meme snagged from ladyhadhafang

[jedi_of_urth]

Put a number in the comments and I’ll answer accordingly. The mission for those of us who answer the questions, should we accept it, is to stay positive about our writing and ourselves, but to also be fair about our shortcomings.


1. Of the fic you’ve written, of which are you most proud?
2. Favorite tense
3. Favorite POV
4. What are some themes you love writing about?
5. What inspires you to write?
6. Thoughts on critique
7. Create a character on the spot... NOW!
8. Is there a character you love writing for the most? The least? Why?
9. A passage from a WIP
10. What are your strengths in writing?
11. What are your weaknesses in writing?
12. Anything else that you want to know... (otherwise known as Fill in the Blank)


Extra note: Anything you want to apply to vids/vidding instead of fic/writing just say.

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[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

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[jedi_of_urth]

4. What are some themes you love writing about?

I don't think in themes all that often, but I do gravitate towards a lot of emotionalism in my writing. And there's probably some running theme of the need for emotional honesty through my writing, characters often having emotional breakdowns, having to confront themselves, or confessional/soul-bearing sort of stuff. I don't necessarily do it consciously, but I guess it's there.

8. Is there a character you love writing for the most? The least? Why?

That's the sort of thing that tends to float depending on what fandom I'm invested in at any given time. At least in terms of what characters I really like writing. The ones I don't enjoy writing often fall into the umbrella of 'characters prominent in the show that I don't like,' although even that has some wiggle room if I need to spend the time with them because that's how the story works best.

I do tell the story on myself though that I had a freakishly easy time getting into Guy of Gisborne's head when I was writing Final Testament. I kind of freaked myself out a little by just how well I got him on that writing project.

[got_swagger]

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[jedi_of_urth]

1. Of the fic you’ve written, of which are you most proud?

I tend to be proudest of my big accomplishments. The ones I spent a lot of time with and have largely visible products. Final Testament is both one of my proudest achievements and greatest disappointments, because I wanted to go much further with it but have never been able to recapture the fervor that went into it before in order to continue it. But I do love what I wrote so far.

TWTS/TFALID is probably second, but it's also a lot more recent so I'm not sure my opinion is quite as settled.

5. What inspires you to write?

I kind of think if I *really* know that I wouldn't struggle with writer's block so much. But it boils down to being invested in a fandom/ship/character and that love giving rise to plot bunnies that I want to explore. The surest way to guarantee writer's block is to lose interest in the subject matter; plenty of other things can cause it so being inspired isn't the only key ingredient, but it's the surest way to bring it on.