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dreamerinsilico) wrote2019-02-08 05:36 pm
dreamerinsilico) wrote2019-02-08 05:36 pm
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Writer memeing
Snagged from silverusagi.
Comment below with any of the following (and a fic, if the question requires it) and I will answer. (NB: My complete fic index is at the top of my journal. If you want to send some of the fic-specific questions but haven't actually read much/any of my work, just pick something from the list at random! Or tell me to, restricted within a given fandom or not.)
A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?
B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
C: What member do you identify with most from [insert fic[?
D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?
F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
H: How would you describe your style?
I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?
J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].
K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?
L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?
N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?
O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?
P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)
Q: How do you feel about collaborations?
R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?
S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?
T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?
U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?
X: A character you enjoy making suffer.
Y: A character you want to protect.
Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?
silverusagi.Comment below with any of the following (and a fic, if the question requires it) and I will answer. (NB: My complete fic index is at the top of my journal. If you want to send some of the fic-specific questions but haven't actually read much/any of my work, just pick something from the list at random! Or tell me to, restricted within a given fandom or not.)
A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?
B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
C: What member do you identify with most from [insert fic[?
D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?
F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
H: How would you describe your style?
I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?
J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].
K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?
L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?
N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?
O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?
P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)
Q: How do you feel about collaborations?
R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?
S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?
T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?
U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?
X: A character you enjoy making suffer.
Y: A character you want to protect.
Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?
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...heh.
My very favorite dialogue I've ever written, I'm pretty sure (at least, it feels like it right now; I'm still riding the high of having a scene just really flow for once in a way writing hasn't done for me in a damn long time) is in my open WIP right now.
The WIP just has dialogue; I'm writing the dialogue first and then going back to fill in the narration once the conversation is done. But it's... well, you'll know exactly what it is:
“Going my way?”
“You seem to have a venue in mind.”
“I have a house, about two hours from here, right on the coast.”
“That’s convenient.”
“Yes. Most things about my former life were arranged to be very convenient.”
“Only most things?”
“One could argue that many of the art forms I enjoy are inherently inconvenient. They are certainly laborious and time-consuming, yet I find them entirely rewarding.”
“Nothing convenient about threading tree roots through someone’s veins and arranging flowers in his chest cavity, that’s for sure.”
“No. But it was very beautiful, Will. I wish you could have seen that one in person, where it was meant to be seen.”
(For anyone who's not an obsessive Hannibal fan but might still end up reading this response - I'm proud of it because of the tie-ins to two lines in the final scene of the series finale, which takes place a few hours after this conversation.)
H - How would you describe your style?
...Cerebral, I guess, first and foremost? I'm most interested in what the characters are thinking and feeling and why. While I *do* occasionally write rapid-fire dialogue (like I'm semi-doing in the aforementioned WIP; I've presently got almost 1k of solid dialogue in that doc), that's more the exception than the rule. I tend to avoid action unless it's truly necessary. The emotional arc is always the most important aspect of a fic to me.
But it's probably also still worth mentioning that I've got a predilection for lush imagery that... doesn't dominate my work like it used to, but is definitely still a major contributing factor in most things.
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I tend to do the same thing - write out a conversation that happens in my head, then fill in the surrounding actions and detail later.
“One could argue that many of the art forms I enjoy are inherently inconvenient. They are certainly laborious and time-consuming, yet I find them entirely rewarding.”
LOL. Perfect Haninbal turn of phrase.
I'm with you on the action - it's so HARD to write - but in some fandoms and situations, it becomes unavaoidable!
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