A Writerly Meme Thing
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srsly_yes, 14 questions about writing.
1. What is your favorite fic?
I have lots of favorite fics, but Welcome to Wherever You Are is right up there. Annals IV and 44 Candles are also a couple of favorites because there's a lot of "me" invested in both.
2. Which is your best-received fic?
That's a tricky question. Maybe The Annals, I-IV? Readers seemed to really like the Roman-era AU setting. Or maybe it was the master/slave dynamic ... maybe.
3. Which is your worst-received fic?
Another tricky question, because fics can have very different receptions on different comms. Carry Me Home did well at one comm but sank without a trace at the other. That was disappointing, but it's just the breaks sometimes. I know The War Against the Gabes turned some folks off.
4. Which is your angstiest fic?
Oh, gosh. All of them? Cold Call is pretty angsty, and it's got a nice little hook. Or maybe The Better Angel or These Days.
5. Which is your funniest fic?
I don't think I do funny very well. There are individual funny lines and funny situations in some of my fics, but as for funniest fic ... maybe Horsefeathers. Or What's Up, Doc?
6. Smuttiest?
Yeah, I don't think I do smutty very well either. What's Up, Doc? is smutty fun. Just about everything else is argh!violent smut.
7. Fluffiest?
2 Tbsp Elephants, although people tell me it's not fluffy, so I don't know. *g*
8. Have you ever made someone cry with a fic?
Yes. Slipcovers really upset quite a few people.
9. Which fic frustrates you the most?
I think I find WIPs way more frustrating than fics I've already written. What I do find frustrating in completed fics is realizing that I've brought the action to a screeching halt by having a character suddenly sober up and give a speech. This happened in Past Present Imperfect and Nor Any Voice of Mourning, and both times it was House doing the speech-making. Which is kind of interesting, because on the show it's usually Wilson doing the lecturing. Heh.
10. Which fic was the most fun to write?
Welcome to Wherever You Are, Roll the Bones, and Take a Walk on the Wild Side.
11. Who is your favorite OC ever created?
Mandy and Scott from Take a Walk on the Wild Side. But I have much love for all of them, even the Very Bad Men I sometimes create.
12. Are you better at one shot or multiparts?
I don't know that I'm particularly better at either one.
13. Which character do you think you're the best at portraying?
I hope Wilson, but I think I've done an okay House a few times. Otherwise I'd say OCs. Writing OCs and putting them into fics where they have to deal with House and/or Wilson is like Super Happy Funtimes for me.
14. Which character is the most difficult to portray?
Anyone other than House or Wilson who's not an OC. I've written the other characters -- three of them (Foreman, Cuddy, and Thirteen) got their own fics. But I'm not as comfortable with their voices, so when they want a story it makes me very nervous that I'll get it wrong.
srsly_yes, 14 questions about writing.1. What is your favorite fic?
I have lots of favorite fics, but Welcome to Wherever You Are is right up there. Annals IV and 44 Candles are also a couple of favorites because there's a lot of "me" invested in both.
2. Which is your best-received fic?
That's a tricky question. Maybe The Annals, I-IV? Readers seemed to really like the Roman-era AU setting. Or maybe it was the master/slave dynamic ... maybe.
3. Which is your worst-received fic?
Another tricky question, because fics can have very different receptions on different comms. Carry Me Home did well at one comm but sank without a trace at the other. That was disappointing, but it's just the breaks sometimes. I know The War Against the Gabes turned some folks off.
4. Which is your angstiest fic?
Oh, gosh. All of them? Cold Call is pretty angsty, and it's got a nice little hook. Or maybe The Better Angel or These Days.
5. Which is your funniest fic?
I don't think I do funny very well. There are individual funny lines and funny situations in some of my fics, but as for funniest fic ... maybe Horsefeathers. Or What's Up, Doc?
6. Smuttiest?
Yeah, I don't think I do smutty very well either. What's Up, Doc? is smutty fun. Just about everything else is argh!violent smut.
7. Fluffiest?
2 Tbsp Elephants, although people tell me it's not fluffy, so I don't know. *g*
8. Have you ever made someone cry with a fic?
Yes. Slipcovers really upset quite a few people.
9. Which fic frustrates you the most?
I think I find WIPs way more frustrating than fics I've already written. What I do find frustrating in completed fics is realizing that I've brought the action to a screeching halt by having a character suddenly sober up and give a speech. This happened in Past Present Imperfect and Nor Any Voice of Mourning, and both times it was House doing the speech-making. Which is kind of interesting, because on the show it's usually Wilson doing the lecturing. Heh.
10. Which fic was the most fun to write?
Welcome to Wherever You Are, Roll the Bones, and Take a Walk on the Wild Side.
11. Who is your favorite OC ever created?
Mandy and Scott from Take a Walk on the Wild Side. But I have much love for all of them, even the Very Bad Men I sometimes create.
12. Are you better at one shot or multiparts?
I don't know that I'm particularly better at either one.
13. Which character do you think you're the best at portraying?
I hope Wilson, but I think I've done an okay House a few times. Otherwise I'd say OCs. Writing OCs and putting them into fics where they have to deal with House and/or Wilson is like Super Happy Funtimes for me.
14. Which character is the most difficult to portray?
Anyone other than House or Wilson who's not an OC. I've written the other characters -- three of them (Foreman, Cuddy, and Thirteen) got their own fics. But I'm not as comfortable with their voices, so when they want a story it makes me very nervous that I'll get it wrong.