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This one's a more introspective meme than I've seen in awhile, picked up from [personal profile] aris_tgd.  I'm going to inject a little more structure in hopes of making it look a little less intimidating (from both sides of the desk).  So:

Below (and I'm putting these under a cut, because it's a long list) is a series of questions about aspects of one's writing process and one's body of work (both existing and prospective).  Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to do any or all of the following:
  1. Comment on this post, choosing up to five of the lettered questions for me to answer.
  2. Comment on this post, either offering to answer up to five questions of my choice from the list or choosing your own list of up to five questions to answer (in either case, you should post the answers in your own journal and provide a link)
  3. Post the full meme to your own journal, thereby encouraging your own friends-list to play (and to keep on passing the meme around)
Note that many of the questions are specifically fanfic-oriented, though many might also be answerable with non-fanfic examples. Anyone choosing to participate should feel free to answer in whatever context they feel is most appropriate for their own process and body of work.  Also: if you are asked to respond to a question you feel uncomfortable answering, you are not obligated to respond to that question.

Now, the questions:

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 or 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 asking the question 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).

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This is a fanfic journal. I'm interested in a wide variety of fandoms as well as in meta- and theoretical discussions; see my interests list for specific fandom categories. Comments, critiques, recs, reviews, and the like are always welcome.

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