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1. Who is your favourite character to write for and is it the easiest character to write for?
sigh I think I’m going to have to say sixty, and yes, to a degree: his stock fandom personality is a breeze, for the most part, but putting him in situations wildly different from his norm makes him a lot harder to write. some nonsense in a question of time gets pretty far outside canon depictions of sixty, and it’s difficult to maintain a recognisable personality while also showing him in new situations
also Hank is my favourite too. I adore that stupid grumpy old man.
How do you wit your fics? What do you look for in your edits?
ohhh I don’t think I’m especially good at editing, but I do a few passes in a few different ways: first is boring spelling/grammar nonsense, but also a sweep for awkward phrasing, word repetition, clunky sentence construction. I focus a lot on “flow” of sentences so I tend to swap out synonyms in this stage a lot. Next sweep is for tense (I default to third person past, but more recently I’ve been trialling present) and for things like passive voice, which I’m horrendous for overusing.
I whack it through prowritingaid to do a bit more work on grammar, to spot anything I missed, and then to work on stuff like adverbs etc. usually I use it as a guide rather than a rule book, bc I love breaking writing rules.
Last sweep is a pass for general readability. It should, by this point, read roughly the way I want, so when I’m not distracted by grammar/paragraphing I can read for theme/tone/order of events etc. then when I’m sick of it I hit post✨
21. Ohhh I’m picking 17 for my free answer - upcoming WIPs. I’ll only tell you about one: it’s nines focused, he’s very 😏 frustrated. I haven’t written for him properly before and I’m thrilled about it honestly. I’m working on a bunch of other in progress stuff too, but I’ll keep the details on those quiet… for now
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