Writer's Meme - wanna play?

[amberdreams]

So my lovely friend soncnica posted this meme, and as I've asked her a question, that means I have to answer the same one myself.
Here's the meme if you want to join in, and I'll put my answer to soncnica's question at the end of the list!

RULES: Put a number in the comments and I’ll answer. AND to make this more interesting, you give me a number, I answer and you have to answer back with an answer to the same number you gave me! :) Don't be shy!

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 (if you chose this, can you give me like what WIP you'd like!? J2, J2 gen, J2 AU, J2 gen AU, Sam/Dean, SPN gen, AU ... you see where this is going, right?)
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)

I gave soncnica #1. Of the fic you’ve written, of which are you most proud?
then I wished I'd chosen something different! Never mind eh. I don't think I'm proud of anything I've written exactly - I have fics I like a lot, and ones I'm definitely NOT proud of, but the ones I like best seem to be ones nobody else does! LOL

Just picking at random - I'll go for my WWII RPF AU Had we but world enough and time. I worked hard on that one, did lots of research and had some very lovely folk help out with Polish and Danish phrases. And some of the story was based on a real life Danish pilot whose story I'd love to know more about, which made the fic seem more valid, somehow.

Comments

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

I will take 9! And your choice of gen, pairing, AU, but I prefer SPN to RPF.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I've only got one WIP that is actually in progress and not stalled so here goes with a snippet:

Riot barks, then Sam feels teeth snagging at his sweats and tugging, dragging him back into his own present. From the Hollywood Hills into the bunker. The transition is uncomfortable, disorientating, and very similar to being transported by Castiel, which isn’t surprising, given that this is an angelic kind of magic.

He’d been so close. Almost within touching distance, talking distance.

Then Dean had been falling, and then his brother was fucking gone again, and Sam was… Sam is back where he started. Back in his bedroom, staring at the blood smeared mirror.

“That went well,” says Lucifer, leaning forward and breathing frost onto the mirror’s surface.

Sam walks away before Lucifer starts drawing pictures in the ice.

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

That's very intriguing and creepy! And I'm always up for more Riot in fic (even if he's not really there?).

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

In Dean's absence, Sam has a lot of company, on and off, in this story...

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

I like that! Hope you're able to finish it.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Cheers my dear, it is the fic I'm working on at the moment so there is a good chance it will get done!

[geckoholic]

Hmm, both 10 and 11?

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

10. What are your strengths in writing?
Um. This is hard!
I like to think I have a reasonably good grasp of English and grammar, and I used to have a great vocabulary (but now I rely on the Thesaurus because my brain is shot!)
Sometimes I have good ideas.
I enjoy writing, I like telling stories.

11. What are your weaknesses in writing?
Run on sentences, too many words, lack of originality. I do have ideas but am not as good as I'd like to be about how to express them, and how engage an audience.

[geckoholic]

I think the ability to tell stories, and enjoy doing so, is very important, so yay for that! And ah, no. You're plenty original, don't say that. :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

#4! What are some themes you love writing about?

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Love is a strong word - there are lots of things I like writing about but ones I love... Mmm.

A good love story, preferably with lots of adversity before the happy ending (though I am not wedded to happy endings, a tragedy is fun too)
Hurting heroes
Adventure - I actually love a good adventure, which is why I'm fond of casefics. There's usually plenty of opportunities for hurt and adventure in a case!

Mostly what I love to write is the same as I love to read.

I *do* wanna play!

[septembers-coda.livejournal.com]

#3 please!

Re: I *do* wanna play!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

3. Favorite POV

Now I've come to answer this one I;m not sure what it means! Is it about 1st, 2nd 3rd person narration? Or a particular character POV? Mmm

I prefer to write in the 3rd person, though I like an occasional dabble with second person. I tend to avoid writing 1st person narratives because I have a largely irrational dislike of reading them myself.

If I was to pick a favourite SPN character POV to write, I'd probably say Dean, but I am more and more getting to grips with Sam.

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

7 please!

Don't ask me where this came from!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe box. It was not the best place to make a home, but it worked for her. As long as she kept the box out of the rain, and lined with lots of newspaper, it kept her warm and dry. During the daytime, she hid in the box, keeping safe from humans and stray cats. You'd have thought that the rats would have been the worst, but the old woman used to share her scraps with the shy rodents, and sometimes she'd even share her shelter. It helped both the rat and the old woman to survive when winters got harsh, sharing body warmth inside her nest of cardboard and paper.

The old woman got lonely sometimes, with only the rats to talk to. She wished she could remember where all her people had gone – the little people, the humans had called them. All she knew was she had been alone, in her box, for a very long time.