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wordinista) wrote2006-08-29 11:03 am
wordinista) wrote2006-08-29 11:03 am
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Meme-tacular!
A meme, ganked from various people on my f-list:
Keyboard or Longhand?
Both. A lot of my brainstorming happens longhand, and sometimes I just get the itch to write. But sometimes I get bitten by the bug, and will type and type and type until the urge subsides.
Beta or no beta?
Beta, beta, beta, beta, ALWAYS A BETA. Sometimes I won't really bother if it's a short little drabble, but anything over half a page? I ask someone to look it over.
Plot?
Yes, and often to the point of absurdity. These days, seldom do I ever not have a plot. Sometimes my plots grow and mutate and I'm pretty convinced they'll start demanding voting rights sooner or later.
Title?
I hate titling things. Hate. It. My titles are LAME.
Smushy or smutty?
Depends. Sometimes one, sometimes the other, sometimes both, sometimes neither. Too much of the smush makes my teeth rot, though.
Summary?
I like writing summaries almost as much as I like coming up with titles.
Funniest fic?
Hmm. I... do not know. I'm not really one for comedies, but I do think that "Shaken, not Stirred" is pretty cute, still. And "Where Have All the Chapters Gone?" still amuses me. Then again, I'm pretty easily amused.
Most popular fic?
Um. I'm... not sure? I think... I don't know. I mean, "Of Gods and Monsters" seems like the logical answer, as it had 500+ reviews on FFN when it got pulled, has about 139 reviews on MMO currently, and had I have no idea how many reviews when it was hosted on Green Tea. Then again, the story is three years old. According to my FFN stats page, "A Bump in the Road" is the most popular, and that one's just over a year old. Who knows?
Most fun to write?
Hmm. "Where Have All the Chapters Gone" was fun, just for pure snark value. That said, I had a lot of fun writing "Whither Thou Goest" for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
artyartie in the 2005 Yuletide Challenge. I've wanted to tinker more with Sayers fic since, but it just doesn't seem to happen.
Best and worst?
Crap. Um. Hmm. Best? *thinks* I don't know. I'm really proud of "Whither Thou Goest", because it was so unlike anything I'd done before. And I'm really pleased with how the voices came out, and... I just like the story. I'm also very, very pleased with "Glimmer". My multi-chaptered fics have high and low points, so in my mind they're to inconsistent to be considered my "best."
Worst? Gawd. Probably some of the X-Files fics I have out there, if the Gossamer archive is still up and running.
*wanders off to check*
Holy monkey jebus, the Gossamer Project IS STILL AROUND? OMGWTFBBQ!
*clickety-click*
Ohhhhhhhh, god. OH, GOD. DELIVER ME FROM THE GHOSTS OF MY PAST. Oh, there's a "worst" in my fic-writing past, and it's somewhere on that page. I can't bear to look.
Coulda been contenders?
There was a story I've wanted to write for a long while, set in the Whedonverse (Angel, specifically). I started it, actually. Not sure why I let it die out, because I still think it was a good idea. I think maybe the train-wreck that was Season Four killed my urge to write any more for AtS (aside from "Glimmer").
Strengths
Conveyingangst-ridden moments emotion.
Weaknesses
I get too wrapped up in exposition.
Dirty Little Secrets?
I'm not sure what this means. My author page at Gossamer is a BIG "Dirty Little Secret." I still treasure a bit of feedback given me byyahtzee63 on an Angel/Cordy fic I wrote, called "Cleanse" (written after "Apocalypse Nowish" when all of us were awash in WTF after Angel saw Cordy and Connor together) -- she called it "the canon of her heart," and that stuck with me for a long while. I also selfishly wish my AtS fics had more reviews. How's that?
ETA: Oh! Oh! Oh! I thought of a dirty secret! I have a secret pseudonymn on FFN, where I've posted an AU WIP Furuba fic (upon which I collaborated somewhat with someone on my f-list who shall remain nameless because I don't want to drag her down with me, but it IS NOT Evvie) that is very unlike anything I've ever done, and I've forgotten the password so I can't get in to update it, even if I wanted to. And the story is getting a few nasty "WHY WON'T YOU UPDATE YOU EVIL H0R" reviews, hee.
Keyboard or Longhand?
Both. A lot of my brainstorming happens longhand, and sometimes I just get the itch to write. But sometimes I get bitten by the bug, and will type and type and type until the urge subsides.
Beta or no beta?
Beta, beta, beta, beta, ALWAYS A BETA. Sometimes I won't really bother if it's a short little drabble, but anything over half a page? I ask someone to look it over.
Plot?
Yes, and often to the point of absurdity. These days, seldom do I ever not have a plot. Sometimes my plots grow and mutate and I'm pretty convinced they'll start demanding voting rights sooner or later.
Title?
I hate titling things. Hate. It. My titles are LAME.
Smushy or smutty?
Depends. Sometimes one, sometimes the other, sometimes both, sometimes neither. Too much of the smush makes my teeth rot, though.
Summary?
I like writing summaries almost as much as I like coming up with titles.
Funniest fic?
Hmm. I... do not know. I'm not really one for comedies, but I do think that "Shaken, not Stirred" is pretty cute, still. And "Where Have All the Chapters Gone?" still amuses me. Then again, I'm pretty easily amused.
Most popular fic?
Um. I'm... not sure? I think... I don't know. I mean, "Of Gods and Monsters" seems like the logical answer, as it had 500+ reviews on FFN when it got pulled, has about 139 reviews on MMO currently, and had I have no idea how many reviews when it was hosted on Green Tea. Then again, the story is three years old. According to my FFN stats page, "A Bump in the Road" is the most popular, and that one's just over a year old. Who knows?
Most fun to write?
Hmm. "Where Have All the Chapters Gone" was fun, just for pure snark value. That said, I had a lot of fun writing "Whither Thou Goest" for
artyartie in the 2005 Yuletide Challenge. I've wanted to tinker more with Sayers fic since, but it just doesn't seem to happen.Best and worst?
Crap. Um. Hmm. Best? *thinks* I don't know. I'm really proud of "Whither Thou Goest", because it was so unlike anything I'd done before. And I'm really pleased with how the voices came out, and... I just like the story. I'm also very, very pleased with "Glimmer". My multi-chaptered fics have high and low points, so in my mind they're to inconsistent to be considered my "best."
Worst? Gawd. Probably some of the X-Files fics I have out there, if the Gossamer archive is still up and running.
*wanders off to check*
Holy monkey jebus, the Gossamer Project IS STILL AROUND? OMGWTFBBQ!
*clickety-click*
Ohhhhhhhh, god. OH, GOD. DELIVER ME FROM THE GHOSTS OF MY PAST. Oh, there's a "worst" in my fic-writing past, and it's somewhere on that page. I can't bear to look.
Coulda been contenders?
There was a story I've wanted to write for a long while, set in the Whedonverse (Angel, specifically). I started it, actually. Not sure why I let it die out, because I still think it was a good idea. I think maybe the train-wreck that was Season Four killed my urge to write any more for AtS (aside from "Glimmer").
Strengths
Conveying
Weaknesses
I get too wrapped up in exposition.
Dirty Little Secrets?
I'm not sure what this means. My author page at Gossamer is a BIG "Dirty Little Secret." I still treasure a bit of feedback given me by
yahtzee63 on an Angel/Cordy fic I wrote, called "Cleanse" (written after "Apocalypse Nowish" when all of us were awash in WTF after Angel saw Cordy and Connor together) -- she called it "the canon of her heart," and that stuck with me for a long while. I also selfishly wish my AtS fics had more reviews. How's that?ETA: Oh! Oh! Oh! I thought of a dirty secret! I have a secret pseudonymn on FFN, where I've posted an AU WIP Furuba fic (upon which I collaborated somewhat with someone on my f-list who shall remain nameless because I don't want to drag her down with me, but it IS NOT Evvie) that is very unlike anything I've ever done, and I've forgotten the password so I can't get in to update it, even if I wanted to. And the story is getting a few nasty "WHY WON'T YOU UPDATE YOU EVIL H0R" reviews, hee.
Re: HOLY FUCK!!!
Actually, I think this crazy idea could work...
EXTERIOR: DAY - A DECAYING LANDSCAPE IN FUTURISTIC LONDON. M-DELTA, who has been DISTRACTED by a SHINY THING lying in a pile of rubbish left by the side of the THAMES, PICKS UP a STRANGE AMULET and RUBS IT.
VOLDEMORT appears in a puff of GREEN SMOKE!
VOLDEMORT: Araarghhh! Prepare to die horribly, you puny mortal!
M-DELTA: Ooh, where did you come from? I like your green smoke. Why are you pointing your little stick at me that way?
VOLDEMORT: Dammit, I'm the Lord of All Dark Magic! Start quailing in the face of my terrifying visage and unstoppable evil, you stupid and pathetic piece of human waste!
M-DELTA: I like your eyes. I've never seen glowing red eyes before. But what is evil? And is all evil unstoppable, or just your particular evil?
VOLDEMORT: What? (Thrown) Um, well... *my* evil is unstoppable, I suppose. I really couldn't answer for other people's. Do you really not know what evil is?
M-DELTA: No. At present my character rests upon the device that I am incapable of distinguishing good from bad, and that I keep failing to make this distinction in a cute and yet chilling manner.
VOLDEMORT: How extraordinary. For many years I've… well, I've believed that the division between good and evil is the fundamental bedrock of the human psyche, and it is only through the medium of consciousness filtered through morality – in other words, conscience – and also through the comcommittant hermeneutic of listening to that voice and meeting its demands, or in my case, doing the exact opposite whilst laughing insanely, that one can be defined as a truly sentient being. And yet you have challenged this morality-centric dichotomy with your all-embracing amorality. You have introduced a new paradigm to my personal philosophic belief system. I have never met a woman like you before. I love you… I'm sorry, what's your name?
M-DELTA: M-Delta 579.
VOLDEMORT: I love you, M-Delta 579, and from this day forth declare us both an OTP. Come with me to the dark haunts of… oh, wherever it is that I actually live, some graveyard or somewhere like that I expect, and be my dark bride and general fluffybunny.
M-DELTA (worried): Oh, I don't know… I haven't told Danny about us yet.
VOLDEMORT: Oh come on, we'll have fun! We'll have gloating sadistic sex and drink blood out of the skulls of our freshly slain enemies and hang out and do cool stuff. It'll be awesome. I bet you won't get that at home with this Danny person.
M-DELTA (thinking): Hmm. Probably not. He gets very funny when I rip out people's skulls. Especially if they're using them at the time.
VOLDEMORT: Sounds hideously provincial to me, my dear. You're better off out of it. Oh, kiss me with tongues!
She DOES. They then SKIP AWAY, whilst HOLDING HANDS, into a convenient sunset. Romantic music SWELLS in the background.
COMING SOON: CHAPTER TWO – M and Voldie Get Married!!!!!!11! Featuring pages of description of M's dress, shoes, and veil! Many more pages of canon characters appearing at the wedding and congratulating the happy couple and lots of M and V crying with happiness whilst exchanging sappy speeches set to song lyrics from Tool, Nine Inch Nails and Avril Lavigne! Soon to be followed by Chapters Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and most of Eight – THE HONEYMOON! (Rated NC-17 for OMGWTF evil!pr0n!!!!1 LOL!)
Re: HOLY FUCK!!!
Ah, to hell with it. Marry me anyway! :D
Reasons a person would never dare to write...
(Tears of joy)
Actually, the thought of spawning a fandom should be enough to put any reasonable person off writing any original fiction ever. You'd never be able to use the internet again without wanting to weep inconsolably and drink undiluted bleach. I hear that J K Rowling's public appearances are accomplished by a lifelike robot and that she herself lives under the floorboards in her house, being fed chocolate bars through the cracks and threatening to stay there until "they all sod off and latch on to something else".