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Is it ironic that I'm wasting time on a writing meme instead of writing my fic? However, there's probably nothing a fic writer loves more than talking about writing. It's like candy or something. yum.



Keyboard or hand writing?

Keyboard. All the way. About the only thing I hand write for *anything* is when I have to sign my name.

Beta or no beta?

Beta beta beta. The first few fics I wrote were unbetaed but then I bit the bullet and asked samkicksass to take a look at a fic. First beta experience. She threw it back at me, telling me it needed more. Lots more. And she wasn't going to let me get away with what I wrote, since I was being lazy. At first there was flailing by me, but I really was being lazy. It wound up turning into an AU character death fic tied to the ep 2010, one of the ones I'm more proud of. Ever since then, BETAS. GIMME. Multiple betas, even.

Plot?

Heh. Very few of my fics have an actual plot. I'm more of a vignette/humor writer.

Title?

DIEDIEDIEDIE.

Smushy or smutty?

Smushy. Got spoiled by nandamai early on and quickly came to the conclusion that if you can't write sex right, don't bother doing it at all. I never bothered to try. I have a hard enough time trying to make a kiss not sound cheesy.

Summary?

Necessary evil. Heh. Side note. For one of my fics I said it was "cat-in-the-dryer fluffy." Got an email from someone on how that WAS NOT RIGHT. CATS WILL DIE IN THE DRYER. Whoopsie.

Funniest fic?

Gonna have to go with the Dark and Stormy trilogy.

Most popular fic?

Hmmm. The Mixer maybe? That one still gets rec'd.

Most fun to write?

For sheer hilarity, it would be the Dark and Stormy fics. Jojo and I wrote those as back and forth emails and I would be in tears when she'd send me another part. As far as joy of writing, it'd have to be the current Doctor Who fic I'm working on.

Best and Worst?

I really do like that character death fic Once in a Lifetime. Tried to balance angst and fluff and was pretty happy with it. Yeah, that's the one that was first betaed. Worst? The Flower. Just, you know, shoot me. :(

Coulda been Contenders?

It's been a while since I've thought about a lot of these. I'm hoping that the current DW fic will be pretty good, but it's not done yet so... I really like The Road Warrior fic, probably because it just makes me happy thinking of Sam and Jack like that in a couple of years. Plus, I inserted this thing that I'm sure no one noticed, but made me happy - Jack's driving matched whatever mood was going on in the car. Heh heh. Another worst? Um, my one and only Gilmore Girls fic. It was meant to be a series of fics, but I lost interest. The result is a fairly pointless stand-alone fic.

Strengths

I'd like to think humor.

Weaknesses

Narritive. Who needs it when you have dialog? People should just fill in the blanks with their minds, right? Yes. Yes, they should.

Dirty Little Secrets?

I NEVER write my fic from start to finish. It usually starts with a line I really like, which gets jotted down. A few weeks later, a few more lines. The ending. The beginning. Then I play connect-the-dots with the whole thing. Current DW fic? All started with a line in the very last scene which amused me while driving home one day. Realized I had to use it in some way.

Also, very rarely do I tell myself I *have* to write anything. I'm so completely "if it feels good, do it" when I write. When I'm not interested, I don't bother. It's probably good I don't write professionally, because I would suck at *having* to write.