(Feel free to answer as many of these are you feel are fit! Dont feel pressured into answering all) 2, 9, 12, 17, 41, 76, 100: Whats your favorite type of narrative to either create, or explore? be it the setting, or struggle your character has to work through, reocurring theme(s), etc.
From the 100 Question Fanfic Ask Game.
2. talk about a notable time a narrative or character has looked you dead in the eyes and said “fuck your plan, here’s what we’re actually doing.”
This whole (makes vague gesture) From Parts Unknown dusty fic fkjdah. I have a terrible issue of scope when planning out chapters it seems OTL
12. do you ever have trouble focusing on writing? how do you get around that?
Background music is very important, bc if my brain feels understimulated I'll finish writing a sentence and be like WELL! I'M BORED! <3 And open a social media tab. I either listen to lofi hiphop video game mixes on youtube or a showtune/pop song I've been enjoying on loop. What i should REALLY do is turn off my got dang wifi so that I don't get distracted by twitter/tumblr, eugh
17. what is your favorite line you’ve ever written?
Of all time? Hard to make a definite statement on that. However, I wrote a simile I quite enjoyed in the current FPU chapter I'm working on: "As blunt as an elbow to the nose."
76. what is one essential thing to remember when writing a villain?
Everyone's heard of the advice 'every character is the hero in their own story, no one sees themselves as truly evil' (and if you haven't, now you have) but I think something that you can go more deeply on is asking yourself 'how does your villain/antagonist specifically challenge or contrast your hero/protag?' If your protagonist has a certain set of values/beliefs, how does your antagonist contrast them? What traits does your antagonist bring out in your protagonist? How are they an inverted mirror of everything the protagonist stands for? I'm not saying 'make your antagonist the exact opposite of your protag because that always equals a good villain' but more like, the importance of understanding that part of the antagonist's role is challenging your protagonist in every sense of the word, and is an opportunity to see your protagonist be challenged and question themselves. Thinking about these concepts should help in contributing to the overall Theme of your story and making it more cohesive (ie, if your story focuses on a central question, the protagonist and antagonist should have contradicting answers), at least, that's how I enjoy thinking about it.
100. open question to the writer.
I know I'm meant to provide a question to myself, but if I were instead to use this as a springboard to propose questions I would enjoy receiving, if anyone had any questions about any of the specific songs I've included in any of my fic playlists and why they're there I would loooove answering them <3
