Fanfic writing meme

[thedeadparrot]

I have been writing after a bit of a drought! I am planning on staying in during the day today and seeing how much I can get done. Also, um, watching the Olympics some more. The weather is so gross today.

I am also considering signing up for xmenbigbang, but I only have vague ideas of what I would want to write, and I've only ever written three stories over 15k words. I'm not sure I have the endurance to pull that sort of thing off.

I spotted this meme around tumblr, but I don't really use tumblr much, so here it is.

Directions: Give me number(s) in the comments and I will answer the corresponding question.

1. How did you get interested in fanfiction?


2. What was your first fandom? Your first OTP?


3. Do you review all the fanfics you read, most, or do you prefer to read and move on? If you write, what’s the best review you’ve ever gotten? The worst?


4. Favorite AU to read? To write?


5. What’s your favorite genre to read? To write?


6. What are your biggest fanfiction pet peeves?


7. Do you have any crackships?


8. Do you have any ships you don’t like or used to but don’t anymore?


9. Are there any kinks you love to read? Any you avoid?


10. Do you prefer to read fanfics in first, second, or third-person POVs? To write?


11. Do you read exclusively NC-17 fanfics, or will you read any rating?


12. What’s the latest you’ve stayed up reading a fanfic? Writing one?


13. Is there a website you’re partial to when you search for fanfiction, or do you more read whatever you can get your hands on? When it comes to writing, is there a website you prefer to use for publishing your fanfics?


14. How long have you been “18”?


15. Are there any plot ideas you want to either do or see someone else do?


16. Do you associate certain songs with certain ships or fanfics? If you could make a playlist for your OTP(s), which songs would be on there?


17. Do you follow any RPs? Do you RP?


18. What’s on your fanfiction rec list?

Comments

[aurora]

4, 8, and 10!

[thedeadparrot]

Favorite AU to read? To write?

Hmmm, this is difficult considering how much fandom has decided to embrace AUs. I used to love them a lot, but nowadays, I feel overexposed to them and some of my love has soured. I still write them and read them, of course, but I think it feels like fannish business as usual to me now instead of something novel and exciting.

Uh, now that I have avoided your question to go on a tangent, hmmm. I don't think I've ever read a cyberpunk AU that I have really disliked. They're usually a lot of fun in the worldbuilding people do, and they tickle the computer nerd parts of my brain quite a bit. Also, they're not super common, so they haven't worn out my welcome yet.

I think the most fun AUs to write are evil!AUs like Star Trek mirrorverse or even things like mafia-verse in TSN. There's something really fun about balancing the canon characterizations with their evil, and there's something wonderfully perverse about imagining horrible things for the characters to do.

Do you have any ships you don’t like or used to but don’t anymore?

Yes.

Okay, okay. I know you want to know which ones they are. I have a lot of ships I don't like, but I only have a few that I really hate, usually because they are super popular in fandom and it aggravates me even though I know that my hatred isn't rational. These include Harry/Draco, Steve/Tony, and Clark/Lex.

Do you prefer to read fanfics in first, second, or third-person POVs? To write?

I prefer tight third-person and second person fic to read. I hate first person. A lot. I can only barely tolerate it in pro-fic anyway. I know second person gets a lot of hate for being pretentious, but I like the way it floats emotionally between third and first person, distanced from things and yet right up and close and personal. I don't ever find it disorienting, but that's probably due to acclimation to the style.

I prefer to write tight third person to write. I've played around with second person before, and I like to think that I even used to be okay at it, but I don't find myself missing it. I don't know. I think the stories I wanted to tell changed.