#writer's question

[i-did-not-mean-to]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Ah, my dear @cilil has tagged me, and I'll try to do at least one Tumblr thing today. I had hoped that I'd have more time this weekend!!! This week was madness...I swear!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

391 (and yes, I am one of those who put between 7 and 133 different ficlets into one work to keep the number of individual works down).

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,800,713 (this does not include 2 longfics I've orphaned and several fics I've posted anonymously)

(but I've been writing since July 2021)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Tolkien, roles played by Richard Armitage, roles played by Adam Brown, the odd Dean O'Gorman fic for @laurfilijames, 1 Lucifer fic...)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Tumblr Imagines (it's a collection of ficlets from when I started and has over 200k)

October 2022 Ficlet run (Yeah, as I said, I don't post all my fics separately)

Black (Local folkore meets The Hobbit retelling

Silm imagines and ficlets (Again, a 50k+ collection)

"The only way is up" or "thrice stuck" (Smutty dream sequence with Thorin)

These are mostly my first writings which had had time to amass some few kudos :D

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Always!

It takes me a while sometimes, but I need people to know how much I love and appreciate their support! I love every comment, and I truly wish I was a little better at expressing myself when it comes to these things <3

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I honestly do not remember...Probably, Love letter to the man you've never got to be.

I usually don't do much angst 😇

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Very hard to say because I don't finish too many of my long fics lol. I'd want to say Sticks and stones (Christmas Hallmark story)...it's just that kind of story.

My TRSBs are usually "Happy End given the circumstances" rather than all-out Happy End...lol

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Thus far, no.

I am not relevant or known enough to attract that kind of attention!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Me? No...(There have been spicy scenes in long fics, spicy fics, outrageous ficlets, Kinktober, Dead Dove December, MSV...Ok yeah, I do...and I do all of it. M/F, F/F, M/M, M/F/M...from vanilla to whips. You choose, I write)

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I am an AU bitch. I've done a HP drabble once...Les Mis/LOTR for last year's Christmas event...it happens...

Right now? Twilight Crack parody for a good friend :D

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so? Who would steal trash?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nobody has ever approached me...

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes...Once for last year's S&D, I am doing it now for the Calendar fic...I love collaboration, what can I say?

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Ship-ship? Russingon.

OC ship? Ori x OC

Rarepair? Nerdanel x Anairë

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Black - It's one of my first fics...and I've never written that last chapter.

I am also known for having written chapters and chapters of other longfics but just...never posting them lol

16. What are your writing strengths?

I am fast, I am versatile, and I am willing to write almost any character, dynamic, ship, and genre. From tooth-rotting fluff to noncon. From very vanilla M/F meet-cute to kinky sex.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I am bad at punctuation. I rarely have an outline, I just write. I do not plan, I do not come up with complicated worldbuilding, I have exactly 0 HC documents.

I just write whatever comes to mind.

Moreover, I have a real problem with posting. I write A LOT more than I post...because I just can't motivate myself to reread LOL

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I avoid even Tolkien's languages for fear of getting something wrong. I am fluent in at least 3 other languages, but I am not entirely sure whether there would ever be a place for them.

If I did that, I am afraid that it would become incomprehensible as the only one I wouldn't use is my mother tongue. It would sound a bit...magniloquent...

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Tolkien. Only fandom thus far...

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

I don't know. Every so often, I write something I don't hate, but I can't remember right now loool

Open tag for everyone who hasn't done this yet :D

Tell me something about yourselves!

[kairiaka]

Stop Me If You've Heard This

What genre would you say the Toy Story series is?

Not "Are they for kids or adults?"-- I mean, if you had to put each film, or even the series, into a genre category, what would you choose?

Personally: I think they're all Horror films masquerading as Fantasy.

[misssophiachase]

Currently writing Meet the Mikaelsons (Chapter 9) - does Ansel (as in Klaus’ biological father) have a surname? 

If he doesn’t, bonus points for whomever can come up with one that sounds realistic.

Thank you in advance.

From a frustrated writer.

[shirleycarlton]

Sherlock fic writer’s question

Why do people sometimes refer to John’s S4 therapist (who later turns out to be Eurus) as “Elsa”? There is no name in the credits, so I made one up for her in my fic, but then I started seeing people calling her Elsa and I panicked (because I called her Catherine, LOL).

Does anyone know?

[crazybecat]

I have a very important question!

To anyone who watches the 2017 Worst Witch. Is it explicitly stated where in the castle Mildred’s rooms are in? The east, the west? etc? I know it’s tower-like, but is there anything beyond that? I’m going to go through some sites and re-watch episodes, but if someone has the answer quicker than I can locate it I’d be super happy! It’s for a fic I’m writing and it’s rather important I send the right character in the right direction!

[nebulanarrator]

I got a bit of a question

So, I like writing and illustrating stories, then posting them.

The thing is: I post my stories on Wattpad, which, from time to time, has proved to me that it is full of bots and almost only bots, and that it doesn't have my target audience (It is mostly mature-themed and full of romance. I only write clean.)

So I don't really approve of it as a place to post my stuff. But the only other website I trust with writing and stuff is Ao3, which is great for fanfiction but not so great for original works.

Tumblr works the same way: great for fan-made anything, but when it comes to original writing, things go unnoticed (I learned that the hard way).

So, what do you think I should do?

[nebulanarrator]

I have a question:

If you write a story, then post art on that story on a different website, is it considered fan art, or like, what do you call it?