Now that we're over twenty pages, I thought I'd pop back in with the summary of the questions post. Please find them below.
The questions:1. Are any of the Boys your muse? Do any of them in particular lead you to new and great ideas? What kinds of ideas? (generalizing is fine!)
2. What has been the weirdest or most random/obscure/unexpected source of inspiration for one of your story ideas?
3. What kind of music do you listen to on Spotify?
4. Anyone else interested in reflecting on
"7 Writing Lessons Learned in 2020" by K.M. Weiland?
5. What's
THE story for you that you've written? Are you defined by it and how have you felt about that?
6. What do you usually have the hardest time writing - the beginning, the middle, or the end? How about the easiest?
7. Anyone else have any writing-related mementos they hang on to?
8. Has anyone else had luck resurrecting really old ideas or unfinished stories?
9. What's the most random note you ever wrote about and/or for a story?
10. Challenge for everyone: Go find some old physical writing thing you saved that's worth sharing!
11. Anyone else have a writing-related silver lining from Covid?
12. What you feel you are good at (writing strengths) and where you think you could improve (writing weaknesses)? If you responded to the
original post, have your answers changed?
13. What are your favorite pairings of Boys to write about and why?
The planning process questions post:1. When an idea strikes, what's the first thing you do?
2. Are there any things you consider integral to your planning process? For example, Julie mentioned earlier in the thread that she often makes a banner when she's in the planning stages.
3. If you use outlines, how faithful are you to outlines? How detailed are your outlines? If you write first and plan later, how do you keep track of your ideas? Anyone go between the two?
4. What's the easiest part of planning? The hardest?
5. How far into the planning process do you know that an idea is definitely something you'll finish writing? Or the opposite, when can you tell if it should be scrapped?
6. Are there any clear signs to you that you're fully invested in an idea, either early or late?
7. Do you have a specific point where you decide you'll post something or do you just post everything you write?
And if you didn't see Julie and I answer them, just click our names:
Julie and
DeeQuestions asked in the context of a conversation that can be answered by all:1. Do you have a project lined up for after [Bethlehem] already or not yet? Where in the story would you say you are in the writing process (beginning, middle, or end)? Everyone else can substitute out [Bethlehem] and replace it with your current project to answer.
2. Summer 2010, the summer of sadness... Maybe it was vibe going around?
3. Like [getting rid of the wives] always goes to killing, but divorce?
4. How unbelievable is too unbelievable for 2020 and/or a story set in 2020? Murder hornets? Alien abduction?
5. Is "if it could happen, it will happen" a rule on the internet?
6. Does every idea you have get to the outline stage?
7. Do you have any sort of planning notes that help keep track of characters and their motivations throughout a story?
8. [Medical] research, how daunting is that? Do you look for accredited sources? Everyone else, feel free to replace [medical] with whatever you find yourself researching a lot!
9. How often do those bursts of inspiration happen?
10. Do you ever have a hard time going back and writing the beginning, which may not be as interesting as the heart of the story?
11. How often do [ideas] "just go away?"
12. How many docs are in the [outlines and ideas] folder right now?
13. Did you ever write [HP fanfic] outside of that crossover? Anyone write fanfic for other fandoms besides BSB?
14. Do any of your current options feel like "What's next after [Bethlehem]"? Or do you feel like a new idea will strike? Again, replace [Bethlehem] with whatever you're currently working on.
15. Do you use a different notebook for each story?
16. What do you think it is about the Boys that stuck with you so much [to write about them] over other fandoms?
17. How do you like jumping around stories? Is it doing multiple things at once that's frustrating or not having the clear idea for the next project?
18. Did you find it nice or frustrating to have a "between projects" story?
19. On purple prose: What was wrong with just calling them "eyes"? How did calling them "orbs" make it any more descriptive?
Off-topic Questions:1. So did you like the Cats movie?
2. Do you think the Boys would ever sign off on a biopic musical with their songs? If they did, would you see it? Or, do you think they would ever sign off on a musical with their songs as the plot? If they did, would you see it? Also what would be the plot of that musical?
3. It's definitely a weird world... don't you know it?
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4. What will the first restaurant I go to feel like? Will I be able to see the Boys in [August]?
5. Why is a guest printing [my old PBox update thread]?
6. OMG, a Zombie Burlesque show?
7. Do we have a list of the BSB fanfic rules? See
here.
8. Are all these toys weird? Do I just think they're weird because they're updates of toys I liked as a kid? Did my mom think modern barbies were weird compared to the two that existed when she was a kid (blonde or brunette harsh face barbie)?
9. I've been there! It's pretty base-ic? (I'll see myself out...)
10. Can you just tell me what [HP] houses the Boys were in?
11. But then if they're all in Slytherin, do they care [about being betrayed by their friends]?
12. Have you ever seen "Cannibal: The Musical"?
13. Are you experiencing revertigo these days?