Fic Survey Thingy
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bearit. Yeah, I'm writing about writing instead of, you know, actually writing. *sigh* Sorry, brain is still a little fried from the week.
Answer each question and post links (if available).
1. What fandoms have you written fic for?
Posted fandoms, counting crossovers: CardCaptor Sakura, Doctor Who/Whoniverse, Eureka, Firefly/Serenity, Ghostbusters/Real Ghostbusters, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Incredibles, Lord of the Rings, Max Headroom, Quantum Leap, Singin' In The Rain, Smallworld, Star Control 2, and Star Trek. I've dabbled in TRON, Transformers, Last Starfighter, and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, but I've never felt any of it was finished enough to post, and I have an unfinished Kinsey/Torchwood crossover that I need to kick into shape one of these days.
2. Who are your favorite characters to write?
Hmm, toughie. Ray's a lot of fun, as are Vince and Jo. Jayne's headspace is interesting to get into. And then of course there's Her Enlightened Majesty, Queen Braky Girdy I, but that's more RP than fic.
3. Feedback: Need it or not really?
Need? No. Want, like, desire, flail about when I get? Yes.
4. How many stories have you written?
Counting only completed stuff that's been posted to LJ, I have 78 posts (but some of those are multi-part stories - I'm too lazy to check how many). I have, uh, I think six WIP open at the moment.
5. What is your favorite genre to write?
Well, I seem to write a lot of smut and cracky crossovers, but I really like doing character explorations of the slightly angsty sort. Plot is strictly bonus.
6. Do you write in first person or third person POV?
Third. First person leads to me identifying with the POV character too much and feels self-indulgent on my part.
7. What is your favorite fanfic that you have written?
8. What is the longest story you have ever written?
The answer for these two is the same - Circles and Stone (that link goes to Part 1 of a four-part fic). It had plot, character development, background, and hurt-comfort. I couldn't have asked for better if it had been my prompt.
Just so you don't feel like you got cheated out of an answer there, though, I'm still remarkably proud of one of my early fics, Telling Stories. It's one of my first attempts to tell the story as we know it from the perspective of a minor character, and I really liked how it turned out.
9. Do you write your story from Point A to Point B or do you jump around and write various parts as the Muse strikes?
Depends on the story. Short pieces usually get written from front to back, then new stuff gets added or scenes get swapped around as I revise. Long pieces usually start with one scene getting written from start to end, then I go back and write what led up to that scene, then I pick up at the end and write what comes afterwards; Fathers and Phantoms started as just the scene at the end of part one where Egon rips Charlie a new one (from "Nah, you guys go on ahead" to Charlie buckling his seatbelt) - and then I had to figure out what had happened to make Egon that mad, and having done that, I then had to get Peter and Ray home.
10. If you could rewrite one story, what would it be?
Keep An Eye On. Writing damaged!Fargo and sub!Fargo at the same time like that makes him too much of a blushing uke stereotype; that story brushes up against dubcon in a way that I'm not comfortable with. If I had it to do over again, I'd have Fargo recover more fully from his physical weakness, so the hurt-comfort was almost all mental/emotional and his subbiness was more obviously voluntary. This is what I get for writing in a hurry.
bearit. Yeah, I'm writing about writing instead of, you know, actually writing. *sigh* Sorry, brain is still a little fried from the week.Answer each question and post links (if available).
1. What fandoms have you written fic for?
Posted fandoms, counting crossovers: CardCaptor Sakura, Doctor Who/Whoniverse, Eureka, Firefly/Serenity, Ghostbusters/Real Ghostbusters, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Incredibles, Lord of the Rings, Max Headroom, Quantum Leap, Singin' In The Rain, Smallworld, Star Control 2, and Star Trek. I've dabbled in TRON, Transformers, Last Starfighter, and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, but I've never felt any of it was finished enough to post, and I have an unfinished Kinsey/Torchwood crossover that I need to kick into shape one of these days.
2. Who are your favorite characters to write?
Hmm, toughie. Ray's a lot of fun, as are Vince and Jo. Jayne's headspace is interesting to get into. And then of course there's Her Enlightened Majesty, Queen Braky Girdy I, but that's more RP than fic.
3. Feedback: Need it or not really?
Need? No. Want, like, desire, flail about when I get? Yes.
4. How many stories have you written?
Counting only completed stuff that's been posted to LJ, I have 78 posts (but some of those are multi-part stories - I'm too lazy to check how many). I have, uh, I think six WIP open at the moment.
5. What is your favorite genre to write?
Well, I seem to write a lot of smut and cracky crossovers, but I really like doing character explorations of the slightly angsty sort. Plot is strictly bonus.
6. Do you write in first person or third person POV?
Third. First person leads to me identifying with the POV character too much and feels self-indulgent on my part.
7. What is your favorite fanfic that you have written?
8. What is the longest story you have ever written?
The answer for these two is the same - Circles and Stone (that link goes to Part 1 of a four-part fic). It had plot, character development, background, and hurt-comfort. I couldn't have asked for better if it had been my prompt.
Just so you don't feel like you got cheated out of an answer there, though, I'm still remarkably proud of one of my early fics, Telling Stories. It's one of my first attempts to tell the story as we know it from the perspective of a minor character, and I really liked how it turned out.
9. Do you write your story from Point A to Point B or do you jump around and write various parts as the Muse strikes?
Depends on the story. Short pieces usually get written from front to back, then new stuff gets added or scenes get swapped around as I revise. Long pieces usually start with one scene getting written from start to end, then I go back and write what led up to that scene, then I pick up at the end and write what comes afterwards; Fathers and Phantoms started as just the scene at the end of part one where Egon rips Charlie a new one (from "Nah, you guys go on ahead" to Charlie buckling his seatbelt) - and then I had to figure out what had happened to make Egon that mad, and having done that, I then had to get Peter and Ray home.
10. If you could rewrite one story, what would it be?
Keep An Eye On. Writing damaged!Fargo and sub!Fargo at the same time like that makes him too much of a blushing uke stereotype; that story brushes up against dubcon in a way that I'm not comfortable with. If I had it to do over again, I'd have Fargo recover more fully from his physical weakness, so the hurt-comfort was almost all mental/emotional and his subbiness was more obviously voluntary. This is what I get for writing in a hurry.
