#serious and smart x giggly and thoughtless

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How would everyone feel about Vivian having children for a Vivian/Maude fic? (They wouldn’t be Maude’s, but one of her ex husbands) please be honest! :)

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1. ‘Dorothy Zbornak sighed as she walked out of the lift with her Ma.’

2. I tend to write in third person, but generally Blanche comes the most naturally to me.

3. Which one? I have 8 unpublished, unfinished haha.

4. Blanche and Dorothy raising a daughter and dealing with the consequences of a child having Sophia as a grandmother and Rose an honorary aunt.

5. ‘When Rose passed Blanche in the hallway, she began to smile, “Hi Blanche, are you excited about doing the documentary?” ‘

6. ‘Blanche’ appears 22 times so far (still in the early ish stages) followed by ‘Dorothy’ at 19.

7. I think simple is always a guaranteed, but I do love italics if that counts?

8. This Little Lie of Mine By GrandSailorMiniMoon is a gorgeous story that captured my heart with its complexities from the first read! So I’d have to say that, just so that I could write the happy ending I so wished Blanche and Dorothy could’ve gotten in that - though I did love the angsty ending too. I’d definitely give it a read if you haven’t already!

9. On AO3 and finished? A rare occurrence for me haha! I think it was a schitts creek one that only took a couple of days because I didn’t have much on in my life back then and got myself into a bit of a writing frenzy.

10. A year and a half? Maybe even a bit longer.

11. My golden girls crossover with Philomena Cunk, or the crossover with absolutely fabulous.

12. Smart and serious x giggly and thoughtless has always been a big one for me, but I have to say you can never go wrong with the secret admirer trope!

13. A Series Of Unfortunate Events or Law And Order SUV is a very small possibility in the future, but I prefer focusing on one fandom at

a time to be honest.

14. Watching the media surrounding it, reading other stories and seeing old interviews about the characters helps a little, but to be honest ideas just pop into my head randomly throughout the day and I just role with it, it’s not a case of me really needing to do anything!

15. I don’t really have a favourite weather to write in, but I dislike doing it when it’s very sunny! A thunderstorm is always quite relaxing (typical, I know)

16. My bed, usually at 2 in the morning. I tend to find it the most peaceful time where I can work on a story. This is also why I tend to respond to messages at all hours of the day/night.

17. I either write it directly onto AO3 and paste the copies into notes or vice versa. I try to really get into the mind of the character and think about their speech patterns or mannerisms in order to feel like the reader can picture this actually being the characters reactions themselves etc, rather than just my interpretation of said character! I’ll usually have a film/tv show on the devices I have in the background so that I don’t get too bored, sometimes this is the golden girls, sometimes not. Occasionally if it’s a really long day I’ll save my work and just watch it fully, but I try to write for as long as possible as I find it a wonderful de-stressing technique for me. I’ll either edit paragraphs by paragraph or just edit the whole thing once it’s done, if not I publish first and this reread the next day to iron the mistakes out and edit.

18. N/A - sorry. Unless I really like the line, I delete it completely.

19. The unification of Italy was certainly the most unusual I can remember happening recently!

20. …2020-2021?… maybe? That’s a big maybe because I deleted a lot of my work a couple of months ago.

21. An actual fic? 13th of May (yes, I know I’m embarrassingly slow at doing chaptered fics)

22. Not really, only when I start out in a new fandom. Once I get the feel of the people then I’m fine! I write more for myself and my ideas rather than the public, they’re just a lovely little perk! I suppose because I don’t write for absolutely huge fandoms, that might take the pressure off. My advice is, remember you’re doing this for yourself, not other people, it’s an act of service rather than an expectation, and to not back down from worthy ideas!

23. Empathetic, imaginative and unpredictable. (It’s bloody hard to think about this from a perspective that isn’t self critical)

24. Rewatching the media I’m writing for, give myself a break and read fanfic or a classic book! That or listening to music.

25. Reading, horse riding, singing, piano, meditation, going to the gym, drawing and anything to do with theatre! I like to be kept busy whenever I can.

26. Depends on what I’m writing and how focused I want to be, I can, but I prefer to when I’m alone.

27. Definitely both writing dialogue and really getting to delve into a character’s emotions!

28. Either the editing, the tedious bit where you’re almost at the end but not quite, and trying to find lots of different ways to distinguish lots of main characters of the same gender!

29. Yes and no, I sometimes use song titles or little pieces of dialogue in the canon and/ or the fanfic itself - really varied story to story in my experience. Some are just more difficult than others, and go through various titles before settling on one.

30. ‘My Maude, My Viv.’

Thanks again, @hecatesbroom !

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