Has there ever been a scene you've written that has brought you to tears while writing it? What about laughter?For as much sad stuff as I write, I don't usually make myself cry. I do know I cried when I killed off the little boy Casey in By My Side, but I also had that damn Dumbo song (Baby Mine) on repeat to make myself emotional, and that song always makes me cry anyway. I may have shed a tear or two over the very last chapter of BMS too. I don't think Curtain Call ever quite got me when I was writing it because I did the opposite and kind of shut myself down emotionally to get through the end of it, but it did make me cry when I reread it last year while Mare was reading it for the reading challenge.
At the risk of sounding arrogant, I make myself laugh all the time when I'm writing, whether the scene is supposed to be funny or not. I would say all of the parts I've contributed to the "1000 Ways..." round robins have made me laugh, as well as a lot of my 00Carter parts, especially the ones that spoof something.
If you had to pick only one scene that you've written that feels best represents you as a writer, what would it be?I'd go with Chapter 196 of By My Side:
http://dreamers-sanctuary.com/fanfic/stories/novels/bms/bms196/ (I'm linking to the version on my site because the version on AC still has Nickelback lyrics LOL.)
This is the aftermath of a car accident and has to be the most intense scene I've ever written. It has all the things I'm best known for - third person narration, drama, romance, drama, some action and suspense, drama, a hospital setting, medical drama, a near-death experience, drama, choppage, cheesiness, drama, emotional tearjerker stuff, and more drama! It's pretty representative of the stuff I like to write LOL.