Fun meta asks for writers!

[chocochipbiscuit]

OH  BOY  I  LOVE  MEMES!!!

1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like)
5. What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?
6. What character do you have the most fun writing?
7. What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
9. Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?
10. How would you describe your writing process?
11. What do you envy in other writers?
12. Do you want your writing to be famous?
13. Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
15. Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.
19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)
20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
21. What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?
25. What part of writing is the most fun?

Crossposted from Tumblr, via hobbitdragon. OP is justwhumpythings

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[chocochipbiscuit]

6) What character do you have the most fun writing?

I don’t feel like I write the same character a lot, or at least not consistently, so I’m not sure how to answer this question? Like, right now I’m having a lot of fun writing Tyreen for this Tyreen/Amara fic because she is so over the top villainous in the game, and it’s fun sanding away the edges so she’s more of a horrible goblin accidental-prisoner. Poor impulse control, mouthy, arrogant, just let her run her mouth and see what happens next. I also fully admit it’s because Borderlands is such a goofy canon anyways, so I feel more comfortable with writing her in villain decay instead of fully dwelling on all the horrible repercussions of everything she’s done.

14) At what point in writing do you come up with a title?

Usually either halfway through as something thematically appropriate rises, or at the very end when I’m desperately struggling to figure out what to title it before posting! (also I fully admit I C&P this answer from Tumblr, because I answered it there first!)

23) What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?

(Another Tumblr C&P, because this was a very long and rambly answer!)

Judging from the dates of my scrap files…? Preston/Virgil/Madison OT3. I’m still fuzzy on when the fic actually starts (or at least what the first scene should be), but after Virgil fails to reverse this mutation, Madison learns about her old colleague camped out in the Glowing Sea and goes ‘nope, you can be more useful with us here’ and sends Preston to recruit him. So all three of them are with the Minutemen, and the Institute and BoS have already been destroyed. Madison is also an augmented human (much like Kellogg) with enhanced reflexes, strength, and an awesome cybernetic arm.

Virgil’s always had a little bit of a terrified crush on Madison from back in the Institute, and falls in love with Preston’s kindness and optimism. Madison is also in love with Preston, and fully enjoys stepping on Virgil. Madison and Virgil end up very carefully interrogating each other on their intentions towards Preston (“I’ve seen the way you look at him. Preston’s a good man.”) and Madison’s ready to give Virgil the shovel talk before Preston walks in and explains he has two hands, thank you very much! Cue smoochy OT3 stuff, each of them trying to advance the settlements in their own ways, and catching rumors of a seed vault, holding prewar fruits, veg, and samples. So then they go adventuring across the Commonwealth!

...like, I have a lot of stuff I want to happen, but still figuring out how to make it a workable story.