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30 Days of Fan Fiction Meme, Day 15
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?
Probably in this particular moment in fandom, it's most important to warn for potential Fail, which is close to the same thing as warning for common triggers. I'm defining "important" as limiting potential reader distress and the chances of becoming the object of a flame war. Thus, I try to remember to warn for things that touch on various kinds of abuse, disability, racism, homophobia, etc., not least because I'm not entirely confident that it will be clear what bits of discourse the story is tacitly endorsing and what bits are simply the most realistic POV for a given character/time/place.
However, this varies by fandom. For example, in Mirage of Blaze it's such common knowledge (and generally not a trigger for most fans) that [character I'm omitting for possible spoilers for the uninitiated] is a rape victim that I probably wouldn't be very rigorous about warning for mentions of this in an explicit way. I might simply rate high for "themes," for example. In other words, it depends a little on the population I'm serving.
The strangest things I've warned for: "much religiosity," as in Naoe in church, and "reincarnation interpretation." This is a warning for my Please Save My Earth epic and a decent example of tailoring warnings to population. This is very important to warn for because it expresses where my fic diverges from canon and (implicitly) critiques the manga that is the standard for most fans.
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!
Probably in this particular moment in fandom, it's most important to warn for potential Fail, which is close to the same thing as warning for common triggers. I'm defining "important" as limiting potential reader distress and the chances of becoming the object of a flame war. Thus, I try to remember to warn for things that touch on various kinds of abuse, disability, racism, homophobia, etc., not least because I'm not entirely confident that it will be clear what bits of discourse the story is tacitly endorsing and what bits are simply the most realistic POV for a given character/time/place.
However, this varies by fandom. For example, in Mirage of Blaze it's such common knowledge (and generally not a trigger for most fans) that [character I'm omitting for possible spoilers for the uninitiated] is a rape victim that I probably wouldn't be very rigorous about warning for mentions of this in an explicit way. I might simply rate high for "themes," for example. In other words, it depends a little on the population I'm serving.
The strangest things I've warned for: "much religiosity," as in Naoe in church, and "reincarnation interpretation." This is a warning for my Please Save My Earth epic and a decent example of tailoring warnings to population. This is very important to warn for because it expresses where my fic diverges from canon and (implicitly) critiques the manga that is the standard for most fans.
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!