hey it's that thirty days of fanfic meme
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jlhI thought oh, thirty days of September, thirty days of meme! And then didn't think about how I'd be at Dragon*Con at the beginning. And yet I wrote some of these answers ahead of time because I was bored at work one day, so they're here for the pasting.
1 – How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
The real answer is that the first fanfic I wrote, I was 13 and writing NC-17 self-insert Duran Duran stories with my then-best friend in which I fucked Roger Taylor with a strap-on. So if there had been an online bandom? I would have been all over that action. (In fact, I still have in my head a musical plot that's half Judith Krantz novel, half jukebox musical, that ties in all the songs from their first three albums and is of course about a female dancer named Rio.)
But the answer I think you want is, I first wrote for Harry Potter fandom, and I got into it because it just seemed to be what people were doing. I read the fic and thought, well, I can write that--despite never having really written fiction before. Piles and piles of essays, yes, but not fiction. I dared because hey, it was all amateur anyway, and also I knew that I could write the kind of light romantic stories that I liked and other people would like them to. When you try to write in school you're so often pushed to write literary fiction, short stories like Raymond Carver, and that's just not the kind of writer I am--so for a long time I thought I wasn't a fiction writer at all. But I was wrong.
It was really the people and the camaraderie that pulled me into fandom. Like so many people who find fandom I was doing through a temporary lonely period, and fandom was not only a great bridge but also, because I live in a big city, was a way into a totally new group of local friends.
1 – How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
2 – Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
3 – For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?
4 – Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5 –If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6 – When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7 – Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 – Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 – Pairings – For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 - Pairings – Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 – Genre – do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 – Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 – Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 – Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 – Summaries – Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 – Titles – Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 – Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19 – When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 – Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom? | 21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels? | 22 – Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 – Betaing – How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
1 – How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
The real answer is that the first fanfic I wrote, I was 13 and writing NC-17 self-insert Duran Duran stories with my then-best friend in which I fucked Roger Taylor with a strap-on. So if there had been an online bandom? I would have been all over that action. (In fact, I still have in my head a musical plot that's half Judith Krantz novel, half jukebox musical, that ties in all the songs from their first three albums and is of course about a female dancer named Rio.)
But the answer I think you want is, I first wrote for Harry Potter fandom, and I got into it because it just seemed to be what people were doing. I read the fic and thought, well, I can write that--despite never having really written fiction before. Piles and piles of essays, yes, but not fiction. I dared because hey, it was all amateur anyway, and also I knew that I could write the kind of light romantic stories that I liked and other people would like them to. When you try to write in school you're so often pushed to write literary fiction, short stories like Raymond Carver, and that's just not the kind of writer I am--so for a long time I thought I wasn't a fiction writer at all. But I was wrong.
It was really the people and the camaraderie that pulled me into fandom. Like so many people who find fandom I was doing through a temporary lonely period, and fandom was not only a great bridge but also, because I live in a big city, was a way into a totally new group of local friends.
1 – How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
2 – Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
3 – For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?
4 – Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5 –If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6 – When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7 – Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 – Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 – Pairings – For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 - Pairings – Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 – Genre – do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 – Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 – Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 – Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 – Summaries – Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 – Titles – Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 – Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19 – When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 – Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom? | 21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels? | 22 – Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 – Betaing – How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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Date: 2011-09-05 03:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-09 07:19 pm (UTC)Thank you so much! I do like it a lot. It's fun and fun to meet people doing it and all that, and nice to make more stories that I'd want to read exist in the world.
♥
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Date: 2011-09-06 09:30 pm (UTC)John Taylor was my go-to Duran Duran man. Dark hair. Bass. Yeah.
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Date: 2011-09-09 07:17 pm (UTC)My bff at the time liked John, actually. I think he was very popular, just after Simon perhaps?