Have A Fanfic Questions Meme

[calliopes_pen]

I saw this meme going around the reading list, and finally borrowed it from littlestclouds.

1. Of the fics you’ve written, which is your favorite and why?
2. Which scene was your favorite to write in [title of fic]?
3. Which part of [title] was hardest to write?
4. If you could change anything in [title], what would it be?
5. Did you make an outline for [title]? Did you stick to it?
6. Which scenes did you cut, and which were added in [title]?
7. Who was your favorite character to write in [title]?
8. Which came first, the title or the fic?
9. Which idea came to you first in [title]?
10. What are some facts readers may not know about [title]?

Comments

[pat_t]

Okay: I've seen this going around too.

Of the fics you’ve written, which is your favorite and why?

[calliopes_pen]

Currently, I feel like it was probably Wrap The Cloak Of Night Around His Shoulders, which was written for Yuletide 2016 for Dracula (1968). I enjoyed finding a way to get Mina to aid the men when the movie pretty much kept her in the dark.

I also enjoyed getting a chance at writing Van Helsing's solo POV toward the end, as he carefully set about infiltrating Dracula's castle...and the ensuing negotiations for what amounted to saving Lucy and Seward's souls when he was caught.

[evandar]

Ooh, I'm going to be stealing this one.

7. Who was your favourite character to write in The Soft Whispers of the Dead?

[calliopes_pen]

I'm going to have to go with it being a tie between Jonathan and Mina.

Poor Jonathan had all that mind control and possession going on with him, to the point that writing him clawing his way free from the servant was simply fun. Mina skirted the edge of the supernatural claiming her as well when she was by herself--writing her rejection of Dracula after seeing what she might become was a good moment for her and something that I enjoyed writing late in the beta reading process.

[littlestclouds]

4. If you could change anything in If You Could Read My Mind, what would it be?

[calliopes_pen]

In hindsight, I feel like that one isn't that great in general. It did teach me I'm no good when it comes to writing in that particular fandom, so I've avoided signing up for that one since then.

However, if I could change anything about it, I would:
1. Get rid of the quotation at the start, since that's padding more than anything.

2. I probably could have expanded the story so it isn't a large majority of Doc and Marty talking about things the reader never gets to see, and there's an actual adventure for the two of them. And, perhaps, worked harder on getting Doc and Clara's voices right, because with the former--at times I had him sounding more like the Tenth Doctor than Doc.