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I found this meme on

scheherezhad's journal, and since I am procrastinating on my Losers Big Bang/Complememt, WHY NOT? IGNORE THE BEARS. Most of my writing is here.

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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R, F, S, and AE

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R Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?

Ten years ago, I would've said no, because I only ever wrote short things. Now, everything is ridiculously long, and if I didn't write at least an outline, I would cry. Which explains why I'm hardly writing anymore. The things that I *am* currently writing do indeed have at last the bare bones of an outline.

F Share one of your weaknesses.

Everything. Seriously, though, I suppose I'm terrible at writing funny characters, but I'm also terrible at just skipping scenes I don't want to write. /o\

lady_krysis can attest to that.

S Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?

Hahahaha. Oh, man. I don't really have muses so much anymore? But I used to. I had like this, giant land of muses in my brain, with actual terrain. There was the mushroom swamp, where my very first Rodney McKay muse started its lifespan, there was the Jukebox in the corner where muses could change whatever earworm I had stuck in my head--man, yes. I had muses. To put it lightly.

AE Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?

Unless I'm specifically writing AU, I am so strict about being canon compliant. I've had entire WIPs die on the vine because I couldn't get it to mesh with the media I was watching, or I was jossed before I wrote anything. Man, I hate when that happens. The Narrow Way was almost completely thrown away, but I like that story too much to let it die.

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You know, as I've gotten older, I've found really great tricks for scooting around scenes I don't want to write. Not necessary scenes, but stuff that needs to be there but isn't vital? Yeah. I skip that stuff. It helps my word count, too, so it's only long and not outrageous.

Also, I totally don't believe you about your weaknesses. You're a really solid writer, bb!

You can tell me that, but the heart and head still don't believe. <3

I have been told that I have an intensely ridiculous loathing of my own writing.

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Well, I mean. I've seen it all. I've seen people who feel they don't really need editors (betaees who think they're Anne Rice!) and people who really just hate everything about what they produce. You're not that bad, at least you can name some things that you like, and some strengths. I'll keep harping on you until you believe it. <3