Meme-tacular!
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wordinistaA 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.
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Reasons a person would never dare to write...
Date: 2006-09-03 11:13 am (UTC)(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".