Writing ask meme thingy
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kawuli(yoinked from tumblr, because i am avoiding work)
1) is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?
2) what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?
3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
4) favorite character you’ve written
5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
8) favorite genre to write
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?
12) your weaknesses as an author
13) your strengths as an author
14) do you make playlists for your current wips?
15) why did you start writing?
16) are there any characters who haunt you?
17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?
21) what do you think when you read over your older work?
22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?
23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?
24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
1) is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?
2) what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?
3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
4) favorite character you’ve written
5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now
7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
8) favorite genre to write
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?
12) your weaknesses as an author
13) your strengths as an author
14) do you make playlists for your current wips?
15) why did you start writing?
16) are there any characters who haunt you?
17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?
18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?
21) what do you think when you read over your older work?
22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?
23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?
24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
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Date: 2017-01-11 05:44 pm (UTC)4) Favorite character you’ve written
I love all my children characters choosing is hard! Canon character, Johanna Mason, I think. Right now I am very much enjoying writing Sara, the extremely Gryffindor “hold my beer ima go overthrow the government” District 6 railroader.
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
Re-read things, listen to music that has the right feelings. Have really shitty/weird/confusing feelings and dump them onto fictional characters (less recommended). Consider overthrowing governments. Chat with friends.
Oh, and make detailed maps, apparently.
25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of
Wheat country, west of the river, long past even the summer sunset. It’s been raining, they’re behind in cutting, supposed to head north last week, the schedule’s all blown to hell because somehow they still can’t control the clouds.
It’s tricky land out here, rocky outcrops hiding beneath the tall grass field margins–soon they’ll be up and out onto the real plains, but just Zea’s luck she’s assigned this strip, on the western edge of the Flint Hills, wild grass stretching east till the land smooths back out near the city. She has to drive the edge slow and careful, it’s not like up north where she can set a course and relax a bit until she gets to the end of her section. No, here the land heaves and she’s got to pay attention or else–there it is, she’s off-course, the header about to knock into something and if she dents it there’ll be hell to pay.
This was the start of the D9 rebellion series. I feel like it does a good job of setting up the scene and the context and the tone. Which is inspired by my slow-talking Kansas wheat farmer relatives, and is why Zea-POV fic takes aaaages to write, there’s no filler words and it just moves at a slower pace.