10 Questions Every Fic Writer Secretly Wants to be Asked

earlgreytea68:

coffeewithconsequences:

thegertie:

wyseink:

There are a lot of fic questions that float around online, but rarely do they ever ask specific questions about the fics themselves. Ask any writer one or more of these ten questions to learn more about the fic and show support.

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1. Of the fics you’ve written, which is your favorite and why?

2. Which scene was your favorite to write in [title of fic]?

3. Which part of [title] was hardest to write?

4. If you could change anything in [title], what would it be?

5. Did you make an outline for [title]? Did you stick to it?

6. Which scenes did you cut, and which were added in [title]?

7. Who was your favorite character to write in [title]?

8. Which came first, the title or the fic?

9. Which idea came to you first in [title]?

10. What are some facts readers may not know about [title]?

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I’m doing this today. Tagging a bunch of my faves. 

@brookebond  did you make an outline for “Where Is My Mind?” Did you stick to it? (5)

@coffeecupandcorgi  which part of “Locum Tenens” was hardest to write? (3)

@deinvatiwrites  which scenes did you cut/add from “DIY Success” and “DIY Happiness”? (6)

@earlgreytea68 which of the fics you’ve written is your favorite and why? (1)

@fiamac , which scene in “Psycho Heroes” was your favorite to write? (2)

@kate2kat what are some facts readers may not know about your Bob stories? (10)

@oceaxereturns which idea came to you first in “I’d Love Just Once To See You?” (9)

@teacuphuman09 If you could change anything about “12 Days of Eamesmas,” what would it be? (4)

@pinkys-creature-feature who was your favorite character to write in your Vigilante Verse? (7)

@gyzym when y9ou wrote “I’ve Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York)” did the title or the fic come first? (8)

Ohhhhh, this is SUCH a difficult question. 

So difficult. 

lol

I think I have the fondest memories of Next Big Thing, because of everything that came alone with it, which I cherish so much. 🙂

I think I’m proudest of Keep the Car Running, because it meshed two canons together in a way that I think really hangs together and has a plot! And Saving Sherlock Holmes because it turned out so much better than I thought it would be and I love how it saves the Mycroft and Sherlock relationship. 

I think I am happiest that I wrote Chaos Theory in Vortex Orbits in Relative Dimensions in Time and Space, because that started everything. 

But, to be honest, the true answer to this question is that my favorite fic is whichever one I’m currently working on. 🙂