fic meme!
borrowing this from warmboys because I wanted to do this :)
If you had to delete all but five of your stories, which five would you keep and why? (Or ten if you're more prolific.)
The Foreigners’ Guide to Staying In Love; I would mostly keep this one because of all the time and effort I put into it. If I had to delete it, I might just start crying. Also because even if it isn't that good in your opinion, it was probably my favorite thing I wrote in the past few years. I felt so accomplished when I finished, and then I missed it terribly.
I'd keep insert love here because, well, it was one of my first times writing Jaychul and I've always loved their dynamic. Wait, that's not it. I just liked how I went through it. Aaaand it reminds me of when I fought through writer's block and made something I still liked.
Honestly, I would keep obstacle despite the fact that it didn't have much of a coherent plot whatsoever. I was also exploring one of the rarest pairings ever, which made me feel a little proud of myself. I like my details/descriptions in this, too. But I would never admit it unless I did this, because I hate seriously praising myself.
The Warm Ones I would want to keep because…it was another struggling through intense writer's block moment of mine, and I used pictures, which was fun to me (and SO HELPFUL).
I would never delete The Essentials because…well, because I like the AU too much, and even though the end of this was choppy, I loved my idea.
If I deleted Stopping Time I think I would also cry because I put so much effort into that ;___; and it had a coherent plot! (sort of, I guess). I know one or two other people who would be sad if I deleted that as well.
Skipping forward to when I wrote cue me-proud of this because I love Qmi and because I made a title that sounds like the pairing name. I loved writing the banter between the two of them, and also because it was a futurefic, which I enjoy.
Sad Girl (Boom Boom) is on my list because even though almost no one read it (or at least shared their opinions) I loved it. It probably wasn't that interesting, though, lmao. I liked the pairing, too.
I loved writing double-crosser, even though I'm not sure if it was completely coherent. Plus it was one of my early attempts at putting Han Geng and Victoria together, lol, and you all know how much I like doing that. This was only the beginning!
greenflower was one of my first femmeslash pieces and I started thinking more and more about real life connections between SM groups and the reality of things in my canon pieces. I have this JeTi to thank.
What disappointed you the most about your last story?
What I didn't like about my Khuntoria was that I basically forced myself to write it. You see, when I get an idea that fascinates me, I usually won't write it unless I'm REALLY inspired, or something like that. Sometimes I'll muse over it for a few minutes, hours, or a day, and then I'll actually write it. I did something similar with this, but I tried so so so hard to finish this. I tried too hard. I wanted it done and I wasn't going to let me stop myself. I also wanted it done on Victoria's birthday, as if having done like a present would make my fic amazing. It didn't. That fic was far from amazing. It was sloppy and I wish I could redo it, but now I don't have the drive to :|
Pick a passage you're especially proud of. Ideally it'd be one of the best passages you think you've ever written.
the snow fell in delicate, white patterns all around, and he touched her face. gently, with both hands. she shifted from one foot to the other and felt her cheeks turn cold again when his hands retreated to the his pockets, to be incubated.
the cell phone sitting in her jacket sat heavily like it would buzz any minute to interrupt them, and the nonsense they weren't even doing. they weren't doing anything, in fact. he wanted to hold her face again, or play with her hair. not in braids. free locks, framing her face, tickling her nose, tickling his nose. a few strands rested around her pink lips, full with temptation.
sometimes temptation wasn’t enough.
she wanted him to be her friend. it was enough, it wasn’t enough, and she wanted more. he didn’t know what he wanted. but he did. the brain would always like pulling one way, and then the other.
they toasted to nothing later. it was still snowing, and their cheeks were still red. their minds were still muddled with too many thoughts bustling amongst themselves at a time. hands raised on their own, glasses nestled or clenched between hands (nervously). when she watched him down the contents, fei thought maybe she could have been in love.
Now tear it apart.
Shouldn't have separated and he touched her face from the sentence after. It kind of ruined the first sentence, which on its own, was a scapegoat for a real opening sentence for that paragraph. I guess the 'incubated' part was alright, but it feels awkward to me now. I think I'll leave the second paragraph alone, I kind of like it-EXCEPT the cell phone part could have been phrased much more subtly. It feels too obvious or in your face the way it is, or maybe that's just me.
sometimes temptation wasn’t enough um kind of hating this line right now. If you can figure out what I was trying to get at, then perhaps I'll like it. For now, it's a yuck, even though I love this passage. Well, maybe I could just reword it…if I knew what I was trying to say, at least. they toasted to nothing later I like this line but I feel like maybe I should have put this in another section (with the parts that follow).
What's a favorite story by someone else? How would you describe the style, narrative technique, etc (whatever you want to say about it)?
world enough and time, chiaroscuro18 : In my opinion, I'd describe her writing style as simple yet intelligent. I don't even know if that's accurate, but that's what comes to mind for me. She uses comparisons that don't seem simple at all, yet the way she uses them, I almost feel like they still are, but in a good way. I'm definitely not trying to downplay her writing at all. What I'm probably trying to say is that her descriptions are…(amazing) fresh. As in, she doesn't recycle old similes, figurative language, or metaphors. Her writing feels new yet nostalgic to me, particularly in this fic.
If you could choose to emulate one fic writer, who would it be and why?
This is a little embarrassing since we are LJ friends and I am about to practically fangirl all over her, but I love warmboys' writing so much. I know you don't think so, Diana, but I think you have this writing thing down. I've enjoyed everything I've read of yours. I truly do adore your style. Adore. Love. I'm going to stop gushing now because I'll probably embarrass myself and make you feel more uncomfortable than this has most likely already made you.
How do you feel when or after reading something really good? Be honest.
Discouraged and encouraged at the same time, really. Sometimes I feel like crying, although that might be a little extreme (but usually the crying wants to come when I get to the point of I am not as good as this person and I never ever ever will be or I am an absolute failure …haha). Sometimes I feel like the next thing (or things) I write is going to be too similar, because other people's writing styles can every once in a while really rub off on me. I especially feel discouraged when I read someone's fic with legitimate facts that make it much more sophisticated, because they come off as being so much smarter than I could hope to be lol, but it is also encouraging to read fics like that since then they make me want to put more of an intellectual effort into my writing…I don't know how else to phrase it, haha.
Pick an introduction to one of your stories and rewrite it as if it were not fanfiction but just plain fiction, ie. don't presume that the reader knows anything about the characters.
(…I'll get to this later!)
What are five of your favorite words?
watermelon, catharsis, waterfall, smooth, euphoric
Bonus: refrain from using any of those words in the next story you write.
Um, I shall try? Haha.
If you had to delete all but five of your stories, which five would you keep and why? (Or ten if you're more prolific.)
The Foreigners’ Guide to Staying In Love; I would mostly keep this one because of all the time and effort I put into it. If I had to delete it, I might just start crying. Also because even if it isn't that good in your opinion, it was probably my favorite thing I wrote in the past few years. I felt so accomplished when I finished, and then I missed it terribly.
I'd keep insert love here because, well, it was one of my first times writing Jaychul and I've always loved their dynamic. Wait, that's not it. I just liked how I went through it. Aaaand it reminds me of when I fought through writer's block and made something I still liked.
Honestly, I would keep obstacle despite the fact that it didn't have much of a coherent plot whatsoever. I was also exploring one of the rarest pairings ever, which made me feel a little proud of myself. I like my details/descriptions in this, too. But I would never admit it unless I did this, because I hate seriously praising myself.
The Warm Ones I would want to keep because…it was another struggling through intense writer's block moment of mine, and I used pictures, which was fun to me (and SO HELPFUL).
I would never delete The Essentials because…well, because I like the AU too much, and even though the end of this was choppy, I loved my idea.
If I deleted Stopping Time I think I would also cry because I put so much effort into that ;___; and it had a coherent plot! (sort of, I guess). I know one or two other people who would be sad if I deleted that as well.
Skipping forward to when I wrote cue me-proud of this because I love Qmi and because I made a title that sounds like the pairing name. I loved writing the banter between the two of them, and also because it was a futurefic, which I enjoy.
Sad Girl (Boom Boom) is on my list because even though almost no one read it (or at least shared their opinions) I loved it. It probably wasn't that interesting, though, lmao. I liked the pairing, too.
I loved writing double-crosser, even though I'm not sure if it was completely coherent. Plus it was one of my early attempts at putting Han Geng and Victoria together, lol, and you all know how much I like doing that. This was only the beginning!
greenflower was one of my first femmeslash pieces and I started thinking more and more about real life connections between SM groups and the reality of things in my canon pieces. I have this JeTi to thank.
What disappointed you the most about your last story?
What I didn't like about my Khuntoria was that I basically forced myself to write it. You see, when I get an idea that fascinates me, I usually won't write it unless I'm REALLY inspired, or something like that. Sometimes I'll muse over it for a few minutes, hours, or a day, and then I'll actually write it. I did something similar with this, but I tried so so so hard to finish this. I tried too hard. I wanted it done and I wasn't going to let me stop myself. I also wanted it done on Victoria's birthday, as if having done like a present would make my fic amazing. It didn't. That fic was far from amazing. It was sloppy and I wish I could redo it, but now I don't have the drive to :|
Pick a passage you're especially proud of. Ideally it'd be one of the best passages you think you've ever written.
the snow fell in delicate, white patterns all around, and he touched her face. gently, with both hands. she shifted from one foot to the other and felt her cheeks turn cold again when his hands retreated to the his pockets, to be incubated.
the cell phone sitting in her jacket sat heavily like it would buzz any minute to interrupt them, and the nonsense they weren't even doing. they weren't doing anything, in fact. he wanted to hold her face again, or play with her hair. not in braids. free locks, framing her face, tickling her nose, tickling his nose. a few strands rested around her pink lips, full with temptation.
sometimes temptation wasn’t enough.
she wanted him to be her friend. it was enough, it wasn’t enough, and she wanted more. he didn’t know what he wanted. but he did. the brain would always like pulling one way, and then the other.
they toasted to nothing later. it was still snowing, and their cheeks were still red. their minds were still muddled with too many thoughts bustling amongst themselves at a time. hands raised on their own, glasses nestled or clenched between hands (nervously). when she watched him down the contents, fei thought maybe she could have been in love.
Now tear it apart.
Shouldn't have separated and he touched her face from the sentence after. It kind of ruined the first sentence, which on its own, was a scapegoat for a real opening sentence for that paragraph. I guess the 'incubated' part was alright, but it feels awkward to me now. I think I'll leave the second paragraph alone, I kind of like it-EXCEPT the cell phone part could have been phrased much more subtly. It feels too obvious or in your face the way it is, or maybe that's just me.
sometimes temptation wasn’t enough um kind of hating this line right now. If you can figure out what I was trying to get at, then perhaps I'll like it. For now, it's a yuck, even though I love this passage. Well, maybe I could just reword it…if I knew what I was trying to say, at least. they toasted to nothing later I like this line but I feel like maybe I should have put this in another section (with the parts that follow).
What's a favorite story by someone else? How would you describe the style, narrative technique, etc (whatever you want to say about it)?
world enough and time, chiaroscuro18 : In my opinion, I'd describe her writing style as simple yet intelligent. I don't even know if that's accurate, but that's what comes to mind for me. She uses comparisons that don't seem simple at all, yet the way she uses them, I almost feel like they still are, but in a good way. I'm definitely not trying to downplay her writing at all. What I'm probably trying to say is that her descriptions are…(amazing) fresh. As in, she doesn't recycle old similes, figurative language, or metaphors. Her writing feels new yet nostalgic to me, particularly in this fic.
If you could choose to emulate one fic writer, who would it be and why?
This is a little embarrassing since we are LJ friends and I am about to practically fangirl all over her, but I love warmboys' writing so much. I know you don't think so, Diana, but I think you have this writing thing down. I've enjoyed everything I've read of yours. I truly do adore your style. Adore. Love. I'm going to stop gushing now because I'll probably embarrass myself and make you feel more uncomfortable than this has most likely already made you.
How do you feel when or after reading something really good? Be honest.
Discouraged and encouraged at the same time, really. Sometimes I feel like crying, although that might be a little extreme (but usually the crying wants to come when I get to the point of I am not as good as this person and I never ever ever will be or I am an absolute failure …haha). Sometimes I feel like the next thing (or things) I write is going to be too similar, because other people's writing styles can every once in a while really rub off on me. I especially feel discouraged when I read someone's fic with legitimate facts that make it much more sophisticated, because they come off as being so much smarter than I could hope to be lol, but it is also encouraging to read fics like that since then they make me want to put more of an intellectual effort into my writing…I don't know how else to phrase it, haha.
Pick an introduction to one of your stories and rewrite it as if it were not fanfiction but just plain fiction, ie. don't presume that the reader knows anything about the characters.
(…I'll get to this later!)
What are five of your favorite words?
watermelon, catharsis, waterfall, smooth, euphoric
Bonus: refrain from using any of those words in the next story you write.
Um, I shall try? Haha.