questions for fanfic writers
[ qrts welcome!]

do you keep a notebook or file/notes page in your phone/device for notes on your writing?

what do you consider when writing your scenes? what goes into making the atmosphere and mood you want?

do you write around the story around a specific scene you want to get to or do you start from a plot idea?

do you have words/phrases that someone could recognize and say "oh, it's you!"?

do you have genres you want to experiment with, but don't know how to start?

what's your comfort genre? (the one you fall on most in writing/reading)

is writing something you think of as a hobby or wish to pursue as a career or a mix of both?

do you find that you include a projection of some part of yourself in the way you write a character?

is there a trope you think you could be easily recognized by in your writing?

do you research some of the things you write deeply, partially and kind of wing the rest, or play entirely by ear (in this case, go with whatever base knowledge of the subject you have)?

do you have a preferred means of storing/organizing visual references?

are there scenes you like, but aspects of them that you would change in your writing?

are there concepts you've tried that turned out better than expected?

are there concepts you've tried that turned out worse than you expected?

do you prefer to write by hand or to type?

do you edit? or do you toss your writing out there?

how do you edit? do you use spellcheck, grammar checkers, etc?

dialogue tags or no dialogue tags? (she said, he said, they said, etc)

favorite dialogue tag (other than said, if you use them)

favorite mood word or phrase?

favorite setting/au?

do you set word goals or scene goals (scenes you want to include)?

a piece of writing advice you've learned while writing

a bit of writing advice you can't stand

something you wish you knew when you first started writing?

something you've learned in life that you apply in writing

what's your favorite emotion to write?

long sentences vs short vs a mix

do you listen to music while you write? podcasts relevant to the subject of your writing? or do you prefer silence?

do you participate in word sprints? do word crawls?

have you ever participated in nanowrimo?

what's something you'd say is experimental in your writing at this time?

what do you think your strengths are in writing?

what are things you wish you could practice more?

do you find yourself rereading your writing often?

what fandoms would you say are your muse?

if you were to start writing in other fandoms, which would they be?

do you like participating in fic fests/exchanges (if you have in the past)? if you haven't, what are some things that stop you from doing so?

what's something you never considered to include in your writing that you can't leave out now?

what colors would you use to describe your writing?

what song or music genre would you use to describe your writing?

if you could rewrite any movie/book, how would you do it? what would you change?

what kind of metaphors do you rely on?

the last line you've written

how do you start a story?

how do you end a story?

first line of the first fic you've ever written and published.

explain the meaning of your favorite line of dialogue you've written as if someone hasn't read it in context.

the one trope/concept you'll never touch and why

and this marks the end of this thread - for now :)