Forty questions about my creations

[aragarna]

snagged from elrhiarhodan - Depending on the questions, it can also work for art and vids. Feel free to specify if you'd prefer fic/art/vid. Otherwise I'll just pick the one I feel the most relevant/interesting. :)


Rules: Pick up to three questions and give me the numbers. I'll answer at least one of them.

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.
2 Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?
4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
5. Share one of your strengths.
6. Share one of your weaknesses.
7. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
9. Which fic has been the hardest to write?
10. Which fic has been the easiest to write?
11. Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?
12. Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?
13. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?
14. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?
15. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
16. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
17. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
18. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?
19. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?
20. Describe your perfect writing conditions.
21. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
22. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).
23. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?
24. Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?
25. What do you look for in a beta?
26. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?
27. How do you feel about collaborations?
28. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
29. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
30. Do you accept prompts?
31. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?
32. How do you feel about smut?
33. How do you feel about crack?
34. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
35. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
36. Which is your favorite site to post fic?
37. Talk about your current wips.
38. Talk about a review that made your day.
39. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
40. Write an alternative ending to [insert fic title] (or just the summary of one).

Comments

[treonb.livejournal.com]

1, 8, 13, and I was also curious about 37.

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

A typical-me fic would be an episode tag where I explore a character's feelings and inner thoughts about a situation that happened in the show.
Or it can be an hypothetical event (what if Neal gets shot? What if for once it's Peter that is in danger, or even hey what if Peter thought Neal was dead) and I explore the emotional repercussions for other characters (and most of the time it's Peter because he's the one I "get" the most. Or the complicated friendship between Peter and Neal because that's the emotional core of the show and what draws me to it).
It's usually full of feelings and friendship and warmth (Well, at least that's what I'm aiming at).

The other typical-me would be the light and fluffy slice of life, especially with Peter/El and Little Neal.

8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

13. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?

That one I'm not sure. I haven't been given a lot of advice and I didn't look for much advice either. I mostly look at what I think works in other fics, what I like and what attracts my attention. And I stick to what I know (I will never write a very detailed medical procedure, because I don't know enough to feel comfortable pretending I do for exemple). Also, when I read a fic, I don't care for the medical stuff (or any too technical stuff), I care a lot more for the characters and how they deal with what happens to them. So I don't waste time on the things I tend to skip in the fics I read.


Regarding my WIP, there's one that I mentioned to you ages ago (Peter taking down corrupted cops) and that I'm finally decided to tackle. I remember you offering brainstorming so I might get back to you about it at some point, depending on how stuck I am LOL.

[treonb.livejournal.com]

I'd love to brainstorm :-)

And, not to be a nudge, but you skipped #8...

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

LOL Oops !!

8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.


It is quite a difficult one. It's hard to think of them all of the top of my head like that. But I'll go with this one, from Keeping You Close to my Heart (http://aragarna.livejournal.com/74833.html):

Neal’s retort was lost when he identified the card he was holding. It was Peter’s baseball rookie card.

“You keep it in your wallet?”

Peter sent Neal an awkward look as he took his card back and slid it carefully in his wallet before putting it back in his jacket.

“I didn’t know you were such a sentimental, Peter,” he teased. “It reminds you of your baseball glory?”

Peter shook his head. “Oh no, it’s all about the person who gave it to me.”

[...]

“You – You keep me in your wallet?”

“God no, you’d steal everything,” Peter winked. “ Come on, I have a meeting in five.”

[treonb.livejournal.com]

Awww.. very cute.

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Oh and thanks for the brainstorming offer. I'll try to outline the story properly and will send it to you. :)