terajk

I think it would be fun to talk about stories, but the usual memes are like, "What happens next?" "Tell me about Character A?" Which isn't so much talking about stories as it is writing more of a story. But you know how sometimes you read something and you're like, "I got ___ out of this story, I wonder if I have that right?" or "What on earth was ____ supposed to be?" and it's too awkward to ask the author? Now you could totally ask!I've heard people say that writing is hard because you have to make decisions, but we never really talk about the decisions we make with stories or why we make them. We talk about plot bunnies, but not about how we actually turn them into a story.

And it seems like a lot more fun to do that than to do working.

So, if you wanted, ask me questions! (Or use this to ask your flist to ask you questions).

What were you trying to do [here]? Why did you decide to ____? This is what I thought about xyz, is that what you were going for? What made you write ____? Why did you decide to do this? And so on.

Questions like "Tell me about Character X" are also fine. Also, here's my fic at AO3.

Oh! Bonus!: If you don't like THIS particular meme (or even if you do):

I spent about three months thinking about Princess Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender really, really, really, really hard. (I still need to think about her really hard, but still.) My understanding of her has influenced my understanding of lots of other characters from all kinds of fandoms. If you want, comment with any word you like and I'll tell you a little about one of them that I think you're familiar with. Or, for bonus fun (since I've been watching/reading/writing Ouran Host Club lately, and my inner Tamaki wants to play), comment with a specific character, and I'll tell you what Azula taught me about them.