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rusty_halo) wrote2004-05-18 11:32 am
rusty_halo) wrote2004-05-18 11:32 am
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Author Bios
I am ready to begin collecting author biographies for All About Spike. If you're an author with at least one story on All About Spike, I'd love to get a bio from you.
This is not obligatory. You may send it to me at any time and may make changes at any time. Your bio can be as long or as short as you like--a one-line bio is fine if you prefer that. This is just anything you'd like to share with your readers about yourself or your writing.
Also, if you'd like, you may use the following questionaire. You're welcome to ignore any questions that you prefer not to answer. You may also insert additional questions and provide answers to them. Or just totally ignore this and write your own bio.
For example, see Doyle's bio here. (ETA: Scroll down; it's below the list of stories. The layout might change a bit but this is the basic way that it will appear.)
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Tell us something about yourself: Where are you from? Age/Gender? Hobbies? Anything you'd like to share.
How did you begin writing in general?
What inspired you to begin writing fanfic?
What do you enjoy about writing fanfic?
Why have you chosen to write about Spike? What do you find interesting about his character?
What other characters or relationships do you find most interesting to write?
Of the work you've written, which piece is your favorite? Why?
Which piece was the most difficult to write? Why?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a fanfic writer?
Do you feel that your work has improved as time has passed? If so, in what areas do you think you have improved the most?
What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of writing fanfic?
What advice would you give to new fic writers?
Do you read other fanfic? If so, what are some of your favorite stories and/or authors?
Do you write original fiction? Or fiction in other fandoms? (If so, where can we find it?)
Answers can be provided right here in LJ comments or sent to me via email at drinkthepoison@hotmail.com. Emails can be in plain text, HTML attachments, or MS Word attachments. If you want any special formatting (links, italic, bold, and so on) you can code that yourself or just make a note in brackets and I'll format it for you.
This is not obligatory. You may send it to me at any time and may make changes at any time. Your bio can be as long or as short as you like--a one-line bio is fine if you prefer that. This is just anything you'd like to share with your readers about yourself or your writing.
Also, if you'd like, you may use the following questionaire. You're welcome to ignore any questions that you prefer not to answer. You may also insert additional questions and provide answers to them. Or just totally ignore this and write your own bio.
For example, see Doyle's bio here. (ETA: Scroll down; it's below the list of stories. The layout might change a bit but this is the basic way that it will appear.)
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Tell us something about yourself: Where are you from? Age/Gender? Hobbies? Anything you'd like to share.
How did you begin writing in general?
What inspired you to begin writing fanfic?
What do you enjoy about writing fanfic?
Why have you chosen to write about Spike? What do you find interesting about his character?
What other characters or relationships do you find most interesting to write?
Of the work you've written, which piece is your favorite? Why?
Which piece was the most difficult to write? Why?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a fanfic writer?
Do you feel that your work has improved as time has passed? If so, in what areas do you think you have improved the most?
What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of writing fanfic?
What advice would you give to new fic writers?
Do you read other fanfic? If so, what are some of your favorite stories and/or authors?
Do you write original fiction? Or fiction in other fandoms? (If so, where can we find it?)
Answers can be provided right here in LJ comments or sent to me via email at drinkthepoison@hotmail.com. Emails can be in plain text, HTML attachments, or MS Word attachments. If you want any special formatting (links, italic, bold, and so on) you can code that yourself or just make a note in brackets and I'll format it for you.
My bio pt. 2--The Return of the Longwindedness
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a fanfic writer? People say my character voices are good, but that's because they live in my head and I'm just taking dictation. I'm pretty proud of my convoluted plots. I think I'm lacking in description and atmospherics. I forget that the reader isn't living in my head and doesn't see the background I can see. Do you feel that your work has improved as time has passed? If so, in what areas do you think you have improved the most? Oh, gosh, yes. Plausibility. Keeping a character's actions within believable parameters. I don't see the change so much in my Buffy work, but the early Star Wars stuff--let's just say I burnt those notebooks. The world did not need to be burdened.
What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of writing fanfic? Having the courage to believe in my own plot line and not being afraid of what the readership will say.
What advice would you give to new fic writers? Don't be afraid of the dreaded Original Female Character, ie, Mary Sue. If you're any kind of reader, you'll soon realize where you're going wrong with the story and characterizations and you'll prune off the more unlikely developments and turn Mary Sue into a believable character. And bad writing is worth the effort so long as it builds to good writing.
Do you read other fanfic? If so, what are some of your favorite stories and/or authors? The only fic I make a point of looking for is Harry Potter fic. "Draco has an epiphany and discovers that so-and-so is pretty hot, as well" stuff. Draco/Harry, Draco/Neville, Draco/Hermione even!
Do you write original fiction? Or fiction in other fandoms? (If so, where can we find it?) I have some original fic on my hard drive that I contemplate every now and then before going back to a story that is less demanding.
I have a great many stories in the universe of The Equalizer (http://www.geocities.com/blue_sky_divers/contents.htm) under the name Connie. They don't suck, and I need to finish them.
Re: My bio pt. 2--The Return of the Longwindedness
Here's your bio:
http://www.allaboutspike.com/auth.html?au=232#bio
Just let me know if you'd like me to change anything.
Thanks! :)
Re: My bio pt. 2--The Return of the Longwindedness