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I should really do an update-y post, and I will do that at some point, but first things first- I've decided I'm attempting National Blog Posting Month this year. To help with this, I'm snitching that writing meme that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
februaryfour has been doing- this will give me something to post every day, so I won't have to be scrambling trying to think of something to write about before midnight. That being said, this meme seems to be focused on original writing, so that's what I'm going to talk about. If you don't care, well... skip these, yeah?
Day 1: Tell us about your favourite writing project/universe that you’ve worked with and why.
Hmm. I'm not big on creating new universes- as much as I love to read fantasy, I feel like I'm not equipped to write it. Fantasy requires a lot of epic, detailed description because it's a foreign world and your words are acting as the reader's eyes, and description has ALWAYS been a weak point for me in original fiction. I always feel like I'm overdoing it, I guess, and it gets awkward. No one wants that.
That being said, I've tried on a couple of occasions to make something work. One is so undeveloped it never even got a name, but the other was Nihdon (don't ask where the name came from, I have no idea, this was back in middle school. On a side note, Google informs me that "Nihon" means "the sun's origin" in Japanese. Interesting!). As with most fantasy novels, it was a world with magic and I grew rather fond of it. If only the plot wasn't so... predictable. XD
As far as projects go, there will always be a special place in my heart for the first story I ever finished- actually, the only story I've ever finished- which I don't remember the name of and the notebook sadly got lost somewhere along the line. It was probably horrible and horrifically inaccurate. It was a Civil War thing, based on this teenage girl that had fallen in love with one of the slaves her father owned. I don't remember the girl's name, but the boy's name was James. Which should probably tell you exactly how much I cared about Whatshername. Anyway, her father went off to fight in the war, when it was starting to look bad for the South, and James ran away shortly thereafter. Whatshername eventually found a new boy, Alex, which her twin Tom wasn't too happy with. He was kind of overprotective, and kind of an ass, and pretty violent sometimes. In other words, he was fun to write. I won't bore you with any more details, especially since I don't remember a whole lot more of it, but yeah. I was 12 at the time and I'm fully aware of how soap opera like my stories got at that age. I'm never going to try re-writing it, but it'll always be special to me.
1. Tell us about your favourite writing project/universe that you’ve worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you’re writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol’ pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What’s your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you’d like to share?
13. What’s your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you’ve never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What’s the most interesting way you’ve killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let’s talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there’s nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
februaryfour has been doing- this will give me something to post every day, so I won't have to be scrambling trying to think of something to write about before midnight. That being said, this meme seems to be focused on original writing, so that's what I'm going to talk about. If you don't care, well... skip these, yeah?Day 1: Tell us about your favourite writing project/universe that you’ve worked with and why.
Hmm. I'm not big on creating new universes- as much as I love to read fantasy, I feel like I'm not equipped to write it. Fantasy requires a lot of epic, detailed description because it's a foreign world and your words are acting as the reader's eyes, and description has ALWAYS been a weak point for me in original fiction. I always feel like I'm overdoing it, I guess, and it gets awkward. No one wants that.
That being said, I've tried on a couple of occasions to make something work. One is so undeveloped it never even got a name, but the other was Nihdon (don't ask where the name came from, I have no idea, this was back in middle school. On a side note, Google informs me that "Nihon" means "the sun's origin" in Japanese. Interesting!). As with most fantasy novels, it was a world with magic and I grew rather fond of it. If only the plot wasn't so... predictable. XD
As far as projects go, there will always be a special place in my heart for the first story I ever finished- actually, the only story I've ever finished- which I don't remember the name of and the notebook sadly got lost somewhere along the line. It was probably horrible and horrifically inaccurate. It was a Civil War thing, based on this teenage girl that had fallen in love with one of the slaves her father owned. I don't remember the girl's name, but the boy's name was James. Which should probably tell you exactly how much I cared about Whatshername. Anyway, her father went off to fight in the war, when it was starting to look bad for the South, and James ran away shortly thereafter. Whatshername eventually found a new boy, Alex, which her twin Tom wasn't too happy with. He was kind of overprotective, and kind of an ass, and pretty violent sometimes. In other words, he was fun to write. I won't bore you with any more details, especially since I don't remember a whole lot more of it, but yeah. I was 12 at the time and I'm fully aware of how soap opera like my stories got at that age. I'm never going to try re-writing it, but it'll always be special to me.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you’re writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol’ pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What’s your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you’d like to share?
13. What’s your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you’ve never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What’s the most interesting way you’ve killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let’s talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there’s nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
