That writing meme going around... from Suzll...

[cairistiona]

Since actually writing seems to have utterly escaped my grasp lately, I'll natter on about writing instead. Fire away:

A. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.
B. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
C. Is there a trope 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. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?
N. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?
O. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
P. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
Q. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
R. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?
S. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?
T. Describe your perfect writing conditions.
U. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
V. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).
W. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?
X. Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?
Y. What do you look for in a beta?
Z. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?
AA. How do you feel about collaborations?
AB. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
AC. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
AD. Do you accept prompts?
AE. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?
AF. How do you feel about smut?
AG. How do you feel about crack?
AH. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
AI. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
AJ. Which is your favorite site to post fic?
AK. Talk about your current wips.
AL. Talk about a review that made your day.
AM. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
AN. Write an alternative ending to a fic you've written (specify by title, link or general description].

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[dreamflower]

AL and AM!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

AL - a review that made my day:

Speaking in more general terms, the type of review that makes my day are the ones where the reader takes the time to go into all kinds of detail telling me what worked for them and why, and even what didn't work for them and why (so long as they're polite about it... I don't usually make changes based on their review, but I always enjoy polite discussion and concrit like that will more than likely make the next story that much better). I appreciate all reviews, even the one-liners, the favoriting and the kudos, but those long ones will have me smiling for days. Canafinwe springs to mind as someone who leaves awesomely exhaustive reviews... it's almost like getting beta feedback, really.

And AM ... the dark side of the same coin. *cue ominous music* I used to get very upset at rude reviews, when I was first starting out, but I confess to having grown a tougher skin these days. I pretty much ignore them, or I respond with admittedly cool politeness, something like "Not all stories will please all readers, but thank you for reading" or some such thing. I assume they left their rude review in the hopes of riling me up and getting into a wank war with them, and so I don't give them the satisfaction. That said, reviews that are critical but polite, I handle differently, usually with defending my position but still leaving the story as is. Most of the time there's really no pleasing those types of reviewers, because they want me to revise the story so it suits them and won't stop arguing their point until I do. Since I don't offer up stories with the idea that it's open field day so offer up concrit, those types of "differences of creative opinion" don't really accomplish anything. There've been a few times where I did make corrections, so long as it didn't substantially alter a scene, but other times I've simply thanked the reviewer and closed the conversation with "we'll just have to agree to disagree on this."

HOWEVER--there's always room for howevers in my world, which is much more self-affirming than admitting I might be wishy-washy and inconsistent--if I decide to do a complete revision of a story, which I actually am considering doing for "At Hope's Edge" someday before I post it at ff.net, then I might very well incorporate the little niggling things reviewers have pointed out. But I don't usually take the time to change things beyond typos or format glitches in already posted stories because by the time I've posted a story, my mind has already moved on to the next one and I don't like switching tracks if I can help it.