I'm a lemming part deux

[red_lasbelin]

I resisted as long as I could, but then I jumped off the cliff after everyone else. Be gentle!

Pick a couple and I will answer:

A. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.
B. Is there a type of story you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
C. Is there a type of story you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?
D. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
E. Share one of your strengths.
F. Share one of your weaknesses.
G. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
H. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
I. Which fic has been the hardest to write?
J. Which fic has been the easiest to write?
K. Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?
L. Is there an episode section of canon above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?
M. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
O. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
P. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
Q. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?
R. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?
S. Describe your perfect writing conditions.
T. How many times do you usually revise your story/chapter before posting?
U. Choose a passage from one of your earlier stories and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask should make suggestions).
V. If you were to revise one of your older stories from start to finish, which would it be and why?
W. Have you ever deleted one of your published stories?
X. What do you look for in a beta?
Y. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?
Z. How do you feel about collaborations?
AA. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
AB. Do you accept prompts?
AC. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?
AD. How do you feel about smut?
AE. How do you feel about crack?
AF. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
AG. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
AH. Which is your favorite site to post fic?
AI. Talk about your current wips.
AJ. Talk about a review that made your day.
AK. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
AL. Write an alternative ending to a fic you've written (specify by title, link or general description].

Comments

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Yesss, lemming-ness! :D

I and J?

[red-lasbelin.livejournal.com]

I. Which fic has been the hardest to write?

Toss up between The Look of Love (http://red-lasbelin.livejournal.com/61377.html) and Ghosts That We Knew (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1184631). Look of Love, because it was a birthday gift for someone special and I really had to work to describe the visual element of the story - descriptions are hard for me!

Ghosts because I was coming out of a thick depression and the story grabbed me and wouldn't let go, but forcing myself to write, not give up and finish it was very difficult.

J. Which fic has been the easiest to write?

What Happened Last Night? (http://red-lasbelin.livejournal.com/35687.html) I wrote this story the night it was due for one of the Slashy Swaps in 2006. (Way before I ever dreamed I'd be a mod for the exchange.) It was not easy in that I didn't have a story idea until last minute, but once I had the idea, the story rolled off the page and I was able to submit in time, due to keiliss, who stayed up with me and did the world's fastest last minute beta.

Thanks, Elleth! They were great questions, I had to think about them.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Thank you for answering them! Now of course I'll have to read all these fics - and I hear you about last-minute story ideas. I'm fairly sure my answer for this question would sound similar.