Oh, this meme looks like fun! Let's do this!

[kate]

Pick one, two, a few, or many, and I will answer in the comments! :D My collected works at kisahawklin, if you need that.

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].

Comments

[kate]

Absolutely! :D

Z. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?

I do beta, though I haven't in a while due to time constraints. I tend to be very thorough - I write as many, if not more, words of beta as there are words in a story. I am explainy, too, so for new writers (or new-to-me writers), I will explain why I am suggesting what I am suggesting. This has really codified how I feel about things like epithets, starting sentences with conjunctions, and the difference between ellipses and dashes. I knew I did or didn't do things in my own fic, but I didn't really know why until I had to explain them to other people.

I try to be sensitive to style, though - I beta for people who have very different styles than my own, and so I let some things go that I normally wouldn't because it's obviously a stylistic choice.

AI. Would you ever kill off a canon character?

Yep! I have, actually. I've killed Rodney more than once. I think I've killed John, but I can't remember for sure. Oh - yeah, I killed him (sort of) in Four Funerals and a Wedding, and once in Variations on a Theme of John Sheppard. I haven't killed anybody in SPN yet, but they do just fine on that front, so I guess I haven't felt the need? Oh, well, there was a temporary character death for Castiel, but since he never really died, they just thought he did, I guess I don't feel like that counts.

Usually I kill people off as part of an emotional arc I'm writing for the other person(s), though once I killed off Rodney for porn (I wrote necrophilia for a friend).

AJ. Which is your favorite site to post fic?

Definitely Archive of Our Own. I've gotten lazy about fic, and I'm also keeping the Supernatural fandom at arm's length. I'm happy to write fic about those characters, have people read it and kudos or comment, but I don't want to know about the kerfuffle of the moment because Jensen or Jared said something stupid at a con, or the producers stuck their foot in their mouth, or Clif tweeted something dumb. Also, I hate being spoiled - I enjoy shows so much more when I'm not spoiled. Also, I hate having to post to communities anymore. And SPN's newsletter is not comprehensive the way SGA's was (this is just a necessity due to size of the fandom) so technically they don't publish anything not actually posted on LJ, where I refuse to put content any more.

One of my favorite things about AO3 is the feeds - I'm following a few relationship and character tags, so reading content is sent right to my flist and I can see what's being written without having to be on communities (and since I know other people are following these feeds, I don't have to advertise anywhere, another brilliant thing!).

Besides the ease, distance from my current fandom, and feeds, I also love kudos and the statistics feature. I never really figured out those hit counters/statistics things for LJ and DW, so having the statistics page just do it for me has been AMAZING.