Fanfic meme day 1
So have seen this meme several places on my flist and figured it might be a good way to get back into attempting to post regularly. (I'm still around and I read every day, I just.... suck at posting.) And since today is my birthday, it felt like a good day to start attempting to form a new (old?) habit.
1 - How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
2 - Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
3 - For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?
4 - Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5 -If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6 - When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7 - Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 - Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 - Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 - Pairings - Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 - Genre - do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 - Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 - Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 - Ratings - how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 - Warnings - What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 - Summaries - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 - Titles - Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 - Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19 - When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 - Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 - Sequels - Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 - Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 - When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 - Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 - Music - Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 - What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 - Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 - Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 - What is your current project or projects?
30 - Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
1 - How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
I was writing fanfic years before I even heard that term. The first time I sat down and wrote a story using characters from a tv show was when I was ten or eleven. The show was Thundarr the Barbarian and the story was.. what you might expect a ten year old to write. (I have been forever grateful that there was no internet when I was just starting to write because that means very few people have seen my earliest terrible work.)
I continued writing fic for just myself and maybe my closest friends all through high school, featuring characters from Star Wars, X-Men, Thunderbirds 2086, Robotech, probably some other stuff that momentarily caught my fancy.
I got online and discovered that fanfic was an actual thing in my mid-twenties, maybe around 95 or 96? I didn't write anything right away - or at least I didn't share anything, I've always been writing something since that first Thundarr story way back when. I put myself out as a beta for a while first as I got to know people and learned to navigate the whole fandom thing.
My first fic posted was almost a Kitty Pryde/Pete Wisdom missing scene(s) fic in Excalibur (subset of X-Men fandom) - I had it about 3/4 written, but somehow it never got finished. So that mean my actual first fic posted in public was for The Sentinel: Pushed Too Far in... March 1998 I think? (So yes I've been posting fanfic for almost 20 years now. ....and I just made myself feel old. :p)
And the thing about fanfic that pulled me in can be summed up as basically a desire for more. I fall in love with characters in the stories I read and watch and I want more than what canon gives me, be that quantity or quality. Often both. I want more stories, more scenes with these characters, more character development, more happiness, etc, etc.
Like I said, I'd been writing fic for years before I learned that this was a Thing People Did so finding Fandom meant basically finding my people.
1 - How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
2 - Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
3 - For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?
4 - Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5 -If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6 - When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7 - Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 - Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 - Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 - Pairings - Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 - Genre - do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 - Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 - Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 - Ratings - how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 - Warnings - What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 - Summaries - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 - Titles - Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 - Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19 - When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 - Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 - Sequels - Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 - Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 - When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 - Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 - Music - Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 - What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 - Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 - Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 - What is your current project or projects?
30 - Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
1 - How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
I was writing fanfic years before I even heard that term. The first time I sat down and wrote a story using characters from a tv show was when I was ten or eleven. The show was Thundarr the Barbarian and the story was.. what you might expect a ten year old to write. (I have been forever grateful that there was no internet when I was just starting to write because that means very few people have seen my earliest terrible work.)
I continued writing fic for just myself and maybe my closest friends all through high school, featuring characters from Star Wars, X-Men, Thunderbirds 2086, Robotech, probably some other stuff that momentarily caught my fancy.
I got online and discovered that fanfic was an actual thing in my mid-twenties, maybe around 95 or 96? I didn't write anything right away - or at least I didn't share anything, I've always been writing something since that first Thundarr story way back when. I put myself out as a beta for a while first as I got to know people and learned to navigate the whole fandom thing.
My first fic posted was almost a Kitty Pryde/Pete Wisdom missing scene(s) fic in Excalibur (subset of X-Men fandom) - I had it about 3/4 written, but somehow it never got finished. So that mean my actual first fic posted in public was for The Sentinel: Pushed Too Far in... March 1998 I think? (So yes I've been posting fanfic for almost 20 years now. ....and I just made myself feel old. :p)
And the thing about fanfic that pulled me in can be summed up as basically a desire for more. I fall in love with characters in the stories I read and watch and I want more than what canon gives me, be that quantity or quality. Often both. I want more stories, more scenes with these characters, more character development, more happiness, etc, etc.
Like I said, I'd been writing fic for years before I learned that this was a Thing People Did so finding Fandom meant basically finding my people.