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selenak28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
Well, for one thing, I've been participating in the Remix ficathon for a few years, and of course that means several fellow fanfic writers were inspired by several stories of mine to write their own. Also, two stories of mine were made into a podfic, which also is a collaboration post facto in that the stories were vocally interpreted by the ladies in question. Oh, and the lovelyfuturesoon drew fabulous fanart for my Heroes story Runaways!
However, once I collaborated on fanfiction in the sense the word is usually employed. This was in my first internet fandom (though not first fandom altogether), Highlander, where I found myself beta-reading a story for a friend. It sported a German oc villain. Now, blond German villains who are mostly there so your heroine has someone to duel and defeat are really in danger of wandering into a certain clichéd direction, and so, as part of my beta duties, I found myself writing a letter from said villain, Wolfgang, to his student showing most of my friend's story (except for the ending, where he dies) from his pov, which served the triple purpose of trying to make him more into a three dimensional person, to connect him with one of my favourite HL episodes, Valkyrie and the main guest character therein, and to allow me to get a few digs out about poor Duncan's atrocious German in said episode. It wasn't meant as a serious piece of fiction. However, Vi (my friend) felt inspired, wondered what would happen if the student were to meet her heroine, and before we knew it, we were batting plot ideas to and thro together with our mutual friend and beta-reader Parda and then were writing a story. After we had worked out a plot, I wrote the Ludwig (that's the name of the student) pov parts, she wrote the Elena pov parts, and it went surprisingly well. I say surprising because I had never written with someone else before, and I'm usually far too bristly and hedgehog-like during the writing process to do that, being very possessive about my plot and characterisation ideas. But in that case, I was playing on Vi's territory anyway, plus I wanted to try it one time when nothing of mine was at stake.
So we wrote the story, called "Shades of White". It wasn't the most popular of either of our stories, featuring two OCs in the central roles and canon characters Methos, Joe and Duncan only in supporting roles, but it was a fun experience for me, and hey, any time I'm able to contribute three-dimensional German characters instead of the 10045064th snarling Nazi... The story is rather lengthy and depending on the backstory for Vi's OC, Elena, so I won't link it here, but she posted the brief villain's letter that started the whole experiment as a story as well, so here it is: Wolfgang's Tale. This is what happens when you ask your beta to German-pick your villain.
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?
22 – 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?
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?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
Well, for one thing, I've been participating in the Remix ficathon for a few years, and of course that means several fellow fanfic writers were inspired by several stories of mine to write their own. Also, two stories of mine were made into a podfic, which also is a collaboration post facto in that the stories were vocally interpreted by the ladies in question. Oh, and the lovely
futuresoon drew fabulous fanart for my Heroes story Runaways! However, once I collaborated on fanfiction in the sense the word is usually employed. This was in my first internet fandom (though not first fandom altogether), Highlander, where I found myself beta-reading a story for a friend. It sported a German oc villain. Now, blond German villains who are mostly there so your heroine has someone to duel and defeat are really in danger of wandering into a certain clichéd direction, and so, as part of my beta duties, I found myself writing a letter from said villain, Wolfgang, to his student showing most of my friend's story (except for the ending, where he dies) from his pov, which served the triple purpose of trying to make him more into a three dimensional person, to connect him with one of my favourite HL episodes, Valkyrie and the main guest character therein, and to allow me to get a few digs out about poor Duncan's atrocious German in said episode. It wasn't meant as a serious piece of fiction. However, Vi (my friend) felt inspired, wondered what would happen if the student were to meet her heroine, and before we knew it, we were batting plot ideas to and thro together with our mutual friend and beta-reader Parda and then were writing a story. After we had worked out a plot, I wrote the Ludwig (that's the name of the student) pov parts, she wrote the Elena pov parts, and it went surprisingly well. I say surprising because I had never written with someone else before, and I'm usually far too bristly and hedgehog-like during the writing process to do that, being very possessive about my plot and characterisation ideas. But in that case, I was playing on Vi's territory anyway, plus I wanted to try it one time when nothing of mine was at stake.
So we wrote the story, called "Shades of White". It wasn't the most popular of either of our stories, featuring two OCs in the central roles and canon characters Methos, Joe and Duncan only in supporting roles, but it was a fun experience for me, and hey, any time I'm able to contribute three-dimensional German characters instead of the 10045064th snarling Nazi... The story is rather lengthy and depending on the backstory for Vi's OC, Elena, so I won't link it here, but she posted the brief villain's letter that started the whole experiment as a story as well, so here it is: Wolfgang's Tale. This is what happens when you ask your beta to German-pick your villain.
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?
22 – 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?
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?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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Date: 2011-07-29 06:23 am (UTC)