Writer's Meme

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Because it looks SO FUN!

Put a number in the comments and I’ll answer accordingly. The mission for those of us who answer the questions, should we accept it, is to stay positive about our writing and ourselves, but to also be fair about our shortcomings.


1. Of the fic you’ve written, of which are you most proud?
2. Favorite tense
3. Favorite POV
4. What are some themes you love writing about?
5. What inspires you to write?
6. Thoughts on critique
7. Create a character on the spot... NOW!
8. Is there a character you love writing for the most? The least? Why?
9. A passage from a WIP
10. What are your strengths in writing?
11. What are your weaknesses in writing?
12. Anything else that you want to know... (otherwise known as Fill in the Blank)

Comments

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11:

We've talked before about how I probably don't trust my audience enough. Sometimes I see weird wild ideas you and indiachick come up with, and I'm reminded, Oh, YEAH, you can do ANYTHING in writing! It inspires me to do something more experimental, but left to my own devices, I stay very material and representative, keep my feet on the ground instead of my head in the clouds, alas ...

9:

Sam mentally corrected Dad and Dean's assumptions about this rare monster as he turned the page. He remembered the last time they hunted one of these things, they’d shot it with a salt round, believing it to be vulnerable to salt, but from where Sam stood, it had looked like it was the impact of the round that had slowed it temporarily, not the salt itself. Now Dad and Dean were making all kinds of plans involving showers of salt that Sam was 95% sure would be completely ineffective ... although it could be kind of entertaining to watch it all play out (salt everywhere, Dad and Dean hysterical--Dean made this hilarious face when he turned out to be wrong about something hunting-related, his eyes and mouth comically wide), if these monsters weren’t so spectacularly dangerous.

“I’ll come with you,” he said suddenly. This way, they could have their salt and he could kill the monster, too.

“Sam, you’re still just a kid,” Dean said patronizingly over the back of his seat. “And these guys are dangerous. Sit this one out.”

Dean didn’t think he was too young to regale with the most appalling details of his romantic liaisons, or of their goriest hunts, the hypocrite. He was only saying it because Sam’s supposed youth and vulnerability were all that, at least until Sam got a little older, let Dean have that one part of their Dad to himself. Sam stared meaningfully at Dean. Dean knew Sam would never ask to come on a hunt unless it was really, really important, right? Dean wavered, because loyal Dean wanted to make everybody he loved happy. It was the best thing about him. Trouble was, Dad and Sam were so different, it was almost impossible to make them happy at the same time. Sam didn’t understand why Dean bothered to try so hard to make Dad happy, because he had to practically make himself into someone else to even come close. At least with Sam, he could be himself.


I completely forgot about this fic--thanks for reminding me of its existence!

[kalliel]

Lol, it's funny you say that, because as far as ideas go, that is often what I think about myself, too! XD A few years back, I had this group of friends who could write just like, the most amazing, far out, dazzling ideas-fic (all Cas!girls). And I just thought that was the coolest thing, because I'm often not much of an ideas person; I'm a 'these characters sitting in a room failing to sleep, having inarticulate conversations and being vaguely emotionally damaged/unhinged' kind of person. Which, I mean, I love that. I love that kind of thing possibly even more than I love great ideas fic. But it's not dazzling at all, and often isn't terribly pleasant. And it's just not SHINY and EXCITING and COOL like ideas fic is. So I've always thought that it would be really cool to be an ideas fic kind of person, though ultimately I don't really think I am. I play in the sandbox from time to time, though. XP


And awww, little Sammy. <333 Much love for him. I love the understated attitude Sam's got building in him, as he's watching his family get bogged down in ridiculousness he's already parsed out, but can't get anyone to pay attention to. He's correct, but also a little self-righteous, but also very loving.