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[kittydesade]

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!


4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!

AHAHAHAHAHA oh god.

My first stories, literally, were either fictionalizations of my life (I was having grand adventures no really) or rehashes/Mary Sue re-writes of Labyrinth. I was between 6 and 8 at the time. Shortly after that I graduated to writing X-Men fanfic. My best friend at the time and I had this thing called The Manuscript (capitals mandatory) which we didn't have a title for other than that, and which I carried around in a 3-ring binder and she carried around in a faux-leather folder. It was written on whatever we could find, it was hilarious, and it involved Wolverine/Jubilee, Rogue/Gambit as the primary couples. Later on it involved anyone/everyone. I don't remember much about it except that we had so, so much fun with relationship drama and kidnappings and things, and it involved the immortal line "YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE YOU SCREWED ME!!" Hers. She was awesome.

My first short story to be published (theoretically, I don't know if it actually ever was) was a horrible piece of angst-ridden fiction written at that period of just-post-relationship angst and heartbreak. It involved a fallen angel and blood like rubies and such. This was... sometime when I was in college. It was pretty flowery and kind of hideous.

My first full-length novel to be plotted out was also kind of hideous, but only in a very awkwardly structured way. It was a fantasy novel about a mercenary logistics specialist from a company of mercenaries, hired by a lord to bolster the border for his king against what the king imagined would be invasion by raiders. Of course, it was all a plot for the lord himself to build up resources for an army and take over. When the mercenary finds out, she (of course) flees up north, ending up tripping over (literally) a book of forgotten magic. But since it's a book and she's illiterate, she has to learn to read. Then she has to go back to the country and take it back from the evil usurping lord. As you can see, it was all very awkward and cluttered. I keep meaning to go back to it, but it keeps not happening. It did, however, get me a damn good grade in high school for my Senior Project.

Maybe I'll work on that in yWriter, which I've downloaded meaning to try out, but never have. It might help me unscramble my thoughts on the damn project.

Right. Things to do today.

1. Wash yarn, hang to dry
2. Do laundry.
3. Kink Bingo (Locks and Chains) to finish
4. Mundane Bingo (Power outage) to write, Aisha in Bolivia
5. International Relations
6. Sandstorm's Daughter (this title isn't growing on me, might need a better one)

I think that's it. Um. At some point there may be more language review going up here, but till then it's probably just going to be fic and porn.