20 Questions: Writer’s Edition
How many works do you have on AO3?
What’s your total AO3 word count?
How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
Bitterblue (Graceling Realm)
=10 fandoms total, only 3 on ao3 though
What are your top five fics by kudos?
If Arya had been at Eastwatch
Oh, to see without my eyes
Oh, will wonders ever cease
Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
I do my best to reply to everyone because I know how nice it is when the author replies to your comment 😊
What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
That would be an unpublished one in which both Arya and Gendry die 😬
What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?
Hmm, maybe blessing in disguise considering how it starts. Or oh, will wonders ever cease cause that's just a feel good fic, I think.
Do you write crossovers? If yes, what’s the craziest thing you’ve written?
I have written one! It's a multi crossover one shot including Damon from tVD, Dr Cox from Scrubs and Sirius Black from Harry Potter where they meet in a bar and become drinking buddies and vent to each other. Might have potential to be extended and translated into English 🤔 been thinking of adding Dean Winchester at the end anyway...
Have you ever received hate on a fic?
I wouldn't say hate, but someone demanded I write longer chapters, and not in a nice, I-need-more way, literally demanded, which I found a bit rude.
Do you write smut? If so what kind?
That's the million dollar question isn't it? 😂 I feel like I'm slowly working up to someday writing explicit smut. I definitely have ideas 😏
Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know. Quite the opposite, someone once asked me if they could use the premise of my fic for their own. Which I said yes to. As long as you don't copy paste (parts) of my fics, you're welcome to use them as inspiration for pretty much anything.
Have you ever had a fic translated?
No, but I have attempted/started translating HP fic into German several years ago.
Have you ever co-written a fic?
What’s your all time favourite ship?
What’s a WIP you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?
It's a one shot collection though, so "finish" is relative but I do have a few more ideas already planned, just not much motivation to write them at the moment.
What’s your writing strengths?
I do think I have unique ideas and if I'm in the zone I usually get the pacing right. I've definitely gotten better at plotting, too.
And weirdly, I think I'm doing alright at dialogue when that's the exact thing I used to struggle the most with. I remember that that was the task in my 15 month creative writing class that took me the longest to complete.
What’s your writing weaknesses?
Descriptions 🙃 I think years of academic writing and editing my own papers to be as concise as possible have done some damage. Plus it's super hard for my constantly fatigued brain to come up with synonyms, so my vocabulary isn't as diverse as it could be.
Also, action. Which is a big reason for why I haven't written smut yet.
What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in fic?
I think it only really works when you a) don't want the reader/protagonist to know what's being said or b) if it's a language/ expression that is widely known so it can be assumed that most people will at least roughly know what's being said. Otherwise it just becomes a mess with trying to translate within the context.
In the end, it all boils down to the fact that dialogue should always add value. Direct dialogue isn't always necessary.
What was the first fandom you wrote for?
What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?
It's gotta be a tie between my one shot collection and Kink in the South.
If we're talking older fics, at the time I was very proud of a multichapter Kol/OC tVD fic that I never finished.
Tagging: @jjofalltrades @kochia @mrbinglee @keepthemclose @go-catch-a-chickn @katlyn1948 @aemondtargaryen if you want to ☺️
