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1. Tell us about your favorite 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!
Oh man, do I have to? To be honest, I can't remember and I don't want to find out. My first few stories were all narrations while I was playing with my toys - I would record the story and act out the actions with my toys at the same time. My parents STILL have the tapes - they think it's cute, but I find it embarrassing.
My first story in written form was when I was in primary school. I don't remember those either, because my teacher loved to pick my stories to read to the class, which I found embarrassing. I was already a nerd - now I had to be a teacher's pet too? The teachers would make us sit on the floor for these readings, and I would make sure to sit myself in the middle so I could stare at my knees, stick my fingers in my ears and go la la la so I couldn't hear my story being read.
I was a very easily embarrassed kid.
My first story for fandom was a Sailor Moon fanfic, which of course involved a Mary Sue. It was written in, bizarrely, a mix of English and Chinese, the latter because it was the language I watched Sailor Moon in. It explored the possibilities of other heavenly bodies having Sailor Soldiers, and when canon started to go into that too I stopped writing it. I still have the notebooks (which were appropriately Sailor Moon themed) but don't remember the order they were supposed to be read in.
And much much later on, I published my first fanfic in the Harry Potter fandom - a strange little story about the story of Tom Riddle mirrored to that of the Gingerbread Man. Yeah, I'm weird. =)
Rest of the Questions:
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!
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!
Oh man, do I have to? To be honest, I can't remember and I don't want to find out. My first few stories were all narrations while I was playing with my toys - I would record the story and act out the actions with my toys at the same time. My parents STILL have the tapes - they think it's cute, but I find it embarrassing.
My first story in written form was when I was in primary school. I don't remember those either, because my teacher loved to pick my stories to read to the class, which I found embarrassing. I was already a nerd - now I had to be a teacher's pet too? The teachers would make us sit on the floor for these readings, and I would make sure to sit myself in the middle so I could stare at my knees, stick my fingers in my ears and go la la la so I couldn't hear my story being read.
I was a very easily embarrassed kid.
My first story for fandom was a Sailor Moon fanfic, which of course involved a Mary Sue. It was written in, bizarrely, a mix of English and Chinese, the latter because it was the language I watched Sailor Moon in. It explored the possibilities of other heavenly bodies having Sailor Soldiers, and when canon started to go into that too I stopped writing it. I still have the notebooks (which were appropriately Sailor Moon themed) but don't remember the order they were supposed to be read in.
And much much later on, I published my first fanfic in the Harry Potter fandom - a strange little story about the story of Tom Riddle mirrored to that of the Gingerbread Man. Yeah, I'm weird. =)
Rest of the Questions:
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!
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