...huh

Jun. 15th, 2023 12:44 pm
starspray: Vingilot sailing (Default)
So in the latest installment of strange fic comments...I'm really not sure what to make of it.

On my fic Garden Song on AO3 I've gotten a handful of guest comments (I thought I had that turned off but apparently it's a fic-by-fic setting, which, boo), and they all have very similar names, and they're all...extremely generic one-liners. All are positive! It's not like malicious spam or anything, but it does feel a bit spammy? The names are all a variation PersonName_Number, and if there's one thing the tumblr porn bots have taught me it's how to spot a weird username pattern.

I have no idea what to make of it. Because they're not at all bad, they don't contain any links, they're just...off. Like, "Thank you for sharing your talent" and "This story has touched my heart" and that sort of thing. Like, I didn't really blink when I got the first one, but four of them all on the same fic feels weird.

I did go and make sure all comments on all my fics are set to registered users only again, just in case there is something nefarious, but it honestly seems innocuous, just odd.

(There is also the possibility that these are all real people and they just happen to have very similar username preferences and commenting styles but, uhhhh)

starspray: Frodo reading beneath a tree (Frodo Reading)
Snagged from [personal profile] independence1776 

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starspray: Frodo reading beneath a tree (Frodo Reading)
(snatched from Indy's journal)

1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project.
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like).
5. What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?
6. What character do you have the most fun writing?
7. What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
9. Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?
10. How would you describe your writing process?
11. What do you envy in other writers?
12. Do you want your writing to be famous?
13. Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
15. Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.
19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)
20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
21. What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?
25. What part of writing is the most fun?
starspray: Vingilot sailing (Default)
This is a fun thing going around.

Look at the most recent 20 fanwork titles on your AO3 account.

list is long so under a cut it goes )

 

starspray: ted nasmith's image of luthien dancing (luthien)
Day 11: In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?

My process. Uh. It's kind of weird in that it changes depending on what I'm writing? For things like NaNoWriMo I've found that plantsing works really well for me. I'll roughly outline a couple of scenes or a sequence of events, like A meets B and then they fall down a hole or into a goblin's nest or whatever, and then I'll actually write it out, and rinse repeat. Doing it in bits and pieces like that feels less restrictive than sitting down and outlining the whole story at once. I don't know why.

I don't tend to outline for fanfiction, though. But I'll do a fair amount of research before hand, especially looking up dates and things (Tolkien's timelines are amazing and I love them so much), and if I need extra inspiration I'll hit up a prompt generator maybe. Quotes are my favorite. A lot of times I'll get ideas for fic from specific prompts, like challenges or exchanges. Other times I'll just get an image or scene in my head and then I need to write like eighty billion words of story to get to that scene that I wanted to write in the first place. Or there will be a piece of canon that I want to explore further. Or I'll write a drabble and want to expand on it.

Whether it's smooth sailing or not...kind of depends on the story and what I'm writing it for and whether the characters are ones I'm familiar with, or the direction of the wind or whether Mars is in retrograde or whatever (what does that even mean?)--if I can't focus on a fic I'll just let it simmer on the back burner. Which is why my 2014 NaNo project has only 8 chapters posted, and why I have at least one other story that I've been trying to write on and off for probably almost as long and have gotten exactly nowhere.

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