As with...probably everybody else...my writing process is weird. Back in the day, when I actually completed things, most of what I wrote was 500-1000 words long. Of course, that was before I started doing NaNoWriMo, and now I don't have any ideas that could be written to be that short- which is kind of depressing; I have this tendency to not finish longer fic (my NaNo novels being a fluke, and not up to my standards). I get distracted by new ideas, since I am an idea factory, or can't figure out the plotline to write. From experience I know that if I don't write it in order, I never go back and fill in all the parts I need to fill in- so I write in order, even though that's not what I do naturally. I can't write endings if I don't know where it's going to end from early on in the writing process- I end up just cutting it off at some random spot.
What genre I write is mostly defined by the characters, I think. It would completely break my brain to write fluff with Bruce Wayne as the main character. Sometimes it's defined by the plot- I tend to write a lot of "it's canon until the point I start writing, then it becomes AU" fic, which can change the genre my brain is willing to write in- if the fic starts off with a death, it's not going to become fluff (probably). I have a number of ideas which could be considered crack, but I really can't write anything other than seriously, regardless of the plot- which, unless I'm confused on the terminology, means I can't write crack.
I have a close and antagonistic relationship with my muse; she tells me to write and what to write, and I do. The antagonistic comes in when she wants me to write things I really don't want to write. She doesn't let me write to prompts at all.
Beta readers are something that's making me unhappy at the moment. Ideally I'd have a beta reader who gave me constructive criticism: plot holes, characterization,etc. That said, I've actually only ever gotten that when I posted my nanowrimo on fanfiction.net, oddly enough- which was something I hated enough by that point that I didn't want to have anything to do with it. Where are you when I *want* to edit, concrit?
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What genre I write is mostly defined by the characters, I think. It would completely break my brain to write fluff with Bruce Wayne as the main character. Sometimes it's defined by the plot- I tend to write a lot of "it's canon until the point I start writing, then it becomes AU" fic, which can change the genre my brain is willing to write in- if the fic starts off with a death, it's not going to become fluff (probably). I have a number of ideas which could be considered crack, but I really can't write anything other than seriously, regardless of the plot- which, unless I'm confused on the terminology, means I can't write crack.
I have a close and antagonistic relationship with my muse; she tells me to write and what to write, and I do. The antagonistic comes in when she wants me to write things I really don't want to write. She doesn't let me write to prompts at all.
Beta readers are something that's making me unhappy at the moment. Ideally I'd have a beta reader who gave me constructive criticism: plot holes, characterization,etc. That said, I've actually only ever gotten that when I posted my nanowrimo on fanfiction.net, oddly enough- which was something I hated enough by that point that I didn't want to have anything to do with it. Where are you when I *want* to edit, concrit?