30 Days of Fan Fiction Meme, Day 9
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labingi9 – Pairings – For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
Yikes, for some of these I'd be lucky to find one! I'll hit some random points instead.
Blake's 7: Probably Avon/Cally. I like them both as characters, and they're an interesting contrast, and there just this side of plausible at certain instants. Blake and Avon are more interesting, but after 12 years around B7 slash fandom, reading it, writing it, and running a long "what if they got together scenario" in my head, I just cannot see them as a sexual couple. They will not stay in bed together (except whenblakefancier writes them).
Mirage of Blaze: Well, Naoe/Kagetora, of course (they are the best love story ever), but... this is where MoB is a weird canon. Canon already does 99% of everything one could conceive of doing with N/K. The result is that most N/K fic I read feels redundant, and I can rarely think of a scenario I'd like to write. Hence my propensity to write Naoe/others or Kagetora doing something else.
Simoun: Anubituf/Guragief. Is it suspicious that in that rare story comprised of almost only fantastic female characters, I write (and like best) the only male pairing? It almost certainly does have an element of gender prejudice. But I genuinely find these two more compelling than the other choices because they are older and calmer and I like the subtlety of their friendship and quietly thwarted but persisting love.
X-Men: Charles/Erik. I have written an essay about it.
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?
[note to self: much religiosity, reincarnation interpretation]
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!
Yikes, for some of these I'd be lucky to find one! I'll hit some random points instead.
Blake's 7: Probably Avon/Cally. I like them both as characters, and they're an interesting contrast, and there just this side of plausible at certain instants. Blake and Avon are more interesting, but after 12 years around B7 slash fandom, reading it, writing it, and running a long "what if they got together scenario" in my head, I just cannot see them as a sexual couple. They will not stay in bed together (except when
blakefancier writes them).Mirage of Blaze: Well, Naoe/Kagetora, of course (they are the best love story ever), but... this is where MoB is a weird canon. Canon already does 99% of everything one could conceive of doing with N/K. The result is that most N/K fic I read feels redundant, and I can rarely think of a scenario I'd like to write. Hence my propensity to write Naoe/others or Kagetora doing something else.
Simoun: Anubituf/Guragief. Is it suspicious that in that rare story comprised of almost only fantastic female characters, I write (and like best) the only male pairing? It almost certainly does have an element of gender prejudice. But I genuinely find these two more compelling than the other choices because they are older and calmer and I like the subtlety of their friendship and quietly thwarted but persisting love.
X-Men: Charles/Erik. I have written an essay about it.
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?
[note to self: much religiosity, reincarnation interpretation]
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!
