Writing meme
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nath . I did this over at tumblr and had some fun, but I have more writer friends here, so have at it if you're interested.
Give me three numbers...
1) is there a story you're holding off on writing for some reason?
2) what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?
3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
4) favorite character you've written
5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it's too late/complicated to change now
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
8) favorite genre to write
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?
12) your weaknesses as an author
13) your strengths as an author
14) do you make playlists for your current wips?
15) why did you start writing?
16) are there any characters who haunt you?
17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, etc.?
20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?
21) what do you think when you read over your older work?
22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?
23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?
24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
nath . I did this over at tumblr and had some fun, but I have more writer friends here, so have at it if you're interested.Give me three numbers...
1) is there a story you're holding off on writing for some reason?
2) what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?
3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
4) favorite character you've written
5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it's too late/complicated to change now
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
8) favorite genre to write
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?
12) your weaknesses as an author
13) your strengths as an author
14) do you make playlists for your current wips?
15) why did you start writing?
16) are there any characters who haunt you?
17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, etc.?
20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?
21) what do you think when you read over your older work?
22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?
23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?
24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
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Date: 2016-08-12 10:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-14 01:13 pm (UTC)Toss up between my Bree-lander OCs and Buck Barnes. All of them took me by surprise!
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
Neither of those words but I do tend toward keeping it low key, in large part because when I was getting published in magazines, I'd invariably have to fend off multiple pleas of "could you ghost write my memoirs?" I have a woman I barely knew from 20 years ago contact me out of the blue on FB for that sole reason. :/ Mostly now I just tell people I do manuscript critique and "some academic work", which is true. I just don't do the critique for actual money and the 'academic work' is character exploration through fanfic. *g* When pressed for more detail, I'll tell them about helping Liz with her "Hobbit to Hero" book and helping Michael J. Sullivan with his books... their eyes usually glaze over and that's the end of their interest (and usually the end of any of their tentative inquiries about writing their own life stories).
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
My writing style tends to be somewhat fluid, by which I mean it depends on the genre. When I write Tolkien fic, it's obviously influenced by Tolkien and is far more formal in voice and structure. Marvel fic, however, is probably closer to my 'own' voice, as an American writing American characters--the novels I've written that are languishing in a drawer use a voice far more in line with those stories than with my LOTR fic. So that style of writing is influenced by writers like CJ Box and Lee Child. I imagine that Michael J. Sullivan is creeping in there, too, since I so often have to actually critique his writing. When I'm beta'ing for him, I have a feeling my mind subconsciously mimics his style.