1, 31, 35 for the fic writer ask!
1. How long ago did you start reading fanfiction? Writing fanfiction?
i started out reading warrior cats fanfic in middle school and that lead me down the rabbit hole ive reached today so thats.......... like 10 years at this point???
im pretty sure i wrote like, bare snippets of fanfic when i was around that age- more so i was doing chatroom style youtube videos that likely wouldve done better as fanfiction given the weird complicated story elements
my more serious writing started up i think in my first year of highschool?? so when i was like 15/16 ish if i did the math right? i feel like ive come so far since then
still have trouble with endings though
31. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?
i like writing lots of different characters! i havent actually posted much fanfiction and even the ones i have (like on ao3 where ive only posted 2 fics) i havent gotten much feedback
but that said! the feedback i do get does make me want to write more!!! i save every comment or tag i get on fics i post in a special folder for when im feeling uncertain about the things i create
character choice is more swayed by who i find interesting and fun to write (recently in the jojo fandom ive been having fun writing characters like Dio, Prosciutto, and even Killer Queen) characters i can put a bit of mystery into
like all my interest my favorites tend to change around and as i write more i imagine ill get more feedback and thatll influence me more
35. How much has writing fic changed your life?
i like creative writing but i struggle a lot with longer form stories and i think fanfics are a good chance for me to be able to write longer stories since worldbuilding and interesting long-plots are what i struggle with but in fanfic i can draw from canon to help me build a larger story within a comfortable support framework
hopefully that makes sense adjksjd