If you could only use one word to describe yourself as a fanfic writer, what would it be?
What about one word to describe other fanfic writers?
Ok catching up! So, reading the comments you guys all said about me... I was seriously blushing. You're all far too generous with your praise but thank you!!
I would describe myself as
ambitious. It's both a good thing and a bad thing as far as my writing goes. I'm ambitious enough to take a chance on an idea that would otherwise never make it to the page but it can also get me into trouble because I often jump in too quickly and don't think things through enough to make sure I can make it through to the end.
As for the rest of you... I wish I could say things about more writers but unfortunately I haven't been much of a reader as of late (as I've previously mentioned) so there's a lot of people that I chat with on the forums that I'm not overly familiar with as writers. Some day I will hopefully be able to add more to this list based on writing, but I will add some based on what I know of you as people.
Mare: Consistent. I always know what to expect with Mare. I'm not saying she's predictable, far from it! She's consistent in the sense that I always know that her stories will be brilliant, dialogue-driven, (often) full of suspense, (always) with an air of humour and most of all - completely unpredictable.
Saka-Steph: Expansive. She's the only person I know who seems to have an easy time crossing over into different genres without damaging the integrity of the fandoms. For me, it would be hard to remember all the little traits about all the members of BSB then write a 1D fic and remember the same things about the guys in that group. Steph doesn't make generic characters that could fit as anyone, she really knows these guys.
Julie: Confident. In my mind there aren't a whole lot of authors on AC that are as solid as Julie. She's a fantastic writer with an uncanny ability to learn an extensive amount about the subject of her stories and write it as though it were second nature to her. She could be making it all up but I would believe that it was true because her words are so believable and real, I wouldn't question it.
Rose: Bold. Rose doesn't back down when the subject matter may get controversial or uncomfortable. She is willing to go with the flow and let the story dictate where it should go rather than restricting it to the confines of what may be considered more conventional.
Hannah: Sincere. There's a certain amount of honesty that you can feel in Hannah's writing. She has her moments where she can be silly and can write some really humourous moments but there's other times, when it gets more serious, that you can tell she puts a lot of personal experiences into her words and lets her own feelings come through the mouths of her characters.
UK-Steph: Imaginative. Similarly to Rose, Steph is another one that doesn't let convention hold her back. Her mind is a little bit twisted and she just goes with it. She and I are very similar in our love of historical fanfic and I love that she is another person who is willing to go into writing something knowing that it won't be most people's cup of tea, but do it anyway because it's something she would want to read.
Tracy: Silly. From what I've read of Tracy's work, she has an ability of injecting humour into a serious situation. It can be hard to read serious situations but Tracy has a talent for keeping an lightness about it.
Cinzia: Unwavering. A lot of the writers from Cinzia's genre have disappeared and it's not an overly popular genre anymore. While that might be an excuse for anyone else to move on, Cinzia has clearly used this as an opportunity to inject new life into things and revive it. That's just awesome.
Emily: Real. I've said in my attempts at writing romance in the past that I wanted to achieve a realness about it that it would seem to anyone reading who had ever been in a relationship like something that could happen to a regular couple. Emily completely achieves this. I haven't had an opportunity to really get into her stuff yet (though I've bookmarked it for completion!) but from what I've seen she has achieved "real".
