Quill’s activity on writeblr has been lacking for the past while! As a way of getting back into the community, and just because it’s marvelously fun learning about all your projects, they’ve decided to host a fun little ask event for the next few days!
I have a long list of hypothetical scenarios and settings: reblog this post, and I’ll send you an ask with a few! In your answer, tell us how one or more of your original characters would react to being placed in this situation~
Some bonus questions if you want to add more to your answer: How did they end up there? Could they one day canonically be in this situation?
This event is also open to artblrs who have original characters, and if you want, you can even draw out a response instead of writing it!
Share the top writing tips that improved your writing. (As many as you want!)
Share the current title of your WIP, and one it used to have. (If you still have the title you started with, share a title you were considering, or a word you associate with your WIP.)
Describe your initial concept of a character, and what they’re like now.
Share a passage you’ve edited, and what it used to be. (If you haven’t significantly edited, share a passage from an older work, and one from your current one.)
What inspired your WIP? Does it have the same “vibes” as it originally did? If not, how do you think of it now, compared to before?
How have your tastes changed since you first started writing? Do you write in the same genre? Do the same tropes, subjects, or themes still pop up?
Have you ever held a writing opinion that you disagree with now? If so, what was it, and why do you think differently now?
❌ Share a plot point you were planning that has been scrapped. (If you haven’t changed any major plot points, share something minor you’ve altered.)
Are there any characters that play a bigger role in the story than initially planned? If so, why?
What do you love about your WIP, that wasn’t present in past versions of it, or older works of yours?
What is a plot hole that popped up in your WIP, and how did you fix it? (Alternatively, what is something you added to your story to make it more believable/coherent?)
Name a book or story that influenced you. (Alternatively, name an author/writeblr whose work or advice influenced you.)
⛰ What is a writing skill you used to struggle with a lot more? (Do you come up with endings more easily? Do your descriptions have a better flow?)
notebook ; how many notebooks do you have? do you write in them?
pen ; what’s your favorite font to write in?
pencil ; where do you do most of your brainstorming?
paper ; where’s your favorite place to sit down and write?
docs ; what’s the longest story you have ever written (pages or word count)?
nano ; have you ever participated in nanowrimo?
computer ; what is your writing software of choice?
genre ; what’s your favorite genre to write? is it the same your favorite genre to read?
tropes ; what’s your favorite trope to write?
tw ; what’s the darkest theme covered in one of your wips?
characters ; is there something you always incorporate into your characters? if so, what is it? (If N/A, then what is your favorite character trait?)
wip ; talk about one work that you’ve recently started/just started!
coffee ; what’s your favorite beverage to drink while writing?
personal ; is there anything that you always try to add to your writing? like a message or moral? anything that you like to read, so you write it yourself?
playlist ; do you make playlists for your characters or wips?
What book do you really want to read but haven’t managed to yet?
What book disappointed you most?
What book was a pleasant surprise?
Who’s the protagonist everyone else loves, but you don’t?
Who’s the protagonist everyone hates, but you love?
Name two characters who shouldn’t have never been written as a couple.
What’s your favourite crossover ship?
What author disappointed you the most?
Name an author that was a pleasant surprise.
Name a secondary character that deserved their own book.
Name a book that started strong but was overall a disappointment.
Name a protagonist that deserved better.
Name a secondary character that deserved better.
What’s your most hated storyline/plot-twist?
What’s your most reread book?
Name a book you want to read, but are afraid it might disappoint you.
What’s your favourite book title?
What’s your most hated book title?
What’s a trope you wished would be done better?
What’s a book you think everyone should read?
(Full disclosure, I made this with the Historical Romance genre in mind because I want asks about the books I’ve read, but I think it works for any genre.)
I was inspired by a similar post by @nectargrapes, so I’m opening up asks for anything about my wips, characters, worldbuilding, or just writing in general :)
1. What’s your favorite character(s) to write for? 2. What character(s) do you find the most difficult to write for? Why? 3. Do you have a favorite scene you’ve written from [Fanfic Name] story/chapter? 4. Did you have any ideas that didn’t make the final cut of [Fanfic Name]? 5. Do you listen to music when writing? 6. If you listen to music when writing, what were you listening to when writing [Fanfic Name]? 7. What story/headcanons do you feel the proudest of? 8. Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi chaptered stories? 9. If you had to assign a theme song to [Fanfic Name], which would you assign? 10. What is the line you’re proudest of from [Fanfic Name]? 11. How would you describe your style? (Character/emotion/action-driven, etc) 12. Who is your favorite author? 13. When did you start writing fanfic? 14. How do you feel about your older work? 15. What is the fanfic you’ve written that you’re most proud of? 16. What fanfic tropes do you avoid writing for? 17. What fanfic tropes do you gravitate to writing for? 18. Do you prefer editing as you write, or waiting until it’s finished? 19. What words do you think you tend to use the most? 20. What feedback makes you the happiest to hear? 21. Is there an idea you’ve always wanted to write, but haven’t yet? 22. Do you enjoy making OCs for your fanfics, or prefer sticking to canon characters? 23. How much do you stick to canon? 24. Do you prefer AUs with the characters, or sticking to the original universe? 25. What scene in [Fanfic Name] took the longest to write? What was difficult about it? 26. Are titles for your stories easy to come up with? 27. What time of day do you prefer to write? 28. Is there a part of [Fanfic Name] you’re surprised no one has picked up on yet? 29. What part of the writing process do you enjoy the most? (Brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, etc) 30. Do you write down all your ideas? What makes you decide to write one versus the other? 31. What was the development process of [Fanfic Name] like? 32. What story do you think showcases your signature style the most? 33. Have you ever stopped yourself from writing something? Why? 34. Have you felt emotional while writing a scene before? What scene was it? 35. Where’s your favorite place to write? 36. What fanfic of yours has the symbolism you’re proudest of? 37. Would you ever collaborate with another writer for a story? 38. What story of yours are you surprised that people liked as much as they did? 39. What area of writing do you feel strongest in? 40. What area of writing do you want to improve in?
2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
4: What do you think about most?
5: What does your latest text message from someone else say?
6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
7: What’s your strangest talent?
8: Girls… (finish the sentence); Boys… (finish the sentence)
9: Ever had a poem or song written about you?
10: When is the last time you played the air guitar?
11: Do you have any strange phobias?
12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
13: What’s your religion?
14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
17: What was the last lie you told?
18: Do you believe in karma?
19: What does your URL mean?
20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
21: Who is your celebrity crush?
22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
23: How do you vent your anger?
24: Do you have a collection of anything?
25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
26: Are you happy with the person you’ve become?
27: What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?
28: What’s your biggest “what if”?
29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
31: Smell the air. What do you smell?
32: What’s the worst place you have ever been to?
33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast?
34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?
35: To you, what is the meaning of life?
36: Define Art.
37: Do you believe in luck?
38: What’s the weather like right now?
39: What time is it?
40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
41: What was the last book you read?
42: Do you like the smell of gasoline?
43: Do you have any nicknames?
44: What was the last film you saw?
45: What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
46: Have you ever caught a butterfly?
47: Do you have any obsessions right now?
48: What’s your sexual orientation?
49: Ever had a rumour spread about you?
50: Do you believe in magic?
51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
52: What is your astrological sign?
53: Do you save money or spend it?
54: What’s the last thing you purchased?
55: Love or lust?
56: In a relationship?
57: How many relationships have you had?
58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
59: Where were you yesterday?
60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
61: Are you wearing socks right now?
62: What’s your favourite animal?
63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
64: Where is your best friend?
65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr.
66: What is your heritage?
67: What were you doing last night at 12AM?
68: What do you think is Satan’s last name?
69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?
70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love.
74: What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?
76: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
77: How can I win your heart?
78: Can insanity bring on more creativity?
79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
80: What size shoes do you wear?
81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
82: What is your favourite word?
83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.
84: What is a saying you say a lot?
85: What’s the last song you listened to?
86: Basic question; what’s your favourite colour/colours?
87: What is your current desktop picture?
88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?
89: What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?
91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
96: Do you have any relatives in jail?
97: Have you ever thrown up in the car?
98: Ever been on a plane?
99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?
