hardest verse to write</li> <li>easiest verse to write</li> <li>favorite AU to write</li> <li>favorite pairing to write</li> <li>favorite fandom to write</li> <li>favorite character to write</li> <li>least favorite character to write</li> <li>favorite story you’ve ever written</li> <li>least favorite story you’ve ever written</li> <li>favorite scene you’ve ever written</li> <li>favorite line you’ve ever written</li> <li>story you’re most proud of</li> <li>best review you ever got</li> <li>worst review you ever got</li> <li>favorite story/poem of another author</li> <li>hardest part of writing</li> <li>easiest part of writing</li> <li>alternate title for (insert story title)</li> <li>alternate ending for (insert story title)</li> <li>alternate pairing for (insert story title)</li> <li>single story or multi-part story?</li> <li>one-shot or multi-chaptered story?</li> <li>canon or AU?</li> <li>do you reread your own stories?</li> <li>do you want to be published some day?</li> <li>which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series</li> <li>one song that captures (insert story title)</li> <li>do you plan or do you write whatever comes to your mind?</li> <li>would you ever write a sequel for (insert fic title here)</li> <li>do you write linear or do you write future scenes if you feel like it?</li> <li>share the synopsis of a story you work on that you haven’t published yet</li> <li>share a scene of a story that you haven’t published yet</li> <li>how many unfinished ideas/stories are you working on at the same time?</li> <li>three spoilers for (insert story title)</li> <li>writing advice</li> <li>open question to the writer</li> </ol> (Meme text courtesy of <user site="livejournal.com" user="elrhiarhodan"> )

Comments

[dizzydrea.livejournal.com]

37, 44 and 47

And Happy New Year to you!

[elrhiarhodan]

37 - canon or AU?

AU, but a very generous definition of AU. I think you know what I mean - that line where the characters are in canon settings, in canon roles, but are not in canon relationships or doing canon things.

That's not to say I don't love non-canon settings and characters in non-canon roles (I adore those), but often, my stories are AU simply by virtue of the relationships.

44 - do you write linear or do you write future scenes if you feel like it?

Oh, I am SUCH a linear writer. I may skip a scene that I have trouble framing (usually a sex scene in a very long fic) but I write from the beginning to the end. No deviation, no exception. I don't think I can write out of order. I pants - I don't outline - so I don't actually know what's going to come next if I haven't written what came before.

Am I making any sense?

47 - how many unfinished ideas/stories are you working on at the same time?

I try not to have more than two stories going at once - a short, off the cuff story to fill a need and a longer epic type story that's brewing in my brain.

I should mention that I have a fairly strict rule that I started adhering to after I spent a year writing Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places. NEVER AGAIN. NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER AGAIN WILL I START PUBLISHING A STORY THAT IS NOT FINISHED.

Which means that I have a 50k story that will probably be the first in a trilogy but that 50k represents only a quarter of the story yet to be told for the first part of the trilogy. And only my alpha and beta readers will see it until it's finished. It's why I have a secretly published 162k fic that no one will ever find - it was written for an obscure challenge and I plan to publish it two chapters a week, once my beta reader finishes it.

I can't commit to a writing schedule that will tie me down to a single story for an undetermined length of time.

Does that make any sense?

{{HUGS}} and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!