So, I’ve been suuuuuper busy lately and lost track of the fact that I had this in drafts. I’m so sorry for the delay!
2. Favorite part of writing.
When I can hear a character saying a thing in my head so clearly that it’s as if I didn’t write it at all, they did. That, and when I do a thing in an earlier chapter and I’m not sure why it’s there and then I realize why it’s there when I write something that comes afterward and wonder if I’m writing at all or just… channeling a universe where what I’m writing happened. Either way, it’s pretty cool.
3. Least favorite part of writing.
That bit when you have a scene you want to get to but there’s stuff that has to happen first and you don’t. want. to write it.
5. Books or authors that influenced your style the most.
Honestly? Tolkien has got some very, very descriptive passages that I like to think I learned something from. When the man wrote horror, he did it well. In fact, horror writers in general are usually masters of making you see and hear and feel a scene, and that’s so very important to me. Um… Dickens was probably an important piece of my writing style, because he knew how and when to insert something funny but in a way that didn’t interfere with the tone of the piece. And then of course there are the many fanfic writers that I’ve learned so much from over the years, because let’s face it – I am a fanfic writer and I learned my craft at the feet of those who came before me.
8. Favorite trope to write.
Um…. reunions. That thing where someone disappears and everyone thinks they’re dead but they’re not and then they get rescued. I’m a sap, and I’ll go for it every time.
9 and 53 I’ve answered here:
http://flintsredhair.tumblr.com/post/171831982542/for-new-ask-game-for-writers-4-9-30-44-50
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