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17, 18, and 31 fromstonepicnicking_okapi
17: What’s more draining: writing smut, fluff or angst?
I have a hard time keeping fluff fluffy; the angst just wants to creep in. I end up rewriting a piece multiple times to keep the fluff fluff-ified. Keeping myself in a light and spry mood takes a lot of energy.
18: Are you a ‘neatly designed outline’ writer or a ‘fuck it i’ll figure it out as i go’ writer?
I want to be the neatly designed outline writer with the detailed outline, and I need to improve my organization. However, I didn’t have a detailed outline for my thesis or dissertation, so there isn’t much hope for me.
I have a vague plot in my head of where I want to go and then I bounce around the fic and drill down to specific moments and dialogue. One day I’m writing the beginning and the other I’ll write something near the end. This is how I have two ~15k fics that I can’t show anyone because I only have unconnected snippets.
I need another way to organize and keep track of my thoughts because keeping it in short term memory means I forget things. Another writer on tumblr makes a list of cool things that could be added to a fic, prints them out and organizes the pieces to form the most compelling story. I want to try this when I have time to complete a thought.
31: mythological creature AU or superhero AU?
I’m choosing whatever side has dragons.
Another set fromluthienberen
7: Do you listen to music while you write/read?
I need silence. Any music with lyrics distracts me and I end up either mentally shouting over it or paying more attention to the lyrics than my thoughts. It’s mentally exhausting to fight through it in my head. TV or kid noises are equally distracting. So, working in a coffee shop or when my family is awake and around doesn’t work and I end up doing nothing and getting frustrated.
If my thoughts are spinning and I can’t settle, I’ll listen to something classical until my thoughts calm and the music becomes too much noise.
10: What’s your favorite trope?
I like a lot of them, and don’t think I have a favorite.
- H/C heavy on the C is great
- A slow burn fic with lots of mutually unrequited pinning that had better become required unless there is a very good reason to rip my heart apart
- Eventually getting together and them learning to work out their relationship is even better
- A/B/O with intense and interesting world building that analyses some inequality means I’m going to be reading instead of sleeping.
- Domestic stuff and kid fics
- Random AU I know nothing about
- Random AU I know way too much about
- Fluff when I don’t have to write it
And so ends my vague answer.
24: fantasy or sci-fi?
Yes. I like them both and have equally enjoyed and disliked books from both categories.
Questions below the cut in case anyone wants to play.
1: Do you/would you like to write professionally?
2: Which author has influenced you the most?
3: Any guilty pleasures (books/fics)?
4: What’s better (or the least bad): character over plot or plot over character?
5: Do you think stories can change lives? Is there a story that has changed yours?
6: What’s your biggest pet peeve when it comes to writing?
7: Do you listen to music while you write/read?
8: Favorite quotes?
9: If you could wish for a new book from any author, who would it be?
10: What’s your favorite trope?
11: What’s your (least) favorite overused trope?
12: Which trope would you absolutely abolish?
13: Are there any tropes you’re embarrassed for enjoying?
14: Do you have a go-to AU?
15: What kind of character do you wish you saw portrayed more often?
16: What’s more frustrating: plotholes or OOC characters?
17: What’s more draining: writing smut, fluff or angst?
18: Are you a ‘neatly designed outline’ writer or a ‘fuck it i’ll figure it out as i go’ writer?
19: Do you think major character deaths are ever necessary?
20: If you could ‘unkill’ any character from any story, who would it be?
21: Would you like to write an alternative ending for any of your favorite shows/books/etc?
22: Are you more likely to be the person who starts reading a 100k slow burn fic at midnight or the person who starts writing a drabble at 4 a.m.?
pick just one:
23: fluff or angst?
24: fantasy or sci-fi?
25: fake dating AU or inpromptu babysitting AU?
26: road trip AU or high school AU?
27: coffee shop AU or florist AU?
28: stuck in an elevator AU or camping gone bad AU?
29: 20s AU or 50s AU?
30: high school AU from a fantasy/sci-fi story or fantasy/sci fi AU from a realistic story?
31: mythological creature AU or superhero AU?
32: meet cute or meet ugly?
17, 18, and 31 from
stonepicnicking_okapi 17: What’s more draining: writing smut, fluff or angst?
I have a hard time keeping fluff fluffy; the angst just wants to creep in. I end up rewriting a piece multiple times to keep the fluff fluff-ified. Keeping myself in a light and spry mood takes a lot of energy.
18: Are you a ‘neatly designed outline’ writer or a ‘fuck it i’ll figure it out as i go’ writer?
I want to be the neatly designed outline writer with the detailed outline, and I need to improve my organization. However, I didn’t have a detailed outline for my thesis or dissertation, so there isn’t much hope for me.
I have a vague plot in my head of where I want to go and then I bounce around the fic and drill down to specific moments and dialogue. One day I’m writing the beginning and the other I’ll write something near the end. This is how I have two ~15k fics that I can’t show anyone because I only have unconnected snippets.
I need another way to organize and keep track of my thoughts because keeping it in short term memory means I forget things. Another writer on tumblr makes a list of cool things that could be added to a fic, prints them out and organizes the pieces to form the most compelling story. I want to try this when I have time to complete a thought.
31: mythological creature AU or superhero AU?
I’m choosing whatever side has dragons.
Another set from
luthienberen7: Do you listen to music while you write/read?
I need silence. Any music with lyrics distracts me and I end up either mentally shouting over it or paying more attention to the lyrics than my thoughts. It’s mentally exhausting to fight through it in my head. TV or kid noises are equally distracting. So, working in a coffee shop or when my family is awake and around doesn’t work and I end up doing nothing and getting frustrated.
If my thoughts are spinning and I can’t settle, I’ll listen to something classical until my thoughts calm and the music becomes too much noise.
10: What’s your favorite trope?
I like a lot of them, and don’t think I have a favorite.
- H/C heavy on the C is great
- A slow burn fic with lots of mutually unrequited pinning that had better become required unless there is a very good reason to rip my heart apart
- Eventually getting together and them learning to work out their relationship is even better
- A/B/O with intense and interesting world building that analyses some inequality means I’m going to be reading instead of sleeping.
- Domestic stuff and kid fics
- Random AU I know nothing about
- Random AU I know way too much about
- Fluff when I don’t have to write it
And so ends my vague answer.
24: fantasy or sci-fi?
Yes. I like them both and have equally enjoyed and disliked books from both categories.
Questions below the cut in case anyone wants to play.
1: Do you/would you like to write professionally?
2: Which author has influenced you the most?
3: Any guilty pleasures (books/fics)?
4: What’s better (or the least bad): character over plot or plot over character?
5: Do you think stories can change lives? Is there a story that has changed yours?
6: What’s your biggest pet peeve when it comes to writing?
7: Do you listen to music while you write/read?
8: Favorite quotes?
9: If you could wish for a new book from any author, who would it be?
10: What’s your favorite trope?
11: What’s your (least) favorite overused trope?
12: Which trope would you absolutely abolish?
13: Are there any tropes you’re embarrassed for enjoying?
14: Do you have a go-to AU?
15: What kind of character do you wish you saw portrayed more often?
16: What’s more frustrating: plotholes or OOC characters?
17: What’s more draining: writing smut, fluff or angst?
18: Are you a ‘neatly designed outline’ writer or a ‘fuck it i’ll figure it out as i go’ writer?
19: Do you think major character deaths are ever necessary?
20: If you could ‘unkill’ any character from any story, who would it be?
21: Would you like to write an alternative ending for any of your favorite shows/books/etc?
22: Are you more likely to be the person who starts reading a 100k slow burn fic at midnight or the person who starts writing a drabble at 4 a.m.?
pick just one:
23: fluff or angst?
24: fantasy or sci-fi?
25: fake dating AU or inpromptu babysitting AU?
26: road trip AU or high school AU?
27: coffee shop AU or florist AU?
28: stuck in an elevator AU or camping gone bad AU?
29: 20s AU or 50s AU?
30: high school AU from a fantasy/sci-fi story or fantasy/sci fi AU from a realistic story?
31: mythological creature AU or superhero AU?
32: meet cute or meet ugly?
