10 & 19 for the author asks
10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?
I really like having white noise going in the background (coffeeshop white noise, etc.). But I can never, ever write while listening to music. Not ever. Too distracting.
I do like to write with people in online sprints. It’s probably the most productive I ever am, honestly, But that’s not really quite the same thing as writing “with people,” I don’t think.
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
The most complicated fic I ever wrote was actually the first fic I ever wrote, about… errrr, six years ago now. For the Hunger Games fandom. It was over 100k words and INCREDIBLY detailed plot-wise, timeline-wise, gahhhh. I had a detailed outline and if it hadn’t been for that (and the fact that I was basically unemployed that year) I wouldn’t have been able to pull it off.
I will never attempt a project that complicated again. But if I were to try, I would absolutely need an outline. And another year of relatively unencumbered time.