Writing my Own Story

Snagged this from tinny

1. Why did you start writing fanfic?

I didn't even know fanfic was a thing until about five years ago.

Writing has always been something I enjoy doing, but I had gotten away from it. I saw fanfic as a way to get back into doing something I loved.


2. Why do you write fanfic?

I like "fixing" things or adding things I felt were missing to shows I enjoy.

I've recently tested out writing AUs and that's pretty fun too!


3. How do you choose fandoms and why do you choose them?

I'm going to agree with Tinny. Fandom chooses you. When you get completely pulled in by something, and it consumes your every waking thought, you're part of the fandom. What you do with it is up to you.

I will say that I generally find myself falling for things that have immersive stories and well rounded characters. It helps if there's a character I can identify with.

4. Do you have themes or plot devices you return to?

I think most of my fic is romantic/smut/fluff. Outside of that, it goes along with whatever is happening in the show.


5. Do you have any pet peeves?

About fanfic? I guess I don't like how people outside of fandom perceive it. How it's looked at as talentless and something to be ridiculed. I didn't tell my husband I wrote it for a long time for that reason. I finally told him and he was curious, but mostly ok with it. Then he mentioned it to one of his friends and now he makes snarky comments.

As far as my writing goes, I've noticed that most of my fics are very dialogue heavy. I'm not sure what to do about that.

6. Which story/stories are you the most proud over and why?

I guess if I had to pick, I'd go with All In it was my first time writing smut and it's still has the most hits of all my fics.

I'm also pretty proud of Riddles because I made up the riddle myself.

And Stay is my longest published fic, also the first to not be romance centric.

Found these on tinny's tumblr and was curious what my own fics would show.

AO3 Writing Meme

What is your total posted word count on AO3? (Go to your Works, then click Statistics.)
20,499 in 9 works

How often do you write?
When inspired? Often. Lately? Not at all. :(

When I watch an ep that inspires me to write, I can usually write a fic in a week.

Do you have a routine for writing?
I like to do it when I'm home alone. Less distractions. I don't really have an actual routine though.

What’s your favorite kinks/tropes/pairing?
Um... it's different based on the fandom really. I'm not sure how to explain. I like strong characters and usually do a dom/sub situation, but the submissive isn't really completely submissive, just not as dominate? I also like one character to have a bit of a dark side.

But I'll write fluffy/happy characters too. ::shrug::

Do you have a favorite fic of yours?
I have no idea.

Your fic with the most kudos?
All In. It has 58 kudos currently. It's part of the Younger fandom. It also has the most hits.

Anything you don’t like about your writing?
Um, I don't like that I've been working on a Labyrinth fic for over a YEAR and still haven't been able to finish it. I get stuck in the middle bits when writing. I'm good with the beginning and the end, but the middle is hard. Unless it's short.

Now something you do like?
I love when a story takes on a life of it's own and goes in directions I didn't expect.


7-7-7 WIP Meme

Go to your current WIP. Find the seventh line on the seventh page and then copy and paste seven sentences.

From my Labyrinth fic (it's in 3 parts right now, so I pulled this from the part that I updated most recently):


It tipped it's head at her and flapped it's wings before becoming a book again, pages flipping in the slight breeze.

She looked at him with wide eyes, “I don't think I can do that.”

“Start with something smaller,” he said, handing her a feather he had conjured. “Close your eyes and focus on what you want it to become. Picture it happening. The more detail you think of, the more real it will become.”

She held the feather in her open palm, taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes.

I finally finished a fanfic!! I've been working on it FOREVER! But it's done and posted. (And not the super long one that I've been working on for even longer...)

It's in the Younger fandom (again), you can find it on AO3 and on FF

So... I wrote another fic. For a very small (read non existent, seriously, there are only three fics out there other than mine).

This one is quite a bit bigger than the other two I've posted. I didn't expect it to be so long! My other two are less than 1k words and this one is over 2k!!

So if you like the show Younger, or you're just bored and want to kill some time with some random smut, you can find my fic on ff and ao3.

All In on FF

All In on AO3

FINALLY got some work in on my Laby fic! I haven't really had any inspiration for it in months. I would open it and make edits here and there, but not really add much.

I didn't add a *ton* today, but more than I have in a while. And it's good to feel the story moving again. I was worried it had died. :(

I'm up to about 8500 words now! I have no idea how long it will be, but I'm thinking it will be over 10k before I'm done.

Worked on my Labyrinth fic tonight. Got two WIPs to mesh together! So now I only have four open WIPs for it.

My two main parts are five and six pages respectively and the other two are two and three pages respectively. I think I know how it's going to come together now, I just need to write the bits in between. And then write the end lol. I have an idea for the end, but I don't want to force it, so we'll see.

I decided I want to keep better track of the fanfic I read. That way I can see that I'm still reading even if it isn't a book.

I tend to read it in marathon sessions if it isn't something that I'm following/is still being written.

Here's the list of new things I've read since the 4th:

( Avengers (movies) Loki/Black Widow )

Did I mention Avengers was on tv a few days ago?

Honestly this pairing only popped into my head because of one scene, but this is why I love fandoms so much. If I can think of something, there's probably a fic out there for it. :)

Did some more writing yesterday! This time on a fanfic. It's already longer than my other two fics combined. Which, really isn't saying much since the first one was just under 600 words and the second was just under 400 words. Yesterday I put down just over 1000 words! Some of it is just bare bones paragraphs that I have to go back and fill in better, but I put down enough to get the story moving and out of my head before I lost it.

My main problem with this fic is that it's now written in three parts. It keeps coming at me at different points in the story so I now have three different documents sitting open. And I have to figure out how to put them all together (if at all) and make it flow into one continuous story. I'm definitely going to need a beta for this one once I get it all mashed together. It wouldn't help to have one right now since everything is so disconnected and there's more to be written to hopefully bring it all together, at least story wise. Thankfully for this fandom I have an LJ group I can go to for help when I'm ready for it.

Unfortunately after next week I probably won't have much writing time as it's spring break and I have family coming to visit. :/