Fanfic Lit-crit Meme Day One (Nicked minviendha)

[matrixrefugee]

I usually do terrible at memes, but this one I'm excited about, and if I'm not too buried by life and typing my vampirebigbang fic, I'll likely do well with it.



Day 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?

I think I got into fanfic by osmosis and I didn't even think of it as fanfic at the time, since I'd never heard the term until I got involved in online fan communities.

Technically, my first attempt at fanfic was when I five and I had to dictate to my mother. Don't remember what cartoon it was for, but I remember it was for some series I was into at the time (Might have been The Smurfs). I just remember having this crazy random idea for an adventure for the characters and wanting to commend it to paper.

My next attempts were when I was ten and I'd read Beatrix Potter's "The Fairy Caravan", a long chapter book about a dog and pony show run by...a talking dog and a talking pony whose motley troupe performs for the animals on farms in Edwardian England. My writing was still execrable and I didn't get far with it, but I think what happened was, I loved the characters and their world so much that I wanted to see where Wiliam and Alexander's Caravan went next after they disappeared around a bend in the road...

But the first official fanfic (ie. posted on the Internet) I ever wrote was for the "Matrix" series: what happened there was, as I've likely related elsewhere, I was going through a particularly rough time in my life and this particular world within a world helped me to make sense of the shocking truth I'd had revealed to me. And I couldn't just passively carry this with me, I had to write what I thought and felt at that time, translating it into the fumblings of one redpill (rather obviously myself but not to the point of wish fulfillment).


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?
10 – 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?
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?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!