Thirty Days of Fanfiction: Day Twenty-Two
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selenak22 – 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?
The first one I participated in was a Babylon 5 one calledbabficathon, and since then, I've been taking part in Multiverse (every year since the beginning), Yuletide (the last two years - I felt too intimidated before and also, it helped that they allowed my two shiny space stations as rare fandoms in), Remix (since four years now, I think), Matrithon, and a few other B5 related ficathons (anything for the Third Age of Mankind). I enjoyed and am continuing to enjoy the experience enormously, starting with the fact that a few of the prompts gave me ideas I otherwise wouldn't have had or made me deal with characters I had previously neglected or just not been very interested in. (As I mentioned before, in B5 fandom that would be all the human characters; if you, like myself, come from the Centauri and Narn part of the fandom, these are naturally the characters you first write about.) And they proved very much fun to write.
Of course, sometimes there is considerable fannish angst as well. Poorkathyh had to soothe my nerves about Nowhere Man (and of course she was right and astrogirl2 was fabulous about it), and then there was the time I remixed my regular remix and did a pinch hit and neither of the two original writers provided feedback, which was due to the fact that one had dropped out of the ficathon and the other had been travelling with rare opportunities to get online, but it was an unfortunate coincidence of the type that makes you fret. But like a corny Hollywood movie, there always was an happy ending. :)
My favourite ficathon experience: being told byandraste a few years after the ficathon started that the reason she invented the Multiverse was because she wanted to to make me write Londo/Chiana... and then never dared to ask. So naturally I wrote it for her anyway. Flattery will get you very far.*g* Just in case you're planning to start a ficathon for the purpose of making me write your prompt.) (Also it's one of the nicest compliments I've been paid as an author.)
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?
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?
23 – When you post, where 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 funnest) 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?
The first one I participated in was a Babylon 5 one called
babficathon, and since then, I've been taking part in Multiverse (every year since the beginning), Yuletide (the last two years - I felt too intimidated before and also, it helped that they allowed my two shiny space stations as rare fandoms in), Remix (since four years now, I think), Matrithon, and a few other B5 related ficathons (anything for the Third Age of Mankind). I enjoyed and am continuing to enjoy the experience enormously, starting with the fact that a few of the prompts gave me ideas I otherwise wouldn't have had or made me deal with characters I had previously neglected or just not been very interested in. (As I mentioned before, in B5 fandom that would be all the human characters; if you, like myself, come from the Centauri and Narn part of the fandom, these are naturally the characters you first write about.) And they proved very much fun to write. Of course, sometimes there is considerable fannish angst as well. Poor
kathyh had to soothe my nerves about Nowhere Man (and of course she was right and astrogirl2 was fabulous about it), and then there was the time I remixed my regular remix and did a pinch hit and neither of the two original writers provided feedback, which was due to the fact that one had dropped out of the ficathon and the other had been travelling with rare opportunities to get online, but it was an unfortunate coincidence of the type that makes you fret. But like a corny Hollywood movie, there always was an happy ending. :) My favourite ficathon experience: being told by
andraste a few years after the ficathon started that the reason she invented the Multiverse was because she wanted to to make me write Londo/Chiana... and then never dared to ask. So naturally I wrote it for her anyway. Flattery will get you very far.*g* Just in case you're planning to start a ficathon for the purpose of making me write your prompt.) (Also it's one of the nicest compliments I've been paid as an author.) 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?
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?
23 – When you post, where 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 funnest) 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?
